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WOMAN'S PAGE Panel Debates Peacetime Draft At League Meeting THE DAn.Y TIMES, MAMARONECK. N. TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1945 Sandy Philp and Bill Moorhead, Mamaroneck High School students, participated with Mrs. Neil Gorman of New Rochelle. speaking as a "mother and housewife" and T.

James Ahern, superintendent, who presented the educators' point of view, at a spirited pro-and-con discussion on peacetime conscription and the propos- als for compulsory military training Monday for the March meeting of the Larchmont League of Women Voters at the Chatsworth Avenue School. When the smoke of verhal battle had cleared, Mrs. Claude L. Seixas, education chairman, who aiTanged the program, declared that "at least one member of the opposing sides were agreed on three points, if nothing else: that another was is not imminent in the immediate future; that techniques have changed and are changing; and that the education of youth will be interrupted. Sandy Philp deplored military training at 18 on the grounds that "it would come at a critical transition period, destroying the continuity of education, shattering many promising careers, and that in view of changing techniques, would be a pitiful gesture." "Let us rather start training the brains and talents of our country to face the future," Philp said, "If compulsory military training is a good thing, let it stand the test of peace and not be rushed through with the emotions of war." He suggested that the American people wait until a Congressional Committee now studying the issues have completed their report, before deciding.

"Why not plan to recapture i some of our lost rights and privileges instead of accepting further encroachments?" he demanded. The broadening experiences of "learning to get along with people of other races, creeds and colors," was named by Moorhead as a factor in favor of peacetime conscription, which he said polls showed is favored by great numbers of servicemen and civilians. "The three year leeway, between 18 and 21, comes at the least interrupting time of a man's life," he said. "He is given a chance to enter training with the branch of his choice and on the basis of aptitude tests, will be placed to his best advantage. The technical training he will receive in one Army job will prepare him for at least eight corresponding jobs in civilian life." Military training would a "good preparation for living and a strong, safe future." he declared, adding that "there's bound to be another war anyway so we might as well be prepared for it." Mr.

Ahern opened his contribution by announcing that he was presenting not his views but those of a number of educators, and called attention to pertinent articles on the subject in the current issue of Harpers, with a presentation by Hanson Baldwin; the February "School Executive" and "Nation's Schools," and a bulletin of the Town Meeting of the Air. His 11 points were as follows: "it will not meet our military needs nor our national health needs; the vocational benefits to solve the unemployment problem and would introduce another WPA type program; it will promote militarism and is contrary to American democratic principles, and the cost would be excessive. "Also, that we should delay decision on this important matter until after the heat of the war has passed; the three billion dollars that peacetime conscription would cost each year can be more wisely spent by using one billion to maintain our armed forces at a high state cf efficiency and the rest for a national health and educational program; peace time conscription adopted by the United States means that the rest of the world must adopt some such plan as a defense against us; it is a mistake to conceive of the armed services as reform schools or as institutions for character building; peace time conscription is not a separate issue, it should be treated as part of a broader pro-I gram of post war "If wc must have peacetime conscription in order to maintain peace, then I'm all for it," Mr. Ahern said. "But why do we talk peace from the other sides of our mouth'." Mrs.

Gorman pointed out in her talk that "all the methods we used last time failed" and gave her "practical" reasons for endorsing compulsory mil tary training. "Our men expect it." she said, "and there will be a million of them ready each year. It would be tragic if public opinion is to be so insufficiently informed as to be swayed by emotionalism." She said it is "necessary, de-' spite the objections to it, which' I recognize and acknowledge," and urged the audience to "remember it will be an American plan, not a European plan." Mrs. Gorman pointed to the discipline, education in health and hygiene, and the broadening experiences of a year of military training, saying "it certainly couid not be called a wasted year." "Our young men, proud to give a year to their country, will learn much more than just the use of arms," she said. Mrs.

