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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JUNE 8, 1957.
RENEW VOWS—Thirty-six couples participated in the renewal of marriage vows at St. Fran
cis Xavier Parish Church, Brunswick, Ga. Rev. James M. Cummings, S.M., Pastor, received their
renewal of marriage pledges. Rev. Albert Hebert, S.M., gave sermon in Sanctifying Power of Mat
rimony.—(Caples Studio, Brunswick).
First Honorary Degrees Granted
At Belmont College Graduation
BELMONT— The Seventy- j
ninth Commencement exercises!
of Belmont Abbey College, Bel
mont, N. C., at which a record of i
53 students graduated, was mark
ed by the first conferring of hon-!
orary degrees in the history of j
the college. The exercises took j
place >on Tuesday, June 4, in the
Haid Gymnasium on the college
campus.
William C. Friday, President
of the Consolidated University of
North Carolina, and Commence
ment’ speaker, Received the hon
orary degree Doctor of Laws.
This was the first occasion that
President Friday, a native of Dal
las, Gaston County, has been so
honored. A student of Wake For
est and graduate of North Caro
lina State College with a B. S.
degree in 1941, he entered Law
School at Chapel Hill in 1946 and
received his L. L. B. in 1948.
William C. Friday has been acting
president of the Consolidated
University of North Carolina
since, the departure of President
Gray in 1951. and was inaugurated
as President at Raleigh on May 8.
Also honored with the Doctorate
of Law's was Joseph McKinley
Bryan, President of the Jefferson
Standard Broadcasting Company,
owners and operators of WBT-
WBTV, Charlotte, N. C., and
WBTW, Florence, S. C.
A native of Eivria, Ohio, and
son of Bart and Caroline Bryan,
Joseph Bryan was educated at
Mount Hermon Prep in Massachu-
etts, and served in the A. E. F.
during World War I. He is mar-
iied to the former Miss Kathleen
rice of Greensboro. Before be-
oming an executive of Jefferson
Standard Life Insurance Company,
jreensboro, in 1931, he was Hai-
i ian representative of George M.
McFaddtVi and Brothers, New
ork Cotton brokers, and later an
independent broker with a seat
Oil the New York Cotton Ex
change. He became Senior Vice
President of Jefferson Standard
Life Insurance Company in 1956.
Joseph Bryan has been closely
associated with business admini-
.ration and civic activities in the
Greensboro area at large for
i wenty years, a prominent mem
ber of the American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars, and
J residf^it of the Southeastern
Shrine Association in 1954-55, and
a member of the Board of Gover
nors, Greenville Unit, Shriner’s
Hospital for Crippled Children.
Albert Gallatin Myers, previ
ously honored by North Carolina
State College,, Duke Chapter, and
named “Man of the Year” in 1956
by N. C. S. C. Chapter of Phi Psi,
received honorary degree of Doc
tor of Laws from Belmont Abbey
College, on this occasion.
A native of Chesterfield County,
South Carolina, Albert Myers
received his first training in bank
ing in the Merchants and Farmers
National Bank, Charlotte, at the
turn of the century, and trans
ferred to Gastonia to organize the
Citizens National Bank, rising
from cashier, Vice President,
President, and now Chairman of
the Board of the Bank. A director
and member of the Executive
Committee of the North Carolina
Textile Foundation, he has been
instrumental in the growth of
industry and commerce in Gaston
County and in church affairs as a
member of the Board of Stewards
of the First Methodist Church,
Gastonia, and of Duke University
National Council.
Leo Fenton Henebry, native and
past Mayor of Roanoke, Va., a
graduate of Belmont Abbey Col
lege in classics, received a hon
orary degree of Doctor of Law's.
A long time member of the
Advisory Board of his Alma
Mater, Mr. Henebry has had an
intimate place in the commerce
of Roanoke, serving as President
of the Roanoke Merchants Associ
ation (1924-25) and Chamber of
Commerce (1931-32). He was first
elected to the City Council in
June of 1938 and became Vice
Mayor in 1938 to 1943. when he
was elected Mayor of the city. He
is, at present, serving as National
Councilor to the United States
Chamber of Commerce for A. N.
R. J. A., and is on the Advisory
Board of the Salvation Army and
on the Board of Directors of
Burrell Memorial Hospital in
Roanoke. He has been one of the
most active members and organ
izers of the Belmont Abbey Col
lege Alumni Association in its
initial years.
Among these receiving the hon
orary degree of Doctor of Laws at
this Commencement was William
Francis Martin, M. D.
A native of Leaksville, N. C.. he
received his degree of Doctor of
Medicine from the University of
Maryland. A Fellow of the Inter
national College of Surgeons and
of the American College of Sur
geons, Dr. Martin has long estab
lished himself as one of the out
standing surgeons of the state.
He was awarded the Cross of
Military Service after an outstand
ing career during World War II,
serving as full colonel in the
United States Army and receiving
three battle stars in the Asiatic-
Pacific Theater.
A past president of Mercy Hos
pital and life member of Charlotte
Memorial Hospital, Dr. Martin is
at present Vice Regent to the
International College of Surgeons
and honorai-y member of the Tri-
State Medical Society.
