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PAG!. 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1963
TO AID CHILDREN
Protestant Journalist,
Sister Form Partnership
THE CHAPLAIN of the U. S. House of Representatives intones the opening prayer as members of
the chamber stand with heads.bowed. Following the prayer, House Clerk Ralph Roberts banged the
gavel to open the 88th session (January 9) with election of officers, including the Speaker, slated
for the first order of business.
COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA
Senator McCarthy Urges
A ‘Sense of Profession 9
BELMONT, (NC)—A Protes
tant newspaperman and a Catho
lic nun here have formed an un
usual partnership dedicated to
helping i hildrtn who are thought
to be- incurably s>ick.
The nun is Sister Marie Pa
trice of the Sisters of Mercy
and the newspaperman is Kays
Gary, a columnist of the Char
lotte Observer.
SOME OF their story has been
told before: how Sister Patrice
established a nursery for men
tally maimed children without a
dime to her name; howsheper-
WASHINGTON (NC) — TheL.
S. Supreme Court will hear oral
arguments shortly after Feb
ruary 18 in two cases involv
ing public school religious pra
ctices, court sources have dis
closed.
While noting that no definite
timetable has yet been set and
none is likely until mid-Feb
ruary, these sources indicated
that the oral arguments will
come fairly soon after the court
returns from a January 21-
February 18 recess.
Till TWO Cases, from Mary
land and Pennsylvania, have
until near the end of its 1962—
‘63 term, which will conclude
sometime in June. This would
parallel the chronological pat
tern in the New York case, which
was not decided until the last
day of the court's last term.
suaded a contractor to build a
$50,000 structure on her word
that he would be paid eventual
ly; how she enlisted the aid
of businessmen to meet pay
ment of that debt.
Kays Gary's part of the story
began when he visited Holy An
gels. He was won over by Sis
ter Patrice and a small charge,
little Maria, a supposedly in
curable hyrocephallc child who
was cured by faith, love, and
surgery.
AFTER that Gary, through
his column, kept a constant
drawn more public attention
than perhaps any others before
the court in its current term.
The court’s decision in these
cases is expected to clarify
further its stand on public
school religious practices, an
issue that has received nation
wide attention since last June
25, when the Supreme Court
ruled against a prayer recited
in New York public schools.
THE PENNSYLVANIA case
focuses on Bible reading in
public schools, while Bible
reading and recitation of the
Lord's Prayer are at issue in
the Maryland case.
Scheduling the oral argu
ments in these two cases for
after February 18 raises the
strong possibility that the court
will not hand down its decision
flow of money going in to Holy
Angels Nursery.
Another chapter is being
written now.
Holy Angels, licensed by the
state to care for 23 children,
but with many more crowded
into its cramped quarters, is
expanding.
WORK WILL start within 90
days to expand it into a 100-
bed institution. The decision
wt.3 made without knowing
where the money was to come
from.
Again, Methodist Kays Gary
fits into the picture from, as
he would say, a "purse-snat
ching” viewpoint.
One of the nursery's new
wings—it’s more a hospital or
clinic than a nursery—is being
named the Kays Gary Wing.
THE SUGGESTION that this
be done was first made by
North Carolina Catholic, the
newspaper of the Raleigh dio
cese.
The nursery's new board of
advisers accepted the sugges
tion because Gary has raised,
as ona of the men put it, more
"money than any one individual
has given."
Gary is credited with pro-
ducting more than $6,000 in
small contribution* by insert
ing items in his columns. To
cite two instances:
—ONCE he wrote in his co
lumn something like this: *T
wish that 10,000 people would sit
down in the next ten minutes
and send a check to Holy An
gels.”
Ten thousand didn’t. But many
did. For the next day’s mail
alone brought In checks for
$284.
The suggestion that a wing be
named for Gary brought an im
mediate response from one wo
man who sent a check for $100
with a letter saying: “I want
to be the first to contribute
$100 toward that Kays Gary
wing of Holy Angels.”
KAYS Gary’s reaction?
"Is it wise?” he asked. "I
just want to see Holy Angels
get the money it needs. Wouldn’t
it be better to name the wing
for someone who would give
$50,000?”
But Sister Patrice, his "par
tner” in Holy Angels, thinks
otherwise. She wants the little
people who make the small do
nations to feel that they are
part of Holy Angels.
Her way of doing this is to
name the wing for Gary, the
newspaperman who told them
—and keeps telling them—about
Holy Angels, a place for babies
who suffer with incurable men
tal afflictions.
NEW YORK (NC) — Adver
tisers and other representa
tives of the communications
media were urged to "develop
a sense of profession” and to
draw "personal guidelines
for responsible service to the
public.
The advice came from Sena
tor Eugene J. McCarthy of Min
nesota, who addressed more
than 300 persons at the first
conference sponsored by the
Catholic Apostolate of Radio,
Television and Advertising (C-
ARTA) and Fordham Univer
sity’s Department of Commu
nication Arts.
