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VATICAN CITY—A Vatican
statement issued Tuesday
(May 28) re'vealed that the
Pope’s stomach ailment isHet-
eroplasia. The dictionary defin
ition for this term is “the re
placement of normal cells by
abnormal tissue” or “mal
position of normal cells.” The
Pope hasbeen suffering from the
disease “for about a year”,the
statement said.
According to a spokesman at
the National Cancer Institute in
Bethesda, Maryland, Hetero-
plasia is a term which is not
used in American medicine and
“evidently describes a condi
tion for which we would use
some other term.” He said it
could indicate cancer, or it
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INDEX
QUESTION BOX 4
EDITORIALS 4
YOUTHSCOPE 6
HERE AND THERE-.- 6
OBITUARIES 5
U. S. Efforts To Raise School
Vol. 43, No. 37
If Catholic Schools Are Ignored
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1963
Standards Seen As Inadequate
WASHINGTON, (NC) — The
size and contribution of Catho
lic schools mean Federal ef
forts to raise educational stan
dards will be inadequate if chil
dren in these schools are ig
nored.
This is the thesis put for
ward by the Department of Edu
cation of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference here in a
new brochure, “Catholic
Schools U. S. A.”
Msgr. Frederick G. Hoch-
walt, department director who
has testified before Congress
on Federal aid to education
U. S. Catholic School Population
of Catholic School System
AND SECONDARY SCHOOL POPULATION)
10c Per Copy — $3 A Year
Racial Problem Going Into
proposals, released the new
brochure.
Msgr. Hochwalt explained
that the publication stresses the
PRAY FOR OUR
PRIESTLY DEAD
REV. WILLIAM QUINLAN
June 3, 1933
Deep Crisis Phase, Priest
Says In Report On Meeting
WASHINGTON, (NC)-- “The
race problem in the U. S. is en
tering a period of deep crisis,”
according to reports given at a
meeting in New York of repre
sentatives of the three major
faiths.
This evaluation was given by
Father John F. Cronin, S.S.,
who represented the Social Ac
tion Department, National Ca
tholic Welfare Conference, at
the meeting. It was attended by
delegates from most of the 67
organizations that sponsored
the National Conference on Re
ligion and Race, held in Chi
cago the past January.
At the meeting, the appoint
ment of Dr. Galen R. Weaver
of New York as executive sec
retary of the National Confer
ence on Religion and Race (NRR)
was confirmed. The NCRR
also organized a continua
tion committee as a policy
making body and set up four
commissions to assist the con-
, ference’s work for racial jus
tice on the local level.
The purpose of the meeting
in New York, Father Cronin
explained, was to review the
progress made against racial
discrimination since the inter
faith conference in Chicago
and to map plans for future ac
tion.
“We were immensely heart
ened by field reports indicating
that more than 30 cities have
organized local programs for
interreligious, interracial ac
tion,” Father Cronin said. “But
we were also deeply disturbed
l by indications that religious
' groups are facing a ‘now or
never’ situation. If we do not
move into the field rapidly and
intelligently, there is great
danger that racial tensions will
breed increasing extremism on
both sides.
“The patience of the Negro
is wearing thin,” he continued.
“What is just he wants immed
iately, not in some vague future
time. He wants full acceptance
of his human rights and his hu
man dignity.”
Father Cronin said that “or
ganized religion in America ac
cepts these goals as just,” and
“It is now our task to aid in
their achievement.”
The NCRR has the support of
the three groups that convened
the meeting in Chicago: the
N.C.W.C. Social Action Depart
ment, the National Council of
Churches’ Department of Ra
cial and Cultural Relations, and
the Social Action Commission
of the Synagogue Council of Am
erica. At the meeting in New
York a budget of $67,000 for
one year was adopted. The three
sponsoring groups and the 67
participating groups of the con
ference in Chicago will assist
in raising the funds.
The commissions named to
spur NCRR work on the local
level will deal with the Role
of Church and Synagogue in the
Racially Changing Community,
the Relations of Church and
Synagogue to Other Community
Forces, the Inner Life of the
Church and Synagogue, and the
Church and Synagogue as In
stitutions in the Community.
J. Irwin Miller of Colum
bus, Ind., president of the Na
tional Council of Churches,
was named chairman of tthe
NCCR continuation committee.
There will be four committee
vice chairmen: Rabbi Seymour
J. Cohen of the Synagogue Coun
cil of America; Dr. Benjamin
E. Mays, President of More
house College, Atlanta, Ga.; and
a Catholic, and an Orthodix re
presentative to be named later.