Addressing those receiving hon
orary degrees, on behalf of the
college, was the Most Reverend
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. Though
now nationally known for his
television series “Life is Worth
Living,” Bishop Sheen made his
mark as professor of philosophy
at the Catholic University of
America, Washington, D. C,, and
for his authorship of best-selling
books on philosophy and life for
lay people. After being consecrat
ed Auxiliary Bishop of New York
and appointed Director of the
Pontifical Society of the Prop
agation of the Faith in 1950, he
has become widely known
throughout the world for his fur
thering of human conditions in
the Near and Far East and be
hind the Iron Curtain; to which
purpose hfcs entire recompense
from television is devoted.
Out of the 53 seniors graduating
this year, 31 received their Bache
lor of Arts degree in Business
Administration; 7 in Philosophy;
5 in English; 5 in Accounting;
3 in Sociology. Two received the
Bachelor of Science degree, one
in Chemistry and one in Math
ematics.
Of these students, Richard E.
Bain, of Crozet, Virginia, has re
ceived an Assistantship of $1,000
at Florida State University, and
Edward J. Quigley, of 1711-B
Evergreen Drive, Charlotte, N. C,,
an Assistantship of $1,200 at
Niagara University.
POPE ON
PRISONERS:
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different attitude, but more of
finding “a happy medium and
avoiding any kind of deviation
in either direction.” He added:
“Actually, the very attitude of
letting the condemned man see
that his sufferings are taken into
consideration and that, therefore,
society is not his irreconcilable
enemy, constitutes, comfort for
him in his affliction.”
Speaking of the meaning and
goal of a prison sentence, the
Pope stated that punishment can
be considered in the light of a
function both of human and di
vine law. Punishment imposed by
God therefore constitutes primari
ly a way to atone for guilt and
to reestablish violated ' order, he
said.
“Punishments decreed by God,”
he added, “are often more a rem
edy than a means of expiation.
They warn the guilty person to
meditate on his guilt and on the
disorder of his actions. . . Thus
by suffering a punishment in
flicted by God, man is intimately
purified.
“In the realm of society, the
acceptance of punishment con
tributes toward the re-education
of the guilty person. It makes him
more, pliable to becoming once
more a useful member of the
community of men, in opposition
to which his crime had placed
him.”
A fundamental point in aiding
prisoners, the Pope stated, is to
get across the fact that he can
erase the faults of the past and
start a new life, and that his pun
ishment and suffering can help
toward these two ends.
The Pope then referred again
to the place of psychology in the
field of crime and punishment
and warned that whatever serv
ice modern psychology can ren
der, it is never sufficient in itself,
since guilt, duty, responsibility
and expiation are part of the
human conscience and must be
treated with a religious attitude.
Therefore to free man from the
feeling of guilt, Pope Pius said,
he must be put in immediate
contact with God,
The Pope then said that aid to
prisoners must be based on three
principles inspired by faith and
Christian charity: sincere for
giveness which people will give
individually and which must not
be denied to the person in ques
tion by society itself, trust in the
good existing in others and love
similar to the Lord’s.
Persons devoting themselves to
aid prisoners can rest assured,
the Pontiff said, that by basing
themselves on these principles
they can exercise the greatest
spiritual influence on them and
will help them derive comfort in.
fulfilling their punishment.
The Pope concluded:
“God considers the guilt of the
prisoner as an action for which
complete satisfaction has been de
manded. In this light the sentence
corresponds to the guilt and suf
fering that is inflicted on man as
a punishment.
“But between the inexorable
demands of satisfaction and the
inevitable punishment, God Him
self intervened with the work of
redemption of His Divine Son. . .
“When the dying Lord address
ed the thief who, repentent, Was
expiating his sin, He did not help
him, down from the cross or pre
vent his limbs from being broken,
but spoke to him with words of
light, comfort and fortitude: ‘This
day thou shalt be with me in para
dise’ (Luke 23, 43).
“Thus justice is given ample
satisfaction and mercy makes
full pardon possible. This is what
Our Lord teaches in descending
among men to take upon Himself
their sins and punishment.”
Holy Name
Elects Officers
ATHENS,—The Holy Name So
ciety of St. Joseph’s Parish re
ceived Communion together at
the 8:30 Mass, May 12. Following
Mass, breakfast was served and
the regular monthly meeting held
in the school cafeteria, for the
40 men who attended.
The slate of officers for the
coming year was presented. They
are: Dr. John Hammes, president;
Mr. Calvin Sticher,- vice president
and Commander Clem Daly, U.
S. N., secretary-treasurer.
Savannah Services
For Mrs. Rushing
SAVANNAH, Ga., — Funeral
serivces for Mrs, Margaret Dow
ning Rushing were held May 23rd
at the Sacred Heart Church.
Survivors are three daughters,
Mrs. Julia D. Murrin and Mrs. J. J.
Murphy, both of Savannah, and
Mrs. John E. Edmondson, Mem
phis, Tenn.; two sons, Denis T.
Downing J,r., and Charles H.
Rushing Jr., both of Savanah;
18 grandchildren and 28 great-,
grandchildren..
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