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The Southern Cross, July 22, 1965—PAGE 3
RADIO BROADCASTS
Rhodesian Priest Seeks
To Feed Hungry Minds
By Floyd Anderson
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
• lALISBURY, Rhodesia— Fa-
r John F. Gough of Rhodes-
ville, just outside this capital
city, is a priest with a dream—
a dream of training Africans
as radio broadcasters, as tele
vision cameramen, as tech
nicians in these important
fields of communication.
“I want to work with the Afri
cans because they have no ‘in’
on television,” he told me. “They
won’t get them into camera work,
or the broadcasting. They might
let them clean the film, but that
is about all.”
■ He said there are more open
ings for the Africans on radio.
But “the difficulty is that there
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Four F amilies W ork
In Sylvania Parish
Four families from four dif
ferent states recently completed
“tours of duty” at Our Lady of
the Assumption Parish in Syl
vania. The four families were
members of the Christian Fam
ily Movement , similar to the
family, featured in a recent is
sue of the Southern Cross, who
helped at Jesup.
In this case, at Sylvania, the
families came from Ohio, Con
necticut, Massachusetts, and II-
pis. They were, respectively:
and Joan Horney, Ray and
Mickey Nolin, Harry and Claire
Daly, and Ray and Florence
Berg.
The couples helped the pas
tor, Father John Garvey, and his
assistants, Father Frank El
lis, and Brother Bill Early, in
directing the usual summer ac
tivities of the parish which
covers Screven, Jenkins, Burke,
and Jefferson comities.
Much time was spent visiting
the Catholic members of the par
ish as well as Protestants in
the vicinity. They also assisted
in conducting the two-week Sum
mer Bible Camp at Waynesboro,
Georgia. In this latter under
taking the Family Helpers, young
ladies who came with the fami
lies as volunteers, rendered in
valuable service.
Father Garvey reports that the
families all expressed a sincere
sense of gratitude for being able
to meet so many wonderful Sou-
then folks, and felt they returned
home with a better understanding
of their religion and its place
in mission areas.
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are not enough people interested
from a dedicated point of view
to bring the African up to an
educated level that we would
accept for broadcasting.”
The problem: basically lack
of money. He has a building
which seems ideal for a broad
casting studio, he has a plan
and the cooperation of the bis
hops—but he lacks the money.
“One advantage we have,” he
said, “is that the bishops are
100% behind the idea of our train
ing for broadcasting or tele
vision. The five we have here,
if they had the money, or if
they had to cut off their right
arm to get the money, would
do it.”
His aim is “to have everything
as it would be in a studio, acous
tically, air conditioned.” He
added; “You can do it in a shed.
But if you bring an African in
from the bush who has some
thing to say, and you want to
train him, you can’t do it in a
back room and then take him
into a professional studio and
expect him to act normally.”
Television is only four years
old in Rhodesia, and Father Gough
is very anxious to get into it
during these beginning stages.'
“This is the time,’ he says,
“while it is in its formative
stage.’
At the moment, he said, “we
have quite a lot of space and the
body of the church is accousti-
cally sound. We could turn it
into a theater; there is space
behind the altar where we could
put the studio for television and
a sound studio.” He pointed out
that even the electric power
line comes within a few steps
of the church building.
He also notes that his pre
sent building is not basically
a church. “It has never been
consecrated; it is a hall being
used as a church until we can
afford to build a church.
His parish has 200 square
miles, with about 4,OOOCatholics,
about 1,500 Europeans and the
remainder Africans.
Father Gough knows that his
work in this communications a-
postolate must be within “the
existing framework.” The law
of Rhodesia, he said, “precludes
any other radio transmitters.”