Seixas, who introduced the four participants, emphasized that the League "takes no stand on: the question of military traming." "We want to discuss it from all angles, as is our policy with any controversial matter," she pointed out, "and that is why we present two pros and two cons this afternoon." During the period following the four talks, with the panel members and the audience exchanging views and opinions, Philp pointed out the huge amounts of armaments, rapidly growing obsolete, that would t)e needed for such a program. "The time would be wasted, because by the time, another war came, all the techniques would be out-dated and! the trainees would be over He urged League members not to, "confuse the issue of conscription with the issues of health and a large standing army." Other opinions expressed were: that idealism prevents us from looking at the question sanely; and that the San Francisco conference would probably decide the basic issues for us. Presiding at a business meeting preceding the discussion, Mrs. Isidor Greenwald, president, heard reports from various committee chairmen, and reminded members that "now is the lime to write to the delegates to the San Francisco conference, expressing your views," quoting from a letter from Anna Lord Strauss, national president. Mrs.

F. Warren Green, legislative chairman, reporting for her committee, said that the reason the League is opposed to the Sherman Downey bill is because it is "unfair to veterans and is a very badly written bill." Tea was served in the Garden Room at the close of the meeting, by Mrs. Edward A. Keeler, hospitality chairman. Mrs.

John J. Goldsmith poured, assisted by Mrs. Eric Andersen. WOMAN'S PAGE Sh examined critically by Mrs. Harold H.

Stelle. left to right, at a Demonstration Day class-conducted by the Photo Demonstration Day Features Lecture On Garden Color Shore Club Dances To Be Continued, Chairman Reports More than 160 members and guests of the Larchmont Shore Club attended a cocktail and dancing party Sunday from 4 to 8 P.M. at the club, first in a newly-inaugurated series of Sunday parties. Robert Goffe, chairman of the entertainment committee, announced that "the crowd exceeded expectations, and the dance was so successful that the affairs will be continued until weather permits dancing on the terrace." Mrs. Sherman Thursby had a high game of 233 Sunday afternoon in the second four games of tiie 12 game series of the Women's Bowling Championship finals.

Mrs. Thursby went into the lead at the end di eight games, with Mrs. James Lynch was second. Others participating in the final four games to be bowled Saturday night are Mrs. G.

D. Sailing, Mrs. Fred Harrington, Mrs. C. J.

Noonan and Mrs. Owen A. Mandeville. The club reports a large number of for the March ladies' luncheon bridge scheduled for Tuesday. BE READY WITH A TREAT i WHEN GUESTS DROP IN COIR Girl Scouts Make Spring Hats From Paper And String At a supper meeting Monday evening in the Scout House, Larchmont Girl Scouts of Troop 3 made Spring bonnets from a paper plate, two cups, two napkins, two pins and a piece of string, according to Mary troop reporter.

After modeling the hats, the girls played games. Supper consisted of a spaghetti course, salad, raw carrot sticks, peaches, cup cakes and nuts, prepared by leaders. Mrs. H. C.

Scott and Mrs. Robert F. Denig. Scouts assisted in serving and cleaning up. Assignments of badge work turned in to leaders included work on transportation and communication, group singing and housekeeping.

Color in the garden and in flower arrangements, was featured Monday at the March Demonstration Day of the Garden Club of Larchmont, with Mrs. David Sands speaking on both subjects for tlie morning and afternoon sessions at the Larchm.ont Avenue Church house. Mrs. R. W.

H. Leavitt was awarded the blue ribbon in the arrangement class conducted by Kenneth Stelle, for an arrangement of pale yellow narcissus and yellow marigolds, in a green container. The award of merit went to Mrs. S. V.

Hirschman, for an arrangement of lavender tulips and pussy willow in a low green container, and second place to Mrs. H. C. Holpp. Mrs.

Raymond P. Reese, won third place and honorable mention went to Mrs. B. E. Printz.

About 40 members attended. A dominant garden olor. or placing garden colors in "drifts" was suggested by Mrs. Sands in her afternoon talk on "Color in Your Garden." The garden should tie in with the house, she said, listing a variety of suggested plantings featuring color. She also gave gardening advice on many annuals and perennials.

