Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 December 1946 — Page 11

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ERVICE IALS : - " . i g' MANICURES FLICKER, FLICKER LITTLE NEON a Equipment | BUT I WONDER WHAT MAKES YOU GO ON— 342 E. Wash Let's start simple and say light switch, Then | MA-7131 | Btop right there because even the famillar “EAT — |. HERE” sign becomes an intricate job when you start

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| from scratch and a plain glass’ tube. Never having seen neon signs made I was quite | Intrigued at the technique William Steinburg dis- | played at the Cramer Neon Sign Co. “Heck, this little sign is nothing,” Mr. Steinburg | Scoffed. “What I'd like to work on Is something like | the REM sign in New York. Three letters requiring | five miles of glass tubing—that's a real sign.” ; As far as I was concerned “Eat Here” was a real | sign too. He had an actual-size pattern on the work L table. Plugging one end of the glass tube with a cork he made a coupl® of marks on the glass and stuck it | Into a crossfire gas flame. It wasn't long before the | tube became pliable, The first single bend was made and before the | glass cooled, Mr. Steinburg blew* into one end of the tube and made the angle round. Otherwise it would | have collapsed. i. The top of -the E was made. The center was | trickier to manipulate. The glass tube had to be | folded back and brought down to form the bottom | and another right angle for the complete letter,

‘Playing ‘the Bagpipes’ 4 ON THE CENTER double-back bend a long rub- | ber tube was attached, Mr. Steinburg looked as if

BEND, TWIST, PUFF—And William Steinburg has a good start on a "Eat Here" neon sign.

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he were playing the bagpipes. On top of the E he welded an electrods in a glass casing making one solid piece. The A and the T were made separate and joined by the welding process. On the end of the T a hole was burned in.the glass and a smaller tube welded in. This step, Mr. Steinburg pointed out, was one of the more important ones in neon sign making. By means of this little tube he could control the welding of another electrode. Also this opening permitted the pumping out of the air and pumping in of the neon gas. The EAT unit was welded on a manifold hooked up to a vacuum pump. Air-was pumped out until the electrodes glowed brightly. That meant that EAT was almost a perfect vacuum. The pump was turned off and the neon -gas turned on. When the specified amount of gas was in the tubes a mobile crossfire burner was applied to the small tube. When the glass became pliable Mr, Steinburg worked the

EAT unit out slowly and when it was free of the|

manifold a perfect seal had been made.

The sign was connected and tested immediately, The neon gas gave off a brilliant red light. Had argon gas and a dash of mercury been in the tube it would have been blue. These two gases are used 90 per cent of the time in signs. Helium can be used but it is not as practical, Mr. Steinburg stated. I was curious about the animated signs that show figures walking, an arrow moving in and out or letters that spell out one by one until a word or name is formed.

There are three flashers for this type of sign. Primary flasher turns a sign on and off. A secondary flasher can have as many as eight positions (contacts) and will simulate motion while the spelling flasher “can do anything.”

Petty Vandals Wreck Signs

FROM CARL MILLER, service man, I learned signs are damaged by persons who are inclined to petty vandalism, On some repair jobs he has found

quarters and half dollars stuck in the housing of the sign. “No—kids aren't the only ones who peck away on outdoor neon signs. You know, no kid is going to toss a half a buck at a sign,” Mr, Miller explained. Glass tubes are often coated with a powder on the inside to get different colors. Argon gas, which is blue, can be changed to a white or green by dusting the tubes. Neon, which lights up red, can be changed into pink, orange, gold and yellow by means of flourescent tubes and powder. Everyone at the Cramer Co. is going fo be blowing pretty hard in the very near future because prep-

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arations are being made to start production on a) seven-foot high and a 64-foot long sign for a manu-! facturer in Frankfort. | “I'm waiting for the day we get one like the Rem sign in New York,” Mr, Steinburg added. I imagine it would be something to blow about, |

