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NATIONWID[ RES[ARCH REVEALS LACK OF
INTEREST IN CHILD PSYCHOLOGY PRBLM
IS CONCLUSION OF MISS DORIS TWITCH[LL
RESUL'TS BASED ON STUDY OF studies should be of vital interest.
150 UNIVERSITIES AND From Miss Twitchell's survey it was
COLEGES revealed that about half of the insti-
tutions provide for a study of child
MEN IGNORE SITUATIONS psychology-the subject which should
be the basis for all the other child
Field Includes Four Main Branches problem courses, and whith should
Which Relate to Problemro quite properly be part of the equip-
Social Evolution intent of all college graduates. Furth-
ermore, the acutenes of social prob-
"Almost universally In educational lems together with the encouraging
circles it is admitted that the hope for malleability of early chfldhood ight
the future of society lies ii the child- seem to justify Laboratory study of
hood of today; nevertheless, recent the subject. Yet the investigation es-
studies into the number of courses ablishes 7.3 per cent of the 54.6 per
given in the colleges and universities cent of istitutions givig any child
e country in connection with psychology as offering laboratory fa-
child problems and child psychology cilities.
show a startling lack of interest in .Courses in Child welfare, which
this most fundamental factor in edu- bugted as a ruit ra all
cation. Furthermore,- investigations e suggested as a requisite for all
into laboratory facilities for such re- citizens of collegiate caliber, are of-
search show figures which are de- fered by only 13.3 per cent of these
plorably low.' ~higher institutions. Of these only 10
These conclusions were reached by per cent provide laboratory facilha.z
Miss Doris F. Twichell, assistant in in the nature of field wore.
the Bureau of University Research, Courses in Child Care, a ,udy ad-
who has completed an intensive sur- mittedly for women, but which froin
vey of 150 institutions of collegiate the point of view of home making s
grade, including 25 women's colleges. either directly as a parent, or. indi-
21 men's and 104 co-educational rectly as, for instance, a leader of
schools. mothers' studytgroups, might be ex-
Commenting on the object of her pected to be the possession of all
stu, Ms Twitche i TFe college women-is offered in only 23.2
world over, it is an admnitte'd fact tht per cent of the institutions open to
the adult life of tomorrow is but the women.
maturing-or in many cases the mere Child Study is Vital to Education.
chronological aging of the childhood The psychology of elementary edu-
of today. We regognize that such cation and the aims of elementary edu-
social problems as corrupt politics, cation belong to a more professional
capital and labor clashes, divorce, field than any of the foregoing types
commercialized standards of value and of child problems. They are pertin-
success, and others equally apparent I ent prinarily for teachers and educa-
are problems of adtlt life. tional administrators, They are not
"However, many fail to recognize however, limited to educationa.woxk-
)that not only types of physique, but ers of the elementary level, but are
also of attitude and behavior of adult also of importance to those of second-
life are determined largely by the ary and even of college level. A stu-
early growth of the child. Yet, if this dent may be capable of rapid prop
be true--and evidence of its support gross in acquiring facts of history, but,
is increasing-how are we to make ttt the same time be weak in power of*
social progress without giving the correlation. If this be true, in this
child a chance to develop qualities latter respect he should be guided as
that will tend to avoid or to simplify a child. From this point of view, a
these problems-emanations of char- knowledge not only of child psych-,
acter that kill the disease germ of ology is essential but of the psychol-
society?" ogy of elementary education. Other-
19 Per Cent of :Men's Colleges Ofdert wise, how are they to diagnose the
courses. mental cases of their students, many
TOURNEY WILL
START MONDAY;
Late Teams Will IHave to
According to Dietun
Intra-ural Board
Forfeit
of
Intra-mural games will be startedI
promptly on the hour scheduled this
seasofl. Failure to have a team on
the field at this time will be considered
as a forfeiture for that house. This
is the dictum of the Intra-niural
Board, who are insuring greater
punctality in playing during the
tournament and hence greater fair-
ness for the second team scheduled to
play.
The program of games for this week
is as follows: . Monday 4:15, fHelen
Newberry vs. Alpha Chi Omega; 5:15.
Delt Zeta vs. Kapa Kappa Gamma;
Wednesday at,.4:153, Kappa Delta vs.
Delta Delta Delta; at 5:15, Alpha
Ganma Delta ;vs. Phi Sigma Sigma;
Friday, 4:15, Phi Gamma Mu vs. Pi
Beta Phi; 5:15, Kappa Alpha Theta
vs. Alpha Omicrgn P1. Saturday, Del-
ta Gamnia will play Zeta Tau Alpha
at 8:30. Alpha Xi Delta will compete
with Omega at 9:30, and Adelia
Cheev'er Will meet Theta Phi Alpha at
11 o'clock,
Fifteen iintte halves will be played
during the first week of the tourna-
ment. Each team is to select a cap-
tain to act on the field. Heart and
lung OK's must be in before the games
start or before upper-class women are
eligible to play.
