Verhovayak Lapja, 1949 (32. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1949 / Verhovay Journal
September 21, 1949 Verhovay Journal 29 MILLION CHILDREN LEARN HOW TO LIVE IN NATION’S SCHOOLS Chuck Kaiser Leads Kiwanee ‘A’ To Victory “CHUCK” KAISER of Detroit Branch 36, (Continued from page 8) worker is as good a man as the best one, entitled to the same pay and privileges. No one is a louder advocate of equality than the man who can’t equal the lowest achievement. Wherever he works, he’ll try to slow down progress to keep everyone else at his own comfortable pace. He has a jealous eye for the just rewards of all true accomplishments and he incites hate against everyone who, by hard work and self-discipline, succeeds in attaining a higher standard of living. He is forever in rebellion against the “system,” he is forever agitating for “reforms” that would give him and his like the best and niost of everything and to h ... with the rest. “Gimme” is his creed and “I” is his God . . . ■v Meet the maladjusted man. You may meet him anywhere in your neighbourhood, certainly at the corner bar, often at the church and frequently in the lodge. He is the fellow who quits the church when his suggestion is voted down. He hates his pastor if he dares preach a sermon that happens to fit him and he despises him if his preaching never hurts anyone else. He incites riot in the lodge if things aren’t going his way, but if the members yield to him, he gets restless and changes front to have new cause for making trouble. He always hears belittling remarks and takes any kind of opposition as a personal insult to be remembered 5vith vengeance for ever. He is a poor loser and a malicious winner. He demands, but never pays, respect. He pounces wrathfully upon the slightest expression of doubt in the integrity of his intentions, but he can’t attribute an honest motive to anyone else. Everybody is a hypocrite, he alone is the champion Of truth and justice. He is the man who, twenty, thirty or forty years ago, was a mere first grader entering school with the gleam of rebelion or the dullness of defiance in his eyes. Meet the maladjusted woman. She is the kind of gal whom nobody can please. No one can think up the proper menu for a church supper, except she. No one knows how to properly cook a dinner for the lodge affair, except she. Given a free hand in the kitchen, she complains about everything the shopping committee procured. The butter is rancid, the eggs are not fresh, the chickens are tough and if the dinner turns out well, it is due only to her ability to wotk miracles with poor materials. She is the kind of gal whose husband never makes enough money, is beset by uncouth habits, doesn’t appreciate what she does for him. She is a martyr. She has a soft heart, that’s her trouble, and everyone takes advantage of her goodness. Everybody is lazy, she alone works her hands down to the bones. She cooks good food and makes fine pastry, but seasons everything with gall. She can’t understand how some women can sleep late in the morning, she can’t understand wives who leave things go to please their husbands, she has no patience with other people’s hobbies and passions, but she has every excuse of the world for being a passionate scold, a faultfinder with magnifying eyes, a gossip catcher with elephantine ears. She is the gal who, twenty, thirty or forty years ago, was a mere first grader, entering school with the gleam of rebellion or the dullness of defiance in her eyes. IT’S UP TO THE PARENTS Poor, unhappy, maladjusted people, pity them. They are so restless, dissatisfied, rebellious because they are a burden to themselves. They are bitter because they have never known the pride and happiness of accomplishment. They ■ are lonely because they have never learned to adjust themselves to their fellowmen. They are 'hopeless because no matter how their circumstances may change, they never will change themselves. They can’t. They have lost all capacity for insight, self-judgment, self-discipline years and years ago. They had a bad start. Doting papa and mama wanted to give them a “happy childhood.” They were permitted to grow wild. There was to be no trimming of weeds in the soul of the growing child. He was to have freedom to “express himself.” “It will be soon eonugh that the poor child will have to learn discipline in school,” said the sentimental parents, “let him have these few years so that he’ll develop a capacity for happiness.” The opposite happened. A capacity for happiness is developed only if we are taught at the earliest possible age to find our satisfactions within the limitations of freedom that society imposes on every human being. A child that has not been taught to adapt himself to home rule, will have a much harder time in adjusting himself to the impersonal school rule and he will find it impossible to adapt himself to the harsh rules governing adult life. It’s up to the parents to give theif children a good start. It’s up to them to study the ingredients of their child’s personality and, then, decide what methods to apply. With some children gentleness does the trick. Others nfced Sterner methods. But in all cases, peace in the home, sincere love between the parents and understanding for the emotional needs of ' the children are basic requirements. The ills besetting our nation today have not been hatched in the cradles of yesterday’s babies. And the future of our nation is being determined in the cradles of today. What the