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PAGE 8 — The Southern Cross, December 11,1969
BY ALIDA SMITH
DIOCESAN VICE CHAIRMAN, PUBLIC RELATIONS
INTERPERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS. From all
that I have read on this
subject recently, it seems that
sensitivity training is the best
thing to happen to
psychotherapy since Freud.
WORD magazine’s November
issue carries an interesting
article written by Carl
Rogers, Ph.D., who begins by
saying that he will share with
, us some things he has learned
in this “mysterious business
of relating with other human
beings, of communicating
between persons.”
Dr. Rogers continues:
“Interpersonal communica
tion is almost never achieved
except in part. You probably
never feel fully understood,
and neither do I. And yet, we
find it extremely rewarding
when we’ve been able, in a
particular instance, truly to
communicate ourselves to
another individual; when for
a moment of time we felt
really close to or in touch
with another person. -
.. When I can really hear
someone, it puts me in touch
with him. It’s through hearing
people that I’ve learned all
that I know about
individuals, about
interpersonal relationships,
about psychotherapy, and
when I say that I enjoy
hearing someone I mean, of
course, hearing deeply. I
mean that I hear the words,
the thoughts, the feeling
tones, the personal meaning,
even the meaning that is
below the conscious intent of
the speaker . . . One thing I’ve
come to look upon as almost
universal is that when a
person realizes that he has
been deeply heard there’s a
moistness in his eyes. I think
in some real sense he is
probably weeping for joy.
“I like to be heard. At
times during my life I’ve felt
myself bursting with
insoluble problems, or going
round and round in
tormented circles, or during
one period, overcome by
feelings of worthlessness and
despair and sure that I was
sinking into psychosis. I think
I’ve been more lucky than
most in finding at these times
individuals who’ve been able
to hear me and thence to
rescue me from the chaos of
my feelings. These individuals
have heard me without
judging me, diagnosing me,
appraising me, evaluating me.
They’ve just listened and
clarified and responded to me
at all the levels at which I was
communicating ... At these
times it has relaxed the
tension in me, it’s permitted
me to bring out the
frightened feelings, the guilts,
the despair, the confusions
that have at those times been
a part of my experience.
. . It’s amazing that feelings
which are completely awful
become bearable when
someone listens.
“I find it very satisfying
when I can be real, when I
can be close to whatever it is
that is going on within
myself . . . When I can accept
the fact that I have many
deficiencies, many faults,
make lots of mistakes, and
often ignorant where I should
be knowledgeable, often
prejudiced where I should be
open-minded, often have
feelings which are not
justified by the
circumstances, then I can be
much more real.
“It’s most warming and
fulfilling when I can let in the
facts, or permit myseif to
feel, that someone cares for,
accepts, admires, or prizes
me . .. For a long time I
tended almost automatically
to brush aside any positive
feelings which were turned in
my direction .. . I’ve found it
to be a very enriching thing
when I can truly prize or care
for or love another person
and when I can let that
feeling flow out to him. Like
my clients, I, too, have
learned that tender, positive
feelings are not dangerous
either to give or to receive.
Because of having less fear of
giving or receiving positive
feelings I’ve become more
able to appreciate
individuals ... A person who
is loved appreciatively, not
possessively, blooms and
develops his own unique self.
And the person who loves
non-possessively is himself
enriched.”
MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD was voted to Tony Mathews by
members of the Savannan Italian club. The annual presentation is
made each year to the member who has excelled in behalf of the
club for that year. Mathews held a position on the Board of
Governors. He was chairman of the entertainment committee
and annual Spaghetti Supper, and inaugurated the serving of a
full course supper before each business meeting. On being
informed of the award, Mathews said,” Having an active
president and active membership was what motivated me”. He
was presented a gift at a banquet in his honor on Sunday
December 7.
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Obituaries
Miss Helen L. Reilly of Savannah, November 29th
Mrs. Mary G. Bell, formerly of Savannah, December 2nd
Mr. Eustace B. Pinckney, formerly of Savannah, December
2nd
Mrs. Julia Barnard Bell of Savannah, December 6th
Mr. O. L. Mason Jr., of Savannah, December 6th
Mr. Arthur Lloyd Saunders of Savannah, December 7th
Miss Mary Ellen Lyons of Augusta, December 8th
Marriages
Miss Lila Culpepper Stewart and Mr. Justo Gomez, both of
Columbus, Ga., November 7 at Holy Family Church,
Columbus.
Mrs. Martha S. Buttimer and Mr. Ship S. Maloney, both of
Savannah, Ga., November 19 in Blessed Sacrament Church,
Savannah.
