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Show ,WT,nryv. The Unwanted: Disturbed Kids On Increase Otwald Lm Harv M 11 he was d as havlna dansercus tendencies but then, as mere was no placa tor adequate treatment of potential killers. The Importance of establishing such canters Is discussed In this final article In a series by srttwr Henley, whose book, Demon In My View," , .posts the plight of disturbed children, DESERET Friday, March 21, 1969 VVtiM kids in the community. This seems a wicked way to interest professional people who should already be interested by tlte very natuie of their calling. Dr. Fovl W. Toussieng is a prominent child psychiatrist, formerly with now with the University of Oklahoma Medical School, tie puts his finger on the problem when lie says : We in child psychiatry can no longer get away with sitting cozily in a corner with a few children we try to help while we ignore the needs of the army of children who also need our help. Rut we are so few that we cannot possibly hope to meet those needs in the foreseeable fu- By ARTHUR HENLEY You pick up a newspaper and read who senselessly about an hurled two yourger children from a rooftop in the Bronx ; a 15 - year - old girl u hose boyfriend helped her bludgeon her mother to death with a hammer because she objected to their romance; a Wiswho wouldn't hurt a consin teen-ag- r flea. yet who wiped out his entire family of five with an automatic pistol because he felt left out of the family circle.' The list grows longer every day, When Lee Harvey Oswald was 12, he as having dangerous was diagnosed tendencies by Dr, Renatus Hartogs, chief psychiatrist of New York Citys Youth House. Now Dr. Hartogs cautions, Dangerous children are very actively on the increase. At least 15 percent of the children I see at Youth House are potential killers, but there is no place for adequate treatment. We can only do cur best in a temporary setting and hope we have checked the hostile drive. The disturbed child who remains' untreated may seek surcease in crime, suicide, dope or alcohol, or may simply flounder through life as a mental cripple, affecting everyone around him like a contagion. Rita is 14, lives in the suburbs of a large city in Pennsylvania. She has been withdrawing into herself steadily for the past six years. She refuses to eat with her family, insists on dressing like a small child and sometimes crawls about like a baby. When she is reprimanded, no matter how gently, she goes off to her room completely crushed. She has been treated for years by various doctors, her parents say, but her condition is deteriorating. Somehow, she manages to contend with school, which is probably why we cant get any real help for Rita. But she has infected the whole fami- - Some troubled youngsters act out their hostile feelings in violent fashion and must be controlled to tect others as well as themselves. This boy is one of Monty Montanari's patients. ly by her peculiar behavior, if we dont find some place soon where Rita can be helped outside her home, well have four sick kids, not just one, on our hands. Untold millions of dollars from both government and private sources are being pouied into the mental health field, but little of this bounty is reaching the children who need help. A great deal of money is going Into the building of elaborate facilities, but Mike Gorman, executive director of the National Committee Against Mental Illness, has pointed out, A shiny new center building will not cure one child, even by osmosis. A tremendous proportion of available funds is going to research, much of which is overpriced and repetitive. Whatever research proves productive offers YOlft HEALTH Do you have any homework? Johnny, if you dont sit down and get that report written youll never get outside. Why can't you get your work done school? You S.G. These other These ulcers are inside the mouth (not on the gums) and should not be confused with cold sores or herpes simplex, which appear on the outside of the lips and are caused by a virus. Canker sores are stubborn in two ways. They keep recurring and they zeal ously refuse to give us a good clue as to the cause. form of strep germ has been found in such ulcers, and for that reason a of the antibiotic tetracycline has been recommended, the idea being to swish it around in the mouth for two or three minutes, then swallow it. Sometimes it works. Other experts lean toward the idea that injury to the tissues may be a factor tooth brush or hard foods. Maybe this is part of the cause in some cases. Other times apparently not. Allergy has been implicated probably with good reason in a lot of cases. Nuts, citrus fruits, vegetables, chocolate are among suspected items. One group of investigators found allergy to weak organic the weak acids as a probable cause citric acid of oranges, lemons, grapefruit, tomatoes or the mild acetic acid of vinegar in pickles, salad dressings and so on. You might observe whether your attacks follow use of these acid foods. Until or unless we can find some common factor which has to be present in all such ulcers, we arent likely to develop a treatment that will cure all of them. Meantime I can give you a variety of methods, all of which have been helpful In some cases, none in all. Keep a food diary," to see whether you can identify some food allergy. Then avoid the offending foods. Touching the ulcert with silver nitrate, or with trichloracetic acid is sometimes effective but the ulcers can teeur. An ingredient in licorice has been reported as useful, also. Putting a tealeaf on the ulcer has been used, tire astringent