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Show t ''-!": 1 I DEFENSE FUND HEAD . . . Bobby Jones, former champion golfer and now an Atlanta, Ga., attorney, hai accepted the southeast regional chairmanship chairman-ship (or the United Defense Fund, live., to raise the southeast's south-east's H4 FMther funds. Former Altamont Principal How U.S.A.C. Professor A professor at Utah State Agricultural Ag-ricultural college is a firm believer be-liever in community service. Besides Be-sides heading the speech and hearing clinic at Utah State Agricultural college. Dr. E. Le-Roi Le-Roi Jones, associate professor of speech, is now bishop of Logan's Lo-gan's First ward. He was formerly former-ly principal of Altamont high school in Duchesne county. Prof. Jones' first interest has been dramatic art, which was his major when he graduated from Brigham Young University. But his survey work in speech gave him a new interest. He saw a "crying need" for speech correctionists, a field which even now is not fully developed. And his desire to serve led him to earn a Ph.D: degree in speech correction at the University of Iowa, Iowa City. His church interests have been developed simultaneously with his speech training. In 1936-37 he served a two-year mission in the northern states; Since then he's served as district chairman of boy scouts, as a member of the high council at Iowa City while he was at the University of Iowa; and as branch president of an Iowa City ward. In Logan he's been stake superintendent of Mutual; counselor coun-selor of the stake Sunday School board; and, finally, bishop. Prof. Jones is something of a pioneer in speech correction work. As yet no theory has beeri universally established for treating treat-ing speech defectives. USAC's correctionists view the problem as learned behavior which can be corrected by certain psychological psycho-logical ' adjustments and th gaining of an objective attitude. Stuttering lends itself especially well to this type of treatment, Dr. Jones stated. The need of the work is shown in the fact that about a tenth of the population is suffering suf-fering from speech defects which are serious enough to cause lasting last-ing impairments if professional help is not obtained. And the majority of these are' social maladjustment mal-adjustment problems. Dr. Jones' clinic was , first established for students at Utah State. But he soon extended it to include children in the vicin- i ity who need therapy. The clinic itself is fundamentally a training train-ing organization whose purpose is to train prospective school teachers and others how to handle the problems of speech defectives. Dr. Jones and the handful of his co-workers in the state are trying to extend the service of speech correctionists. The therapists thera-pists are now established in Og-den, Og-den, Salt Lake City schools, and in Davis County schools. Dr. Jones' clinic offered help to 700 children in a recent year. Further development of the program will require just the type of energy that Prof. Jones can give. And his new job as bishop will probably be just another way for him to satisfy his need to serve. Dr. Jones is married to the i former Gwendoline Wiscombe, of Roosevelt, where he taught high school for one year, prior to his returning to B Y U for his master's degree. They have two children. |