Milford chronicle., 1941-09-26
% 0 M E EDUCATE 10 M
"The Child's First School is the
Famiiy"-FRoEBEL
Issued by the National Kindergarten
Association. 8 West 40th Street.
New York City
DEFENSE MEASURES IN THE
HOME-I
Florence Jane Ovens

Au-ul DCI-Ihlds Aunt OCA Una :
screamed Gladys.
Silly" scornfully calculate
her cousin John. Afraid of po
tato bug!"
Aunt Bertha reproved John ant
petted Gladys. But neither pettinl
nor scorn will make Gladys ;
brave child. Perhaps she needs Il
have her aversion to crawling
things lessened and finally over
come through a cultivated interes
in them. OF course, if she is really
afraid, the proper way is to find tht
cause and begin reconditioning
Quite likely, however, Gladys en-
joys the excitement her outcries
arouse. If that is the case, little
attention should be paid to them
and she should be praised when
she manifests the least bit of cour-
age. She might be shown, too, how
she could help some younger
child to be unafraid.
Mother, will you please ask the
teacher to change my seat?"
why don't you ask her?"
"She won't do it for me-"
why do you want it changed?"
"'Cause l don't want to go to
school if l have to sit next to Mus
solini."
"An Italian boy"
"Is that his name?"
"The boys call him that. His
name is Murillo."
Here is a wonderful opportunity,
at home and at school, to teach
American Ideals. 1t will do little
good to tell the boys they are un-
kind. They must be taught by ex-
periences of their own to admire
fair play. They must learn to un-
derstand and appreciate the prin-
ciples that underlie the unity of
our mixes American population.
Grandfather, / think our Cover
nor ought to be put in prison"
What are you talking about,
Dick? The Governors a fine man."
1--WE been listening to Uncle
Ben and Uncle Ed. Uncle Ed thinks
he's all right, but Uncle Ben says
he's awful-says he's cheating all
of u.s."
"You didn't understand, Dick.
They were just talking politics"
'Is it all right to say things like
that about anyone when you're
talking politics-that is, if they
aren't 500"
"Well-folks do sometimes"
at doesn't make sense to me-"
Does it make sense" to any of
us when we consider it calmly?
This child needs help that it is diff
ficult to give. Boys and girls ought
to be shown that intelligent peo-
pie should debate without rancor.
The strength of any country's
defense depends in general on
three considerations its geograph-
ic position, its equipment and-its
people. The last is a notably i'm
portant factor, and this factor is
chiefly dependent on the home.
Every loyal American, today, who
IS fortunate enough to have a home
md children, has at least one de-
'ense project on which he can al
ways be engaged.
Men and women hear the call for
Some join the army,
,thers engage in the preparation of
,quipment, but hundreds of thou
iands wonder vaguely what they
an do. They go to the doors of
heir homes, homes in which there
ire young people or little children,
md they look out, questioningly.
f they are in earnest, the U. S. o.
nd many other organizations will
,e found eager to direct their eff
orts in worthwhile outside defense
measures, but it should be remem-
'ered that there are few homes
where there is not a great deal of
efense building to be done inside.
his, too, is urgent work, because
f its decisive position in the pro-
ection of our country.