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— A WEEKLY COLUMN —®
conducted by Claud C Ruch
Educational Director, Cbtidcralt
Advitory Service in Chicago
The preadolescent has all the
charm of a battered, old felt hat
that has been left out all night in
the rain. Gone are his cute, baby
ways, and that appealing depen
dence on his parents for help and
affection.
As fidgety as a politician on elec
tion night, he can hardly sit still
Claud C Ruch
for any length
of time. And des
pite his child
hood training, he
has suddenly ac
quired an “aller
gy” for soap and
water and a
strong dislike
for brushing his
teeth.
With scuffed
shoes, shirtail
hangingout, and
hair in wild disarray, he is hardly
“a thing of beauty and a joy for
ever”. when he isn’t restlessly
prowling about the house, he’s run
ning out to be with “the gang”
whose approval has suddenly be
come more important to him than
that of the adults around him.
In Childcraft Books, Fritz Redl,
Professor of Social Work at Wayne
University, Detroit, Michigan, as
sures tearful mothers and exasper
ated fathers of the preadolesccr.t
that “this temporary disappearance
of well-achieved childhood training
is but one of the many puzzling, but
perfectly normal parts of preado
lescent growth. The best reaction to
this behavior is to ignore it,” he
advises, adding:
“The most important thing for
adults to remember is that the pre
adolescent has to go through this
period as part of his normal devel
opment. More than anything else,
during this time of his life, he needs
understanding from his parents and
a feeling of security. Constant nag
ging and criticism will only make
him self-conscious and more inclined
to cling to his disturbing behavior.”
ROTARIANS HEAR BAKER ON
FISH & WILDLIFE PROBLEMS
Robert Baker, fish and wildlife
agent responsible for the 2nd Div
ision, with permanent headquar
ters in Kotzebue, spoke to the Ro
tarians on fish and wildlife prob
lems at the club’s noon luncheon
Thursday.
Given an opportunity to ask
questions, the Rotarians asked,
“Can you seine taout and greyling
in streams?” to which he gave a
positive “No.” Can you seine sal
mon?” they asked, to which F.
and W.F. agent Baker answered,
“Yes, but only in the ocean, and
that 500 yards from the mouth of
a river, when fishing for sale.
Salmon, for personal use only,
may be seined in streams if the
stream is not blocked.”
Rotarians urged that Nome and
Snake rivers be used for sport
fishing only.
Mr. Baker said that walrus
could be taken for food whenever
needed, but could not be killed
for their ivory only. Asked about
! ptarmigan, he said that they
: seemed to be seasonal, and it ap
| peared that they were coming
back, especially in the Kotzebue
I area. Mr. Baker reported that he
was anxious to discuss problems
of game and fish control with any
interested persons.
James McLean, Boy Scout mas
ter for troop 666 reported that the
Saturday Scout-sponsored dance
was getting a good ticket sales.
The Rotarians were urged again
to attend the high school game
Thursday evening and by their
i attendance boost the team’s kitty
for the forthcoming trip to the
j Anchorage tourney.
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SCOUT NEWS
George A. Parks of Juneau,
president of the Alaska Council,
Boy Scouts of America, today re
leased official membership fig
ures for the boy scout organiza
tion in Alaska .which reveal tre
mendous growth during 1949. Al
though the Alaska Council is com
pleting only its third year of char
tered existence in the Territory,
it has grown from a membership
of several hundred men and boys
to its new all-time high of 2128
for December 31, 1949. This com
pares with a figure of 1505 for
the end of 1948, president Parks
reports.
The present membership of
2128 is divided among 76 differ
ent cub packs, scout troops, and
explorer units organized in 32
different communities of Alaska.
625 of the boy members are cub
scouts; 710 are boy scouts and
explorers in troops; and 192 of
them are explorers in separate ex
plorer units. 601 of the grand to
tal membership are men and wo
men, registered as leaders, den
•
| m o t h e r s, committeemen, and
| board members. “Probably the
! greatest single factor in the boy
scout organization’s great in
[ crease during 1949 is the enthu
siastic response of Alaska grown
i ups who offer their time and en
ergy to make this program of
I character building activities possi
I ble for the boys of Alaska,” the
i president said. Incidentally, Mr.
j Parks is a former governor of the
Territory, and served for three
years as treasurer of the Council,
becoming its second president at
the beginning of last year.
The Boy Scouts of America will
celebrate i t s 50th anniversary
Feb. 6 to 12, and president Parks
promises that the Alaska Council
1 will have a week of eye-opening
activities for Territorial resi
dents, with City Government
; Days, rallies, courts of honor,
window displays, pot-luck din
ners, and a dozen other events
timed to show Alaskans that these
1527 youngsters between the ages
of 8 and 18 who belong to the Boy
Scout organization are wide
awake and going places.
Our meeting began at 7:30 Wed
nesday night with roll call. The
meeting was held to arrange
for the coming dance Sat
urday. It has been established for
certain that Jack Estes, Dan Jones
and Cud Abbey will play in the
band. A couple of skits have been
a r r a n g e d for and everybody
should be sure to come. Refresh
ments are planned to be on sale,
too.
All the boys are working hard
to sell tickets and are doing fine
work. Plans have been made to
check hats and coats.
There has been quite a bit of
discussion over the trip to Valley
Forge and we all intend to work
hard for it.
Ralph Bingham,
Scribe
Robert Baker, Fish and Wild
life agent for this area who is
stationed at Kotzebue is in town
for a few days.
He stated that there has been
an unusual amount of caribou in
the Kotzebue area this fall. He
also stated that ptarmigan ap
peared more plentiful than last
year but that there were vorv
few rabbits so far this season.
Then there was the bright lad
who, when his mother began to
learn to drive, nicknamed her “Oh
Ma, the dent maker.”
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