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I * SECTION I-PAGEf-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, H7« Understanding Mental Health Editor's Note: This is the fifth in a seties on UNDERSTANDING MENTAL HEALTH, presented as a public service by the Family Service and Mental Health Clinic of McHenry County. Purpose is to help develop a mpfch broader understanding of one of this nation's major health problems. Information is supplied with the cooperation of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Today's presentation concerns Violence in the Family. Americans like to idealize family life. We like to feel that whether or not things are going well in other aspects of our lives, they are going well at home. "A man's house is his castle;" it is here that we seek comfort and solace, love and tenderness, growth and satisfaction. Americans also like to feel that good relationships between parents and children are the norm in the home, that children are loved and cared for in such fashion that when they become adults they are able to love And care for their own children, in a continuous chain of effective "parenting." This is not necessarily always the case. Research into the incidence of broken homes, of violence between husband and wife, and of child abuse in our country unfortunately refutes such a gentle picture. Many families, we know, are not functioning in ideal ways. In its concern for the mental health of all people, and especially for the special mental health needs of children, the National Institute of Mental Health, a part of HEW's Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, is focusing considerable attention on research to understand family function better. Several of these studies involve questions surrounding child abuse. What are its roots? Causes? How can it be prevented? These are important questions in a nation where child abuse is too frequent. But child abuse is by no means the most frequent form of violence in the family. Violence among adults is much more prevalent. Such violence, of course, also has a direct and significant impact on children in the troubled family. Why and how does violence-that is, behavior involving the use of physical force-occur in families? Such things as mild spankings, of course, are normally for the purpose of controlling behavior, usually in young children. More severe violence may result from the venting of one's personal hostility. Hie severity of family violence tragically can continue up the scale all the way to homicide. A review of research in the past shows clearly that violence in the family is common in all societies; in the United States, homicide-the most extreme form of interpersonal violence-occurs more often among family members than it does among unrelated persons. If the function of the family is to love, nurture, and support its Illinois' Celebration *76 Children Play Roles To Learn Local History As part of Illinois' Celebration '76, fourth grade students have a chance to learn about local history through role-playing or by reenacting the lives of turn-of-the-century ladies and gentlemen of leisure or a rugged pioneer of the 1830s. The Champaign County Historical museum, housed in the Robert Sloane Wilber rpansion built between 1903-07, opens its door each Monday to a county fourth grade class. Offered is a county history course in which students take an active role in their own learning experience. The program which began in late September incorporates a multi-media show, a guided tour of the mansion;* a spinning and quilting demonstration and the opportunity1 to role-play people Who lived long ago. Sandra Hartman's fourth grade class from St. Joseph, 111., started their day at the museum by seeing a multi-slide presentation from geological evolution of the prairie to the history of Indians in Illinois to modern life in Champaign county. It was funded in part by the Illinois Bicentennial commission. The rest of the day reinforces information presented in the slide show and stresses societal changes since the advent of settlers.^ To study the daily lives of a wealthy family that lived at the beginning of the 20th century, the students pretended to be members, servants or guests of the Wilber family. They relived a dinner party the Wilbers might have had. Fourth grade ladies wore fashionable clothes complete with long gloves and were seated at a long dining table by fourth grade gen­ tlemen. Classmates dressed as maid and butler serve a Vic­ torian ice while the host initiated conversation of the day. Holding his head erect, Randy Williams as Mr. Wilber addresses the table, "I have a friend who has just traveled the entire water route on the Hennepin canal. He went from Great Bend on the Illinois river to the Mississippi river near Rock Island." members, as Americans have long believed, then violence in the family is contrary to the purpose of family life. Today, grantee scientists of the National Institute of Mental Health are attempting to learn more about the nature of family violence, the kinds of help families need, and who does and should provide such help, ranging from the mental health professional, to the neighborhood policeman, to the emergency-ward physician. Through such added knowledge, the institution of the family-t which we and our children and our children's children will contint to look for security, affection, and joy-can be strengthened and preserved. « Responds the young man on his right who is mindful to keep one hand in his lap, "The Hennepin has been a great boon to transportation. It is a shame the canal took 17 years to complete:" "I understand the Republicans are holding their national convention in Chicago," remarked a young lady dressed in a crimson- plumed hat at the other end of the table. "The evening