Our Children By Mrs. W. B. Davis
Hindering Children:
One problem in teaching chil
dren arises out of the fact that
those who have mastered actions
until they can be performed very
easily often do not appreciate the
helpleness of a beginner. Many of
us forget the difficulties we en
countered in mastering the tasks
which we teach our children so
much patience is required, so we
are apt to commit a common fault
in teaching—we try to correct
children’s mistakes by talking to
them and scolding them, with the
result that we often confuse and
discourage instead of help them.
Men who perform sleight of hand
tricks always talk a good deal to
their audiences, and for what pur
pose? Because they know that if
they can attract the attention to
what they are saying, they can
prevent people from seeing all
that is going on. A person cannot
think keenly while listening to a
stream of language, especially if
this language is sarcastic and of a
fault-finding nature. This is par
ticularly true as it applies to the
teaching of the young. We are too
apt to expect only success of our
children. This reminds that they
must also be ready to admit their
mistakes, rally from their disap
pointment and learn every ex
perience. The mother of five
whose oldest is twelve is not only
twelve years a mother, but has
had forty-one years of mothering;
Twelve plus ten plus nine plus
six plus four—the ages of each
added up, and not only does each
child require his full share of love
and training, but each is a person
ality so completely different from
all the others that the experience
gained in dealing with one child
is of almost no value in dealing
with the next. Sometimes batt
ling seems to win great victories
at the time. The battles come
mostly over common childhood
phases, disagreeable habits which
most children develop at some
time or other in their careers and
eventually out grow. Perhaps the
most futile of all are the battles
against the inevitable, those
fought to hold back the clock, the
many and utterly hopeless strug
gle to keep children forever in a
state of original innocence.
Sing-Fesis
Second of the Sunday evening
Christmas carol singfests will be
held at St. Paul Methodist church,
December 8, 8 to 9 o’clock, under
sponsorship of the Lincoln Minis
terial association and Women’s
Division of the Chamber of Com
merce. Prof, Marvin Wadley of
the University of Nebraska school
of music will direct the carol
singing, and also present the
Grieg Male chorus, a singing
group of 28 business and profes
sional men. Rev. Thomas A. Bar
ton, former army chaplain, will
deliver the brief meditation, and
Rev. R. R. Kreps will preside. Y
Teens, formerly Y. W. Girl Reser
ves, will have charge of the ush
ering.
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O. E. S. Elects Officers
At a meeting held Tuesday
night at the Urban League the
following officers were elected to
Amaranthus Chapter No. 3 Order
of the Eastern Star: Mrs. Clyde
Malone, Worthy Matron; Clayton
Lewis, Worthy Patron; Mrs. Eve
lyn Knowles, Associate Matron; j
Beulah Bradley, Secretary; Mrs.
Maude Johnson, re-elected treas
urer and Miss Frances Lewis,
Conductress. Plans are being
made for a public installation.
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Club Meets
The Mary Bethune Literary
and Art Club held its regular
meeting Thursday in the Lounge
of the Urban League.
Plans were made for the
Christmas party to be held Thurs
day, December 19 at the Urban
League. Prospective members
were on the agenda. The mem
bership of the club is limited to
16.
Campus News
^ by Jeanne
Malone
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The official opening of the for
mal season at the University of
Nebraska will be the Military
Ball, Friday evening December
6. This means that from then un
til the end of the semester the
formal attire will be in order.
This will be an especially gala af
fair since it will be the first Mili
tary Ball since 1942.
This week we had the pleasure
of interviewing one of the stu
dents w’ho is a long ways from
home, Daniel B. Pipkins. Mr.
Pipkins had the unusual fortune
of being born in St. John’s, Que
bec, Canada. He attended and
graduated from Manassas High
school in Memphis, Tennessee.
While in high school Mr. Pipkins
participated in football, track,
boxing, debating, dramatics and
other forms of public speaking.
The Fall following his graduation
1941, he attended Howard Uni
versity In March 1942 Daniel en
listed in the Army Air Forces
and attained the rank of First
Lieutenant.
After he was discharged from
the army he became affiliated
with his father who is an Archi
tectural Engineer. Mr. Pipkins
is presently enrolled in the Col
lege of Arts and Science taking
a Pre-Law course. After his gra
duation Mr. Pipkins plans to
practice in the South where he
is very badly needed.
He states that he sincerely be
lieves that the city of Lincoln is
an ideal place for a university
and considers it one of the finest
of the “university towns.”
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Youth’s only justification for
; attending school is, to learn
enough daily to keep him from
becoming a fool, and in his early
church life defeat the devil and
keep from being his tool.
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