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PAGE 2—THE BULLETIN, July 7, 1962 ( BOOKS (MAKE ig 1 A (HOME 1 lAJriten and l^eacL erd EDITED BY LEO J. ZUBER 2332 North Decatur Rd. Decatur. Georgia A. M. D. G. For the greater glory of God and for the spiritual benefit of authors, publishers, re viewers and readers. FROM STATE CHURCH TO PLURALISM, by Franklin Ham lin Littell, Doubleday, 1962,174 pp., 95£ Reviewed by W. L. Schmidt. Waldo Beach, writing in The news and Observer, Raleigh, N.C., July 26, 1959, under the heading "Flip-Top Pulpits for Filter -Tip Faith’’ wrote: "... the Protestant church has con fused its evangelical mission with organizational success... ministers have learned nice people don’t like ugly sermons ...underneath the enormous prosperity of the American churches there is a growing misgiving shared by its clergy and laity, about the moral stamina of this nominal Christi anity." This quote , taken from the introduction to the book sub titled A PROTESTANT INTER PRETATION OF RELIGION IN AMERICAN HISTORY, sets the tone for a frank self examination of the history and present status of American Protestantism. Doctor Littell, a professor of church history at Southern Methodist University, pulls no punches. He curries no favors. In fact, he will disillusion many a reader in the high motives and the halos with which pa triotic history has surrounded the early settlers and the founding fathers with respect to the piety and spirit of re ligious freedom for all when, indeed, there was an apalling dearth of it from the begin ning deep into post colonial day. The belief that separation of church and state existed from the beginning Doctor Lit tell calls a myth. He cites as proof the early state supported churches, the constant clashes between religious groups, the founding of church schools and universities by various colonial governments that continued to be supported by the state after the founding of the republic. The effects of it are still ex istent in many publicly sup ported schools today. The romantic myth of the "good old days" of the found ing Fathers when this country was a "Christian" nation still persists when, in fact, it was a "heathen" nation. This state ment should unchair the hero worshipping beliefs and habits of many. A century ago there began the great revival movement within the churches, and missionary activities were carried out in all parts of the country. There occurred, too, the firm beginnings of voluntaryism, and a splintering of the major denominations into innumerable smaller groups. All this resulted in the present voluntaryism, the present "freedom" of choice and plur alism of religion in America, now sapped of a real messianic message, and of doctrine, and created a gap that has been filled with social groups who "don’t like ugly sermons." As Doctor Littell ponits out the weaknesses in American Protestantism, he also offers solutions to the present im passe in religious purpose. For example, Protestantism must discard its spirit of nativism. It must enter into vigorous discussions with Catholics and Jews on the nature of a just social order and a "righteous commonwealth." It must recognize the present religious situation in this country for what it is: post-Protestant, one that includes great and ever growing numbers of Catholics and Jews. It must also accept the religious situation at the beginning of the Republic for what it really was: heathen. Doctor Littell closes by say ing that he expects "less trouble from Roman Catholics and Jews than from fellow Protes tants in presenting this intro duction to American church his tory." This statement is full of implications and it should make the serious Catholic reader particularly anxious to BARBETTE'S HOUSE OF BEAUTY Permanents from $10 to $25 Shampoo from $2.50 to $3 Haircuts at $2.00 Pine Tree Plaza Shopping Center Buford Hwy. 457-0582 Doravllle, Georgia Chon (short for Chauncy) Day, originator of the Bro ther Sebastian series, Bro ther Sabastian, Brother Se bastian Carries On, and Bro ther Sebastian At Large (Dou bleday, 1961, $1.75). Like