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PAGE 6 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1963 IN BASEBALL Catholic Profiles BY RONDEL "Time waits for no man, " Is an age old adage, but Stan "the Man" Musial has father time stopped dead In his tracks. The personable 43 year old Cardinal outfielder seems to be indestructible. Musial has withstood 20 years of the dally grind of baseball, and in his own words, has never regretted a moment. Originally a pitcher, Musial was switched to the outfield by a strange quirk of fate. While shagging flies in the outfield he fell and Injured his shoulder, making him. unable to whip his fastball in without suffering a severe pain in his shoulder. Thus, Musial, who had always shown ability to hit the ball with power and consistency be came an outfielder, and what an outfielder. National League pitchers, bewitched, bothered and bewil dered by Stanley rank Musial since before Pearl Harbor, may not believe it, but the Man has become a symbol for all who face a sizable obstacle. At present Musial is becoming aware of his battle against tune. Twice before Musial has made plans to retire, but both times he came back to give it "one last fling." This season, he promises, will be his last. But will it? Musial, the father of four semi- grown children gets a thrill out of Just playing ball. It may sound trite, but it’s true when Musial says, "Of all my base ball thrills, the greatest is just putting on the uniform, espec ially to open another season. His lovely wife Lil is quite enthused about Stan's playing, as are all Cardinal fans. Musial's family figured happily in a number of incidences last season, including a personally supervised presidential tour of the White House. For the first time in his career, Stan didn't show up at a game at his own request. He took off long enough to perform a couple of must duties as a father. He watched his eldest daughter, Geraldine graduate from high school and his son Dick, graduate from Notre Dame University. He has two other girls, a 12 year old Janet, and a three-year old Jeannie. Musial, with his unorthodox corkscrew batting stance is per haps the greatest all-round performer to ever don a uniform. Greater perhaps, than even the legendary Ty Cobb, or the equally famous Babe Ruth or Hans Wagner. He is a man who has played in both eras. A legend in his own time. A man who has done well in both the dead and lively ball times. A player who has endured the rigid demanding grid for over twenty-three long years. Stan remembers himself as an eager youth back in Donora, Pa,, a boy who had the choice of going to college or accepting an offer to play ball beginning at $65 a month. He took the offer, and like the millions of fans who have watched his whiplash swing unscrew itself from that awkward stance and crack out another base-hit, has never regretted it. Stan is the holder of more National League and major league records than you can shake a stick at. He holds the NL record for base-hits, games played, games played consecutively, extra base hits, long-hits, batting titles etc, in addition to holding or sharing countless major league marks such as most RBI's in lifetime, and holding a lifetime batting average of .335. Though his legs are getting old, Musial still possesses tne body of a youth half his age. The Cardinal trainer attests to the fact that Musial's body and muscles are more supple than any one else on the squad. Stan drives himself unmercifully in order to get in perfect condition. Never really put out of shape, Stan strives to get in even better condition through relentless running and exercise. He doesn’t drive himself in order to make money. He does it because he is proud. Proud of the fact that he is looked up to and idolized by some many awe stricken youngsters, and just plain proud o# the opportunity that he took advantage of so many years ago, Jtan is a proud man, but he is also an ambitious man and an impeccable father. He has made good use of the annual $100,000 salary the Cards pay for his services. He has many outside Interests, including the stock market, bowling alleys and restaurants. Musial has become a household word around St. Louis, and is almost considered part of the scenery. The venerable, age less star is kind-hearted by nature and almost never refuses a sad-eyed kid an autograph, regardless of the circumstances, as some other stars might. "After all, says Stan, "its the fans who pay my salary. Without them, where would I be, or where would baseball be?" This is something Stan never forgets in his relations with the public and maybe, because of his unselfish attitude, this is the fans love and appreciate him. Stan Musial is a venerable institution in St. Louis and when he finally decides to call it quits, the game will never be the same. He has been a colorful player for better than twenty years with out fighting the press, abusing the fans or acting like a prlma donna. When he finally retires the game of baseball will never be the same. ‘STAN THE MAN’ FATHER Malone, OFM, University of Georgia Newman Club Director, offers Mass and distri butes Holy Communion at St. Pius X. Richard Murphy, freshman, serves as altar boy. JEWISH LEADER Council Hailed For Surge In Inter-Faith Relations PRESSING PROBLEM Inter-Faith Dialogue Sure To Include Birth NEW YORK (RNS) -- A re markable improvement in rela tions between American Pro testants, Catholics and Jews over the past year can be attri buted largely to influences of the Second Vatican Council, a Jewish expert on inter-group relations said here. The past year has brought a definite "thaw" in Inter