SEN. MCCARTHY was the
luncheon speaker at the all
day conference which addres
sed itself to the subject of "Ad
vertising: Rights, Freedoms
and Responsibilities.”
The Minnesota noted that' 'the
private and public character of
the emerging professions in the
communications field imposes a
special responsibility for self-
discipline” on those engaged
in these professions.
"JUST AS the older pro
fessions of law and medicine
evolved a body of specialized
knowledge and learning, a code
of conduct (whether written or
Dear
TO THE EDITOR:
I have just read Father Kier-
nan’s article on Georgia pri
sons. I thank you I I am in my
senior year and have just writ
ten a term paper on Georgia's
penal institutions. They are in
bad shape, and definitely with
more money they could be bet
ter. But where are we to get
the money?
KATHLENE SHERLOCK
MARIETTA
TO THE EDITOR:
It would appear that Father
McAvoy, whose views on Ame
rican anti-ciericalism found
their way to page one of the
current issue of your paper,
has made a typical error In
the evalution of the phenome
non of American Catholicism:
he has compared it too close
ly with European Catholicism.
The problem confronting each
are, of course, miles apart
Monslgnor Ellis (whose provo
cative statement began the cur
rent phase of his discussion)
was studying American Catho
licism and perhaps should have
use of a different word than
"anti-clericalism,” In order
to avoid comparison with Eu
ropean anti-clericalism.
1 DO not think that the fol
lowing developments In the
American Catholic scene can
be considered as misrepresen-
tative of the facts; (1) the ap-
implied), and internal disci
plines, the new professions in
the communications industries
must recognize the responsibi
lities related to their opportuni
ties to form the mind and will
of the people of the United Sta
tes,” he said.
"The communications indus
tries have a high obligation to
seek the truth and to present it
to men,” the Senator continued.
"They share, also, the obliga
tion to oppose without qualifi
cation the lie—deception, ca
lumny, and the half-truth which
misled the misrepresent.”
SENATOR McCarthy went on
to say that in the light of
these responsibilities he did
not share the view of Arthur
Sylvester, Assistant Secreatry
of Defense for Public Affairs,
who stated recently that "news
is only another weapon” in the
cold war arsenal.
"The growth of the commu
nications industries has created
new and special problems,” he
declared, "but the challenge to
the emerging professions is the
same basic moral principle in
volved in all human relations,
that is, respect for the truth.”
Editor
pearance of a learned and not
merely educated lay class, ca
pable in many cases of rival
ling the clergy in theological
profundity; (2) the opposition
in some of our largest dioce
ses towards the simplest re
forms and change, such as the
dialogue Mass, to say nothing
of pressing for the vernacular;
(3) widespread suspicion of lay
motives, remembering no doubt
the evils of "Americanism;”
(4) the paucity of interest in
such movements as the ecumen
ical on the part of our church
men; (5) the little notice given
at the parish level to such out
standing documents as Pope
John's Mater et Magistra.
All these things are symp
tomatic of a situation which an
increasingly larger group of
American laymen have been
coming to deplore and, more
over, associate with the cleri
cal body, although never with
the priestly office.
It Is perhaps only in this
careful distinction that the sub
jective dispositions of Ameri
can anti-clericals differ from
those of the European. At any
rate, whether or not the term
("anti-clericalism”) is mis
applied to the American atiua-
tion, the situation exists, is a
dangerous one, and should be an
object of concern among all Ca
tholics, clerical, and lay,
ROBERT J. MULVANEY
ATLANTA
Unless these new professions
assume greater responsibility
for disciplining themselves,
through more widespread
agreement on political guide
lines, a code of ethics and a
method of enforcement, they
will be increasingly subject to
negative legislation, the Sena
tor warned.
"Laws can prevent some abu
ses”, he said, "but they can
never produce a dignified pro
fession which can measure up
to the potential for service and
education that is within the
reach of the communications
industries.”
A MORE positive role for
external regulation of the com
munications media was seen by
Edmund J. Blake, Jr., vice
president of P. W. Brooks &
Company, New York investment
bankers.
"The threat of external regu
lation might induce the industry
to raise its standards such as
in the investment community”,
he asserted. ”If the standards
of advertising and program
ing are raised, the standards
of the viewers will be raised,
too.”
Blake said that regulation
was necessary when advertising
contributes to delinquency, is
harmful to health and morals,
and "knowingly” lies about its
product. It should also be ap
plied to prevent the industry
from offending certain groups,,
or when the program is in ex
tremely bad taste, or is poli
tically extreme, he said.
’THIS DOES not mean that
regulation should influence un
popular opinions or those which
may annoy the sponsor's
whims,” he declared.
"Regulation should be limit
ed. We should strive to pro
vide the maximum freedom of
advertising and not maximum
regulation.”
Parents to Hear
Dr. W.J. Clark
The Parents’ Association of
Christ the KingSchool will meet
next Monday at 8:00 p.m. in the
Cathedral Center with Mrs.
Philip J. Duffy conducting the
meeting. Mrs. Leonard Leonai-
tis will introduce the guest
speaker, Dr. VV. J. Clark, Con
sultant Psychologist, who will
speak on "Discipline.”
