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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. The NEW.. PRESENTATION! An TOO EXCITING TO DESCRIBE xl BREATH MkMv, ADVENTURE I ... . and GLORIOUS i l/W t ROMANCE! „■ J LOUIS ~ : : rochemont's ELECTRIFYING /"> S?; jfW\ft , £ f REITH TAIUM r -V VJ ADVENTURE r ^Windjammer now I MSS SHOWING COLOR MltlNMO IN IVIRY SVININQ AT J;00 P.M, MATINIIS WSD., SAT. and SUN. AT JiOO P.M. SUBSCRIBE TO THE GEORGIA BULLETIN 85.00 PER YEAR Mail to: P. O. Box 11667 Northside Station Atlanta 5, Georgia Name AddreM. City State. AID BRIEFS FILED School Religion Issue In Court 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”. Leroy's Auto Service Tune Up - Front End Alignment Automatic Transmission 4011 P’tree Rd. CE. 7-1288 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 PEACHTREE ROAD PHARMARMACY PICK UP AND DELIVERY SERVICE CE 7-6466 McKesson 2 FOR 1 SALE Running Through January 26th 4062 Peachtree Rd. Atlanta 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. KINDLY REMEMBER THE CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WEL FARE ASSOCIATION IN YOUR WILL. Mass stipends are 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. DEAR MONSIGNOR; Enclosed is my donation of for . Name Street City Zono State t& < nearSst(Dissionsjmi FRANCIS CARDINAL SPBILMAN, President Haft. Jeieplt Y. Ryes, Natl See*y load alt searaiMiaatlen tat CATHOLIC NIAR (AST WilFARS ASSOCIATION 480 Uxtngton Ava. at 46th St. Ntw York 17, N. Y. The Holy Father's Mission Aid for the Oriental Church Already more than one