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dribbly nose, pink eyes and an emery-cloth throat, victim of an ultra-modern Christmas gift. There it was under the tree, even as I had hoped, flufly and pink and bound in satin, an electric blanket de luxe plucked straight out of the atomic age. It seemed like the company never would go home, but I kept eyeing my blanket and the people finally took the hint. I wired my bed for heat. The cables from socket to blanket to control tower and back again made the floor look like a sound stage during production of a technicolor epic. I pointed out to the little woman who complained that if Joan Crawford managed not to stumble across the electrical conduits, surely she could. Then I put on my pajamas. .. The box on the night table was glowing softly. “The directions said set the dial to the most comfortable temperaturé and my magnificent blanket would stay that way night long. Here was a problem I'd never contemplated before. What was the most comfortable temperature in bed? I took a chance on 82 degrees farenheit and dived under. What luxury! What comfort!

2 Clicks and 1 Bong

A GENTLE WARMTH permeated my weary bones and soon I was sound aslep, only to wake about 30 minutes later soaked in sweat: I- turned back the blanket. The light glowed brighter, as the little men inside the box pumped more heat through the coils. I fixed them. I turned down the temperature to 70 degrees, got a drink of water, and tried again. This seemed to make the fellows in the control unit sore. I could hear ’em muttering. They'd go click, click, click, clickety-click. They'd be quiet for

Aviation

GETTING LOST in the air is an experience which f comes to every airman, The first cross-country flight be alone is something a pilot never forgets. His motor is g purring along smoothly, his plane is in excellent shape, but there are no road signs. The only thing wrong with the flight is his anxiety about “reading” the country and finding his way to the desired destination, It is difficult to resist the temptation to look over your shoulder as the home airport fades into the horizon. There are just so many gallons of fuel in that tank, which must be translated into. hours and minutes of flight time. You can call cross-country flying “navigating” if you will, but it is really finding your way from one fueling point (commonly called an airport) to another fueling depot.

He Double Checks

THE FLEDGLING is in a bad way on all counts. It is his first flight away from home. This realization, standing like neon lights in his mind, soon has him “pressing his shots,” double checking his map against railroad tracks, highways, streams and rivers below. Sometimes he gets mixed up in his double check but, strange to relate, the “rookie” pilot seldom gets so badly lost that he doesn't find some airport and do a

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—I am in bed with a a while and softly they'd ring a gong, which went,

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bit of “smart visiting,” during which he thanages to discover the name of the field on which he has landed. Then, too, finding a field nowadays presents little difficulty because there are so many of them. Years ago this was the tough rub when, for instance, there was only one airport between Dayton, Ohio, and

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NEWS ITEM from Springfield, Ill: “The first all-woman circuit court jury in Sangamon county history was sworn in to consider an automobile damage suit. “The 12 women argued all night long and then reported they couldn't agree. They were dismissed.”

Surprise to No One

SUCH A STALEMATE shouldn't surprise anyone who has ever attended a business meeting of a woman’s club, When a bunch of women get together to try to agree on anything, the going is long and hard. Take such a question as: “Should we send flowers to Mrs. Smith, who is in the hqspital?” Now there's a problem that can keep the women arguing a whole afternoon. It sounds simple. But to a group of women it is a tough decision to make. Every woman has an idea and expresses it. One says: “If we send flowers to Mrs. Smith we'll be starting a precedent, and I wonder if that is wise.”

By Frederick C. Othman

“bong.” Then they'd start clickety-clicking again. Bong. Click. Bong-bong-bong. Click! Click. Silence. Bong. Click. I was wide awake now. The sheets were damp and felt cool. I reached out and turned up the heat a little. The little men made two clicks and one bong; then they sat down quietly on their handkerchiefs.s