He pointed to the example of
the Salvation Army which was
refused permission to build its
own transmitting station, “even
though they promised to be in
terdenominational and to carry
educational braodcasts for the
Department of Education of Rho
desia.’ ’
Yet, other radio stations are
sending their programs into Rho
desia. Radio Peking, Father
Gough said in a report earlier
this year, “addresses the people
of Africa daily on six different
frequencies and in their chief
languages. Moscow is fond of
transmitting close to or on the
' wave lengths of African trans
mitters, which consequently ex
perience heavy interference.
Other Eastern bloc states share
in the propaganda to Africa and
take over from each other on
the same wave lengths, so that
the voice of Moscow is ever on
the air.”
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SISTER CHANGED IT
‘Wonald’s’ Name
Is Now ‘Ronald’
ICON sent to Pope Paul VI by the Ortho dox Ecumenical Patriarch, Athenagoras
of Constantinople, is delivered by Metropolitan Meltion (second from right) of
Eliopolis. The icon, a modern work in traditional Byzantine style, was painted
at the famous Orthodox monastery of Mount Athos, Greece. It depicts the
Apostles Peter and Andrew, who actually were brothers, in fraternal embrace.
Peiter, identified by the upside-down cross, represents Rome, and Andrew is tradi
tionally associated with Constantinople. (NC Photo)
IN JAPAN
Abortion, Birth Control
Seen Cause Of Problems
WASHINGTON (NC)—Easy abor
tion and other fhmily limitation
programs in Japan have created
more problems than they have
solved, a theologian and a Japa
nese economist agreed here.
These practices have under
mined the physical and mental
health of women, weakened family
life, sapped national morale, and
created economic problems
which may become acute in the
years ahead, they declared.
Expressing these views in an
interview were Father Anthony
Zimmerman, S.V.D., of the theo
logy department at Nanzan Uni
versity, and Shiden Inoue, head of
the university’s economics de
partment.
Father Zimmerman, a native
of Westphalia, Iowa, and author
of the book, “Catholic Viewpoint
on Overpopulation,” is on his
way to Belgrade, Yugoslavia, for
the United Nations World Popula
tion Conference, Aug. 30-Sept. 10.
He will speak at the conference.
The Divine Word missionary
said Japan’s experience with a
liberalized abortion law “is de
finitely not a happy one.” Last
year one group collected 1.8mil
lion signatures on a petition con
demning abortion and asking for
a change in the law. An organi
zation known as the Movement
to Treat Life Respectfully, which
includes Christians, Buddhists,
Shintoists and others, is leading
the fight against abortion.
Under a law of 1948 induced
abortion is permitted in Japan
at the discretion of a “desig
nated physician” who judges that
a woman’s health would be “af
fected seriously” by continued
pregnancy “from the physical
or economic viewpoint.”
There are about a million re
gistered abortions each year in
Japan, but the real number is
probably far higher (among other^
reasons, doctors conceal having
performe d such operations to
avoid paying income tax on their
fees). Professor Inoue estimated
that the total abortions are at
least 2.3 million annually and
perhaps substantially higher.
In a study which he prepared
earlier this year the Japanese
economist called abortion “a
menace to the continued exis
tence of the human race and to
the Japanese nation.”
Although maternal health i's put
forward as an argument for abor
tion, he noted, one study by au
thorities of the Nagano Prefec
ture showed that 48% of women
who had undergone abortions felt
their health was damaged. A sur
vey by the Japan Public Health
Department found 47% saying
their health was damaged.
Japan also has the highest
suicide rate in the world for
women in the 20-24 age group—
44.1 per 100,000, compared with
17.1 per 100,000 for the country
with next highest rate, Hungary.
Noting the incidence of neurotic
guilt feelings among women who
have undergone abortions,Inoue
suggested that there may be a
“causal relationship” between
the two things.
Father Zimmerman said abor
tion is “demoralizing family
life” in Japan. The two-child
family is the social and econo
mic norm, and parents with more
than two children are made to
feel like social misfits.
The two men said that as mat
ters now stand Japanese are fail
ing to multiply fast enough to
replace themselves. The current
national replacement rate is 89%.
