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Students On Radio Forum Discuss: '
'What Is Wrong With The
American Family Today?'
Students taking part in the week
i.v radio forum over WHCC launch
ed into an even deeper subject this j
Week, as they discussed. "What Is!
Wrong With The American Fain- j
ily?" J
The weekly event is sponsored 4
by the Tally-Mo Club, with Miss
.Alma Jackson, faculty advisor.
1 lie uiM ussiiiiis vrn- o.-
JAMKS ROV MOODY
Although we Americans are a
taivhve. happy M. we need to con
sider serioiislv some ot our nation-
tl problems. One ot these is the
H. iui- oi the American family.
One of the big. present day prob
lems i the size of the American
Uiiiils. whereas sociologists agree
that lour children, properly spaced.
coiT-titule the ideal, many families
i.Hve tewer than four, some in fact
I. one at all and most of them only
une or two. While this is true of
trie heller element of society, those
v. ho have the material wealth to
support and educate children and
uvt t tit-111 the advantages necessary
to become worthwhile citizens, the
otliei side of the picture is equally
kluoiny. fur the poorer classes
poor not only 111 material wealtn
out of low menial ability are pro
Curing large numbers of children
v.'tm become the responsibility of
tne Male to care lor and educate
and who are for the most part,
low in mentality and can contribute
er little to the weltare ot -ociety
as a whole
The lack ot discipline in Ameri
an homes has btiome the laugh
ing lock of the world The chil
dicn are disobedient, disrespectful
and in most cases have very little
or no religious training This, how
ecr. is largely the lault of the par
ents Jf an interest in church activ
ities is not created while the child
is small, what can you expert of
them when ihey are older'' Many
parents feel that if they correct
ll.eir children they lose their love,
this is not true because children
appreciate the fact that parents
want them to Income line men
and womt 11 and il Ihey don't learn
discipline while lliev are young,
they have to learn it in the school
ot hard-knocks ".
Then some parents jit loo busy
either at their jobs or 111 seeking
their own selfish pleasures to have
time in which to talk with their
children about ideals and standards
of conduct. Kvery child is a re
flection of his home and shows ly
las conduct the kind ot training
which In has or has not received.
ELAIXK
What's wrong
FRANCIS
with today'
lam
Nothing!
Although
one
il America's most
popular past. times is sighing about
the
decline ol the American t'ani-1 try nig to unite and work with
and gloom spreaders inform usworld, not against it.
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that its total destruction is just a
matter of time.
Helax the divorce rate is not ,
rising, it is in sharp decline from 1
the wartime peak.
Juvenile delinquency .is going
down not up!
I The American
family, far from
as stable as it
myth. "American
disintegrating ls
1
ever was. To the
parents are failing miserably in
their obligations to their children. "
I am convinced, on the contrary.
Ihat paternal attitudes today are in
general.
far more wholesome
than in the past. And the average
American parent need feel no guilt
about so-called neglect of children.
Modern parents are doing a good
job. and the "lost generation is
doing all right.
Finally, there is much, head shak
ing about the changing role of "wo
man" in today's family. Fortunate
ly I cant remember the "good old
days" when the wife and mother
was virtually enslaved, but I sec
no reason to grieve for the libera
tion of the housewife from drudg
ery. Moreover our great advances in
j public health, medical strength and
j general living standards have con
tributed mightily to the strength
and stability ol the average Ameri
can family.
Yes. the American fimily still
has its problems, serious ones. But
I here is no reason to assume that
these problems are having a disas
trous effect on family life!
MOX IKK SWAXr.KR
l oday s family, I hough not neai
so large as the family of the
l
iood old days." remains what il
1 has always been a group ol in
dividuals united In ties of blood
and affection by a common pur
pose It is a group of people who
find in each oilier a sense of be
longing and sharing, of loving and
being loved.
The thing that conlriltutcs ine-t
to the fact that the American fam
ily ol todav is riffht is the outstand
ing companionship in our families.
Can you remember when Dad took
you fishing with him or Mom let
you help her do her shopping" II
is this kind ol companionship that
brings about a throbbing emotion
between both parents and children
today.