religious cooperation and a growing acceptance of plural ism among religious groups, said Albert Vorspan, director of social action of the Union of TURNI, Italy (NC)—A campalgi started here to limit extrava gance in first Communion dress has set off a storm of protest on the part of proud mothers and clothing merchants. The problem stems from the fact that a child’s first Com munion in Italy is a major family observance. Poor and wealthy families alike spare no expense to make the occasion memorable, sometimes im poverishing themselves to put Collegette Gets Press Award A First Class Honors rating has been awarded the Colleg ette, student newspaper at Sa cred Heart College, Cullman, Ala. The award, made by the Associated Collegiate Press Association, was based upon the issues published the first seme ster of the 1962-63 school year under the direction of AnnWhl- bbs, of Pensacola, Fal. andfirst semester editor. Out of a competition among the two-year colleges in the U.S., there were but six colleges which scored higher than Scared Heart. ANSWER TO LAST WEEK’S PUZZLE nota nan ana American Hebrew Congrega tions, representative body of Reformed Judaism. "THE MAJOR factor which opened up new doors was un doubtedly the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council which seemed to engender greater Catholic cooperation on national and community problems than ever before," Mr. Vorspan ob served. ■f The upsurge in better re lations, he said, has negated a major part of a study re- on enormous communion break fasts and lunches and to buy elaborate clothes for the children. THE BOYS are relatively easy to outfit - usually a new grey flannel, suit with a white and gold ribbon around the arm. The girls are another matter. The custom is to outfit them in dresses that look very much like wedding gowns. The girls' full length full skirts of lace and long veils encrusted with lace roses and entwined lilies of the valley are the pride and joy of average Italian families. The girls walk around town all day long showing off their out fits. MANY parish priests feel that the children miss the mean ing of the occasion. Rivalry and jealousy spoil the inno cence of the day. leased last August by the UAHC. The study, co-authored by Mr. Vorspan and Rabbi Eugene J. Lipman of Washington, D.C., reviewed interrreligious in 10 major American cities. Entitled *A Tale of Ten Cities,’ the UAHC book held that American Protestants, Catho lics and Jews were isolating themselves in a triple ghetto with a resulting lack of inter religious cooperation. RELIGIOUS tensions were on the rise and religious bigotry was still widespread and deeply embedded in the American framework, the Vorspan-Lip- man study said. Marked improvement in interreligious cooperation over the past year has not affected two major cities, New York and Los Angeles, Mr. Vorspan said. "These two metropolises continue to lag behind most American cities in the level and scope of interfaith coopera tion," he noted. Mr. Vorspan said the inter- religious ferment eveident in other cities is barely seen in New York where the three major religious groups still are "going their separate ways with very little communication, dia logue and interreligious co operation in facing up to ur gent social problems." GENERALLY, however, Mr. Vorspan said he is "encour aged by the fact that religious bodies now seem to be deter mined to go beyond planned ami polite benallties into frank ex change of views." "By acting -together, reli gion can help save the com munity and by so doing, save itself from moral bankruptcy," he said. BIRTH CONTROL — long an almost tabooed topic where dis cussions between Roman Cat holics were concerned — ap pears likely now to become a vital subject in the increasingly expanding realm of inter- religious dialogue. One indication of this was seen this week when the Plan ned Parenthood Federation of America urged President Kennedy to call a conference of religious leaders "to work out the beginning of a new era of religious harmony in the field of family planning." THIS is a suggestion that both Protestant and Catholic leaders are believed likely whole heartedly to endorse. The need for interreligious discussion had been stressed already in the March 2 issue of the information bulletin of the National Council of Churches' Bureau of Research and Sur vey. It said that in all the scien tifically and technologically de veloped countries there should be; 1. Full and public recognition and discussion of the world population problem. 2. Explicit recognition of the wide areas of agreement al ready achieved between Cat holics and non-Catholics on this subject. 3. Further explicit agreement between Catholic and non-Cat- holics on the essential elements of a sound and effective public policy. 