Those Midget Engineers ' I WAITED NEARLY 40 minutes, but not one more sound did they make. I shut my eyes and was about to go asleep again, when they woke up and started going bong-bong-bong. I got another glass of water. My wife in the other bed said why didn’t I go to sleep? “Bong,” the little men replied. Dawn was not far away and here I was involved in an endurance contest with these midget engineers. I began to experiment. Every time I'd move my foot or poke my arm out of the covers, they'd either go click, or bong. The clicks seemed to indicate that the current was being turned down; the bongs that it was being turned up. I could not win. I pulled the main plug. That stopped the little men. I went to sleep, but woke soon thereafter feeling goosepimply. Hours later the lady who'd presented me the blanket in the first place wondered how I slept. “Achoo,” I said. So ends my sorry tale of anarchy in the atomic era. My cold is getting no better in a hurry, though I must report in justice to the blanket maker that the fault wasn't his. I tightened a loose screw later and that seemed to quiet the little men for good. If I ever get well again (a possibility which seems un-| likely at the moment), I believe electronics and I| will make good bedfellows.

By Maj. Al Williams

Washington, D. C., and only one between Washington, D. C, and New York. Any landings, “forced” or otherwise, between these airports had to be in a pasture, or any smooth spot available—making it necessary at times to dive over a fleld several times to shoo the cows off into one corner to get room for a landing. Don’t imagine for a minute that getting lost in the air is restricted to green pilots. No, indeed! You can get lost any time you doze on checking your whereabouts. Especially is this possible if your radio gets tired and quits—as radios are known to do. Then you start thinking—and fast. Where was the last point at which you knew where you were? How long ago in minutes was that? Knowing your cruising speed and the approximate wind strength (plus| direction of course), you start combing the map against the landmarks below.

‘Easy Way’ May Be Careless

THIS DAY and age of gadgets such as the A. D. F. (automatic direction finder) is spoiling many a good old-fashioned gross-country “navigator.” "The A. D. F. is tuned to a broadcasting station along your proposed flight path or to the station of the town at |! your ¢estination. The A. D. F. arrow points the! direction to the -broadcasting station and you just | follow the arrow. This easy aid to carelessness in | checking a map against terrain lets you down with | a bang when the arrow fails to point. And then you | start thinking your way home. The pilot—irrespective of his great or little time in the air—who claims he never gets lost has never left his home airport, or is prone to stretch the truth beyond its elastic limit.

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Another calls for a full treasurer's report, Still another brings out the fact that Mrs. Smith is a rather new member, and what about all the members who in the past got no flowers from the club while they were hospital patients?

Not a Chance

ABOUT THE TIME the women are ready to | agree that they can afford to part with a few dollars to let Mrs. Smith know she is in their thoughts, another member pops up with the suggestion, to which several w8men nod in agreement, that maybe cologne |

+ or bath powder or a book would be a more welcome

gift. And so it goes. The trouble with an all-feminine | jury is not that women don’t take their responsibilities | seriously, but that they take them too seriously. It's a major problem for one woman to make up her mind about anything. Multiply that by 12—and you're bound to get a stalemate,

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persons who died in an apartment house fire yesterday morning were prevented {rom escaping by smoke |and poisonous gases which filled their rooms.

Miller, 27; her daughter, Vickie, 3; and her grandmother, Mrs. Minnie Sublette, 74.

" oh WAY WN PLANE VICTIM RALLIES — Mrs, Waterbury, 19-year-old French war bride reported dying of injuries suffered in the crash of the Constellation "Star of Cairo" in Eire Saturday, rallied yesterday when her baby, months, was placed on the hospital cot beioe

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Charles Bruce, 4!/ her. Physicians hoped save the young mother's life. The

an emergency exit by the stewardess a

landed in the mud and was only

slightly injured. Twelve persons were killed in the crash, Ten others injured were believed today to be out of danger.

2 Slug Jailer, Flee Vigo Jail

One Is Captured 2 Hours After Break

«+ TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 30 (U. P).— A Great Bend Kas, man, facing a 10-year-prison term, was free today after he and a companion s'lugged a Vigo county jail guard and walked away. The other prisoner, 19-year-old Hugh O'Neil, Omaha, Neb, was caught a few hours after the break yesterday. State police patrolled all highways today in an effort to block the escape of Clarence Heckens Jr.

