1938-06-07 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1938.

Psychology CHILDREN PREFER

Lessons For J.P.s

Clinic To Teach Magistrates

"Spare the rod and psycho- analyse the child" is the way the "Tavistock Clinic, Malet-place, St. Pancras, would like the magia- trate to deal with the juvenile offender.

The clinic in to take magistrates in band and teach them something about the mental process behind the mis- deed.

A Home Office official and three leading medical psychologists will be the lecturers in a course on juvenile delinquency which began at the clinic one recent evening.

Once a week until May 31 men and women magis- trates from all parts of London and the Home Counties are to listen to theories on crime by the young.

"BEASTLY SENTENCE”

"WA are taking our work more scientifically these days." Mr. Cecil Lecson, secretary of the Magistrates' Association, told a reporter. "There Is a keen response to this course. Magistrates are anxious to learn the paychological secrets of crime.

"The result is that medicine. psychology, and crime are closer now than they ever

were. The old idea that crime was some- thing comparable with lunacy is passing away.

"No enlightened juvenile court to day would send a child to an approved school without a thorough examina- tion by the medien-psychologist at the remand home. It is a beastly seu- tence which should not be lightly Im- posed

Konrad Henlcin, leader of the Sudeten German party In Czechoslovakia, who demanded that the nation change its foreign policy and come within Berlin's orbit.

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THEN they go to the cinema, boys and girls of all

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ages laugh loudest at plain "custard-pie" comedy. They do not grently like topical, nature, travel, and animal films, especially when these are shown side by side with sensation and adventure.

Boys definitely dislike love stories, and, rather surprisingly. like war Alma better between the ages of eight and ten than between 11 and 14.

Girls dislike war films. Love and romance are placed highest by girls of 11 to 14.

Both revel in "crock" and "mys- tery pictures.

And (not surprising. this) young children prefer comic films of the cartoon

of which “"Mickey order, Mouse" is the most popular

NO "FAIRY TALES”

"Mickey Mouse has become an In- terantional gure. Mr. Walt Disney's more ambitious experiment in ex- pressing in cartoon a fairy story of Grimm may lead to important developments in this direction. NO_SOPHISTICATION

"The tendency to greater sophis- tication which hos shown itscit recently, however, Int certain cartoons is not popular with young audiences."

Mir. Harris suggests the inter- change of children's films between

different countries.

"It is just as unwise to exaggerate the place of the claems among the young as to regurd it as an unmiti- Hated evil.

On this point a Netherland inves- tigator. Dr. von Staveren, observes: It is certainly harmful, both physi- cally and mentally.. for young

Lord Clarendor, 60, former Governor General of South Afclea, appointed Lord Chamber- Iain by King George VI of Britain. He supervises arrange- ments for court levees, garden parties,

other marriages and events.

Slimmers A Nuisance,

chil-children and young people to visit Says Doctor

These are some of the facts pointed out, after considering Information from 44 countries by Mr. S. W. Harris (Assistant Under-Secretary to the Dressed 425 a charming blonde aj Home Office in a report to the male student attended the women's Nations committee at Geneva. annual “stunt" night at the University Mr. Harris points out that Theatre and thus won fame as the dren's literature, examples of which Arst male to have seen the show, are to be found in every language. which is intended strictly for women, has found as yet no parallel in the

One other tried without success, cinema. and the barassed officials even found a party of young tren on the root of the theatre attempting to drop mice through the skylight on to the female throng below.

There are no counterparts to the great children's clasales, the Hana Anderson and Grimm fairy tales. Kipling animal stories, or the stories of adventure which are part of the heritage of boys and girls at every nation.

the cinema frequently or even regu- Harly.

"As to the age limit, there is much ta be said in favour of 25 or 30, and there are even lims which are not without danger for old gentlemen." | "NO ALARM"

A new warning to slimmers comes from Sir Edmund Spriggs, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.

"Slimmers van be

social "People who are nulsanec." be snit.

unduly diet-conscious are uncomfort- able to live with."

But the report, as a whole, does not agree. Mr. Hurris

declares: "My general Impression, after reading e Sle Edmund was speaking in the fairly large mass of evidence care- British Medical Association series of ¦ fully, is that there is no need for | lectures in the National Fitness Cam-

pal al Olympia,

A student who attempled a similar disguise a few years ago betrayed himself by coughting during the show, and was roughly handled by the wo-be found in some of the animatest ¦ seriosu alarm.

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"The nearest parallel is, perhaps, to

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"Boys do imitate the dashing or the "Although the body con Ito for [desperate Alm hero, and girls do wor- Jong periods without proper shup him or pine to be her. But is qutrition, he said, "its resistance to there anything new about this?

disease is, among other Ils, con- siderably reduced, and the mental ability in affected,"

The film is no worse than the old-time "blood' universally read by the boys only a few years ago. What man of 50 has not been a pirate in his youth?

"Children at least seldom see any Bing on the Blous in which virtue and right are not triumphant after 20 minutes.

"DO REAL MISCHIEF”

"War films which do purport to show the violences and cruelties of war do more real mischief by frigh- fening children through their realistic detail thum al the romances' or 'crook' flims, which they know to be false to life,"

In some cases of starvation the feeling might arise that the spirit was clearer, free of the body and its needs, and had escaped the desire for food.

I such people did nut die of starvation a long course of hospital treatment was usually necessary bring Dim back to health

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Recalling that an inquiry by the L.C.C. showed that 30 per cent. of children attend the cinema once weekly, per cent. twice a week, 48 per cent, at irregular intervals, and 13 per cent. not at all, the report stules that certain other parts of the United Kingdom have shown a con- siderably higher proportion of chil-Metropolitan police ares this month dren attending once, or more than for the first time. once, weekly.

"It is generally agreed that children no less than adults know definitely what they do itke and equally defl- nitely what they do not like, and they are usually more vocal than adults in expressing their opinion."

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Labradors, they have been trained to act as companions to officers on lenely patrol duties, They can guard bleycles while omeers

search houres, and will inter- cept anyone trying to escape.

They have also been trained to search premises themselves, and tu tarry messages in their collars from the oneer to his station.

The experiment is belni! closely watched by the Home Ofice und police chiefs.

BECAUSE she didn't want to die an alien in the country which she adopted 73 years ago, 90-year-old Julia Judge became a citizen of the United States for BRITONS ON GERMAN

a second time here.

"I want to dle a citizen,” she told Federal Judge St. Sure as she raised her hand in allegiance to the coun-¡ try which she entered when she was 17.

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She is Isls Booker, aged 33, of George-street, Beeston, and her let tes, addressed to several distinguish ed people, said:

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"I am asking that you will send me anything from 10s. Gd. and pro- miso to add your name, as a helper when my discovery is complete.

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Five outstanding offences, most of which were committed at Lincoln, were taken into consideration.

A police-inspector said that Booker obtained £4 from Croydon man, Mr. Bollen, by saying she needed medical requisites.

Queen Mary did not reply. The Archbishop's secretary all that his Grace could not accedo to the re- quest, and Lord Dawson did not reply.

One of the charges against Booker Was of alcaling some Jewellery from house where she was engaged as a

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