THE MICHIGAN DAILY __ _ o_ ___ -. ,s I - ------- - - - - --I ( 1 P 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. -- - t 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, 'III "the crtc pronounce it WONDERFU! u ~7N - 4,, G6W4 Dance Frocks of Grace and Charm The beguiling influence of the mode that is distinctly Parisian is emphasized in Frocks as beautiful as these. They sparkle with the verve of novel trimmings, brilliant colorings and fascinating style turns. Within reach of every purse no matter how modest, is an outstanding trait of these wide selections. '1 f 6 r "s r 7 t ' ' + r . , , i i I , Ii I' J fm,:, f i' ; iI 4L Fcrrnous For- Sunday Evening Lunch Variety--Good Food-Quick Service BETSY ROSS SHOP 1' - I .....................................................a Y~aaaaaaa.".. -.-..... BROILED STEAKS, CHOPS, CHICKEN "Forty Years of Service to Michigan Students." SELLING. "Choose" " s --- - -- Rent a Typewriter By the Month or for the Semester - Your Choice Underwood, Royal, L. C. 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