In her morning discourse on 'Color in Flower Mrs. Sands explained the difference identifying hue, value and chroma, and said that beginners "should start with a few rules, then discard them from conscious use." Violent color combinations may be used by advanced arrangers or by geniuses, she advised, but "those of lesser talent play safe in using Jess striking Using the Munsell color chart to demonstrate her talk, Mrs. Sands outlined analagous and complementary color schemes, as well as split complements, triads and muted tones. The flower container should harmonize with the flowers in form, color and texture, she said. "Fool-proof" methods of planting were described and demonstrated by Mrs.

Harold Sharp, president, opening the afternoon session. She suggested the use of spagnum moss, and called "damping off" the main enemy of seeds. Pouring boiling water over soil will kill organisms and make planting "fairly safe," she pointed out, and said that seedlings started in spagnum moss are very easy to transplant. Dessert and coffee were served by Mrs. Walter Reich and her committee at noon, foUowing luncheon.

Mrs. Loring Pratt Renamed Chairman Of Civic Section Mrs. Loring Pratt was reelected chairman of the Civic Section yesterday at the Mamaroneck Woman's Club, where a slate of officers presented by the nominating committee, was chosen by means of a single ballot cast by the secretary. Other officers are Mrs. Harry G.

Waltner, vice-chairman; Mrs. Mark McChesney, recording secretary, and Mrs. A. R. Manchester, corresponding secretary.

Mrs. B. C. Meighan. chairman of the nominating committee, was assisted by Mrs.

Kingsley Lloyd and Mrs. C. M. Bingham. Speaking "with the brutal frankness of blood relatives," Mrs.

Charles F. Hazelwood, of Searsdale, president of the Westchester Federation of Women's Clubs, told the Civic Section "What a Woman's Club Can Mean to the Community." She was introduced by Mrs. Henry Boak, president of the Mamaroneck Woman's Club. Climaxing her talk, in which she pin-pointed the Federation program of divisions, and five reasons for "clubbing," Mrs Hazelwood urged that women take part in community life, "but with no thought of personal ambition, rancor, pride or openminded, tolerant and with sense of fair play. After a hot political argument, men are able to remain friends, she said, urging women to follow their example of objectiveness and consider ideas impersonally.

"Why are we clubbing," she asked, "when there are so many demands on our Opening with a consideration of "the social Mrs. Hazelwood replied with a five-fold reason for women's organizing. The "social value" of a woman's club would be negligible, she continued, if that were its only contribution to a community. It becomes effective, however, when a purpose is behind it. Mrs.

Hazelwood stated, as her second point. Value from lectures, discussions and action were covered by the speaker, who stressed that the worth of a lecture to any particular person is in its challenge to the opinions already held. "No matter how gray our hair, or how arthritic our limbs," she affirmed, "we can all have a young mind." "It's a hard pill for women to take," she added, referring to her statement that "disagreeing" is the basis for learning. Action, "the ultimate purpose" of a woman's club, was characterized by the speaker as the factor which makes worthwhile all the thinking and listening suggested by her other four points. Turning to a consideration of the Federation plan of divisions, Mrs.

Hazelwood mentioned the fields of action covered by the Federation, including education, American home, international relations, civic and fine arts, "the most impersonal of all with no question of race and color," "We need that approach," she emphasized. After naming the community activities in which the Federation took part, Mrs. Hazelwood closed with a detailed explanation of the non-partisan system of voting in Searsdale, where she is endorsed by both parties, as a candidate for the Village Board. Refreshments were provided by Mrs. 3oak and Mrs.

Harrison Dwight. Mrs. Lloyd and Mrs. Arthur L. Howe poured.

McLain Relates Problems Faced By Mamaroneck High "one of my strongest pho- bies," he said. Following the discussion the panel answered questions from the floor and the audience adjourned to the cafeteria, where refreshments were served and parents were given an opportunity to meet with the faculty. Hospitality chairmen were Mrs. William H. A.

