Traits to Watch

But they predicted serious trouble
ahead for boys with certain marked
traits of character and personality—
traits that led 93 out of every 100 into
crime in later years.

In their 10 years of study, the Gluecks
learned that potential delinquent was
most likely to be found in the boy. who
was markedly willful, assertive, de-
fiant, suspicious and hostile without
reason, who wanted to destroy things
and ‘“‘exploded emotionally,” regard-
less of consequences, as well as in the
boy who was always looking for ex-
citement, change or risk, who ordi-
narily did what he pleased and re-
sisted any attempt to thwart him.

Up to Parents

After that intensive and analytical
search into what makes good boys and
what makes bad, it is interesting to
learn that the man and wife experts
came to the same conclusion that
many other, ordinary thinking people
have come to:

That little progress can be expected
in the prevention of delinquency until
family life is strengthened by a re-
alization of its importance as the chief
and basic unit in our whole social
system, and that all the resources of
religious and ethical instruction, so-
cial work, education and mental
hygiene should be dedicated to the
improvement and uplifting of family
relationships. * +

(Reprinted by permission from Mrs. Hodges’ daily
column “‘One Woman’s Day”’ in Victoria Daily Times.)

Plan New B.C. Prison
To Hold 400 Prisoners

Emphasis on Rehabilitation
Rather Than Punishment

SITE has not been chosen but steps
are being taken to have plans drawn
up for a new B.C. prison large enough
to hold from 400 to 500 prisoners.

This has been revealed by Attorney-
General Gordon Wismer who said
construction of the jail was an
essential move in the planned modern-
ization of the province’s penal system.

Special training may be given at
U.B.C. in penology in connection
with the reform of the system, the
attorney-general said. Prison officals
and guards will be given new ap-
proaches in the handling of criminals.

Mr. Wismer said the planned
modernization of the penal system
was based on a report of a special
committee headed by Col. Eric Pepler,
deputy attorney-general, and includ-
ing E. G. B. Stevens, chief probation
officer, and Dr. C. W. Topping,
professor of sociology at U.B.C. * *
TWENTY-SECOND EDITION

Mounties to Wear Nylons

CANADA’S FAMOUS “MOUN-
TIES” will wear nylons. Not the
gossamer-sheer nylons the ladies rave
about but nylon lanyards attached to
their .455 Colt pistols, according to
the public relations department of
Canadian Industries Limited.

Appropriately enough, it was a rela-
tively small but thriving Western
Canadian firm, Hope Hunter of High
River, Alta., which recently obtained
an order to supply the Royal Cana-
dian Mounted Police with 2,000
nylon lanyards.

Hunter, a veteran cow puncher, had
developed a nylon rope lariat that
became a popular piece of rodeo
riders’ equipment. He followed this
with nylon cinches, saddle decorations
and neck ropes. It was only a step
from neck ropes for horses to lan-
yards for Mounties. He queried
R.C.M.P. Commissioner Stewart T.
Wood who investigated and gave
Hunter the nod to produce a trial
order.

The probability is, therefore, that
nylon will oust the material used in
lanyards worn by the red coats since
the historic force was established in
1873. Unlike the original loop that
requires vigorous washing and blanco-
ing to ensure its whiteness, the nylon
lanyard rinses easily, dries quickly
and stands out smartly against the
traditional red serge tunic.

Of the same pattern as the cord it
replaces, the nylon lanyard also has
a fixed loop and a neat nylon Turk’s-
head (or sliding fastener) that glides
upward over the double cord. Rookie
constables are instructed how to place
the lanyard under the shoulder straps
and twist the double cord so that a
smaller loop is formed near the
throat. This loop is straddled around
the top button of the officer’s tunic
and the Turk’s-head is then pushed
firmly up against the top button to
keep the lanyard in place.

Main reason for anchoring the cord

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in this position, besides ensuring uni-
form neatness, is a practical one; if a
desperado clutches the Mountie’s
lanyard during a struggle, the loop
will not form a hangman’s knot and
strangle the officer. The lanyard’s
main purpose, of course, is to keep
the officer's weapon within arm’s
length and within his control should
he release his grip on it in a struggle
with a lawbreaker. * *

SO THAT GEORGE WILL DO IT

A “George Club” is to be estab-
lished in Barcelona, Spain, to include
everybody by the name of “George,”
the reason being that St. George is
the patron saint of that city. The
object of the club is to protect every
“George” born there, and to see that
they receive a good education, and,
should they be in need of any help,
that they get it—-New South Wales
Police News.

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W. BOND, Proprietor
HARDWARE and SPORTING GOODS

and Licenses

*

INVERMERE B.C.

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MODERN COFFEE SHOP
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Phone 16 INVERMERE, B.C.

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Cars and Trucks

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Phone 111 Kimberley, B.C.

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