his brain child, Chon Day says "I wear mostly skin on my head." read this very intriguing study of the historical phenomena of Protestantism in America. SAINTS FOR THE MODERN WOMAN, by Rev. Luke A. Far ley, J.C.L., Daughters of St. Paul, 1961, 288 pp., illus., $3,95 and $2.50. Reviewed by E. Matthews. Studying the lives of the saints is perhaps the most painless way to abosrb Church history, and seeing history through the eyes of the saints helps us absorb a quality of timeless ness. In thus identifying our selves with all ages, we gain Brother Sebastian At large ECCLESIASTICAL ^SUPPLIES ' By Chon Day From BROTHER SEBASTIAN AT LARGE, by Chon Day, Doubleday, 1961, $1.75. a certain understanding and in sight into what God expects of our lives. For this purpose, Father Farley has collected into this one volume various talks he has made to women’s groups on the lives of saints, and, with this purpose in mind, he brings out some good points for women who may perhaps have become too absorbed in modern history only. However, in translating the spoken word to the written word--the lecture, sermon, or talk to the published work—we can lose something of the personality of the author. This reviewer has not had the opportunity of hearing Father Farley speak, but his book seems to be lack ing in a force that his per sonal delivery may have given his talks. His desire to release the modern woman from the stigma of maladjusted neuroses and an over-indulgence of lei sure has been lost in a tone that becomes a little too preachy. He has chosen well the lives of fifteen saints on which to base his points, but the interest he arouses in his brief biographies becomes dul led by the too obvious points he wants to make. Father Farley prepared the are work for the dust jacket and illustrations of each of the saints. His word sketches of these holy women are far more expressive of their characters. 44 . For Days Of Retreat. CONFERENCES FOR SISTERS, retreat con ferences delivered by the Rev. Leo Clifford, O. F. M.; 4 lp records, 8 sides, monaural issued in 1961 by St. Anthony Guild Press, $12.50. Reviewed by Sister Joanna of the Cross, G. N. S. H., D’Youville Academy, Cham- blee, Georgia. The recording industry has produced a bewildering quan tity of products—records for children, for teen-agers, for the intellectual, for the music- lover. This very modest album might easily never find its way into any record shop, and most probably, not into an American home. One of the basic prin ciples of economics teaches that the value of an object increases with its rarity. The very subject matter of this set of recordings is of supreme worth. Just as St. Paul became all things to all men, and as gospel evengelists make use of every medium of communica tion in their work, so the St. Anthony Guild is using the commonplace object - a phono graph record - to deepen the spiritual life of those who have already dedicated themselves to its pursuit. Father Clifford was formerly chaplain to the famed Dublin Abbey Players. At first hear ing, the American listener may find his diction and intonation somewhat precise, and, to ears accustomed to colloquialisms, somewhat formal. Gradually, however, the ear adapts itself and is drawn to prefer this perfection of delivery. Am- CE 7-8694 • Free Inspection 2730 Piedmont Road, N. E. Atlanta 5. Georgia BUCKHEAD The Budget Grocery Choice Meats Fresh Vegetables Delicatessen Rox Latham, Mgr. 3174 Peachtree Rd. Atlanta ericans, too, even religious on retreat, may have been accus- FATHER LEO CLIFFORD tomed to a rather generous dose of humor - the sugar- coating on the spiritual vita min. Of this there is little. But of things spiritual there is a gt;eat deal. These conferences were intended for days of retreat, customarily held once a month in religious houses. They deal, then, with topics fundamental in their spirituality and of spe cial moment in the life of the active religious. The spirit of faith, the meaning of hope and charity and their relation to suffering, the love of the soul for Christ and of Christ for the soul are discussed