effect of tannin in the tea acting on the ulcer. this reporter the keynote address to the Florida Association for Mental Health this year, several prominent psychiatrists informed him that they must be spoonfed Pablum in order to arouse tiieir interest in treating When ' need it? End of Series MERRY-GO-ROUN- D oi YOUR SCHOOLS The pressures on children to compete in the classroom have doubled, or even tripled, since Sputnik, and we are given to the entire class. This assignment does not arise out of the interests or recognized needs of students; nor does it provide for individual differences. It is a mental exercise, generally consisting of digging information from a text, storing it neatly in the memory bank, and being prepared to parrot it back to the teacher upon demand. Outwardly it may have the of real learning, but in reality, it is hampering the fuller development of the individual, as it restricts other worthwhile activities. Being hopelessly bogged down in a perpetual array of assignments, the serious student has little freedom to engage in real-lif- e endeavors involving creativity, discovery, or practi- increasing the social and emotional ills of our youth proportionately. If we could ease some of the undue pressures and foster a climate of .cooperative living, rather than for fierce competitiveness, we wrould be doing ourselves and future generations a big favor. cal experiences. The home may be desirous of providing enriching experiences of a different sort, but the homework must be attended to, and opportunity for the home to influence the child's unique development is reduced. The harmony of family life is hampered, as homework issues a sentence to the parents as well as to the child. Family plans are frequently cancelled after homework assignments have been unveiled. We need to replace the archaic approach to homework with home activities that capitalize on the natural growth and free expression of individuals; making provision for discovery, and creativity. These home activities must remain informal in nature, following the bent of the child, and involving such activities as: recreational reading, educational TV, nature study, creative writing, menu planning, caring for animals, home improvement projects, activities, etc. Boy Scout and self-growt- h 4-- H If we truly endorse the philosophy of Individual differences and desire to promote uniqueness, then in the name of humaneness, lets stop stifling students, and parents, with mountains of tedious homework. That's Principal Lybbert's thought on homework. If you agree, or disagree, Id be glad to hear from you. Chamber Orchestra Going 'Public MUSICAL WHIRL By HAROLD LUNDSTROM Deseret News Music Editor If the program for the Salt Lake Chamber Orchestra concert Monday (24) seems a bit nostalgic, there is good reason. The concert, which will be given in the South High Auditorium, is being sponsored by the Salt Lake County Senior Citizens Department. The Salt Lake Chamber Orchestra was created four years ago by dent, and Johanna Lee, violinist, manager. Both are former members of the Utah Symphony. The orchestra has 28 members, several of whom are retired members and several are former members (but not retired) of the Utah Symphony Orchestra. All of them junior and senior citare excellent musicians, izens, that is and they have prepared a program of excellent chamber music standards: Vivaldi's Concerto in G, (Alla Rusti Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3; Elgar's Serenade in E Minor, (Op' s 20); Graingers Irish Reel: Molly On the Shore; and Joaquin TurinaY La oracion del torero. ra): Dr. Marion Petersen, then a director of the Salt Lake County Welfare Department at the Senior Recreation Center and now Citizens head of the music department at the University of Missouri in St. Louis. The late Reginald Beales served as its music director and conductor for the first year. Two years ago the orchestra was reorganized with Dr. Jay Welch as its music director and conductor. Instrumental (no pun, please) in getting the orchestra created both times have been Helen Riser, violist, who serves as presi- - Reed Walker Is assistant conductor that you will know the exceent quality of musicians, here are the names of the first desk players: Eugene Kings-for- d is concertmaster, and Grant Hardy, assistant; Lucille Duckworth, principal, second violins; David Bennett, principal, violas; Ivan Catten, principal cellos, and Reed Walker, principal contrabass. And so - Dr. William L. APPOGGIATURAS Fowler of the music department at the University of Utah and nationally famed instructor in jazz, has been named coordinator of the Western Division of the National Association of Jazz Educators which has thousands of members. . . . Utah Joseph Raymond, composer, arranger, pianist, and teache publisher, has added another er of his music to his list. Theodore well-know- n Presser Company is publishing his arrangements of Four Christmas Carols Some for Violin, Cello, and Piano. members of the Utah Symphony have already given the arrangements public performances. . . . will be Puccini's opera, Turandot. heard live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House Saturday, at 12 loon, over Radio Station KWHO. . . . Colin Davis and Philips Records are beginning the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Hector Berlioz death with the great love story: Romeo et Juliette, based on Shakespeares play. The Berlioz score is, in essem'e. a tribute to Henrietta Smithson, the Irish actress. Mr. Davis, the rising young British conductor who has been named musical director of the