4. Expanded research into all methods of fertility control that might be acceptable to people of varying cultures and creeds. THE bulletin noted that al though there was a wide meas ure of agreement between Cat holics and non-Catholics on the need for further research into human fertility, "Yet in the United States, only about $6, 000,000 from all sources is be ing spent annually on such re search." It was subsequently announc ed that the Ford Foundation was increasing by $2,856,200 its contribution toward solving the Hvorld population problem. America's Protestant Ch urches, by ami large, hold birth control to be theologically just ified, and have endorsed the use of U. S. government funds to make contraception programs available in countries abroad faced by over-population. THE CATHOLIC Church on the other hand, especially in two notable encyclicals on mar riage—the Arcanum of Pope Leo XIII issued in 1880 and the Casti Connubil of Pope Pius XI, dated Dec. 31, 1930—has condemned all forms of arti ficial birth control as morally wrong. This condemnation—as many Catholic theologians have stressed—also makes.it impe rative for U. S. Catholics to oppose government sponsored birth control programs either at home or abroad. IN r HIS comment on the book, Cardinal Cushing st ressed that the writer, who is credited with developing an oral contraceptive pill in collabor ation with Dr. Gregory Pin- cus, had made "several stat ements which are theologically incorrect and certainly mis leading." "In the pages of this book, the cardinal wrote, "Dr. Rock is emphatic in his claim to be a good and devoted Catholic. It must be said, however, that some of the positions which he defends therein are not in ag reement with Catholic teach ing." The cardinal pointed out in particular that "the entire chapter on the teaching of the natural law in matters which pertain to the morality of art ificial contraception is over simplified. In his defense of the ‘natural’ and, to his mind, ‘lawful’ use of the progestlonal steroids as contraceptive de vices, Dr. Rock does not meet the incisive arguments against his position which have been continually voiced by Catholic moral theologians." "With reason" Dr. Rock had called to task "those who are unwilling to face the implicat ions of the much publicized po pulation explosion" and made "an eloquent and much-needed plea for federal grants to per fect the so-called rhythm sys tem so that it might become a means of controlling birth which is not only morally acceptable but also scientifically accur ate." SOME TWO months earlier. Cardinal Cushing had indicated on a radio program that "if and when" legislation to repeal Massachusetts’ birth control laws come before the voters again, his policy "would be just to explain our position, but not go out campaigning." Dr. Rock’s book was the sub ject of a more lengthy comment —also by Father Joseph S. Du- hamel, S. J., professor of moral theology at Woodstock (Md.) College. Writing in America, national Catholic weekly, he noted that the doctor was well known for his general support of contraception as a means Ft. Oglethorpe Altar Meet The Altar Society of St. Ger ard's Catholic Church met Thursday evening in the school cafeteria, in Fort Oglethorpe. Rev. Lawrence Murphy, CSSR., pastor of the church offered the prayers and led a round table discussion of the future landscaping plans for the church grounds. Mrs. Grant Wall presided and thanked Miss Sue Keck and Mrs. C. E. Hunt for the preparation and flowers of the altars for Easter. It was announced that the Fort Oglethorpe Kiwanis Club had denoted dogwood trees and the East Lake Coal Co., pine trees to be planted on the church grounds. Mrs. Allen Bishop will have the care of the altars during May and she stated that Mrs. Thomas Burbank and Mrs. Hunt had sewed with her at Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Bishop w as host ess for the social hour and Mrs. Wall received the attendance gift. Control of population control and his sh are in the research that led to the discovery of the anovulant pill and his public promotion of it as a morally acceptable means of contraception evenfor Catholics. HOWEVER, said Father Du- hamel, Dr. Rock's personal views on contraception do not represent the authentic and of ficial teaching of the Church. And he added: "I hope I do no injustice to Dr. Rock, but it seems his desire to defend the morality of the anovulant pill. . . was a major purpose in writing this book. Much of the rest—such as the doctrine of responsible parenthood and the possible am icable tolerance for the re ligious convictions of others on the level of public policy— has already been treated by competent and responsible Cat holic scholars." Early this month. Father Henry V. Sattler, C. SS. R., assistant director of the Nat ional Catholic Welfare Confer ence's Family Life Bureau, writing in a national Catholic magazine, declared, that the Catholic Church had no right to impose its teachings on con traception on the nation’s cit izenry unless there is a public consensus against the practice. But Father Sattler declared that every group has the right to oppose what it feels will harm the common good, and there fore, "Catholic citizens oppose the use of public funds for the promotion of contraception. They oppose making work re lief or government aid to de pendent children conditioned upon the use of contraception." AT THE same time that it called for a national conference on birth control questions, the Planned Parenthood Federation wrote a letter to Richard Car dinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, expressing "admi ration for his statesmanlike po sition" on the birth control is sue. The Newman Club of the University of Georgia at Athens gave an after-Easter party to the boys of St. Joseph’s Home In Wash ington. Games, and party refreshments, climaxed the exciting afternoon of Low Sunday. Pictured are some of the boys of St. Joseph's from left to right: Francisco Tomayo, Darrell Stanley, Richard Monroe, Steve Barnes, Frank Abrahamson, George Corona, and Joe O'Keefe. • HINTING BYBEET TRInlty 5-4727 ^ss^CI Cr 330 POI lithographing COMPANY Strviui A iltnlt ilmtt 1912 550 FORREST ROAD. N. E. ATLANTA, GEORGIA FRED A. YORK PEST CONTROL SERVICE Our Slogan - Nearly Right Won't Do Our Service — Always Guaranteed Our ProducU On Sale At Office CALL FOR FREE INSPECTION OR INFORMATION ™ State St.. N. 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