Our family of today is 111 a much
better financial condition We have
an opportunity to get more of the
necessities of life. We have more
and a better variety ol entertain
ment today than ever before.
Our social relationship is much
more developed loday than ever
before. We have a need lor social
relationship which stimulates us
in our activ.iics.
The Ainirican lamilv todav is
I he
People who look ahead and start a savings
account now, can look back in a few years and be
proud of their savings.
It is so easy to save a little out of every pay
check, when you put it in a savings account in
this bank.
The money is there any day you have a need
for it. and all the while, it earns interest for you
while you wait for that day when a larger sum
will buy more.
Open a savings account today . . . you will
be glad you did.
THE
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At fer HIM !- r s -hilt I Jm,
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Arlur liubinstein, world famous pianist, takes time out from his concert tour to perform for palknts at
the Central Carolina Convalescent hospital at Greensboro. N. C The hospital is for persons lecovcr
ing from infantile paralysis, iAF l'hoto).
1 II is line that Ihe families of
today are not as large as those of
yesteryear, hut look at Ihe educa
tion they have an opportunity lo
1' receive loday. They have more la
jcililies for studying and a better
lasie of what studying will mean in
! t he fill lire.
Our lannlies ol loday are he
coming adjusted lo Ihe idea ol 1 1 n -provcincnls.
They are not afraid ol
things Ihat might help them. In
stead Ihey are developing a scien
tific attitude of bellerinenl
Yes. I si ill Ihink Ihat there is
nothing wrons with the American
l.miih .
VIVIAN
This question
over by prssimb
inclined to live
W ATKINS
is asked over and
tic people who arc
back in Hie "good
old
pie
days' when most ol Ihe peo
livcd in Ihe country and a
tanner had to have a big lamily to
help Willi the work. Hut limes have
changed and the majority of the
American people have found work
in a town or ritv and have pro
duced a dillerent way ol living,
with fewer children. The average
number I rum 12 to 4.
These same pessimistic people
must have 111 v el i onsidercd Ihat a
smaller lamily can be and even
more so a happier place in which
lo live than a big one consisting of
11! lo 1.") children.
The children of loday have bet
ter advantages and learn In under
stand their parents more while as
Im lore ihey feared their parents
1 specially the lather who ruled
vi 11 li an iron hand
Of COlll'sl
being in such intimate !
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'companionship will) their parents
the children are apt lo sec through
I heir bad points and s1()y some
'disrespect to them. This is had
because some parents are not lit
to rear children and therefore
leant expect an obedient normal
I child.
J Mosl modern parents have read
and become more thoroughly un
derstanding: of Ihcir childn n's na
iture and I real I hem as human he
lings. Although no generation (s
j perfect and this one is 110 excep
tion there is nothing in my opinion,
'tragically wrong with the American
family.
tommy cruris
Kven thou;:h the American l.im
! ily ol loday is belter off financial
ly, there seems lo he a decline in
the number ol children in the aver
age tainilv. F.specially is this true
in the "upper class" of people,
(hose who 'are financially aide lo
support more children and don't.
In general, it is the "lower class"
ul people who rear the largest
l.unilies. and in many cases can
no! do so efficiently because of
financial and cultural deficiencies.
Another problem of the Ameri
can family is I he lack ol unilv. In
many cases boih ihe mother and
father work, and Ihe children go lo
,-chool. After school is on!. I here
are outside activities or cutorlain
incuts such as --movies, bowling al
leys, skating rinks, meetings, etc.
which draw .the children andor
the pari Ills from Ihe home. All of
Ihis activity leave- little tune for
1 lu' mcmbtr:. o! Ihe lamilv lo he
together. In many cases they have
only one meal loL'. ;!.er a nay then
.there is -mmliTir- a movie, meet
' ing. or soinel hm.l else lo keep
some ol them awav. It se, r.s to me
; that the heme is uii I ! i 11 i to he just
a place lor e.'.lir.g and shining.
The discipline .1: today 1- not
'strict enoimh. Childn 11 mi", lell
I heir parents wli.u Ihey ai, :M;ng
to do: instead ol ,;-kin li en pi r-
mission lo do so.