paper says they have just nominated William H. Taft for President," was the reply. "Do you think he has a chance?" Museum Director Patricia Miller said the fourth grade program is designed to show a contrast between the harsh struggle of early pioneers that traveled to Champaign county in the 1830s and the highly structured society that had developed seventy years later. While half the class is dining on fruit ices (which they had prepared themselves earlier), the rest of the class eats a simple lunch at pioneer ben­ ches. There is no waiting to be seated this time. When th^/" triangle rings and someone hollers, "Come and git it," young people rush to the nearest available bench seat. *~ After lunch, the students hear a story about pioneer struggles as written in a young girl's diary. While the fourth graders listen to her story about homesteading the Illinois territory, they rummage through an old trunk similar to the one she would have had. They laughed with glee while peeling an apple with an old metal instrument and winced at the sight of an antique rug ?ater that was said to be used .whipping stick. Irs. Harman's class closed day learning to make corn ' dolls as pioneer children lid from available materials- corn husks, scraps of material and sometimes buttons. The students learned that by the turn-of-the century the six-inch corn husk doll would become a store-bought, two-foot baby doll with human-looking features instead of crayoned nose and mouth. The living history program at Champaign County Historical Museum uses an active lear­ ning experience to stimulate' interest in county history and to develop a vivid appreciation of its place in modern times. One little girl summed up her experience at the museum by saying, "It was so beautiful. I liked the antiques and the spinner and the ice. I want the recipe for it. I can't wait until we do our play about spinning. Wait 'til I tell my mother all about it." As the celebration of the nation's 200th birthday ap­ proaches, young people are showing enthusiasm by initiating their own programs for Illinois' Celebration '76. While friany have joined the Bicentennial through their community commission. .•Students in Winnebago counf- maintain the "Spirit of '76" through their own organization. The student Bicentennial committee consists of representatives from all thirteen high schools. The group began, according to George Whinna, colonial history teacher and advisor for the Winnebago County Student Bicentennial committee, when the class of '76 at Rockford West high school created a celebration open to all county high schools. Student members expressed a sincere desire to com­ memorate the nation's 200th year, working at least one night a week on Bicentennial projects. Laurie Crowley summed up the students' feelings when she remarked that the Bicentennial was an unique opportunity, "I want to look back and remeifcber it and say that I did something special for the nation's birthday." Committeeman Greg Peterson, said that he thought the Bicentennial was going to be "fun and interesting. Fun because of the other kids in­ volved and interesting because there is so much to learn." # To implement the students' idea of a fun and rewarding Bicentennial commemoration and the three Bicentennial themes - of Heritage '76, Festival USA, and Horizons '76, the committee has developed an extensive Bicentennial program. Committee members plan a perpetual scholarship, for a graduating senior from Win­ nebago county. To reach this goal, the group must raise enough money to earn (1,000 annually. 1 .< The students decided to earn scholarship money through a sale of a Winnebago County Bicentennial calendar. A county-wide student art contest was held to choose illustrations for the calendar. Elementary and high school students were invited to submit drawings interpreting the theme, "Celebrate America 1607- 1976." Six were chosen by the Winnebago County Student Bicentennial committee tov appear on the calendar. / Copies of the 16" by 33" full- color scrolls were told using many inventive methods. Students designed festive booths and donned colonial garb to create eye-catching displays throughout the county. The Winnebago County Student Bicentennial com­ mittee meets once a month and uses the parliamentary procedures of the Continental Congress. Each high school is allowed one vote so when a motion is presented, representatives from each school meet in caucas to decide JANUARY CLEARANCE TIME At Paneling Plus CHECK THESE PANELING SPECIALS! ...just for making a qualifying deposit. ^4 <*•. ̂ Every office of First Federal Savings and Loan Association of tyy§tal Lake is loaded with a large selection of free gifts. Gifts like blankets, Mood Rings, dolls, toasters, percolators, salad sets, and much more. 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A cultural and educational ex­ change this spring will place Illinois students in an east coast family and school. Students from the host states will spend a week with an Illinois family. Another committee project is designed to promote camaraderie between students of the county's high schools. "Superstar Competition," held this summer, offers students a chance to become better acquainted through individual a t h l e t i c c o m p e t i t i o n . Representatives from each school compete in a tire roll contest, bicycle race, mile run and a ball-throwing com­ petition. Plans call for a rematch each spring. Summarizing the overall effect of the student committee, Advisor George Whinna said, "This is the first time students from all the county schools have ever worked a project together; I think that's what the Bicentennial is all about." Stop Laymen From Fitting Contact Lenses Illinois Attorney General William J. 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