Ford and Mrs. William H. Fernschild. Mrs. John Woodbridge and Mrs.

McLain poured. At the business meeting, conducted by Mrs. Edgar Ernst, president, in the music room, a nominating committee was appointed, including Mrs. Park B. Turner, chairman; Mrs.

David Lynn, Mrs. Paul Roman, Mrs. C. C. Beeman and Mrs.

Louis Bucklin. BARCLAY OIV GROUP TO SEW THCBSDAyS Beginning this Tliursday, the Red Cross sewing group at the Barry Avenue School, under the direction of Mrs. Domenick Santomenna. will meet every Thursday instead of Wednesdays. She has to eat her lunch up there to keep the) wolves away frorh' her sandwiches made witii.

ORANGE MARMALADE AVAIIABIE AT YOUR GROCEf STOPPING A LONG SHOT SOME SAFETY plays protect a declarer against such a remote danger that the average declarer would not even think of it. The meticulously thorough and careful manipulator of the cards, however, considers many factors which do not come under the scrutiny of the majority. His conscientious work enables him every once in a while to pull through a contract on which his rivals would fail. Often such developments mark the entire difference between being a winner or a loser in the long run. 76 J5 9 6 2 10 9 7 AQ84 4 4 A QJ53 2 43 6 3 (Dealer: North.

East-West vulnerable.) North East South 1 IP Pass 14 2 ilk Paas 2 4 3 Pass 3 4 44 West made the ordinarily worst lead in the hand, the dummy's suit, though it made no great difference this time. His heart was won by the and the declarer studied. He saw that he probably would have to lose two tricks In diamonds, and therefore his contract depended cn limiting his trump losers to one. With five trumps out. Including not only the but the 10, 9 and 8.

South decided that his only chance to lose two trump tricks waa to find the suit divided at least as badly as 4-1. Even then, he could protect himself against defeat if East had the four trumps, no matter who had the by playing the A on the first round. Trying the finesse and losing to a singleton would beat him. So. for the remote possibility that this situaUon existed.

South led the spade 6 from dummy to the second trick and used his A. When it felled the his contract waa safe. He certainly would have been beaten, as the cards lie. If he had used the customary tactics of finessing. This was not a mere case of the mathematical chances of catching a in a finesse as against the drop of it.

but a more complicated one because of the de- lenders possessing the 10, 9 and 8. Tomorrow's Probleir 46 4 2 V9 8 3 4 8 5 2 4b A 10 6 2 4K 10 4 A 9 IpK 7 4 AKQ3 4KJ54 (Dealer: South. East-Wtst vulnerable.) How should South play for 3- No Trumps on this deal if West leads the heart Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Representatives Attend Session On Youth Service Members of the Larchmont Mamaroneck Motion Picture Council, Mamaroneck-Larchmont Parent Teacher Council, Larchmont Youth Council and Center, attended the Conference on "Coordination for Youth Service" Saturday at New York University, School of Education. Mrs.

Jack Windheim, of Larchmont. president of the Motion Picture Council, was one of the panel speakers on "The Role of the WoVics in a Community Youth Program." Others attend- were Mrs. John Woodbridge. Mrs. T.

H. Barrett. Mrs. Francis Hunter, Mrs. C.

Norman Stabler, Mrs. Erik Andersen and Thomas J. Morrison, Jr. Young folks attending the afternoon youth conference included Arthur Chadbourne, Pat Briscoll, Grace Kaplan and Tom Tyson. The morning session was given over to round tables discussing the coordination for youth service of motion pictures, radio, recreation, ten-age clubs, youth councils and youth-serving organizations.

Dr. Frederic M. Thrasher, professor of education. New York University, was the general chairman tor the conference. After a luncheon at the N.

Y. U. Faculty Club, a youth conference followed with Joe Curtin, known as Jerry North of "Mr. and Mrs. North," as master of ceremonies.