Heckens and O'Neil, both under |lina,

sentence on conviction of auto banditry, overpowered jailer Charles. Fagin, 54, as he brought a new prisoner to the cell block, Jailer Fagin opened the door, turned to usher in the other prisoner when Heckens and O'Neil jumped out. Mr. Fagin was beaten severely but was recovering today. He was unconscious when the men locked the cell block and left the jail. O'Neil, captured in a taxicab about two hours later, said he and Heckens made a telephone call after leaving the jail. Then they separated, he said, and Heckens disappeared. Sheriff John Trierweiler said the men were sentenced to 10-year terms at Indiana State reformatory last Dec. 24 by Judge H. Dewitt Owen of Vigo circuit court. They were to be removed to the institution at Pendleton to start the sentences. O'Neil and Heckens were apprehended last Dec. 8 in a stolen auto belonging to Dr. Carroll D. Monroe of Selma, Kas: They sped through the outskirts of Terre Haute at 80 miles per hour in an effort to escape arrest, The car was wrecked and they were captured,

3 Persons Killed

In. Apartment Fire

CANTON, Mp., Dec. 30 (U. P.)— Firemen said today that the three

The dead were: Mrs. Marjorie

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Escaped Convict Father Sees His Daughter Buried

ATLANTA, Ga. Dec. 30 (U. P.). —Harsh December winds scattered the flowers today on a tiny grave here. They buried one-month-old Margaret Kimmons, But the father who never saw {his little daughter in life saw her in death. And it was because of an Atlanta policeman and a South Carolina prison official, Bowed with grief, a 21-year-old youth approached Officer Dock Sims at a hospital here Sunday. The policeman recognized him as Benjamin Kimmons. He was under burglary conviction in South Caro-

Pleads t¢ Remain

“My little girl is dead,” Kimmons fold Officer Sims. “I just had to come home for the funeral. Please don't let them send me back now.” In a Saluda county, 8. C. jail, Kimmons learned Friday of the death of his daughter whom he hadn't seen. Efforts to reach the governor and other prison officials failed. Kimmons, a trustee, slipped away, a A long day of hitch-hiking Sunday brought him to Atlanta. He immediately headed for the hospital where his friend Patrolman Sims was on assignment, Officer Sims called Supervisor Ben Abels at the Saluda jail. He gave

cape.” And he promised to be personally responsible for his return if he could remain for the funeral. It took only a few seconds for Mr. Abels to decide: “Let the boy stay.” Today Kimmons and Officer Sinis left for Saluda.

Hint Reconciliation For Dempsey, Ex-Wife

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (U. P.). —Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champion, invited ex-wife Hannah Williams back to his home today. But he wolldn't confirm a reconciliation. He said Mrs. Dempsey and their daughters, Barbara and Joan, had joined him after their arrival Jom New York, “Yes, theyre here at home with

Competition—

Ford Aims at No. 1 Spot in Auto Industry

Hopes to Oust GM From Top Position

By. ROY 'J. FORREST United Press Staff Correspondent DETROIT, Dec. 30.—The 43-year-

automotive industry, Young Henry Ford II, who suc ceeded his 83-year-old grandfather as president only 15 months ago, intends to recapture No. 1 position in the industry from General Motors

the best brains in auto making, These young men have free reign and . authority to speak out when they have anything to say. Did No Talking This is a revolutionary change at Ford which had grown old with its founder. The elder Henry's men had been responsible only to him and did not have to account to stock holders. They also did no talking. Young Henry's first step was to throw out the policies that per mitted the company to go into a skid in the early 1930's and let General Motors take the lion's share of the auto business. He prom General Motors cat-and-dog- competition during the next three or four years, But he plans to expand only as his business picks up—not merely to beat G. M. in production,

Reorganized Front Office A year ago, young Mr, Ford adopted a liberal attitude toward