Plans for an evening of square
dancing and fun will be present
ed to the parents by Mrs. Ro
bert Robinson and Mrs. John
Huber, co-chairmen of the
dance to be held at the Cathe
dral Center.
Immediately following the
business meeting there wlU be
a social hour with mothers
of the 5th grade students ser
ving as hostesses.
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FOR COLLEGES
Quaker Educator
Sees Tax Credit
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.(NC)
—A Quaker educator said here
that he sees a flat tax credit of
up to $500 to individuals as the
answer to the financial needs of
colleges.
Dr. Landrum R. Bolling, pre
sident of Earleham College,
Richmond, Ind., spoke to the
fifth annual meeting of the Coun
cil of Protestant Colleges and
Universities.
THE SOLUTION to the "great
debate" over Federal aid to
education, h e said, should be
based on increased private giv
ing.
Bolling argued that a flat tax
credit, for both individuals and
corporations, could "produce
substantially all the additional
funds our colleges and univer
sities could effectively use.”
A tax credit, he said, would
avoid the "power struggles,”
administrative complications
and disagreements over Church
-State separation that would go
along w ith a massive system of
Federal aid to colleges.
IT WOULD also place each
Institution "on its mettle as
never before” and provide
"maximum freedom and flexi
bility” for private colleges and
universities, he said.
unable to compete with aided
private institutions.
HE CALLED for efforts to
weave together public and pri
vate initiative in the same in
stitutions.
He said a movement in this
direction has been handicapped
by the popular notions that what
the state does is necessarily
inferior to what is done by
private enterprise or that the
two cannot be combined "with
out having the coercive power
of the state swamp all that is
important to private activity.”
Auxilliary
Rome Meeting
ROME, GA. — St. Mary’s
School Auxilliary held their
monthly meeting last week with
Mrs. Richard Hackett, Presi
dent, presiding.
Speaker for the evening was
Walter Smiderski, who spoke
on "Child Behavior”.
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Dr. John Bennett, dean of
the Union Theological Seminary
New York, told a sesalon that
if Federal aid goes to private
colleges, but excludes church
-related institutions because of
Church - State complications,
"it would be an intolerable kind
of discrimination.”
Most church colleges, he
said, would be forced to break
their relationship with the
church because they would be
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INDIA: THE MONSOON BLOWS
TWICE EACH YEAR the monsoon winds sweep over India. On
their way toward the high Himalayan peaks they let fall their
heavy burdens of water, drenching the
countryside below ... To the poor
people of India, the monsoon brings
both hope and despair. Rains soaking
their parched fields make the grain
grow* so the women can make gruel for
the single daily meal ... But the ty
phoons also tear down their fragile
shelters. In the village of VAROOR, in
the diocese of TIRUVALLA, Kerala,
"church” is a hut provided by Bishop
Mar Athanasios . . . When the mission
station opened a few months ago, not
a single Catholic lived In VAROOR.
undred have been converted . . . But
the monsoons threaten and the Catholics of VAROOR fear their
frail chapel will not stand up to the storm. A stronger building
can be erected for $4,000—$2,000 for the land, $2,000 for con
struction. Won’t you help now, before the big wind starts to
blow?
WHEREVER ST. PAUL’S TRAVELS TOOK HIM, drama and
violence seemed to break out! At Phillipi, his words put him in
prison, then an earthquake destroyed the walls ... At Ephesus
a whole city rose In anger and confusion at his talk; on the way
to Malta he was shipwrecked . . . Having escaped this, he was
bitten by a viper. Then at Puteoll he stayed one week within
the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, not far from Pompeii and Her
culaneum . . . You know what happened to those ancient cities
shortly after Paul passed by. This very dramatic man had a
world-shaking message: the doctrine of the Mystical Body of
Christ . . . Many of our missionaries walk (much more quietly)
in St. Paul's footsteps in the Holy Land today. You can help by
sending us a STRINGLESS GIFT which we can use where most
needed.
DON’T FORGET! Just $2.00 from you will send a blanket to
a Bedouin, one of the PALESTINE REFUGEES who feel their
homelessness even more these cold winter nights!
“The tragic beauty of the face of Christ
Shines in the face of man;’’
So says Fr. Daniel Berrigan, S.J. in a poem from his new book
(The World for Wedding Ring; Macmillan Co.) . . . The young
misaionary DAMIEN DE VEUSTER had nothing of the poet
about him that day when he first landed at the MOLOKAI leper
colony and looked at the crowd before him. Yet where most
men would have seen only ugliness, the scars of sickness, he
saw the face of Christ, tragic yet beautiful . . . Today this dis
ease has lost much of its age-old dread due to medical advances
that make possible a cure. Still, throughout our NEAR EAST
territories we must provide care for its victims . . . Join our
DAMIEN CLUB and send $1 a month for this great cause.
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often our missionaries’ chief support. Day by day they depend
upon us. Membership in our society is $1 a year for a single
person; $5 for a family.
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