in polish ed English with a striking com mand of stylistic beauty shot through with simplicity and a haunting return to one theme. The reproduction of the speaker’s voice is clear, but at times the volume on the writer’s phonograph requires adjustment because of a ten dency to grow louder. The re cords have been evaluated twice - once when the writer was occupied with professional duties and again when the quie tus of retreat gave greater op portunity for reflection. On both occasions, Father Clifford’s conferences provided ample substance for reflection and prayer. Perhaps the best re commendation that might be given would be that of assur ing possible listeners - Sisters especially for whom these are intended - that repeated hearing seemed to increase their fruit fulness. LATEST LEGION LISTINGS Class A Section 1 Air Patrol Gigot Harold Lloyd’s World of Comedy Ring A Ding Rhythm Story of the Count of Monte Cristo Stowaway in the Sky Class A Section II Barabbas Kid Galahad Tales of Terror Class A Section 3 Adventures of a Young Man Horror Hotel Interns On any Street Rider On A Dead Horse Class B Bloody Brood, The Summerskin ATLANTA C&S REALTY COMPANY “Specialists in Commercial and Industrial Real Estate” Suite 200 Henry Grady Bldg. Atlanta 3, Ga. Warehouses, Stores, Mfg. Plants, Acreage, Shopping Center Dev., Industrial Dev., Subdivision Dev., Insurance 524-2052 MIKE & STEVE SERTICH NATIONAL LEGION OF DECENCY 453 1KADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK 22, N. Y. yU. xxvn'' 1962 No. 19 PLaza 9-1400 RIGHT REV. MSGR. THOMAS F. LITTLE, S.T.L. Executive Secretary REV. PATRICK J. SULLIVAN, 8.J., S.T.D. Assistant Executive Secretary MRS. JAMES F. LOORAM, L.H.D. Chairman, Motion Picture Department, I. F. C. A. A moral estimate of current entertainment feature motion pictures prepared under the direction of the New York Office of the National Legion of Decency with the co-operation of the Motion Picture Department of the International Federa tion of Catholic Alumnae. CLASS A — Section I—-Morally Unobjectionable for General Patronage Alak&zam, The Great—Am. Inti. Babes in Toyland—Buena Vista Bashful Elephant—AA Beauty and the Beast—UA Best of Enemies—Col. Big Red—Buena Vista Big Wave—AA Bon Voyage—Buena Vista Boy Who Caught a Crook (Was: Boy Who Found $100,000)—UA Capture That Capsule—UA Cash On Demand—Col. Cinderella (Russ.)—Janus Clown and the Kid—UA Comancheros—Fox Dalton Who Got Away—Dalton Dentist In the Chair, A (Br.)—Ajay Film Co. Desert Patrol—U-I El Qd—AA Errand Boy—Para. Flight That Disappeared—UA Follow That Dream—UA Forever My Love—Para. Francis of Assisi—Fox Greyfriar’s Bobby—Buena Vista Hatari—Para. Heroes Island—UA Hey, Let’s Twist—Para. Honeymoon Machine—MGM Invasion of the Star Creatures—Am. Inti. Invasion Quartet—MGM Jack the Giant Killer—UA La Belle Americaine (Fr.)—Continental Lad, A Dog—War. Land We Love—UA Life of Maria Goretti (Ital.)—Catholic Film Prods. Majority of One—War. Man Who Wagged His Tail (Sp.-Ital.)— Continental Merrill’s Marauders—War. Midsummer Nights Dream—Show Corp. Modern Times—United Artists Moon Pilot—Buena Vista Mothra—Col. Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation—Fox Murder She Said—MGM Music Man—War. Mysterious Island—Col. Nearly a Nasty Accident—U-I Nikki, Wild Dog of the North—Buena Visi* Pied Piper of Hamelin—Prod. Unlimited Pirates of Tortuga—Fox Prisoner of the Iron Mask—Am inti. Purple Hills—Fox Queen of the Pirates—Col. Road To Hong Kong—UA Runaway—Arpix Sale At Home—Col. Saintly Sinners—UA Search for Paradise—Stanley Warner Second Time Around—Fox Sergeant Was a Lady—U-I Sergeants 3—UA Snake Woman—UA Summer To Remember, A (Russ.)—Kingsley Swinging Along—Fox Teenage Millionaire—UA Thief of Baghdad—MGM Three Stooges Meet Hercules—Col. Town Like Alice, A (Br.)—Rank Two Little Bears—Fox Underwater City—Col. Valley of the Dragons—Col. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea —Fox When the Clock Strikes—UA Whistle Down the Wind (Br.)