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I r r r * i * F.Sil^OHS P&£SID£NT r.casella BlHIii H. ELLIOTT SECRETARY- s.awick P'kmsmam k.cavpbui F. SMcbHAJ TficAS'.'RE. M.PCI stt, PRESIDE? £.«iLOI SSC-sEMiY UftARY B.RJUKK L.GLOWACKI S.HARDY u»cky R.£. SEIKEL lilll 4.ANDERSON L.flUCKSTQNE J.DiC* D.EUAh S.FlOtfC m #.si »*r<s d.s?inks c. -^* j. sau o*i S.STfcENt $ H W.TjsQT PAGE 2—The Southern Cross, June 1, 1963 WRITERS AND READERS EDITED BY LEO J. ZUBEB 2932 North Decatur Rd. Decatur. Georgia FOLKLORE KEEPS THE PAST ALIVE, by Arthur Palm er Hudson, University of Geor gia Press, 1961, 63 pp., $2.50. Reviewed by Charlotte K. Gafford. Scholar, folklorist, and auth or, Arthur Palmer Hudson de livered the text of the three lectures which comprise this attractive volume on the Eugenia Dorothy Blount Lamar Memorial Lecture series at Mercer University. Dr. Hudson, using two well- known old folksongs illustra tively, first presents folk music as the poetry of the earth. He writes with facility and the charm of surety, moving easily into a discussion of the histor ical heritage contained in South ern folksongs and on into cita tions of folksongs in specific American poems, novels, and short stories. It is interesting to be reminded that students and devotees of the folk ballad can thank Professor F. J. Child’s absorption with the de velopment of prose fiction in English for his famed and ex haustive 5 volume study, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. So much do Southern fiction and the ballad share an oral tradition, a communal myth ology, that one feels it is, per haps, this collective spirit which has served both as arche type. Dr. Hudson has, of course, written at greater length on this subject in other volumes. He is also editor of North Caro lina Folklore, a highly respec ted journal. THE LITURGY, edited by The Benedictine Monks of Solesmes, translated by The Daughters of St. Paul, St. Paul Editions, 664 pp., $5.00. Reviewed by W. L. Schmidt. Amidst present discussions on the Liturgy, this volume will come as a welcome resume on what past pontiffs have had to say on the subject. Theexpres- sons of no less than 13 pon tiffs, from Benedict XIV to John XXIII, on the liturgy are represented here in a very scholarly manner. The source of each excerpt is given togeth er with date of origin. A system of numbering and coding accom panies each exerpt which refers to an unusual analytical index from which easy reference can be made to other pontiffs’ re marks on the principal topic within the excerpt. An appendix includes the. Instruction of the Sacred Congregation of Rites on Sacred Music and the Sacred Liturgy. There is an alphabeti cal index, an index of quota tions, and an index of docu ments and sources, written and oral. Truly outstanding for study and reference on the subject of the liturgy, and valuable to the layman as well as the religious. WHALES, by E. J. Slijper, Basic Books, 1962, 471 pp., maps, illus., $12.50. Reviewed by Leo J. Zuber. Whatever else you may think about the Southern Cross’s book section, you'll have to agree that it provides variety of sub ject matter. And the notice of this book is another brick in that structure. And the book is of compelling interest. Whales, it appears, are not only large; they are fascinating. Moreover, nothing larger than whales swimming today’s seas have ever existed. In spite of our great discoveries and scientific advances, the whale is still an important commodity in the world’s commerce. An illustration is of a poster dis playing a smiling Japanese housewife (in Western dress and wristwatch) advertising whale- meat for the family diet, an item not to be ignored where protein foods are not otherwise plentiful. Other whale products are oil (for soap, margarine, paint, cosmetics, boot polish, candles), animal feed (for fox farms, dog food, cattle meal), meat extracts, glue gelatin, fer tilizer, tennis racket strings, surgical stitches, chessmen (from whale teeth), and so on, a list as long as any whale. The author of WHALES is a professor at the University of Amsterdam; the English edition is a translation which reads not at all like a translation. The fourteen chapters cover such topics as man’s historical as sociation with