The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-10-16
SPEAKER TELLS HOW
TEACHER MAY HELP
SPEECH DETECTIVES
Don't Feel Sorry for Them or
Encourage Escape Mech.
anisms, He Says

Good, sane and intelligent mental
hygiene is great asset to a parent
and teacher IN making life more hap
py for unfortunate children who
struggle with speech handicaps. Or.
Bryng Brvngelson. head OF the speech
clinic at the University Of Minnesota
said In an address Saturday night be-
fore the southwestern division of the
North Dakota Education association
here.
Because emotional insecurity has
much to do with speech defects, DR.
Bryngelson said. 1T behooves every
parent and teacher to ., aware Of
the significance of the speech prob
lem Of these handicapped children
in normal school and home en-
vlrOnment.'
Never interfere with left-hand-
ed child" the speaker said do not
feel sorry for a speech defective. Do
not encourage escape mechanisns
which help the children hide their
defects"
One type Of speech defect, he said,
IS that described as failure to COM
municate because one feels emotion
ally insecure.
Several Other Types
There are other types, he said, mors
commonly known to the lay folk az
suffering, lisping, cleft palate and
others.
More than 100000 persons suf-
fering from these defects live in
America. OF 100000 sufferers onsy a
few thousand are receiving treatment.
The speech act in the human ami
NAL, being It's most recent acquisition. |
has enabled man to more successful
" manipulate his environment" DR.. |
Bryngelson said 1T Is through |
speech tina. man gets his wants and
his desires satisfied, his feelings |
soothed and his fellow-men con-
trolled.
1T appears that nature wasn't sa- |
tlsfied with the adaptation man made |
to his social environment by means
OF gruntS and gestures. The story OF |
this jump from the paving and |
grunting OF the quadruped to the
singing, wooing and speaking Ct mod
beauty OF this gala event lies, how
ever. in the complex nervous system,
with its ever-increasing power to
control lower levels of nervous actiy-
lty SO as to make speech. its highest
achievement, lord and master over
older and more vital biological func-
tons OF the human organism. Here
we have speech as a hierarchy, mobil-
izing nervous energy on one side OF
The brain, making the so-called
speech muscles operate as q beauti-
Iully-unified whole.
Must See to Appreciate
Unless one sees clearly the COM
plexlty or the act Of speaking, one
Goes not fully appreciate its purpose
Or function in humans.
But, besides talking. being spon.
sored by neurological mechanism re-
sloent in the cerebrum, 1t also Is
urged to its expression in our social
environment by psychological pro-
cesses also inherent in man. mean
to say that We really speak In order
10 maintain our security. Life is a
continuous adjustment of internal ,
relations to external relations, and by
speech We are able to make fair and |
adequate adjustment. When we real
lie the magnitude of the adjustments
we must make in order to survive.
one does not wonder that our social
security is put to a test and thus
often breaks. Not only is our ego
defeated in its strivings for security
but Our feelings are thwarted in their I
free expression"