— Pathe-Am. X-15—UA You Have to Run Fast—UA Zotz—Col. CLASS A — Section H — Morally Unobjectionable for Adults and Adolescents Atlantis, the Lost Continent—MGM Battle At Bloody Beach—Fox Belle Sommers—Col. Beware of Children—Am. Inti. Beyond All Limits—Pathe-Am. Big Money—UA Birdmen of Alcatraz—UA Black Tights—Magna Films Blue Hawaii—Para. B rain washed—AA Bridge, The—AA Bridge To the Sun—MGM Broken Land—Fox B rushfire—Para. Burn, Witch, Burn—Am. Inti. Burning Nights—UA Cat Burglar—UA Colossus of Rhodes—MGM Cow and I, The (Fr.)—Zenith Inti. Dead to the World—UA Deadly Companions—Pathe Deadly Duo—UA Devil At 4 O’Clock—Col. Don’t Knock the Twist—Col. Dr. Blood’s Coffin—UA Eleventh Commandment—Prairie Escape From Zahrain—Para. Experiment In Terror—Col. Fanny—War. Fear No More—Pathe-America Five Finger Exercise—Col. Flight of the Lost Balloon—Realart Flower Drum Song—U-I Follow That Man—UA Frantic (Fr.)—Times Film Corp. Geronimo—UA Gidget Goes Hawaiian—Col. Gun Street—UA Hand of Death—Fox Hands of a Stranger—AA Hell Is For Heroes—Para. Hellions, The—Col. Horizontal Lieutenant—MGM Incident in an Alley—UA Judgment At Nuremberg—UA Last Time I Saw Archie—UA Lisa—Fox Lonely Are the Brave—U-I Lost Battalion—Am. Inti. Madison Avenue—Fox Magic Sword—UA Man In the Moon—Trans-Lux Man Who Died Twice—Rep. Man Who Shot Liberty Valance—Para. Manster—UA Mask, The—War. Mein Kampf—Col. Mighty Ursus—UA Miracle Worker—UA Most Wanted Man—Astor My Geisha—Para. Naked Edge—UA Neapolitan Carousel (Ital.)—Lux Night Creatures—U-I Outsider—U-I Pit and the Pendulum—Am. Inti. Pleasure of His Company—Para. Premature Burial—Am. Inti. Pocketful of Miracles—UA Reprieve—AA Risk, The—Kingsley-Intl. Rommel’s Treasure—Medallion Samar—War. Sardonicus—Col. Scream of Fear—Col. Secret of Deep Harbor—UA Shadow of the Cat—U-I Six Black Horses—U-I Spiral Road—U-I State Fair—Fox 13 West Street—Col. Third of a Man—UA Throne of Blood (Jap.)—Brandon. Time Bomb—AA Trunk, The—Col. Twenty Plus Two—AA Twist All Night—Am. Inti. Twist Around the Clock—Col. Two Rode Together—Col. Valiant—UA War Hunt—UA Weekend With Lulu—Col. Woman Hunt—Fox World In My Pocket—MGM Young Doctors—UA Young Ones—Para. Young Savages—UA CLASS A — Section III — Morally Unobjectionable for Adults Ada—MGM All Fall Down—MGM Anatomy of a Syndicate (Was: Big Operator) —Cinema Assoc. And the Wild, Wild Women (Ital.)—Trans-Lux Armored Command—AA Bachelor In Paradise—MGM Boys Night Out—MGM Breakfast At Tiffany’s—Para. Cape Fear—U-I Claudelle Inglish—War. Children’s Hour—UA Come September—U-I Counterfeit Traitor—Para. Counterfeiters of Paris—MGM Couch, The—War. Double Bunk (Br.)—Show Corp. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse—MGM George Raft Story—AA Girl With a Suitcase (Ital.)—Ellis Great War, The—Lopert Happy Thieves—UA Hitler—AA Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus—UA Hustler, The—Fox I Like Money—Fox Information Received (Br.)—U-I Innocents, The—Fox Last Year At Marienbad (Fr.)—Astor Light in the Piazza—MGM Murder, Inc.—Fox Ninth Circle (Yug.)—Jadran Films Notorious Landlady—Col. Nun and the Sergeant—UA One Pius One—Selected Pics. One, Two. Three—UA Only Two Can Play (Br.)—Col. Pigeon That Took Rome—Para. Ride the High Country—MGM Rocco and His Brothers (Ital.)—Astor Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone—War. Rome Adventure—War. Sail a Crooked Ship—Col. Satan Never Sleeps—Fox Season of Passion—UA Seven Women From Hell—Fox Singer Not the Song—War. Something Wild—UA Stop Me Before I Kill—Col. Summer and Smoke—Para. Susan Slade—War. Sweet Bird of Youth—MGM Taste of Honey—Continental Tender Is the Night—Fox Three On a Spree—UA Through a Glass Darkly (Swed.)—Janus Thunder of Drums—MGM Town Without Pity—UA Two Women (Ital.)—Embassy View From the Bridge—Continental West Side Story—UA Wolf Larsen—AA CLASS B—— Morally Objectionable in Part for All Bachelor Flat—Fox Back Street—U-I Brain That Wouldn’t Die—Am. Inti. Cabinet of Caligari—Fox Concrete Jungle—Fanfare Confessions of An Opium Eater—AA Day the Earth Caught Fire—U-I Devil’s Eye, The (Swed.)