whales (or vice versa), locomotion, behavious, sound production (they com municate by sound as our SONAR operators learned to their dismay and confusion), feeding, metabolism, reproduc tion and their future. The il lustrations are impressive and the other graphics excellent. The volume is not forbidding for general reading; quite the opposite. It claims some status as a text; I don’t recall seeing the course listed but, if it is, there is no problem of text. One thing for sure—I found it plumb interesting. One other thing. If you want to be socially exclusive, there is a “Pat the Whale Club” with a membership of eight. Qualifi cation for admission? Pat a whale. WHO OWNS THE AIR?, by Marya Mannes, Marquette Uni versity Press, 1960, 20 pp. Reviewed by Rev. Leonard F.X. Mayhew. Marya Mannes has for years been both critic and a cham pion of television—a critic of all the mediocre, vulgar and just plain boring images that emerge from the magic tube and a champion of the still largely potential accomplish ments of which this most power ful communication medium is capable. Miss Mannes is not content simply to decry when Newton Minow has aptly labeled television’s “vast wasteland.” She has some very definite— and convincing—opinions about the causes of the malady and some possible remedies as well. The excessive costs, the tyranny of sponsors, the rever ential awe accorded to ratings, the party-line myth that all the public wants is escape—all these and more come in for some honest and hard appraisal. That this booklet was first given as a lecture at Marquette University three years ago and is still almost totally applicable is a depressing indication of the sad state we have grown to ac cept as normal. The author’s comparisons of American tele vision with the British variety, both commercial and govern ment-sponsored, is re-assur ing to this degree at least, that there are .possible solutions which have succeeded else where—why not here? The point is that we—the people, the pub lic—own the air. It is high time that our good taste, our best instincts, our real needs were considered by those who deter mine our television fare. I highly recommend this booklet to anyone who owns a television receiving set. It could easily and profitably be read—aloud and meditatively— during the commercials in any hour-long program. Archbishop Asks Prayers For Protestant Meet ERIE, Pa., (NC)—Archbish op John Mark Gannon has call ed upon the 212,000 Catholics of the Erie diocese to pray for the success of the World Con ference on Faith and Order, called by the World Council, of Churches (Protestant and Or thodox) to meet July 12 to 26 in Montreal, Canada. “We ask all Catholics to join with other men of goodwill in northwestern Pennsylvania in praying that the Montreal con ference will be guided by the Ho ly Spirit in seeking unity in truth” the Bishop of Erie said. “The leadership of Pope John XXIII and the response of the whole Christian world to the deliberations of the Second Va tican Council have made reun ion of all Christians a bright prospect.” The Archbishop will be host to 1,4UU guests at a ecumeni cal banquet at Gannon College on May 30. It will round out a full day which starts with the college commencement at 9 a.m. with Gov. William W. Scranton as speaker and includ es awarding of papal honors to 38 priests and laymen in St. Pet er’s cathedral. “The ecumenical progress of Christians in our area in the past few years has been most heartening” he said (May 24). “While the day of complete re union seems far in the future, we must continue to pray daily for all those who sincerely seek to be God’s agents in bringing it about.” The conference at McGill Un iversity in Montreal for which Archbishop Gannon asks pray ers aims to promote Christian unity. It will be the fourth such conference in 36 years. The first was at. Geneva in 1927, the second at Edinburgh in 1937, and the last at Lund, Sweden, in 1952. Aquinas High School Graduates Fifty-Six AUGUSTA — Fifty six mem bers of the senior class of Aqui nas High School received their diplomas from the Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough at com mencement exercises conduct ed at St. Patrick’s Church on Sunday evening, May 26th. Graduation speaker