Warner Robins Chaplain
Marks 25th Anniversary
WARNER ROBINS—Chaplain
(Col.) Stephen T. Mayer, CSV
celebrated the 25th anniversary
of his ordination with a Solemn
High Mass of Thanksgiving on
Thursday, May 30 at Sa
cred Heart Church. Bishop
Thomas J. McDonough, Bishop
of Savannah presided at the
Mass.
Col. Mayer attended high
school and two years of col
lege in Mt. Calvary, Wiscon
sin at St. Lawrence High School
and College. He attended St.
Paul Seminary in St. Paul, Min
nesota for two years and com
pleted his education with four
years of theology at the Catho
lic University, Washington,
D. C.
He was ordained at the
Shrine of the Immaculate Con- /
ception in May, 1938 by Bi
shop McNamara. His first as
signment was at Star of the
Sea, Atlantic City, New Jer
sey. Following this he was as
signed to St. Ambrose College,
Davanport, Iowa and from there
to Cathedral Hill at Spring-
field, Illinois. In late 1943 Col.
Mayer joined the armed forc
es. He has served in the Pa-
FATHER STEPHEN T. MAYER
Chaplain (Col.) USAF
cific theater three times and in
the Northeast Artie twice.
Since February 1962, Col.
Mayer has been assigned to
Robins Air Force Base as Staff
Chaplin CONAC Headquarters.
During his tour of duty at Rob
ins he is generously aiding the
pastor at Sacred Heart Church
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relative size of the Catholic
school system and the contri
bution made in both educational
and financial areas.
“Do you realize,” the Mon
signor asked in an interview,
“that the Catholic school sy
stem in New York state is lar
ger than the public school sy
stem in 34 states and the Dis
trict of Columbia?”
"The brochure also notes that
the Catholic school system in
Pennsylvania is larger than the
public school system in 26
states and the District of
Columnia.”
Msgr. Hochwalt commented
that “it seems to us that any
effort to raise educational stan
dards in order to meet national
responsibilities would be woe
fully incomplete if it does not
seek some solution to assist
all children.”
“How can we safely exclude
from assistance a school sy
stem educating 5, 253, 791
students at the elementary and
secondary levels?” he asked.
“Think of the number of stu
dents whose educational stan
dards couls be upgraded if in
cluded in a general educational
program.”
Although the new brochure
does not report on the per
centage of children in Catholic
schools in big cities, Msgr
Hochwalt cited testimony on this
subject which he has given in
appearances before Congress.
“The figures are very dra
matic,” he said. “For instance,
in Buffalo, the percentage of
all children in Catholic schools
is 37.6; in Chicago, 32.9 per
cent; in Boston, 31.8 per cent;
and in Cincinnati, 27.9 per cent.
“The educational and finan
cial contribution of the Catho
lic school system to the com
mon good is so great that it
cannot be ignored,” he said.
Asked what consequences he
saw for Catholic schools, if
they are excluded from a pro
gram of general Federal edu
cation aid, Msgr. Hochwalt ans
wered that exclusion might
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iatlon in Each of the Following 34 State* and the District
MiMoori
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kentucky
Washington
South Carolina
Mississippi
Maryland
Iowa
Oklahoma
Connecticut
West Virginio
Kansas
Arkansas
Oregon
Colorodo
Arizona
(715,830)
<685,503)
<633,090}
(622,314)
(609,380)
<584,123)
(577,021)
(561,641)
(555,898)
(513,059)
<492,915)
(428,562)
(426,725)
(420,192)
<416,561)
<369,122)
<352,206)
(283,280)
Nebraska
New Mexico
Utah
Maine
Idaho
South Dakota
Montano
North Dakota
Hawaii
Rhode island
District of Columbia
New Hampshire
Delaware
Wyoming
Vermont
Nevada
Alaska
<256,610)
(221,699)
(218,285)
(183,454)
(161,146)
(146,570)
(140,034)
(138,407)
(131,871)
(121,070)
(105.021)
(99,625)
(77,332)
(73,116)
(72,493)
(58,147)
<44,879)
THIS IS ONE of the charts contained in a new publication
which dramatizes the size of the Catholic school system in
the United States. The new booklet, entitled “Catholic Schools
U.S.A.” was released by the Department of Education of the
National Catholic Welfare Conference. The chart shows that
the Catholic school system in New York state is larger than
the public school population in any one of 34 states and the
District of Columbia, shown in the shaded areas of the
chart.—(NC Photos)
United Presbyterian Church
Bishop’s
Council Meets
At Augusta
AUGUSTA — The Bishop’s
Council of Men of the Augusta
Deanery held its spring meet
ing on Mav 19th in. the Sacred
Assembly Asks Members To
Force Closer Catholic Ties
DES MOINES, Iowa, (NC)—
The 175th General Assembly
of the United Presbyterian
Church has urged members to
establish a stronger associa
tion with Catholics.