FASHION NOTES
Have you seen those darling new
transparent velvet dresses the stores
are featuring now? But of course you
have. Anyway, the stores have been
rushed to death for them, during the
last weeks of sorority "rushing." If.
you haven't seen them and are plan-
ning a winter wardrobe, you'd better
'have a; look." And by the way, the
nipped in hil lines and sunburst
stockings give the cleverest most mod-
ish effects.
From all indjcations the skirt
length has decided to stay "up," but
the general appearance, because of
novel drapes that hang unevenly be-
low the heni, is more of a downward
one: Black seems to be still first in
favor, but you'll find that green, na-
poleon blue, and tan, with quite a
bit of rose sprinkled in, come next in
line.
And if you're looking for the very
newest thing in teddies and lingerie,
you'll adore the lacy, black chiffon
things they are showing.
At the annual meeting ana iunch-
eon of the Board of Control of Ath-
letics held Saturday noon at the Union
the same officers who held office for
'the last year were re-elected. They are
Ralph W. Aigler, chairman; William
A. Frayer, vice-chairman; Fielding H.
Yost, secretary. The other faculty
members of the board include Presi-
dent Clarence Cook Little, Alfred 0.
Lee, Clarence T. Johnson, Edmund E.
Day, John Sundwall, Robert C.
Angell.
ORGARNEBUREAU OF
UNIRSITYR1IEEACH
Finding Scientific Basis For Educa-'
tional Polcles Is Aim Of In estiga-
tions Which Will Ie -Made.
Primarily to promote investigations
into student personalities and their
problems, and to accumulate a fund ofj
information bearing upon the prob-
lems of instruction and the curriculum
there has this year been formally es-'
tablished at the University of Michi-
gan a new department know as the
Bureau of University Research.
The Bureau has been organized in
accordance with the conviction of
President Little that the University
administration should collect informa-
tion and conduct investigations on a
scientific basis as an aid to the deter-
mination of general educational poli-
cies. It is connected with no specific
school or college but is attached to
the central administration of the Uni-
versity. Professor Clarence S. Yoakum,
of the School of Business Administra-
tion, and head of the department of
personal management, has been placed
in charge of the new bureau, as direc-
tor.
In studying the progress of the stu-
dent, the bureau will take into consid-
eration the types of students, dealing
of course in the more particular cases
with such questions as training and
environmental backround. Sizes of
classes and similar difficulties related
to the classroom will be looked into,
and assistance afforded administrative
officers in conducting specific inves-
tigations, compiling statistics and
making reports when difficult situa-
tions arise. '
Professor Yoakum and his assistants
conducted the psychological examina-
tions given during Freshman week
and are now engaged in evaluating the
results. Although the Bureau is new,
research work in this direction has
held the interest of several persons
working under the direction of the
Personnel department during the past
year.
NOTICES
Portia Literary society will hold a
regular meeting at 7:15 o'clock Tues-
day night. "Polly With a Past" by Bol-
ton and Middleton will be given by
Miriam Mitchell, '28.
Tryouts for Athena Literary society
will be held at 7:15 o'clock Tuesday
night.
A special bus, bound for the golf
course will leave Barbour gymnasium
at 2:06 daily beginning Monday. Miss
Hall's Monday and Wednesday at 2
golf class will meet at the Barbour
Bymnasium Monday at 2:00 to take
the 2:06 bus.
Faculty Women's Club.
On Thursday, Oct. 3, the Faculty
Women's club will hold a reception at
the Union for the wives of the new
members of the faculty. This will be
the first of the year's programs.
ditions and the difficulties they en- written, is usually an impediment to
countered in adjusting themselves to oriental girls when they first come.
their new environment. Eighty ques- Most of them have a bookish knowl-
tionnaires were sent out, forty-two otIedge of it and they find it hard to
which received replies. understand our idioms and usages.
One question and the answers it re-' Thus lectures, recitations, and every-
ceived were especially interesting. The, day conversation seem terribly fast
question read, "Enumerate briefly the and incomprehensible to them.
American college mannerisms you; Living conditions for orientalI
think unworthy of acceptance by the women are very good in Ann Arbor.
Chinese students. Those they should Most of them reside in the University
strive to attain." Under the last were dormitories. Their own racial preu-
listed chiefly frankness, independence,'dices and that of Americans often
sexual equality, sportsmanship, and makes it hard for them at first, but of
the friendly spirit between instructors eight girls interviewed, only one of
and students. The American worship them said she noticed it after a sems-
of money, extravagance, artificiality, ter here.
