Evening star., 1936-09-26
PLEASING ROOMS
HELP STUDENTS
Study-Resistance Overcome
by Wise and Friendly
Decorations.

Now that the young people have
turned back to their books and school
rooms, educators are calling attention
to the fact that not ali the RESPONSE
bility of bringing home good report
cards lies with the children. It's up
to the parents, they say. to see that
the students of the family have a
quiet, comfortable and well-lighted
6ce to study.
Decorators and architects having a
hand in the construction of new
homes are recognizing the need for
such room in a houSehold-far
enough from the radio so that the
studious members of the family twill
not be distracted and sufficiently dis
tant from the living room SO that the
rest of the family does not have to
curb its chatter or miss favorite pro-
grams because Sally and Junior are
studying"
Such a study room may be Sally's
or Juniors own room. or it may be a
cubby-hole devoted entirely to the ac-
quiring of knowledge. BY giving
thought and care to the furnishing of
such place, many parents are dis
covering that they can be decidedly
helpful in overcoming the study-re-
sistance of their offspring.
One mother whose son would rather
kick a foot ball any day than open a
school book, overcame his aversion to
studying by fixing a unique study
room for him. She adopted the colors
of the college his foot ball idol at
tended-deep blue and scarlet-and
combined them with pearl gray and a
deep gray-green. Around the base of
the wall she had a deep blue dado
painted. Along the upper edge of this,
a narrow stripe of scarlet was ap-
piled. The upper wall and ceiling
were coated with light, pearl gray
which served as perfect background
for two greatly enlarged photographs
that practically filled two of the wall
spaces between the dado and the CELL
ing. One was taken from an excel
lent newspaper photograph of the
boys idol in foot ball uniform plung-
ing straight toward the camera with
the pigskin beneath his arm The
other photograph was of the stadium
of the coveted college with the grand
stand jammed with a wildly cheering
audience and foot ball game in prog
fess on the field
Between the windows was a small
card. framed in scarlet, on which ap-
peared the colleges scholastic require
ments for the members of its foot ball
team. This, she hung with word.
so that her son might have before
him the silent warning that unless
he was star in his studies. he couldn't
be the foot ball star he desired.
She selected comfortable furniture
chairs of the right height. a desk with
large working surface and spacious
bookshelves. These she had painted
the same deep blue as the dado and
the woodwork AS the soft wood of
the floor was in bad condition, she
had it lacquered a deep green. The
same green, combined with blue. was
repeated in the simple fabric of the
curtains and the blue wooden valances,
edged with narrow stripes of the scar
let. added the finishing touch to the
windows.
To the lighting she gave particular
attention. She wanted to be sure that
there was enough light to protect her
sons eyes and also wanted to be sure
that it was evenly distributed so that
it did not glare on the pages of his
books and in this way cause him head
aches. She had an expert from her
light company to advise her in the
matter.
The boy is so pleased with the deco
rations in the room that he spends all
the time he possibly can there. The
psychological effect of the decorations
inspired him with an urge to study
that has become habit. He has
been bringing home excellent report
cards ever since he began to study in
the foot ball room.