Miss Mary Frances Coursey and Mr. Paul Dams Jacobs,
both of Savannah, Ga., December 5 in St. James Church,
Savannah.
Miss Katherine Celeste Gifkins and Mr. Joseph Lonergan
Sheehan Jr. both of Augusta, Ga., December 6 in St. Mary’s
on the Hill Church, Augusta.
Necrology
Rev. Richard John O’Brien, Dec. 12, 1894.
Rev. Denis Begley, Dec. 13, 1968.
Rev. Bernard J. Doyle, Dec. 14, 1870.
Rev. Eugene V. O’Neill, Boyd, Dec. 17, 1916.
Rt. Rev. Msgr. James Graham, Dec. 17, 1842.
IN A CEREMONY similar to that of Tonsure for a young
seminarian, the following young men of St. Teresa’s Parish were
invested as Knights of the Altar: Supreme Grand Knight - Dan
Haggerty; Vice Supreme Grand Knight - Sal Giovingo;
Secretary-Treasurer - Michael Mock; Sgt. at Arms - D. Johnson.
Knight Commanders: John Knight, Paul Rakel, John Lewis, Bill
Kahler, George Haggerty, Tom Polk. Knights: Pierre Rakel,
Ryan Mock, Warren Kelley, Dave Schoonover, Mark Keenan,
Jack Donovan, Roger Haggerty, Dave Shemwell, Tony Giovingo,
Brian Bacon, Steve Kahler. The investiture took place Sunday
Nov. 23rd. (Photo by McCollum)
New 6 Pitch 9 For Adult Education
The film clip opens with a
pan shot of a scrap heap at
the old Studebaker plant in
South Bend and moves to a
closeup of a Negro, wearing a
black hat, grey suit coat and
white shirt open at the collar.
“Hello,” he says into the
camera. “My name is Edward
Jenkins. For 22 years I was a
Studebaker worker. I thought
I was secure as a factory
worker, but I found myself
out of a job at 55 years old.”
The difference between
this message and the slick
commercial testimonial is
that the man in the film
really IS Edward Jenkins and
what he says about himself is
true because he wrote the
script.
Edward Jenkins and the
five others filming him on
location that day are
participants in “Project
Reach,” a University of Notre
Dame experimental program
designed to show more
effective ways of reaching the
thousands of adults in he
nation who need basic
education. “Project Reach”
,was granted an initial
$120,000 last year by the
U.S. Office of Education, and
another grant is expected in
June for the second year of
the program.
The emphasis initially has
been on training people such
as Ed Jenkins, who is still
enrolled in South Bend Adult
Basic Education classes, as
para-professionals in film and
videotape production. Roy
Lewis, a black photographer
and cinematographer from
Chicago, does the instruction
in film teachniques, and
Barry Barth, a former,
employee of a South Bend
television station, handles the
training in television
production. Lewis and Barth
teach three Mexican
Americans, one of whom is a
woman, and three blacks.
The film group’s goal is
completion of 24 one-minute
“community messages” (the
word “commercials” is
disdained by the group) to
promote South Bend’s adult
education program on
television and radio. The
messages are not slick
productions, but neither
Lewis nor the students want
them to be. What they want
is believability - the kind of
quality Ed Jenkins has when
he talks about the trouble he
had filling out job applications
and 24-year-old Rene Garza
has when he talks about the
unsatisfying life of the
migrant worker as the film
shows him picking tomatoes.
When each film ends with its
plug for adult education and
a slogan, “Why Settle for
Less?” the target audience
knows a person with their
own backgrounds, handicaps
and frustrations has “told it
like it is.”
While sometimes acting as
their own subjects, “Project
Reach’s” film team more
often seeks its interviews with
those currently taking adult
basic education courses,
drawing them out on tape
and film with questions abou.t
how they learned about the
classes, why they came, what
they have accomplished, and
the reaction of their children.
“I had to learn,” said one
woman in her late 50’s who
had less than an eighth grade
education, “I just had to
know for myself.”
At the same time that the
group is acquiring film skills
by shooting and editing
promotional materials, Barth
is teaching them technical
skills involved in television -
camera work, lighting, sound,
and production. The end
product here will be a series
of taped television lessons to
be used, together with
follow-up instruction, in
teaching basic skills in South
Bend adult education classes.
Working with adult basic
education teachers, Barth is
developing a television
instruction curriculum which
uses a visual approach to
teaching such things as the
alphabet or addition.