was the Ralph E. Seikel, Moderator of the school delivered the ad dress. Students attended a Baccalau reate Mass at 8:00 a.m. the same day, at which the Rev. Seikel, Moderator of the school delivered the address. Commencement exercises; capped a weekend of activities including the annual Class Day program on Friday, May 24th, which featured a musical pro gram conducted at the Aquinas Glee Club, and the presentation of awards for outstanding stu dents. Awards were presented by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Daniel J. Bourke, V. F., pastor of St. Mary’ s-on-the-hill. The school’s two Valedictor- Lepers Mourn Officer By Father Patrick O’Connor Society of St. Columban SAIGON, Vietnam, (NC)—The lepers of St. Joseph’s Hospital, Bensan, 28 miles from Saigon, mourn Lt. Parker D. Cramer, young American officer killed by Viet Cong communists May 6. He won the admiration of the lepers, their chaplain and the Sisters of Charity when he was stationed near them last March. Lt. Cramer, 26, from Wan- tagh, N. Y., had volunteered to serve as an adviser in Vietnam and had come to this country last November. He was one of a group of American advisers attached to Vietnamese army units operating in “Zone D,” A-B Beverage Company, Inc. 1103 TALCOT ST. EXT. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA PHONE PA-45449 a thinly populated, wooded re gion where communists had ex ercised control for years. “The lepers remember him very well,” Father Victor Ber- set, C. M., chaplain of St. Joe- seph’s hospital said. “They were greatly impressed by him and another American officer who assisted at daily Mass here whenever they could and re ceived Holy Communion. Dur ing the day they were seen vi siting the chapel. The children remember the plentiful gifts of chocolate and candy. “We had a Requiem Mass for him here on May 9. Our lepers pray for him and his sorrowing parents.” The Vietnamese soldiers had a high regard for the young lieutenant, the priest recalled. On May 6, the jeep in which Lt. Cramer and a Vietnamese lieutenant were traveling near Ben Cat was hit by a grenade or gunfire. About 40 Viet Cong communists surrounded the disabled vehicle, killed the dri ver and marched the two lieu tenants away as prisoners. Af ter about 100 years they shot them. Father Berset, Swiss Vincen tian who formerly labored in China, was struck by Lt. Cra mer’s idealim. “He told me that on leaving the army, he would dedicate his life to teaching,” the priest said. “He was glad he had come to Vietnam. As a teacher he hoped to instill the spirit of service to others.” Already, by his example, Lt. Cramer had done his teaching. To Aid Tourists JERUSALEM, Israel, (NC)— Israel’s official tourist-promo tion office is setting up a spe cial department to handle the Christian pilgrims that come to the Holy Land each year, now estimated at 100,000 to 140,000. ians addressed students and parents at the Class Day Exer cises, held at the Bell Audi torium Music Hall. They were Miss Nancy Roberts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Rob erts, 225 Ellis Street, repre senting the Girls’ Division, and Mr. Frank Sheehan, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Sheehan of 113 Alexander Drive, speaker for the Boys’ Division. The following students re ceived awards: Frank Sheehan and Nancy Roberts—theP-TO’s Thomas Aquinas Award for Scholastic Excellence in all four years of school; Chippy Spears and Nancy Roberts—Bishop McDonough Medal for Excel lence in Religion; Anton Schmaltz and Dee Evans— Medal for Excellence in En glish; Frank Sheehan and Nan cy Roberts—Medal for Excel lence in Science; Anton Schmaltz and Mae Mulherin— Medal for Excellence in Foreign Languages; Larry Turley and Cherly Lewis—Medal for Ex cellence in Social Studies; Frank Simmons and Marion Powell—Medal for Most School Spirit; Larry Turley and Dee Evans—Medal for Outstanding Students-Athletes. Jonathan Picciuolo and Beth Sheehan of the junior class, and Richard Stearns and Mary Lynn Hummel of the freshman class were cited for Excel-, lence in the Past Year. 1°' B. & B. 1 LUMBER & SUPPLY CO. — Yard & Office — 1245 D'Aniignac St., Corner Thirteenth PHONE PA. 2-6639 AUGUSTA, GA. 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