Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 April 1952 — Page 11

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when they entertain at the class-sponsored spring coti music for the 8:30 to 11:30 o'clock party. Casting appraising eyes on their bouffant

are Miss Moryunn Beckerich (left), dance chairman, and Miss Delores Feighner. Assisting Miss

Times photo by John R. Spicklemire.

COLLEGE COTILLION—Sophomores at Marian College will be caught in the social whirl tonight

{lion. Bob Womack's orchestra will provide

ball frocks

Beckerich with arrangements have been Miss Barbara Gingrick, Logansport; Miss Thelma Runyan,

Aurora; Misses Betty Jo Grady,

Patricia Miller, Margaret Ann Barbee and Jane Brady.

State AAUW at Conference

THE Indiana state divigion of the American Association of University Women will meet with a regional conference of AAUW fn Grand Rapids, Mich, today and tomorrow. Mrs. C. E. Roach will attend to serve on the resolutions committee and Mrs. Russell Benson has been appointed to the credentials committee, Other from Indiana named by Dr.

The Mature Parent—

committee members

Margaret Powell, Franklin, are Mrs. A. C. Badders, Portland; Mrs. Earl Peterson, Crawfordsville: Mrs. Geoffrey Carmichael, Bloomington; Mrs. F. G. Miner, Gary, and Miss Inez Morris, Terre Haute. < " EJ » THE RESOLUTION commit{ee will include Mrs. Howard Carson, Ft. Wayne; Miss Grace Dehority, Muncie; Dr. Louise Rorabacber, Lafayette and Mrs. Roach. Dr. fayette;

Elizabeth Mackay, LaMrs, Miltham Mer-

cille, Btoomington, and Mrs. Howard Carson, Ft. Wayne, will serve on the committee for selecting the place of the next convention. On the credentials committee will be Mrs, Leo Moran, Connersville; Mrs. Leo JacobLa Porte; Mrs, Rolland

son, Neese, Franklin; Miss Reba Stone, Kokomo, and Mrs. Benson. .

Mrs. W. R. Merritt, Ander son, is in charge of publicity and Miss Emma Flack, Terre Haute, exhibits,

Can We Let Our Children Know That We Are Not Perfect?

By MURIEL LAWRENCE READER has asked me these impor-

tant questions:

Will public discussion of our mistakes in rearing children undermine our family

authority?

Will they use against us books, magazines and newspaper articles that expose our faults?

When we reprove them for their shortcomings, will they turn: on us defiantly and say, “Who are you to tell me off? You do wrong yourself!” Boiled down, these questions ask: “Can we afford to let children know that we are imperfect?” ; In our civilization we do not have perfect leaders either of nations or of families, A Perfect Leader is one who can’t tolerate any suggestion that he may be at fault, In our

culture, a Perfect Parent is a fish out of water because we do not grant perfection to human beings. It's hard for him to maintain his claim to superiority in a country that is as allergic

to tyranny as we are,

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THE CHILDREN want a chance to be right occasionally. If they feel there is an attitude that is too oppressive in the Perfect Parent, they want to say so. If they are not allowed to, they will go under ground to fight the Parent Who Is

Always Right. Then there are

Perfect Parents have a bad time. They live in constant fear of being exposed as frauds. They have to waste emotional energy in re-

assuring themselves:

They are apt to react to any slight, however

trivial, and can never bypass a critical remark or laugh at some foolish thing they have done. They cannot retreat from positions, no mat-

ter ‘how vulnerable they are. Every move. they

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make has to be documented with explanations— and oh, how they carry grudges!

CHRONICALLY suspicious like the Perfect Leaders of nations who only feel safe behind the thick stone walls of Kremlins, they are happier by themselves than they are with their children. Of course they are outraged by criticism from a child! They point a shaking finger to their stainless record of self-sacrifice and cry, “How dare you have a point of view about anything I have done?” The children stop talking—but they don’t stop thinking. They just take their criticism underground. But if we are real leaders—mature parents— we are not disturbed when our child finds fault with us. We weigh his comment for its helpfulness and act accordingly.

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HOWEVER, we also deal very quickly with the critical offspring who tries to push us around with his fault-finding. If, for example, we are given a marked article discussing one of our failings, we say, “Thanks very much.” Then we take a second look at this altruistic

concern for our .soul. If our young seems to have been motivated by the desire to hurt us, to show

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off, to bully us, we pull him up in short order. When we have read about our own own deficiency, we hand him back his article. We say, “There’s no such thing, you know as a parent's fault or children’s faults, There are just faults which harass you and me along with the rest of the human race. So you may get something out of what this child expert says. What it has told me about your need for love and reassurance it can also tell you about your parents’ need for them.”

Music Clubs Elect Officers

Mrs. Harley N. Edington was elected president of the Indiana Federation of Music Clubs at . the 32d annual convention of the organization this week in Evansville,

olis Matinee Musicale, Mrs, Edington is well-known as a ‘pianist. She will take over her two-year term in June, Mrs, Leigh B. Freed, North Manchester, retiring second vice president, will fill. Mrs. Edington’'s unexpired term as first vice president to June, 1953. ~ ” ”

HOLDOVER officers are Miss Marcella Hayes, Muncie, treasurer, and Mrs, H. Lester Janney, Muncie corresponding secretary. New officers include Mrs. Charles Barnard, Oakland City, second vice president, and Mrs.

1. E. Hubbard, Spencer recording secretary. At the June board session it

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* Air Force Officials

By ELIZABETH TOOMEY United Press Staff Correspondent

LACKLAND AFB, Tex., Apr. 25-——At the end of her first day in uniform, a girl has a lot of strange problems. Like how to salute and keep her hand straight or how far apart her toes should be when she stands “at ease.”