Mrs. Jack Windheim, whose theme was "The Role of the Movies in a Coordinated Community Program for Youth Service," stressed the fact that in a well- coordinated community, groups must work for a unified understanding of community, country and world. "We know how concerned everyone, including our youth, is with the future peace." she said. "The motion pictures can do much to assist all of us in understanding a world that is no longer separated by geographical barriers. "And so with a responsibility we all mUst assume, we look forward, through the motion picture industry, to a better world where all peoples will understand one another by ihe means of seeing visually, differences which will no longer be mysterious to any." Dr.

Walter Pettit. of the N. Y. School of Social Work and a member of the board of directors of the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, listed the four aims of pictures in a coordination for youth service: A stimulus to educational and recreational activities; to develop cooperation with fcther countries; to learn to evaluefte film and to encourage knowledge of preparation of film and script. Dr.

Pettit special stress on Mrs. Windheim's point of "better understanding through the use of nlovies." Barry Ave. P.T.A, Invites Students To Photo-Lecture Technicolor movies of "American Birds and Big Game" will be shown Thursday at 2 P. M. in the Bellows High School auditorium at a photo-lecture for pupils of the Barry Avenue and Daniel Warren Schools, under the direction of the Barry Avenue School Parent-Teacher Association.

The lecture will be delivered by Cleveland P. Grant, former assistant curator of the Field Museum in Chicago, who spoke recently for the Mamaroneck Women's Club. Mr. Grant is in charge of school extension work for the Field Museum. He and his wife have followed bird migration paths taking pictures along the way.

from the northernmost nesting grounds, south. Invitations to the schools have been extended through Principals Miss Marie Haggerty, George Ayres and Dr. Alvin Hicks. Accepting the fact of individual differences and trying to develop "every single youth" to the greatest possible extent of which he is capable is the problem faced by teachers at Mamaroneck Senior High School, Principal Joseph C. McLain told an audience of more than 150 last night at a meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association in the auditorium.

Mr. McLain led a panel on "What the Teacher and the School Expect of the Parent and the HomeV Other members of the panel were Mrs. Julie Gleason, dean of the girls; Miss Alicia Andrews, English teacher; Miss Beatrice Riordan, chairman of the business department, and Dr. Edward J. Storey, director of health and physical education.

It is readily understood that the physical education program takes care of physical differences among students, Mr. McLain stated, but "when we come to the question of mental or capacity for intellectual growth along academic lines, the differences are much greater than are the obvious differences of physical nature. "Parents do not want to face these most important but subtle facts," he continued, adding that parents "many times do irreparable harm to sensitive natures," because of this unwillingness. "You sometimes expect the secondary sQhool to get your boy or girl ready to enter a college in preparation for a professional career when the capacity for making such preparation and for succeeding in such a career just is not present," Mr. McLain asserted.

Calling for a "sympathetic understanding" of parents, the principal said that each student is not only "expected," but "required" to achieve the limit of his capacity. "Equality." he summarized, "means in the last analysis that standards are individual and that success can only be measured in terms of the capacity and ability of each individual boy and girl." Administrative details were explained by Mrs. Gleason, who asked for more "response" from parents with regard to report cards and absences of students. Two means of learning the personality and character of students were outlined by Mrs. Gleason, who affirmed.

'The more we know, the more guidance we can give." The school calls for an autobiography of each pupil in the second term of his Junior year and that, together with his classroom and personality record furnishes information as a basis for knowing him, she said. Requirements for students preparing for a college education were discussed by Miss Andrews, asserting that colleges are now "flooded" and are raising their standards, according to the law of supply and demand. They want an intelligent. well informed, rounded and self-disciplined student, she stated, adding that reliability is the most rewarded of character traits. "Parents must not abdicate," she warned, urging that parents should continue to guide their children though they seem "opinionated" during their teens and threaten to overthrow authority.