schools will produce depends on . the material handed to them by the parents. And so . . . now that the schools have swallowed up the 29 million children of our nation — three million of them first graders — let the parents look out for the first report cards. And if they are disappointing, let them judge themselves, rather than their children. If we today must suffer a great deal because of spoiled children who had never grown up, we must realize that the next generation is going to suffer just as much in consequence of our failure as parents. It is our responsibility as parents to save the next generation from the tragedies that have made a nightmare of our age. We can do no greater service to our country than by meeting our responsibility. DON’T MENTION IT — During a railroad strike in England a volunteer engineer on the London-Liverpool express performed the remarkable feat of bringing the train into Liverpool 25 minutes ahead of time. The passengers went forward in a body to thank him. A pale face emerged from the cab. “Don’t thank me,” it gapsed, “thank God, I only found out how to stop this thing five minutes ago.” When a man doesn’t like his home town the feeling is mutual. “promises to become a favorite with Kiwanee A’s fans. The second stocky second baseman has been playing a good defensive game and his hitting has highlighted the A's early successes.” (The Star Courier.) Twice in succession Charles “Chuck” Kaiser rated a glowing write-up in The Star Courier by sports editor Ray McHugh. Describing the game of May 4th, he wrote: “Kiwanee’s Athletics crashed the Central Association victory column at Northeast Park Wednesday night with a 10-8 win over the Rockford Rox. Hard hitting and spirited base running marked the A’s decision but before winning they had to weather a strong Rockford rally in the late innings.” In this particular game he credited infielders Chuck Kaiser and John-Your health From the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania and the Allegheny County Medical Society “I have dyspepsia and I don’t know what causes it.” ❖ * * The doctor knows, for there are tens of thousands of persons suffering from nervous indigestion, much of it brought on by a state of mind at the time of eating. * * * Common complaints are fullness, upper abdominal distress, belching, nausea, vomiting, and difficulty in swallowing. ❖ * * The appetite is poor in most cases, although some are given to overloading their stomachs in the hope that the cure lies in forcing themselves to eat. Distressed people sometimes choose instead a process of elimination, removing from their diet one article after another, in an attempt to discover and discard the food that offends. * * :k These unfortunates bring themselves to a state of semistarvation and are worse off than they were before. * * * During the last war, soldiers complained of nervous indiges-PAGE 9 ny Miller with providing “the spark in the A’s attack with three hits each. Kaiser banged out two doubles and Miller cracked a triple.” The box score for Kaiser was 5 times at bat, 3 runs, 3 hits, 2 put-outs, 5 assists and no errors. Small wonder another commentator wrote in reference to this game: “J. Rexall Dent is anticipating a pleasant summer. The Kiwanee Athletics have a second baseman who meets his requirements. Pitchers may blow up, outfielders may be bopped on the beans with fly-balls, batters may hit nothing but the the atmosphere, — and J. Rexall will be unperturbed (or sumpin’) so as long as second sack is well guarded. And what a sweet job King Kaiser is doing!” Eight days later the Kiwanee A’s .“returned to the friendly surroundings of Northeast Park and unleashed a barrage of base hits that smothered four Clinton pitchers and earned a 14-7 victory in the series opener. It was the fourth straight win of the season for Kiwanee over Clinton and boosted the A’s within one half game of league-leading Keokuk.” •“Kaiser enjoyed a perfect night at bat,” wrote Ray McHugh, “with three hits and two walks in five trips.” The box score for Kaiser showed 3 times at bat, 3 runs, 3 hits, 3 put-outs, 3 assists and no errors. He had 2 runs batted in, hit a triple, stole a base and, all in all, strengthened his prospects of becoming the favorite of Kiwanee A’s fans. Congratulations Chuck! You can count the Verhovayans among your fans who will keep on cheering for you while you battle your way to the top which, we have no doubt, you’ll attain! tion and it became a major military medical problem, with doctors finding most cases to be suffering a psychoneurosis, * * * Generally, in treating nervous indigestion physicians try to influence their patients to give in to circumstances against which it is futile to struggle. * * * Patients are encouraged to avoid stirring themselves up over life’s annoyances. * * * Nervous stomach usually appears in individuals who are intensely worried, frustrated, or who consider themselves victims of injustice. * * - * Treatment calls for physical rest and the development of peace of mind. DO YOU KNOW? Eskimos enjoy excellent health and are almost never ill as long1 as they have no contact with the white man. ’seuse A sauntering rookie from Kentucky encountered a brisk second lieutenant. “Mawnin’,” drawled the rookie pleasantly. The outraged officer launched a stinging lecture on military court tesy, with emphasis on saluting. “Lawdamighty,” said the rookie. “If I’da knovml you was gonna carry on like that, I wouldn’t of spoke to you atall.”
