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THE GEORGIA BULLETIN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12,1968 3 Letters To The Editor ‘ V. EDITOR: As we again prepare to celebrate the day of Christ’s birth in the stable at Bethlehem and realize that whatever we do for any of our fellowmen is being done for Christ, it seems only natural that we Christians should focus our minds more and more upon the many millions of impoverished people here in our own land as well as abroad. 1 would like to point out to the readers of the Georgia Bulletin just one area in which the people are in absolutely dire need of food, clothing and, in general, the reassurance that their fellow Christians care for them. The people I am referring to are those in Quitman County, Mississippi who are literally fighting for survival in the midst of hunger, poverty and disease. The children (and especially the black children) of Quitman County, Mississippi simply do not believe in Santa Claus because the reception of any kind of help is very rare indeed. Jobs are quite scarce. Migration to the northern ghettos is costly and frustrating. As a result, many of these children will spend Christmas Day in draughty frame lean-tos, perhaps not unlike the stable in which Christ was bom. I would like, therefore, to appeal to the sense of brotherhood which Christians claim to possess, and ask that those readers of the Georgia Bulletin who can do so send a donation to: MISSISSIPPI PROJECT FUND - QUITMAN CO’, 3 Thomas Circle, Washington, D.C. 20005. Food and Clothing can be sent directly to: Rev. L. C. Coleman, 802 Third St., Marks, Mississippi, 38646. No act of generosity to another, especially to those in dire need, will ever go unrewarded. Remember the Good Samaritan. EDITOR: The November 21 issue of the Georgia Bulletin was a disappointment to me. The “report” on the pastoral letter from the bishops of the United States, a 14,000 word letter addressed to all the faithful (assuming that that is what: a pastoral letter means) condenses it into three short columns. This I can get in the daily newspaper. I prefer to read my own mail. I think that the pastoral letter should have been printed in its total form...all 14,000 words of it. If the Georgia Bulletin ito be a means of communication within the church, between hierachy, clergy and laity, its obligation should be to present the pastoral documents in their entiiety so that all may have that information necessary to form their own conscience. The Bulletin has done a good job in presenting the encyclical, “Human Vitae,” in its entirety, to the Church of Atlanta. The correlative document, “Human Life in Our Day,” recently issued the bishops, should be treated in the same way. Alice Cawley Chamblee EDITOR: The recent letter to the editor that the news selection of the paper is greatly improved, obviously means that the news printed in the paper meets his approval. I can assume from the" editorial policy of the paper we will no longer be subject to reading about various points of view' of “Humanae Vitae,” celibacy, the draft, experimental parishes and other so called, controversial subjects that beset the Catholic Church. It may be that by not printing what is .actually happening it will disappear. William F. Goedecke Atlanta EDITORS NOTE: Each week the amount of news copy that comes across an editor’s desk necessitates a selection of some of it. There is no intent to suppress news but to balance it. EDITOR: Y ou are doing such a magnificent job of editing the Bulletin that I want to help. Here'is a letter (which you say you have been lacking.) On page three,, this week, is a picture of the “chalice and paten used by St. Francis of Assisi.” I was taught in school that Francis was never ordained, and 1 wonder what he did with the chalice and paten. If one of our Franciscan priests will answer, then you’ll have a second letter. Louis C. Fink Atlanta EDITORS NOTE: Your letter referred to Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Holy Cross Brothers TEACHING • BOYS’ H0MFS MISSIONS • TRADES For Information, write: BROTHER DONALD, C.S.C „ 4950 N. DAUPHINE ST. NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 STUDENTS SAT: "THIS PROGRAM REALLY HELPS TO MAKE SCHOOL WORK EASY ii "I Used to Hate Homework." By Don DeRossett—Sophomore, Sandy Springs High School I used to put off doing my homework until 9 at night because I just didn't like to study. When I got to high school I began to have trouble. My grades dropped to Cs and I got two Ds in algebra. At cur school, it's good to get high grades and I worried. Mother began tc worry, too, although I told