126-day strike. Toward the end of this year, he completed his “front office” reorganization, . Mr. Ford was aware of G. M.'s efficient organization and operations and he has capitalized on it by raiding his chief rival of top young executives. As a result, he has an intimate knowledge of G. M.'s business and plans, Young Henry also reach out for young men in other auto and manufacturing. companies. First, his grasping caught top experts in man. agement. He then raided G. M. and other firms for leading engineers “and manufacturing executives. Management Expert Ernest R. Breech, 40-year-old, exvice president of G. M., was lured away from the presidency of G, M.'s Bendix Aviation Corp. last July 1

to become executive vice president af Ford, His industry record is

spotless, Mr. Breech 18% managenibht expert. His job is to co-ordinate Ford's wide-spread operations, streamline them and to institute sound accounting practices. His deft hand has made itself apparent. The new executive vice president was instrumental in the hiring of Harold T. Youngren from BorgWarner Corp., to become director of engineering, and several of the G. M. staff,

Snow Delays Air Crash Probe

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Dec. 30 (U. P). —~ Federal authorities planned today to resume an investigation, delayed 24 hours by heavy snow, into the crash of an Amer~ ican Airlines plane which killed two persons and injured 19 others Saturday.

Physicians said only six of the injured were in serious condition and none were critical. Investigators covered the wreckage with a heavy tarpaulin yesterday to prevent it from being buried by the snow. Witnesses said the plane's engines sounded “unnatural” as it

me,” Mr, Dempsey said. “The girls| wanted us all together for the holidays.” Neither of the Dempseys, divorced July 8, 1943, would’ disclosg their plans, despite reports of a reconecili-

ation and possible remarriage.

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dropped out of the sky and headed for a crash landing at the International Friendship garden four miles north of here. Helen Priel, 22, South Glastonbury, Conn. the stewardess, said she saw ice on the wings. The pilot, Frank Ham, Bridgeport, Conn., andthe co-pilot, Harmon E. Ring, Muscatine, Iowa, were’ killed in the crash. The six persons who remained

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in serious condition are Robert Ritter, 28, and Thomas Kennedy, both

{45, Buffalo, N. Y.; Mrs. Arlain | Lyons, 46, Port Allegheny, Pa.; | Homer Kerns, 44, Forest “Hills, N. | Y.; and Betsy Blaisdell, 20, James- | town, N. Y.

Tyndall Reappoints Four City Officials

Mayor Tyndall today réappointed four city officials to offices in city departments for a term of four | years. They are Sherlle Deming, vice president of the board of works; Joseph G. Wood, member of the {aviation board; Mrs. Roberta Nichol- | son, member of the board of health, | and Dorlald Jameson, member of the | city plan commission.

Youth Recovering

‘From Bullet Wound | Billy Walker, 17, of near Lebanon, | Ind, was recovering at his home | today from a bullet wound in his arm. He was shot Saturday night, he (said, when one of two youths who | had started a fight, fired a revolver in the 500 block, Dorman st, He was In Indianapolis visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Cleo Gal

old Ford Motor Co. suddenly has become one of the “youngest” in the

Corp. He has cleaned out “Old Henry's" regime and is attraction some of

labor while G. M. was tied up by a

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‘Snipper’ Leads Police Merry Chase

WASHINGTON, . 30 (U, P.) ~~ Trolley-riding police) got a fresh supply of coins y to continue their search for “J. the Snipper.” The “Snipper’s: ber with a \penchant for girls’ tresses. He has shorn the locks of five Washington girls within a week. Apparently he rested yesterday. Four of the girls have had their tresses clipped while riding on street cars. They described the man who cut locks from their hair as young, with dark, curly hair, big feet and apparently a big scissors. Four brunets and a red-haired girl have been clipped. His technique, although fast, is crude. He cuts a lock of his vietims’ hair and then quickly leaves the trolley.

