The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-13
PSYCH|ATR|STS
URGED AS AID
TO EDUCATION
StetSon Outlines Need of
Experts in Talk to
Club Federation.
BENEFITS ARE EXPLAINED
Delegates Also Hear Purdue
Dean and State
School Head.
BENEFITS ARE EXPLAINED

"The time is at hand" Paul Stet-
son, Indianapolis public schools sup
erintendent, told the Indiana Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs today,
when school systems of any size
will employ psychiatris5.
His duty" he said as he adj
dressed the 500 delegates in the
Claypool, will be to relate the emo
tional disturbances of pupils with
physical defects. Working with the
psychiatrist should be psycholo-
gist, who will be able to give prin-
cipals and teachers valuable hints
as to the best course to pursue in
certain cases.
Society willinot for long continue
the stupid policy of Furnishing in
dividuals after the crime is COM
mitted and of taking little or no pre-
ventive measures. Introduction OF
these two correlative departments
will do much to aid school author
tiles in dealing with a typical case.
other Speakers Listed
Speakers today included Floyd 1.
McMurray, Indiana superintendent
of public instruction, on "Indianas
Program for Rural Education" and
Dean Mary l.. Mathews, Purdue Uni
versity, on "Fads and FrillS."
In resolutions the federation de-
clared itself in favor of the merit
system with trained personnel in
government work; national repre-
sentation for residents of the Dis
trict of Columbia, and universal
fingerprinting as a protective meas
ure. Today is the second of a three
day meeting.
Annual reports showed that 81, 900
Indiana Federation of Women's Club
members last year encouraged art
and poetry, agitated against bill
board-cluttered roadsides, tutored
English, and interested themselves
IN practical forestry, game conser-
walton and better radio programs.
One club was instrumental in
cleaning a polluted stream in which
fish were dying.
First District reports included
club-sponsored kindergartens flour
ishing in Pike County and some
conservation activities. In the Sec
ond District, the reports stated,
Martinsville kindergartens are
sponsored by clubs, and there has
been an increased use of state, To-
cal and high school libraries, traced
to club education activities.
Other Successful Projects
Conservation projects such as
highway planting, flower shows and
wild life condition improvement also
were reported as successful projects
of the Second District. The dis
trict also sponsored an essay con-
test in high schools on Crime and
It's Control"
Lawrence County, in the Third
District, reported a nursery school
in progress and the opening of two
free kindergartens. Clubs in this
district are maintaining circulating
libraries.
The Fourth District continued to
aid the Rising Sun library An eX-
tensive program of conservation,
which included establishment of
bird Sanctuaries in Vigo County was
sponsored in the Fifth.
Progress Is Satisfactory
Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Dis
tricts clubs reported satisfactory
progress with the general Federation
program, and Clinton County in the
Ninth reported it had donated funds
for library extension. The same
clubs maintain magazine corner
in the library, and has % highway
beautifying programs in progress.
They campaigned against the
destruction of wild flowers, and for
handicapped stream banks.
The East Chicago clubs in the
Tenth contacted radio stations pre-
senting programs for juveniles on
program material. The Gary clubs
of the same district handled radio
programs for Chicago, De Paul and
Northwestern Universities.
Eleventh District clubs conducted
a drive against billboards and car
ried ON 78 conservation programs.
Twelfth District clubs sponsored
special classes in art, music, sewing
and public speaking, and six coun-
ty chairmen reported increased IL
brary use and service.
Eleventh and Twelfth Districts
sponsored educational radio pro-
grams and participated in other
Federation projects. Thirteenth
District activities were featured
with sponsored lectures on mental
hygiene and psychology by we'll
known educators.