—Janus Doctor In Love—Rank Explosive Generation—UA Five Minutes To Live—Pathe-Am. Force of Impulse—Pathe-America Goodbye Again—UA Guns of the Black Witch—Am. Inti. Head, The—Trans-Lux House of Fright (was: Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll)—Amer. Int. Adorable Creatures (French)—Continental And God Created Woman (Fr.)—Kingsley Baby Doll—War. Bed of Grass (Greek)—Trans-Lux Bed, The (French)—Kingsley International Bell’Antonio (Ital.)—Embassy Films Breathless (Fr.)—Films Around World Cold Wind In August—Aidart Come Dance With Me (Fr.)— Kingsley-Intl. Desperate Women, The—Majestic Films, Inc. During One Night (Br.)—Astor Expresso Bongo (Br.)—Continental Five Day Lover (Fr.)—Kingsley-Intl. Green Carnation (was: Trials of Oscar Wilde) (Br.)—Warwick Films Green Mare (Fr.)—Zenith Heroes and Sinners (Fr.)—Janus Husband for Anna, A (Italian)—IFE I Am a Camera—DCA Illicit Interlude (Swedish)—Gaston Hakim Joan of the Angels?—Polish-Telepix Jules and Jim (Fr.)—Janus Karamoja—Hallmark Productions, Inc. L’Awentura (Ital.)—Janus La Notte (Night) (Ital.)—Lopert House of Women—War. It Happened In Athens—Fox Jessica—UA Joker, The (Fr.)—Lopert Journey To the Seventh Planet—Am. Inti. Leda (Fr.)—Times Lover, Come Back—U-I Lovers On a Tightrope (Fr.)—Interworld Man Trap—Para. Marines Let’s Go—Fox- Mark, The (Irish)—Continental Mary Had a Little (Br.)—Lopert Maxime (Fr.)—Interworld Night of Evil—Pathe-Am. Nights of Rasputin (Ital.)—Premiere No Love for Johnny (Br.)—Embassy CLASS C — Condemned Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Fr.)—Kingsley Les Liaisons Dangercuses (Fr.)—Astor Pic tures, Inc. Liane, Jungle Goddess—DCA Love Game (Fr.)—Films Around World Love Is My Profession (Fr.)—Kingsley-Intl. Lover’s Return (French)—Lopert Lovers, The (Fr.)—Zenith Mademoiselle Gobette (French)—IFE Mademoiselle Striptease (Fr.)—DCA Magdalena (Ger.)—Buhawk Maid in Paris (Fr.)—Continental Marie du Port (French)—Bellon-Foulke Mating Urge—Citation Miller’s Beautiful Wife (Ital.)—DCA Miss Julia (Swedish)—Trans-Global Pictures Mitsou (Fr.)—Zenith Inti. Mom and Dad (Sideroad)—Hallmark Prod. Moon Is Blue, The—UA Naked Night, The (Swedish)—Times Film Nana (Fr.)—Times Never On Sunday (Greek)—Lopert Night Heaven Fell (Fr.)—Kingsley Night, The (La Notte) (Ital.)—Lopert Odd Obsession (Jap.)—Harrison Oscar Wilde (Br.)—Four City Enterprises Paris Blues—UA Payroll—AA Peeping Tom—Astor Private Lives of Adam and Eve—U-I Purple Noon (Fr.)—Times Siege of Syracuse—Para. Splendor in the Grass—War. Telltale Heart—Brigadier That Touch of Mink—U-I Tomorrow Is My Turn (Fr.)—Showcorp. Too Late Blues—Para. Wild Harvest—Pathe-Am. Wonders of Aladdin—MGM World by Night—War. Young Helions (Was: High School Confide* rial)—Cinema Assoc. Passionate Summer (Fr.-Ital.)—Kingsley Please I Mr. Balzac (Fr.)—DCA Port of Desire—Union Pot Bouille (Lovers of Pari*) (Pi.) Continental Prime Time—Essanjay Films, Inc. Private Property—Citation Question of Adultery—NTA Rosanna—Jacon Film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Br.) • Continental Savage Eye—Trans-Lux-Kingsley Inti. Sins of the Borgias (French)—Aidart Sins of Mona Kent—Astor Smiles of a Summer Night (Swedish)—Ras Snow Was Black (Fr.)—Continental Stella (Greek)—Burstyn Temptation (Fr.-Ital.)—Shelton Third Sex (Ger.)—D. & F. Dist. Trials of Oscar Wilde (Br.)—Warwick Films Truth, The (La Verity) (Fr.)—Kingsley Inti Viridiana (Sp.)—Kingsley-Intl. Wasted Lives and The Birth of Twin*— K. Gordon Murray Production Woman of Rome (Ital.)—DCA SEPARATE CLASSIFICATION (A Separate Classification is given to certain films which, while not morally offensive in themselves, require caution and some analysis as a protection te the uninformed against wrong interpretations and false conclusions.) Adam and Eve (Mex.)—Wm. Horne Advise and Consent—Col. Anatomy of a Murder—Col. Case of Dr. Laurent (Fr.)—Trans-Lux Circle of Deception—Fox Crowning Experience—MRA Girl of the Night—War Important Man (Mexican)—Lopert Intruder—Pathe-Am. King of Kings—MGM La Dolce Vita (Ital.)—Astor Pictures, Inc. Lolita—Seven Arts Martin Luther—de Rochemont Never Take Candv From a Stranger—Omat Corp Storm Center—Col. Suddenly, Last Summer—Col. Victim (Br.)—Pathe-America Walk On the Wild Side—Col.