In accepting a recommenda
tion by the Standing Committee
on Ecumenical Mission and Re
lations, for new associations
with Catholics, the assembly
suggested (May 22) informal
discussions to develop under
standing and cooperation in so
cial action.
“We have many tasks in corn-
men in our divided and turbu
lent world,” the statement said.
The 3.2 million member
church was also urged by the
assembly to strengthen under
standing with Orthodox church
es.
Topics that Presbyterians
might discuss with Catholics
the assembly document said,
are the scriptures and prob
lems stemming from differ
ences in “theological concep
tions, traditions or church poli
cies and practices, for example
mixed marriages, need and
forms of family planning . . .”
The assembly also supported
cooperation in common con
cerns involving social action at
the civic level. It mentioned
“working toward world peace
and racial justice, relocation
of refugees, and reduction of
juvenile deliquency.”
“Here united action may be
undertaken on the basis of our
common responsibility to our
neighbor which is defined for
us by our Lord,” said the
statement.
For social action coopera
tion, the statement said Pres
byterians should be familiar
with the recent papal ency
clicals as well as statements
from their own general assem
bly, the National Council of
Churches and the World Coun
cil of Churches.
“In suggesting preparation
for associations with our Rom
an Catholic brethren,” the
statement added, “we do not
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Hubert Sapp “Outstanding Student
AUGUSTA — Hubert Ellis
Sapp of 1242 Wrightsboro Road,
has been named ‘the most out
standing student’in the graduat
ing class at Immaculate Con
ception High School.
In addition to his being Pres
ident of the Senior Class and
Valedictorian he is the recip
ient of many scholarships. Har
vard College, Cambridge, Mas
sachusetts has offered him
$2000 a year—Lake Forest Col
lege, Illinois offered him $1700
a year—as a result of a Na
tional Competitive Examina
tion he was awarded a schol
arship of $1100 a year for
four years by Howard Univer
sity in Washington-’Saint Ed
ward’s University in Austin,
Texas offered him a half-tui
tion scholarship worth $1200—
Hampton Institute, Virginia of
fered him $800 a year because
of his high scores on the Coop
erative Intercollegiate Examin
ation.
This fall Hubert plans to at-
tent Harvard College where h<
will study Science. He will fam
iliarize himself with collegf
work when he participates in i
Pre-College Summer Session a:
Phillips Academy in Andover
Massachussetts. This summei
session is sponsored and fi
nanced by Harvard University
Heart School Cafetorium. Dr.
Michael J. O’Brien, president,
presided over the session.
Bishop Thomas J. McDonough
in his address stressed “the
need for an active lawmen’s
group to help combat the evils
of materialism by knowing our
church more fully.”
Monsignor John D. Toomey,
Diocesan moderator, installed
the officers elected for the
current year: Richard Craig,
president; Edgar Matthews,
vice-president; Kermit Falk,
secretary and Eugene Mahon,
treasurer.
REV. BRENDAN D.
O’SULLIVAN
May 26, 1913
BISHOPS OF PROVINCE MEET—Bishop Thomas J. McDonough is pictured with
other Bishops of the Province of Atlanta at a meeting held last week. Left to Right:
Bishop Francis F. Reh of Charleston, S. C.; Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan, Metropoli
tan of the Atlanta Province; Bishop McDonough; Archbishop Joseph P. Hurley, Bishop
of St. Augustine, Fla.; Bishop Coleman F. Carroll of Miami, and Bishop Vincent S. Wat
ers of Raleigh, N. C.
Oh Cod, fVho didst give to
thy servants hy their sacredotal
office, a share in the priest
hood of the Apostles, grant,
U'e implore, that they may
also he one of their company
forever in heaven. Through
Christ Our Lord, Amen.
Pontiffs
Ailment
Revealed
STUDENTS OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION HIGH SCHOOL in Augusta who were award
ed scholarships by many colleges. Standing L. to R. Chris Marie Harris—Bethune-
Cookman College; Patricia Ann Dozier—Benedict College; Jane D. Wilburn—Marymount
College, Salina, Kansas, Spelman College, and Bethune-Cookman College; Katheryn
L. Benefield—Tuskegee Institute, and Livingstone College; Frances Ann Powell—West
ern College for Women, Oxford, Ohio, Spelman College, and Bennett College; Diane B.
Washington—Spelman College, and Livingstone College. Seated L. to R. Mary L. Dunn
—Benedict College; Eloise M. Franklin—Bennett College, Clark College, and Knoxville
College; Hubert E. Sapp—Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lake Forest
College, Illinois, Saint Edward’s University, Sustin, Texas, Howard University, and
Hampton Institute; Patricia D. Clark—Bethune-Cookman College, Benedict College,
and Lane College; Leverta R. Hamp—Bethune Cookman College.