ELIZABETH, N.J. (NC) — For
ten years, Sister Madonna has
taught in upperclass communi
ties.
But today she is supervising
youth activities on a dusty dirt
lot near a dreary-looking housing
project in the Elizabethport sec
tion of this city.
She--and dozens of other Sis
ters like her—is there because
the section last summer was the
scene of interracial distur
bances. Sister Madonna and her
co-workers, including 30 teen
age volunteers and 40 Neighbor
hood Youth Corps workers, wear
bright-pink paper badges iden
tifying them as “S.O.S. Volun
teers.”
S.O.S. in this case stands for
Summer of Service, a project
conceived by the city’s clergy
men , businessmen, youth lead
ers and citizens. It is designed
to give the children from un
derprivileged areas a full-day
of supervised recreation and cul
tural activities.
By the time the eight-week
program has ended, some 60
Sisters from four religious com
munities will have participated
in the program, which finds every
abandoned lot and possible play
area being utilized.
While supervised play is the
program, it’s not regulated play,
as a half-hour spent with Sis
ter Madonna indicates.
At times, for example, she can
be found sitting on a dirty card
board in the middle of the court
yard that is her recreation area
while nearby grimy barges lum
ber down the Arthur Kill, en
trance to the Port of New York.
And at these times, a half-
dozen children surround her,
some sitting in the shade of her
veil to draw pictures, after the
youngsters had spent the morning
plaving volleyball, and jump rope
in the dust and sun.
Sister’s attention centered on
Ronald, who was learning to say
his name, which at first came
out “Wonald.”
“But see the difference,” Sis
ter said. “Wave-Run. Wave,
wave, wave, Run, run, run.”
Five minutes later, Ronald was
happily going around introducing
himself as “Ronald.’
Not far away were some bat
tered cardboard boxes.
“We went to a furniture store
and got lots of boxes,” Sister
explained. “We were going to
make tables and chairs out of
the boxes, but the kids decided
they’d make better houses.”
“We have what is called a
flexible schedule,” Sister con
tinued. “In the morning, we start
with singing, then the boys and
girls plan their day’s play.
“But it doesn’t always workout
the way they plan it. More kids
come later in the morning...
and others drift away to go to
the library or to another Sis
ter’s group. So we try to do
whatever will take in all of the
children. But we do try to save
the art until the afternoon, when
it’s too hot for the more ac
tive games,” she said.
“It seems awfully disorganized i
at times. But I think the kids
are learning something.”
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TEACHERS’ CORPS
President Sends
Bill To Congress
WASHINGTON (NC) -- Presi
dent Johnson sent a three-pron
ged “teachings profession” bill
to Congress which embodies pro
posals he first announced to the
National Education Association’s
convention July 2.
The legislation proposed (July
17) by the President would:
--Create a National Teachers
Corps to serve in city slums and
areas of rural poverty under the
direction and control of local
school districts.
--Establish a program of fel
lowships to prepare students for
teaching careers and to help
experienced teachers become
better qualified.
—Allow Federal aid to insti
tutions of higher learning for
the betterment of teacher edu
cation programs.
One objective of the bill is
to assist teachers, especially
Negroes, who are displaced by
school integration.
During the first of the three
years of operation provided for
by the bill, the National Teach
ers Corps would recruit about
6,000 teachers, who would serve
in local communities at the re
quest of the local districts. “They
will be local, not Federal, em
ployees,” Mr. Johnson said.
The bill specifically prohibits
any Federal interference in the
administration of local school
systems.
The fellowships' included in
the bill would be awarded for up
to two years of graduate study
with major emphasis on the fields
of elementary and secondary edu
cation. In addition to the fellow
ships, an allowance of $2,500
would be paid to the institution
at which each fellowship holder
is studying.
The U.S. Commissioner of
Education would also be permit
ted to pay part of the cost of
improving graduate and under
graduate teacher training pro
grams.
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