Another big problem
divorce. Wo need to li.ii
dorm
di' oi'Ce laws. H iv i. .'!. I ivsy
lo get mairied. and linn when a
snuill problem aiiM's. the wile or
husband gets mad and Ihey di cide
to get a divorce. In some slates it
, is extremely tasy lo get a divorce.
These are just a few ol the
. pressing problems of the Aie.i i
I can family which arc lacing 1;- lo-
day, and something needs to be
done about I hem soon.
m oshokm:
The American family has ( hang
ed considerably in the past fifty
years, and I Ik Siece thai in the long
run. it has changed for the bet
ter. However, there are still many
I unfavorable phases in our family
i life. As a rule, there is lillle of
I the real intimacy Ihat there once
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Fork, Now He Has
Clear Conscience
IIAIM I'OltO. Conn iAI'i A
North Carolina man's conscii nee
was clear loday alter At) years.
And a Hartford hotel had one
of its forks back.
Last week. Hold Manager .lames
C. Oowd received the fork and
a letter containing a dollar hill He
said they came from North Caro
lina. The letlci' (old Ihis story :
In 1!)08. aller Hie wnur. tl14.11
"." was honorably discharged Iroin
Ihe Covernor's Hers,
group of Ins huddles
w ell parly lor him al
Win n il w as o er
(lit
a e
nil.
lal I'
ll
w rot e.
"lour or live of I he buy -lo
lake a small souvenir.
The guesl of honor he:
first, because "my latin
minister and brought if
derided
nated at
t was a
up very
strictly."
He look the fork. howc.
ler his friends urged him.
In a postcripl below his
lure, Ihe writer explain'
T
af-
d thai
onv (-ni-
Hie do ar was lor me
enci s."
The letter said Ihe writer
vvas
sorry he had taken Ihe iork.
"And now I am sending il hack,
but I am real I v sorv to part with
il." the writer added.
was.
The young pi o;
it a family
used lo lake il as a. matter of
course that liny should discuss
their problems and aeliv it n-s with
Ihur parents Now. liu'.v usually
either keep them to t !... m-clv es or
discuss Ihem with lhi.!r ou'side
fiiends. This I'.iiv-s up another
fault.
M:inv ol the children say that Ihe
iciM ii they don't take their prob
lems to their parents is il.,.t Ihe
parents don't 'sei ,n lo he interest
ed. or to have loo time lo ''end
en such 'biius. Those parents
not re
;:.e
it
but Ihey
should take th
these problems
insignilicanl lo
I i;iie
They
t in 111.
o listen to
might seem
lo the
child they are liie most
thing of t he moment.
Another mole inaleri.
that there is not eiiei:
life. In some Ian ilies tin
er a night when I he w la
is at home aller supper
probably due in Ihe lai I
are so many outside divv
The last, and I believe
important fault that I s
inipnriant
I fault is
;U family
re is nev-i!,-
lamily
. This
that there
ions,
the most
hall men-
I ion is the lack ot re- pi ci I hat
each member of the family has for
the others. Of course. Ihe younger
people should have the mo'-t re-
sped for their eld.j .-. but a'.so I lie
elders should have respect for I be
children. They should reme'iihir
that children are human, too, and
have fcclinus like myone else.
By R. J. SCOH
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Soldier, Held For
Shooting At Bus
I FORT JACKSON. S. C. ' LT'l
Army authorities said they will
'turn ovtr a soldier lo civil author
ities to face charges of shooting up
a loaded school bus near Marshall.
N. (.'.. in January.
The 25-year-old North Carolini
an. Verlou Aiken, was under
guard here today.
At Marshall. Sheriff Hubert Da
vis said Aiken is to be charged
wit li assault with a deadly weapon.
He allegedly fired a gun into a
Madison County school bus Janu
ary 2ti. alter the driver refused lo
li: k him up.
None ol I he rhildn n aboai d the
bus was hurt.
Aiken went to Norfolk. Va.. after
the shooting, the sheriff said, and
enlisted in the Army. He was sent
to Fort Jack-011 for training.
But the public information uf
fir hi re said Ins In iufi in the serv
ice v. ill not exempt him from
in Hie civil charges in thii ca.-e.
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