her I never failed anything—not to worry. But I didn't have good study habits, I know that now. Mother read a story in the Atlanta Journal-Con stitution about the Learning Skills Center. She had tc drag me to get me there. I wasn't for it at a!!, still I saw a lot of kids there and if didn't look too hard to do. If it could help me learn, I thought I might as well try it. Ill "Now I Enjoy My Studies By Chris Lewis, Eighth Grade, Decatur High School In about a week I started to move up in reading speed and comprehension. It was the same with listening—I'd had trouble concentrating on this in the past. I started at the Center last summer in the mornings. Now that regular school has started, "ve been going in the evenings after football and dinner. It's hard, but I've improved so much already that I can do much more homework in less time. I tell you, I'm really improving and it's great. I'm making straight A's so far in this new math and it looks like I'll be an A and B student this coming year. f# I used tc come home from school in tears nearly every day. I got bad marks and the teacher would fuss. By the time I got to the sixth grade I was failing nearly everything but art. My worst subjects were math, social studies, reading and everything to do with English. I blamed my poor grades on the fact that I missed out on phonics at the start, but now I know that's not the real reason. Nearly everybody made better grades than I did; just a couple made worse. The teachers went much too fast for me. In my whole life I never read a real book although I enjoyed comic books, and the funnies. As for home work, I'd read a page and be completely worn out and I couldn't remember it afterward. Then, early last summer. Mother read a story in the paper about the Learning Skills Center and she told me about it and asked me if I wanted to go. I wasn't excited, just willing. Anything. I dreaded high school. In the first week I began to improve in just about everything because they teach you how to study and remember and enjoy it. The part I liked best was the way you work with a tape recorder which instructs yes how to work with a certain book. At the start, I was reading 175 words a minute— not good. As I speeded up, I read the first three books in my whole life, on my own, too. One of these was "The Bridges of Tokc-Ri,' a book my Dad started but never finished. I told him the ending and he was kind of surprised about me. Then a funny thing. Mother has a friend who graduated from the University of Georgia in 1943, and she was so impressed over me that she enrolled at the Learning Skills Center. My reading speeded up to 450 words a minute and I was so excited that I wanted to see how fast I could get. But the Center said I was ahead now—above col lege average. They told me to wait until next year. They're right. Now that I'm in high school, well, the other day I found that I'd finished the science chapter and was answering the questions while the others were still in the middle of reading. Homework's easy now. I get through in about 30 minutes some nights and I understand it, and for the first time I enjoy studying. And I'm doing real good at school. The other day my English teacher said, "If you keep on going at this rate, I'll move you up to a higher group."—English used to be my WORST subject. Mother said, "You're much easier to live with." WHAT IS LEARNING SKILLS CENTER? It is a new k’nd of school that students attend in their spare time. Here a student learns how to advance reading techniques and read with comprehension. How to listen to and remember lectures. How to pick out important subject material. How to get work done quickly, efficiently, and correctly. How to eliminate fatigue and oressure by getting assignments done on time. How to improve grades and do better work with less effort. How to breeze through homework and look forward to exams without fear. There are no assignments, no homework, no tests, and no group work. Each child works at his own speed to his own ability. Learning Skills Centers' programs are available for students Irom seventh grade through college. The school is open week days and each even ng until 9:00, Saturday from 9:00 to 5:00, and Sunday afternoons. Call for complete information. Dem onstrations daily at 3:30-4:30-5:30, Saturday 9 through 4. NOTICE! Special accelerated Christ mas Vacation Program for College Students now being formed. Limited enrollment. Call for complete details, 261-3350. 1 mfmno'v wmm I N C 0 R P 0 RATED 3384 PEACHTREE RD., N.E. / SUITE 680 / TELEPHONE 261-3350 ACROSS THE STREET FROM LENOX SQUARE OPEN DAILY 9 AIM. TO 9 P.M SAT. AND SUN. TILL S P.M.
