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Heme May Determine
Movie Influence ' On
Children Says Dewey
Blame which Is heaped on movies
for lowering moral standard,* of
youth may, In part, properly be
directed towards parents and home
life, suggests Dr. Jolpi Dewey, dean
of American educators, writing In
the current Rotatlan Magazine.
While "recent Investigations, con
ducted with scientific care, have
shown that many boys and girls
have been stimulated In unwfiole
some ways by the movies," he
points out that "the Influence of
movies upon children Is fixed by
the genera), tone and level of jtbe
child's ? summpdings".- *
"A boy of plrl from _ a cramped
enVlromept that provides few oqt-,
lets, "reacts very differently from
one In which the ihovle Is not the
main vent for romance, and for ac
quaintance with conditions very
different from those that habitual
ly surround him.v
"The luxury of scenes depicted on
the screen, the display of adven
ture and easy sex relations. Inocu
late a boy or girl living In narrow
surroundings with all sorts of new
Ideas and desires. Their ambitions
are directed into channels that'eon
trast vividly with actual condi
tions of life.
"The things that a boy or a girl
from a well-to-do and cultivated
^^pe would discount or take simply
K part of the show are for other
children ideals to be realized and
without special regard for the
means of theif attainment. The
little moral at the close of the pic
ture ; has no power compared with
the force of desires that are ex
cited."
One "healthy Effect" of the de
pression seen by Dr. Dewey Is "a
mOre general questioning of the
primacy of material values." With
parents putting less stress on
wealth, their example will become
an Important factor In forming
more wholesome attitudes among
children, wherewith to counteract
any unwholesome suggestion mo
tion picture leaves In the youthful
mind. Schools also help in this
but, Dr. Dewey declares, with the
child in the schoolroom only five
to six hours a day and much time
devoted to routine work, the tea
cher's influence" ds secondary to
that of parents, the home, and
other factors. I
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Sixty pure bred Jersey calves
were selected In Alamance County
and entered in the annual calf show
at Snow Camp on August 21.
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Attractive Jury Room*
Lead to Better Jurors
tAn editorial from The Rotarian
T' Magazine)
A small group of New York busi
ness and professional men, spurred
by the challenge of the gangster,
are quietly bringing about a radi
cal Improvement In the adminis
tration of justice In America's
metropolis. One of the group,
Charles Larned Robinson, tells In
| the current Rotarian Magazine,
I how It was' done.
? 'Whereby formerly prospective
i jurors were herded Into a room by
; surly attendants 'and compelled to
'wait for hours "thinking of unan
swered correspondence and neglec
ted business appointments." they |
how a waft their turn In a loom
where they alt in easy chairs, that,
smoke, or even keep in touch with
their offices by telephone. And In
one court, Instead of calling 1,500
Jurors, only 800?the number ac
tually required?are Impanelled.
These and other changes, spon
sored by Interested laymen, have
resulted In a saving of $300,000 In
three years, and the willing service
of a high type of business and pro
fessional men as jurors.
Crime Begins at Home
(An editorial from The Rotarian
Magazine)
- Clarifying the channels of Jus
' tice Is Important. So Is- "clamp
ing down" on lawbreakers, especlal
| lv such desperadoes as Dillinger.
But such efforts' do not eradicate
1 crime, only the criminal. Ailing
j the lawbreaker or sending him to
I the electric chair disposes of him,
I but what Is the net social gain If
two restless youngsters immediate -
, ly aspire to the underworld role he
vacates? y t
1 Here, then. Is the?nubbin of
which crime problem, not with
stand the expediency and necessity
'of coping with existing crime.
. Even a cursory glance at the pic
ture revealp that youthful Crim
inality Is on the Increase. The re
cent growth In the United States'
annual thirteen-billion dollars
crime bill Is due not to the hard
: ened criminal, whose ranks are
j thinning, but the youthful re
cruit. Statistics from England and
Wales bear that out, for there
forty-two per cent of the persons
found guilty of Indictable offenses
jin one year were under twenty-one
years of age.
The psychologists and criminolo
gists have charted the field, but.
New Bank Law Has
Teeth Like Shark
Say? Shephenson
Insuring bank deposits by the {
federal government is restoring |
public confidence in banks, declar- j
es Rome C. StephenSbn, former,
president of the American Bankers
Association, in the current Rotar
lan Magazine.
?That plan was at first opposed
by most American bankers who ci
ted unhappy experiences of certain
Western states. "But", writes Mr.
Stephenson, "let me assert une
quivocally that the men who drew
up'the. federal plan profited by the
mistakes of the guaranty failures
and avoided them. The state funds
went bankrupt because they not
only permitted but also encouraged
ban banking. None of the'state laws
had* teeth In them. The' federal law
has teeth like a man-eating, shark,
and already has done some effec
Hye bltipg."
gating that the "temporary" law
Insures deposits up to $10,000 until
July l, 193 S, when it probably will
be displaced by "permanent" mea
sure, Mr. Stephenson, concludes
"that the American public?is not
only possessed of sounder banks
right now than ever before, but
also Is assured In the future an
even better set of banks than It
now has."
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The Road to Optimism.
I General Improvement in the au
tomobile Industry is having Its re
actions upon Washington. Almost
without exception, the automotive
manufacturers are reporting In
creased sales this year and with
Increased sales is coming increased
revenue for the federal govern
ment; thus the automobile Is taikf
ing the American public on tours
over new highways of optimism.
It has been noted by observers
at the National Capital that again
the motor car industry is leading
the way In business.
One newsworthy fact Is that
Walter P. Chrysler has Just built
his millionth Plymouth, setting a
new all-time record. It was not
until 1928 that FSymouth I was
launched. Its development Is consi
dered more remarkable because it
was made during the lean depres
sion years.
No other manufacturer ever man
when they are through the prob
lem comls back home to the com
munity, the family, the Individual.
And there It will stay-untU sol
ved.
ufactured his first million cars hi
lees than nine yews. And the first
million of all makes! took from 1900
to 1912 to construct. And yet Chrys- ]
ler has made Plymouth a definite
factor In the low price field by
building his million In six yean.
Officials of the company give
credit for the remarkable rise of
Plymouth to the engineering fea
tures of the car. They declare that
the American public Is demanding!
the safety afforded by all-steel bo-'
dies and hydraulic brakes and also
the easy riding qualities attained
through power engine mountings
and individual frontwheel springs.
Washington observers are impres
sed toy the (act that no other ear
In the low-price field has all tour
of these ad van tares.
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