Table Of ContentA GOURSE GUIDE FOR THE SENIOR PROBLEMS CLASS
A Project
Presented to
the Faculty of the School of Education
The U niversity of Southern C alifornia
In P a rtia l Fulfillm ent
of the Requirements for the Degree
Master of Science in Education
by
Norman J. Davis
August 195°
UMI Number: EP46267
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
1. FAMILY LIFE: HOW TO BUILD A HAPPY HOME..........................1
1. MAMA'S HELPER: How to lend a helping hand
around the house ............................. . . . . . . . . . 1
2. PENNY PINCHER: to help with the family
How
fin a n c e s...................................................................... 3
3. BENEFICENT RULE: How to get along with your
parents ..................................................................5
4-. COMPANIONSHIP: How to make real friends of
your brothers and sisters ............................................ 6
5. GAS BUGGY: How to get the family c a r ..................7
6. MISFORTUNES: How to make the most of a broken
home .......................................................................2>
7. DATES: How to make your friends mom and dad's
f r i e n d s ...................................................................................9
S. ENGAGED: How to select your mate . . . . . . . 10
9* NEWLYWEDS: How to plan your own family . . . . 14
2_. GOVERNMENT: HOW TO BE AN EFFECTIVE PARTNER IN OUR
DEMOCRATIC CORPORATION ............................................................... 20
1. CIVIC EDUCATION: How to be a good citizen . . . 20
2. DEMOGRACY: How to get things d o n e ...........................22
3. LAW AND ORDER: How to make customs and legal
enactments respected ......................................................... 24-
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4. LEADERSHIP! How to develop the qualities
necessary to lead and d irect others . . . . . 25
5. FOLLOWERSHIP! How to he worthy of democracy . 26
6. MAJORITY RULE! How to select the most
capable candidates . . . ............................................ 27
3. ECONOMICS! HOW TO LIVE IK OUR DOLLAR WORLD . . . 31
1. EMPLOYMENT: How to get a J o b .....................................31
2. WORK DRESS: How to maintain a good appearance
on the job ..................... 3^
3. REMUNERATION: How to earn salaries for the
work you are capable of d o in g ............................36
4. ORGANIZATIONS! How to cooperate in union
a c tiv itie s .......................... 36
5. PRICE VS. QUALITY: How to be a wise
consum er.............................. 37
6. MODERATION: How to keep from getting the
11 keeping up with the Joneses" b u g ............................39
7* SECURITY: How to provide for your old age . . 40
4-. COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPORTATION; HOW TO COPE
WITH THE MODERN MEANS OF THOUGHT AND IMAGERY
TRANSMISSION AND THE MODERN MODES OF TRAVEL . . . 44
1. RADIO, NEWSPAPER, AND THE NEWSREEL: How to
s ift fact from opinion or propaganda.......................44
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2. TELEVISION: How to keep video from
scheduling family life ................................................. ^6
3* RUMOR: How to squelch disruptive gossip . . . ^7
k. CLAMPING ON THE LID: How to accept censor
ship in the in terest of the p u b lic ......................
5« THE HOTROD: How to operate your cut down
Ja lo p y ....................................................................................
6. TRAFFIC CONGESTION: How to manage the great
number of vehicles on the ro a d ............................50
5. HEALTH AND SANITATION: HOW TO KEEP WELL AND
STRONG.................................................................................................5^
1. LADY IN WHITE: How to get diagnosis and
treatm ent of your symptoms by the school
health services .............................................................. 5^
2. VITAMIN KIDi How to maintain a balanced d iet. 55
3* SMOOTHY: How to keep that school g irl or
school boy complexion ....................................57
ty. LITTLE SUPERMAN: How to keep the mechanisms
of your body in top shape ................................5&
5» GERM FREE: How to consolidate disease by
keeping bacteria off the things you use . . . 59
6. LEISURE TIME: HOW TO SPEND YOUR SPARE MINUTES . . 66
1. TELEVISION: How to get your money's worth
out of your s e t .................................................... .... . 66
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2. THE WRITTEN WORD: How to choose your
reading m aterial . . . . . . ...................................... 69
3. THE PASTEBOARDS: to really enjoy cards . 71
How
k. THE PENMAN: How to write a le tte r worthy
of the reader's tim e ..........................................................J2
5. THE SPECTATOR: How to he a good watcher . . . 7^
6. AN AVOCATION: How to swing into a hobby
without half t r y i n g .....................................................
7. TAKING IT EASY: How to get the most out of
a few minutes rest ..........................................................J8
7. CRIME AND DELINQUENCY: HOW TO STICK TO THE
STRAIGHT AND NARROW PATH..........................................................82
1. ASSOCIATES: How to recognize and stay away
from bad company...................................................................62
2. THE BOTTLE: How to stay free of alcoholism . 8k
3» GAME OP CHANCE: How to meet the gambling
p ro b le m ....................................................... 65
BOY-GIRL RELATIONS: How to keep your
a c tiv itie s on the right moral plane .................... 66
5» PREVENTION: How to discourage others from
committing unlawful a c t s .............................................. 67
6. POLICE: How to help your law enforcement
ag e n cies....................................................................................66
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7. PAROLEE OR PROBATIONARY; How to help the
readjusted or readjusting person ............................... 91
g. EDUCATION: HOW TO PREPARE YOURSELF FOR YOUR
TRIP THROUGH L IF E ........................................................................... 95
1. SPEAK UP; How to assert y o u r s e lf .................................96
2. KEEP PITCHING: How to keep from getting behind
the eight b all . . ...................................................................98
5. THE LAMPLIGHTER: How to educate yourself
outside of the s c h o o l..........................................................99
BRIGHT HORIZONS: How to plan your life work . . 100
NEXT STOP: How to select a training school
or c o lle g e ..................................................................................103
9. RELIGION: HOW TO IMPROVE THE MORAL STANDARDS OF
YOUR SOCIAL LIFE..............................................................................110
1. BIRDSEYE VIEW: How to select a philosophy of
life to live by ....................................................110
2. CONSOLATION: How to select your religious
a f f i l i a t i o n ..................... I ll
3. TOLERANCE: How to live as a united group . . . 113
10. POPULATION: HOW TO LIVE IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT . . . . llg
1. SPACE: How to obtain adequate housing .................. llg
2. NEIGHBORS: How to elim inate race frictio n . . . 119
3. SLUMS: How to elim inate run down housing
a r e a s ...........................................................................................121
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V* SOCIAL CLASS: to get along with the
How
people who have more or less money than
you h a v e .......................................................................... . 121
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LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE PAGE
1. SURPRISE MOM WITH A READY MADE BREAKFAST . . . . 2
2. HE‘S NOT AS SHARP AS HE THINKS HE I S .....................12
3. LET *S ALL SING TOGETHER...................................................21
THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT LISTENS TO ALL IDEAS . 23
BE YOURSELF IF YOU WOULD IMPRESS H IM ....................35
6. COME ON ” LIMBER UP11............................................................ 60
7. AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE . 6l
g. TIME IS LOST IN ”WRITTEN REALISM” .............................JO
9- KNOCK IT CLEAR OUT OF TOWN...........................................S9
10. GIVE TRUTHFUL ANSWERS FOR HELPFUL RESULTS . . . . 102