Most of the last six
months has been spent in
training the para-professionals
in television equipment use,
but with an old campus
gymnasium taking shape as a
television studio, script work
is now underway. Scripts will
be written by Barth and adult
basic education teachers.
“We’re trying to develop a
kind of “Sesame Street”
educational approach for
adults,” Barth said. “We want
to avoid the twin dangers of
an overly-structured learning
sequence in which the
student who gets' behind is
lost, and the loosely
organized individual-instruct
ion approach which often
lacks direction.”
In a day when adult basic
education courses in the
nation are only scratching the
surface of the problem
created by an stimated 24
million under-educated
adults, the long-range
possibilities of “Project
Reach” are evident.
The program is under the
direction of Samuel D.
McClelland, an instructor in
communication arts at Notre
Dame, and he plans to
evaluate it carefully after two
years, using a combination of
action research, adult basic
education pre- and
post-testing, audience
research and content analysis.
The experimental program
has the endorsement of South
Bend School Superintendent
Donald Dake; his adult basic
education head, Lewis
Powell; Delbert Lewis of the
Indiana division of adult
education; Congressman John
Brademas of Indiana’s Third
District and Indiana Senator
Vance Hartke.
St. Vincent’s Alumnae
St. Vincent’s Alumnae will hold its annual Christmas Party
on Tuesday, December 16 at 8:00 p.m. at the school Hall.
SVA Christmas Ballet
St. Vincent‘s Academy Building Fund will benefit from the
proceeds of a Christmas Ballet performance sponsored by the
Ruth Goodman Dance Theater on Sunday, December 14 at
3:00 p.m. at St. Vincent’s Hall. A special Chorus composed of
the junior and senior members of the two St. Vincent’s glee
clubs will accompany the Nativity Ballet, the public is invited.
Prices are $2.00 for adults; $1.00 for students.
G lax ton Confirmation
Fourteen men, women and children received the Sacrament
of Confirmation from Bishop Gerard L. Frey in ceremonies held
at St. Christopher’s, Claxton at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, December
7. Confirmed were five adults and four children from St.
Christopher’s - Mr. Curtis Beck, Mr. Joseph Collins, Mr. Freddie
Barnett, Mrs. Connie Mitchell, John Mitchell, Carl Mails, David
Tillman Jr., Duane Tillman. Five members of St. Jude’s Mission,
Glenville, also were confirmed. They are: Mrs. Etna Dickerson,
Mrs. Mary Hauser, Catherine Busby, Laura Busby, Paul Dutton.
A covered dish luncheon was served at St. Christopher’s parish
hall following the 10:30 a.m. Confirmation Mass. At 2:00 p.m.
Bishop Frey met with parishioners of St. Jude’s for
refreshments in St. Jude’s hall, Glenville.
JOHN MASTROIANNI
Aquinas Student Honored
By Nat’l Teachers Group
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John Mastroianni of
Aquinas High School has
been cited as one of the
outstanding high school
students of English in the
country. The National
Council of Teachers of
English has named him a
1969 national runner-up in its
JOHN MASTROIANNI
annaul Achievement Awards
competition.
Last spring a committee of
English teachers from the
high school nominated
John Mastroianni to represent
Aquinas High School in the
competition. The school was
alloted one entry from the
junior class for every 500
students in the total school
enrollment, according to
Michael Maher, the English
department chairman.
After nomination each
student submitted samples of
his best writing, including an
autobiographical sketch;
completed two standardized
examinations on general
English knowledge and skills
and on literary awareness;
and wrote a one-hour
impromptu essay. These
materials were evaluated and
scored by state judging teams
of highly qualified college
and high school teachers
directed by state chairmen.
The nation’s schools
participating nominated
almost 8,000 juniors for the
NCTE citation. Of that
number, only 872 finalists
were chosen. They represent
over 600 schools from 50
states, the District of
Columbia, and American
Preparatory Schools abroad.
In announcing the
winners, Robert F. Hogan,
Executive Secretary of the
National Council of Teachers
of English, said that the
Council recommends these
students, now seniors, for
college scholarships in 1970,
should they need such
assistance. The names of
these students are sent to
every college and university
admissions officer and
English department chairman
in the country. In previous
years 99 percent of the
Awards winners entered the
college of their choice.
Approximately 80 percent of
those appling for scholarships
received them.
The NCTE sends to all
winners and runners-up
scrolls of recognition and
honors their high school
English department with
certificates of merit, reports
Sister Mary James, C.S.J.,
principal.
Sister Francita, Brother
Gilbert, and Michael Maher
have been Mastroianni’s
English instructors at Aquinas
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