Soft Coal Output Below 1945 Rate

Times Washin reau WASHINGTON, . 30.—Indiana

miners produced 557,000 tons of coal for the week ending Dec. 14, the first week after John L, Lewis called off his strike. During the week ending Dec. 15, 1945, there were 535,000 Lons produced from mines in the state, During the last strike week, ending Dec. 17, production was 29,000 tons. In the second week following the coal strike, bituminous coal miners produced an estimated 13,100,000 tons, compared with 13,220,000 tons in the preceding week, according te Deputy Solid Fuels Administrator Dan H Wheeler, But for the comparable week of 1945 the nation-wide soft coal production was 11,150,000 tons. Cumulative production of soft ‘coal this calendar year through Dec. 21 approximated 514,607,000 tons, a decrease of 9.5 per cent below the ~utput of 568,627,000 tons in the comparable portion of 1045 throug Dec. 22. \

MARY CHURCHILL TO WED | LONDON, Dec. 30 (U. P.).—Mary Churchill, daughter of Winston Churchill, will be married Feb. 11 at St. Margaret's church in Westminster to Capt. Christopher Soames of the Coldstream Guards.

favorites, an educator said today.

Dr. Paul A. Witty, professor psycho-educational clinic at North western university, sald he had made a survey of what 12,000 grammar and high school pupils wanted in the way of teachers, Want Democratic Classes They agreed that school would be more fun if teachers were willing to conduct their classes democrat ically, The desire for recognition and praise was at the bottom of the list. One 10-year-old student reported that his teacher was so fair that “her room was filled with the golden sunshine of equality,” Dr, Witty

said, Other tralts, in order of choice, were: Consideration for the individual, patience, possession of wide interests—especially sports—and other Interests of young people; pleasing personal appearance and manner, fairness and impartiality, a sense of humor and knowledge of when to ise it, a consistently good disposition, interest in pupil's problems, methods,

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_SNIPPER'S VICTIM—Diane Sklarsky, 12-year-old Washington, D. C.. girl, forlornly exhibits her tresses which were cut by a mys. bed by police as “Jack the Nine inches of her hair was clipped by the "unlicensed barber" whe

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10% in 10 Years—

State's Labor Supply Gaining

1,516,000 Workers Estimated for 1950

Indiana will have a labor supply of 1516000 persons in 1950, the bureau of labor, U. 8. department of labor, said today, . This represents an increase of ale most 10 per cent over 1040 and places the state second among those in the Great Lakes area in the rate ' of growth, the bureau said.

force likely to take place in the On the basis of the natural ine crease in population, the labor force in Indiana would increase only: 8.3 per cent from 1,397,000 in 1040 to 1,404,000 in 1950. However, the ad-

ditional increase is expected as the result of immigration from other areas.

The growth of the working force for the Great Lakes area will be slow but steady with a rise of about 8 per cent from 11,203,000 to 13,« 109,000 workers by 1950.

Plains States to Lose

A highlight of the study is a forecast that the large-scale migration of workers to the west coast will increase the labor force in Cali« fornia, Oregon and Washington an average of 35 per cent. The Great Plains states, stretching from North Dakota to Oklahoma will suffer a loss, the bureau ine dicated. In the South, an increase of 17 per cent is forecast. Nationally, the labor force, which includes persons 14 years of age and over working or seeking work, is expected to expand from 55,000,000 to 62,000,000 or about 13 per cent between 1940 and 1950. Natural population growth and continuation of the long-term trend toward more women on the labor market constitute the main factors controlling the nation’s labor force

growth.

Memo to Teachers: Look Pretty, Ban Favoritism

Educator Says Children Want to Be Treated , As Equals Rather Than Receive Praise

By CLAIRE COX United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—American kids wouldn't play hookey so much if their teachers would try to look pretty all ‘the time and stop playing

The youngsters are more interested in being treated as equals than. in receiving praise from their teachers, he said.

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The boys were more interested than girls in having attractive teachers, And the boys were most appreciative of a teacher's help in studying science and learning ‘to add and subtract. The girls just wanted help in learning to read better. Dr. Witty directed the army's program for teaching illiterates to read) and write in eight weeks. He said the survey demonstrated a need for teachers adequately trained to protect the mental health of their pupils. Gratefulness to Teacher “The list reflects gratefulness to the teacher in proportion to the degree that she offers opportunity for shared experience, individual success, security and personal and social adjustment,” he said. “It is no acident that a democratie attitude and consideration for the individual head the list. The