"flapperism," and bluffing in class Several oriental women who at-
were designated as our most undesir- tended other universities before ;com-
able characteristics. ing to Michigan have spoken of theI
The University of Michigan counts quiet and the lack of hustle and bus-
among its students an unusual per- tle in Ann Arbor, which makes it
centage of oriental women, most of much easier to study and to think
whom come here on Barbour scholar-, here.
ships. These oriental women, whent The world fellowship committee of
they first come here, have many ad- the Women's league is to be com-
justments to make.-? mended for the work it does every
According to Miss Grace E. Rich-, year, personally welcoming and help-
ards, advisor of women, the change of ing these women who are so new in
climate and food is one of the great- the University. The Cosmopolitan club
est problems they have to face. The as an organization socially befriends
damp, cool autumns are very different; all orientals, as well as anyone else
from the weather in most localities who is interested.
an' students sometimes come with-
out warm enough clothing. Often pick -
and suffering from the cold they are
likely to become terribly homesick,
besides. In most cases, however, this
is often soon overcome and almost for- i r"h-
Women's league this week through the
work of the house organizations com-
mittee which has charge of organizijng
each league house on the campus. This
organization, it is hoped, will be ac-
complished within he next 10 (lays.
During this time each member of the
committee which is headed by Evelyn
Ogburn, '28, will vsit each league
house and heip the residents organize
themselves into a self-governing body.
This body will be part of the main or-
ganization by which the women of the
University govern themselves.
The committee members who will
visit each house will also explain to
all new women the working of the
Judiciary council which is the final
court of appeals to which all women
can go with their problems. Each
house president having any trouble
with discipline has the privilege . of
coming to the Jmjiciary council with
her problems and she is promised the
guidance and help of a governing bod\y
which is fair in all its decisions. The
committee believes by completing the
house organizations a better Wom-
an's league is guaranteed. In this way
each woman on campus is reached in
a quicker and in a more personal man-
ner.
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Survey Shows Chinese Students Approve
American Frankness And Sportsmanship
Last year a most interesting survey gotten because of the general friendli-
v as conducted by Phoebe Wong, Grad, ness and hospitality of so many
to discover among the Chinese stu- American families in Ann Arbor. University women are to be given a
dents of the University the living con- The use of English, both spoken and cance for a closer affiliation with the
One of the striking features of the
study was disclosed in the small ratio
of men's colleges which offer studies
in child problems. Out of the 150
schools investigated, 88 per cent of
the women's institutions list child
problem courses in their curriculum,
73 per cent of the coeducational, and
only 19 per cent of the men's insti-
tutions. This is all the more signifi-
cant when considered in the light of
the influence which men may exert on
child welfare and development.
ObVIbudly, the present attitude is
that the training of children belongs
t'o women. It is true that the average
mother is with her children morei
hours of the day than is the average
father. Such a course as Child Care
is, therefore, primarily for womnen.
But considering the fact that many
fathers determine family policies in
the general treatnent of children and,
still more important, are holding the
executive and lgislative power of de
termining environment factors of
child life, this relative proportion of
women's and men's institutions seems
way out of proportion to the compar-
ative influence of men and women in
child treatment.
Field Is Dlvided Into Four Branches
Included in the wide field of child
problems are four main branches:
Child Psychology, dealing with the
mental training of the child; Child
Care, related to his physical well-be-
ing; Child Welfare, his social status,
covering such questions as child
labor, juvenile delinquency, infant
mortality, and community responsibil-
ity for child health and recreation;
and fourth, educational psychology.
To those who conceive of education
as a means for producing social evo-
lution, the figures on child problem
of whom in special phases of develop-
ment are still in the elementary stag-
es; how understand the "mental diet"
to which the individual is accustomed;
and how judge the digestive power of
the "mental stomach."
Courses Which are Offered are Elect.
ive.
Even at institutions where the above
mentioned courses are given, a cur-
ious situation exists. In the majority,
these -studies are offered as electives
in the junior and senior years. This
means that students leaving college
before the junior year are likely not
to have studied any courses in Child
Problems. Yet these are very likely
to be the first to have to deal direct-
ly with such problems in their own
h'omes. Coming as they do in the
last two years, when major require-
ments must be met and when broad-
ening interests fill the student's mind
with desires for many and varied
electives, child problems are likely
once more to be pushed into the
backgr.ound.
Miss Twitchell's complete report of
her investigation will appear in the
November issue of the Journal of
Educational Research.
FOREIGN STUDENTS
TO MEET FRIDAY
Instead of the informal reception
which was scheduled to be held at
the home of Prof. and Mrs. K C. God-
dard, there will be an important busi-
ness meeting of the Cosmopolitan
Club at 7:15 Friday evening, Oct. 7.
at Lane Hall. The reception was
postponed because of a possible con-
flict with the opening number of the
concert series,
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