The needs of "approximately 50 per cent of our student body Growing Racial and otheri whose formal education will end Group Tensions" in this state wiU with the 12th year, or even be- be foremost among topics to be fore that" were told by Miss discussed by the New York States Riordan. who stressed that in the of Women's Clubs in a world no one asks how much edu- series of working conferences to- cation a man has when he casts tomorrow and Thursday, his vote, runs for office, serves the Council for Democracy head- on a jury or buys goods. quarters. 11 West 42d Street. New "The man who operates a ma- York City, it was announced today chine is just as essential to the by Mrs.

John Kirwin, Yonkers, life of this country as the man chairman for the Federa- who practises law," she continued, tion. Miss Riordan asked for an ex- Westchester chairman for the panded vocational curriculum to program plans is Mrs. Philip Hol- take care of the 50 per cent of den of Larchmont. The program the students "who never leave the conferences are based on answers community, they remain here, to detailed questionnaires sent they raise their families here and out to the presidents of the 600 many times became the civic lead- member clubs of the federation, ers." "We believe that the job of Scoring the statement that "if making our American form of teachers were any good they government work can't be relc- wouldn't be teaching." Dr. Storey gated to the Congress or the said that a community should cn- White House," declared Mrs.

deavor to make its teachers "feel Ward B. Gorman. Watertown, important" because the students president of the State Federation, will benefit. "We have got to live with it Turning to a consideration of ourselves, making it part of us, behavior problems, he asked for accepting its responsibilities as help from parents in combatting individual citizens, and partici- the union of radio and home-pate in it every day. Katherine Fraioli To Become Bride Of Joseph Bloom Miss Katherine Fraioli, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Bernardo Fraioli of 806 Mamaroneck Avenue, Mamaroneck, will be married Sunday to Electrician's Mate Joseph Bloom, U. S. Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Louis Bloom of New Rochelle. The Rev. Biaggio Del Negro will perform the ceremony in the rectory of St. Vito's Church. Miss Fraioli will be given in marriage by her father Miss Pauline Notaraiigelo of Mamaroneck will be her only attendant.

Staff Sgt. Sidney Bloom of the Army, will serve as best mao for his brother. A reception follow at the Fraioli home. The couple will reside in Mount Vernon. The prospective bride Is a graduate of Mamaroneck High School and the Washington School for Secretaries.

She is associated with the Office of Strategic Services, Rockefeller Plaza, New York City. Electrician's Mate Bloom, who returned recently from two year's submarine duty in the Pacific area, is stationed at New London, Conn. He has been in the Navy for three years, prior to which he was manager of Bloom and Bloom Rye He was graduated from New RocheUe High School. i Current Events' To Vote On Slate For Coming Year A nominating committee headed by Mrs. L.

J. Kavanagh, will present a slate of officers for the coming year tomorrow at a meeting of the current events section in the Mamaroneck Woman's Club, to be conducted by Mrs. Robert Wentworth. chairman. Other members of the nominating committee include Mrs.

Martin Linderoth and Mrs. Robert Blackwood. The business meet ing will open at 2:30. Highlight of the program be a talk by C. H.

W. Hasselriis. chief of the Danish Information Office of Friends of Denmark, and representative of the Danish Legation at Washington, Mr. Hasselriis has lectured throughout the United States, and has broadcast to Denmark under the auspices of the Office of War Information. es and voting is part of the job, but we can't end there.

Only through such absolutely independent groups of private citizens as our OW71 federated clubs can the people themselves carry on the kind of self-initiated activity which is an essential of American Democracy and a guarantee of the preservation of what means most to every one of American way of life." CAPPUS HAS ITJ Racial Tensions To Be Discussed By Women's Qubs Mothers To Hear Talk On Rationing Miss Janet Love of the Westchester Lighting Company will speak on "The Advantages of Rationing" tomorrow at P. for the March meeting of the Do- mmican Day School Mothers Club of Larchmont, at the school. COMMUiVITY LENTEN SERVICE TOMORROW ST. THOMAS' EPISCOPAL CHVRCH WEST BOSTON POST ROAD MAMARONECK Sermon By: Rev. Asbury K.

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