With serious faces, 14 girls stood at the side of a gravel

‘road today watching uniformed

Women's Air. Force trainees march by at retreat... The girls (the rank used now instead of private) for two days, and had spent one day here, transformed overnight from a collegiate looking group to a cotton-clad, eager bunch of Air Force recruits, The day had passed in a jumble of orders, starting with “fall out” at 5:30 a. m. “But they have been very easy with us,” 18-year-old Clara Brooks said wearily. “They seemed to understand that we weren't accustomed to it.” » » Bb } WHEN THEY HAD a break during the day. they had hurried back to their four-girl rooms in the WAF barracks to practice saluting, “When they say ‘Prekent Arms’ then you salute,” explained Carole Sieber, 18, from Brooklyn, N. Y. “Your arm is at a 45-degree angle and you sort of snap it up to your head. You snap it down to your side too, only you can't make any noise slapping it against your side, I mean.” Girls generally react to drills

with much more enthusiasm than men recruits, according to Air Force officials. They love a parade, especially when’ they're in it. n ” ~ “THE WAFs USUALLY win the parade honors from the men,” one pllot admitted, watching basic airmen march by. Feminine voices could be heard barking orders to the marching WAFS. “I'll never understand what they're saying,’ sighed Kathlen Mahoney, 23. “It sounds like ‘ho-ha’ to me, but it all means something. I was so shocked a while ago when I saw all the girls’ hands go up. I didn't know they'd told us to salute.” In between getting their first uniforms and furtively practicing saluting each other, the newest of the WAFs learned how to keep their bedrooms neat, military style. : A sun-tanned WAF officer called “Attention,” and told the girls they would march over to their dining room, Self consciously they stood erect. “I'm. beginning to feel as if I'm” inthe Air Force for the first time,” a girl whispered, then shuffled her feet quickly to get in step with the girl beside her as they marched off.

Benjamin-Husfon Vows To Be Spoken Tonight

J, NGLEWOOD CHRISTIAN CHURCH will be the setting at 7:30 ‘p. m. today for the marriage of Miss Esther Laverne Benjamin and James Edward Huston. “The Rride, who resides at 644 Eastern Ave., is the daugh-

ter of Mr, and Mrs. Austin P. Benjamin, Medaryville, The bridegroom is the son of Mrs, Charlotte Huston, 49 N. Tacoma Ave. & The Rev. Paul Benjamin, pas-~ tor of the Prairie Green Christian Church, Hoopeston, Ill, will officiate. The Rev. Harry Poll will assist at the ceremony. » ~ ” MRS. NORVAL BAKER, De Moines, will. be the matron of honor. She will be dressed in orchid satin. The bridesmaids, Mrs. Benjamin and Miss Ruth Ann Benjamin, both of Medaryville, will wear aqua taffeta and tulle dresses. The bridal gown is white Chantilly lace, made with a molded basque highlighted with a sheer yoke, long sleeves and bouffant skirt. The headpiece of the fingertip veil is ornamanted with small seed pearls. The bridal bouquet is of Amazonica lilies. Joyce and Stanley McCarter will be flowergirl and ringbearer, respectively. . ” » » ALFRED N, CAVE, Lafayette, will be best man. The ushers will include David W, Sparks, Westfield, and Robert E. Harrison, Frank L. Cave and Robert Osburn. The reception will be held after the ceremony in the church, and the wedding trip will be through the Southwest. The bride was graduated from Butler University where she was a member of Trianon: Sorority, and the bridegroom is 5 Eiatupts of Purdue University. i

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Annual Tea Planned

The Ladywood School Athletic Association will hold its annual tea from 3 to 5 p. m. Sunday in the school. The program will {include open house, an art exhibit and a musical program consisting of numbers by the school chorus, a piano duo by Marietta Glaser, Brookville, and Mary Burke Howard, and a piano solo by Norine Healy, Evansville. Ann Marbaugh, president of the Athletic Association, is in charge of arrangements. She will be assisted by Rita Rhea, Greencastle; Jane Harris and Mary Hulman, Terre Haute; Miss Healy, Miss Glaser, Suzanne Fuller, Bedford; Barbara Trecker, Elm Grove, Wis, Marlene Fitzgerald, Springfield, 111, Mary Cay Rambusch, Marilyn and Janet Alhand and Sandra Moore.

Mothers Club Plans Six Card Parties

The St. Ann's Mother Club is sponsoring a series of six card parties, the second of which will be held at 8 p. m. Sunday in the school hall, 2839 8. McClure St. Mrs. Roy Dugger is chair man and Mrs, William Murphy, co-chairman of entertainment,

and Mrs. Jasper P. Scott, members of the Indianapolis Unit, National Association of Parliamentarians, look over questions in the question box to be answered at the first open institute on "parliamentary procedurq Fiesdey in Ayres’ ihe

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GOLD LADIES ARE FIRST—Mrs. Samuel R. Harrell (left), Marion County Mental Health Assocs plans with Mrs. Herbert Falender (center) and Mrs. Hilgedog, Gold Ladies.

Health Group to Seek $250,000

AT A 12:15 p. m. luncheon meeting May 3 in the Riley Room of the Clay-

pool Hotel, the Indiana Association for Mental Health will officially launch its statewide campaign for $250,000, to be contributed as “gifts of hope.” E. B. Newill is campaign general chairman. Mrs, Samuel R. Harrell, chairman of the board of directors of the Marion County Association for Mental Health, is vice chairman of the campaign in Marion County. Federal - Judge Luther W, Youngdah! will be here from Washington to address campaign chairmen from all over

the state who will attend the

luncheon. Funds will go toward research in mental health, scholarships to train men and women in the field of mental health, and toward maintaining the work of county chapters of the association, » » .

ALTHOUGH THE campaign has not officially opened, several organizations and in dividuals already have offered

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