Royal Opera at Covent Garden, is in the process of recording most of Berlioz music . . . the small society Cal Knows All About vAMoTH In very severe cases steroids (drugs have been used to shorten attacks of ulcers and relieve pain. UIZBAN Should a sure remedy be developed, I L be overjoyed to say so. For the present, try the various methods. by Brickman 'committee fWTH..." I'M By HARRY JONES There are those critics who say that our system of state government is some- thing like the old Model T Fold. That's not true. Gov. Cal Rainpton runs a tight Ship of State. And to do it, he has to know ti e inner geats of state government. He knows them as well as anyone. And the fact that he docs know the inner workings of state government rs ample proof that the state is not run like a Model T. Because if there is one tiling our good governor did not know about as a boy, it was the inner gears of the famous old ! ! - -- , Tin Lizzy. The governor told it on himself the other day during a little ceremony. The people at Ford don ating w ere some engines training and transmissions to the state .'v use in high schools and technical col- leges. Cal's father was a Studebaker Wagon dealer. This was back in the days when the word wagon meant you had to have a pretty good horse, too. It wasnt a body style. Cals dad stayed witli the firm when the big transition was made putting the horse to pasture and a motor up front. But it seemed that everyone was ' ' going for that shiny hunk of economy called the Model T, the car that knocked America off its feet and put it on wheels. Cals father decided he would rather j, switch than fight So he became a Ford , dealer. Cal had always wanted to study law , when he was a boy and began saving early. To help the cause along, his father ; let him work around the garage of the A agency. All summer long Cal would work , with his father. Being a teenager, Cal soon learned it I all. He told his father that he was no . f longer just an apprentice, but a full ( fledged Ford mechanic. So Cal was allowed to put down his polishing rag and pick up a set of tools. The old Model T had three planetary gears . . . two for forward and one for reverse. These gears were the forerunners of the automatic transmission in ' today's autos. The bands of these gears would fit whether they were put in right or backwards. And Cal did a right fine job with one ' exception. He put the bands on back- wards. Cal was proud when he announced to ; his father that the car was ready. His Dad put the car in reverse to back it out of the garage. But instead, it jumped for- ward and went through a tool bench and . . back wall. There was also damage to the car's radiator. Cals father may have been the very first automobile dealer in the world to hold an open house! But Cal's working did help pay for education back at law school in Wash ton, D.C. Thats where Cal met his li Lucybeth. She was working as a secie tary for Ernest L. Wilkinson. He had one of the most successful and busiest law offices in Washington. This was before he accepted the position of guiding BYU to its important place in education. And with it being a very busy law office, Lucybeth had to work overtime a lot. It was just coincidence, but it seemed that every time Cal had a date with Lucybeth, she had to stay late at the office to get out some important legal Agnew 'Paying' Campaign Debt By DREW PEARSON and JACK ANDERSON - WASHINGTON This column has now dug out the details of a deal between the Texas oil barons and Vice President Spiro Agnew. The oilmen met with Agnew last October 21 at the plush Petroleum Club in Midland, Tex., to discuss campaign finances. In return for their contributions they wanted Agnews word that the Nixon Administration would block Occidental Petroleum from building a $145 million oil refinery, storage complex and deepwater port at Machiasport, Maine. Under the proposal, Machiasport would be declared a foreign trade zone, which would permit Occidental to import foreign oil free of the normal customs and trade restrictions. This could open New England to a flood of cheaper, fuel oil, which would undercut the rigged prices that the oil companies now charge for imported oil. Agnew not only gave his secret pledge to the Taxas oil crowd, but he has now reminded Secretary of Commerce Maurice Stans of this commitment to block the Machiasport project. Stans was the chief fund raiser for the Nixon campaign. He persuaded Agnew to attend the Petroleum Club meeting and to put tlie arm on the fat cats. Approximately 20 oilmen showed up, including representatives of the major oil companies. Notes taken by one of the participants have been made available to this column. . , Shortly after 6 p.m., John Hurd, the Texas finance chairman for the Nixon campaign, began his pitch. I have good news for you, he told I have talked the asembled oilmen. directly to Mr. Agnew. He has assured me that the Occidental effort at Machiwork. asport is dead. If he and Nixon are sucMaybe that's why the governor got on cessful, there will be no refinery. the opposite side of the political fence. . I As an afterthought, he blurted: Occidental no are there people hope Wit's End here. taxi going around town with , a Theres There sure are, spoke up Walter a bumper sticker: Student Driver! Davis, an Occidental vice president. A few minutes later, Agnew appeared niiiiimiiimiiiitinniiinniniiniiuiiiiiTnintiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiii and confirmed what Hurd had said. I assure you, he promised, that any gimmick to get a refinery at Machiasport will be killed. Earlier, Hubert Humphrey had met with the same fat cats and had scrupuA ; lously declined to oppose the Machiasport foreign trade zone. As a result, the oil barons cut off Humphrey with no more than token contributions but raised millions for the campaign. A foreign trade zone, though physically located in the United States, is considered for trade puiposes to be outside the country. If Machiasport should be granted this status, Occidental could bring in foreign oil for $1.25 to $1.46 a barrel less s .V K I' than the cost of domestic crude oil. currently $3.20 to $3.53 a barrel at Dallas. r 'V Other oil importers pocket the differ' ence, which adds up to a staggering sum each year. On the East Coast alone, this windfall surpasses $300 million a year. Yet not one cent of this has been passed I' 1 fV fc V1 along to the consumers. & ' v'ijf 5.V' A. 