Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-17
Churches
Schools

SOuUlleTIl COullllcS Vi Vic oOatc 'iiSb
in the Ten Thousand club house,
FL Centre, Wednesday for joint
meeting of the executive boards
Of the Southern District and the
Imperial county Federation Of
Women's clubs.
For the greater part the busi-
ness sessions were devoted to
routine reports, Mrs. Ernest o. Lee
of Ontario, president, presided over
the district session and Mrs. Adolf
Binder; of Calexico, president, over
the county. At the latter meeting
Mrs. Paul Dickinson of inland was
appointed county recording secre-
tery to succeed Mrs. Bill Affolter
of INLAND.
Three splendid talks and an ex-
cellent program OF music by the
Wilson school glee club directed
by Laura Mcfarland were high
lights of the session.
During the morning meeting
Mrs. Robert w. Ware, county
chairman Of narcotics discussed the
problem of marihuana, describ-
ing the plant itself, it's cultiva-
tlor, the drug made from it and
its effects on the addicts Displays
added to the interest in her able
discussion.
Mrs. w. G. Whitaker of San Diego
district chairman of literature, gave
! the other address of the morning on
the subject Of good reading, listing a
number of books which are good
reading and emphasizing the fact
that while this years books may be
fewer in quantity they are unusually
high from the standpoint of quality
YOUTH PROBLEMS
Mrs. Allan Wing, state chairman
OF youth cooperation, gave the prin-
cipal address of the meeting, speak
ing at the afternoon session on the
problems of youth.
In the first half of her talk Mrs.
Wing discussed the problems of
those juveniles who have already
become delinquents stating that the
most urgent youth problem at pres
ent is the army of migrant girls,
wandering up and down the state,
many Of whom are out Of state girls.
In numbers they exceed the num-
Der OF boys in the jungles during
the worst years of the depression,
she stated
This problem is a state problem
III Mrs. Wings opinion since no
one community can handle it, no
community having sufficient facil-
tiles for OBTAINING the girls until
their cases may be solved. The
governors committee has recon-
mended that some state agency be
authorized to grant financial as
sistance and priorities 20 commun..
ltles SO that these girls may be
! housed. .-,- se -.,v -
may have become delinuuents,
court cases, the need for adequate
court cases, the neeo Ior adequate
boarding homes is a pressing one
as the state schools to which these
| youngsters may be sent are filled
to overfloWing. Many of the de-
tention homes are antiquated and
wholly inadequate, said Mrs. Wing,
to meet the numbers of children
who must be detained under super
vision.
PAYS TRIBUTE
Probation departments and juv-
emile court judges throughout the
state, the speaker said, are doing
an excellent job on the whole and
for the most part attempt to cor
rect juvenile problems before they
reach the court stage.
Juvenile delinquency, emphasized
Mrs. Wing, is recognized as a case
of mental and emotional mal-ad-
justment and when these tenden-
cies first make their appearance
is the time for preventive work. In
these regards, psychiatric clinics
can be of great aid.
Mrs. Wing devoted considerable
time to the work of the California
Youth Authority under whose jur-
isdiction have been placed the cor
rectional schools of the state. Men,
bers of the Youth Authority are
planning a program of rehabilita-
ton, somewhat deferred now by
the war, and they offer a counsel
ing service to communities who re-
quest help with their youth prob
lens.
For the 90 per cent of the juv-
emile population which is not in
the delinquent classification, COM
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