'if i ' v'U In contrast. Occidental has effered to slash prices both to civilian consumers "A new bird has joined the Hawks and the armed forces. This almost surely and Doves on the Vietnam scene would compel the other oil companies to the Homing Pigeon!" of too. their windfall, give up part Result: all the other oil companies have From photos token by Lionel V. McNeely tor tho Desorot News popular daily Baby Bthday teaturt. ganged up angrily to block the Occidental BIG TALK 4 Nixon-Agne- '.N.s' To feel LIKE We'& ALL PA&T OF A g&sAfZcU I Z-- Whlnftan Star Syndicate. Ire, Zf proposal. inilUll!lllllllllllllillllllllillllllllllil!)llllllllllll!llillllllllllllllllll A, . . Old Lizzy - of the cortisone group) You can lot walght If you really want to Dr. Thutiaton'a booklet, "Lott Stcratt of Rtouelno," tolls you how naturally and with no glmrplck to tho lavtl brat tultetf to your Individual ntodt. For o copy, wrllo t Thoatoton, car of tho Dotorof Hawt, P.O. Salt Lake City. Utah 'n and a long, salt- HIIO, anclotlno U i ddreued, itampad I and comments are comrrton with lesreference to homework. sons are considered nonsense by some, and utter necessity by others. Theres no common opinion on the subject, neither among parents nor teachers. In a short essay titled, Homework is Rex B. Lybbert, principal Abominable, of Granite Districts Monroe Elementary School, offers this comment: The old familiar pattern of home-wor- k consists of a blanket assignment After-scno- Answer: Mouth ulcers (canker sores of aphthous ulcers) can be aggravating and youre having more than your share. mean you have any Im sorry, but I just dont understand new math. at one time. My local doctor would burn them off with acid, but they would come back. Do you think I need a complete physical check- at DONT homework? Have you read your lesson? Did you lock in the encyclopedia? Another doctor said they were from bruising my mouth, so I quit brushing my teeth for about five days, but that - their severely disturbed youngsters, they were told to lock them up and forget ByLAVORK. CHAFFIN Deseret News Education Editor Dear Dr. Molner: I have mouth ulcers and would like to know what causes them. My local doctor says they are caused by a stomach disorder, but I am only 16 and doubt that. up? no help. Troubled children cannot sit around and wait, nor can their parents. When a group of concerned parents in Bay Shore on Long Island, N.Y., sought help for ture, maybe never. Why, then, are our colleagues so disd: inful. so cautious, and so rejecting, when others, not in our own profession, also show interest in these unfortunate children and manage to effectively help a number of them? The Journal of the American Psychiatric Association declined to publish these comments. Dr. Toussieng was suggesting that people could be trained to help heal the burgeoning numbers of disturbed children. He referred specifically to Monty Monta-nar- i, an educator, not a doctor, by adding; It is undeniable that Mr. Montanari has helped children who none of us professional wise men would even try to treat. He is doing what we think is impossible or harmful, but is nevertheless helping more kids in one year than many of us manage to help in a decade. The Montanari Residential Treatment Center in Hialeah, Fla., has pioneered in using people working under the guidance of seasoned professionals to bring hope to the hopeless child and the equally hopeless parent, and in doing so for far less money than others In the field. This approach seems to offer the only practical answer to the problem. As Montanari says, with a shiug of his Theres a lot of good psychishoulders, atric know-hoaround, but what good is it If it cant be given to the masses who OUR MAN JONES , By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, M.D. 11 Fredric Wertham, file eminent psychiatrist, makes this clear when he says: Most children who need help cannot get it. Most of the money spent never reaches them. Yet all that is important is that somebody sit down and listen to these children, patiently, with devotion to the task. But what the child gets instead are all kinds of committee meetings and Dr. they were born. But they didn't forget. They set up their own treatment center. There has been increasing criticism of professional attitudes in the field. Accusations have been made to the effect that we are subsidizing the doctors, not the children. Since there are not enough psychiatrists and psychologists to meet the needs of troubled kids, it is dearly necessary that they give more time and attention to the problem. But too many have become too smug, too too independent. How Do You View Homework? On Treating Canker Sores didnt help. I have had up to hope only for the future. But the problem is now. pro- A 19 NEWS, , , |