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Minto Explains Moslem Picture (Continued from faye imt> offer us, we shall learn from it, he said. “This is the Moslem's duty. The word of wisdom is the property of the Moslem.” “There was a time when they gave up making use of the uni verse," Minto said. “That time has changed.” Minto told how the prophet Mo hammed trampled down all dis tinctions of race, family and wealth. He feels that the Islam fol lowers do not hate anybody, but they must struggle for what they think right. “It is better to live but one day as a lion, than to live one year as a jackal." he said. "This is how the Moslems feel.” "Under Mohammed, the people came to the realisation that they are all brothers.” Minto said. “Is lam is not a religion which deals simply with one phase of your life.” Minto said that Mohammed’s great faith that he would succeed in life is now in the Moslems. He feels that there is a trend of thought that they cannot go on without religion. Progress can be seen in Islamic countries, Minto said. Today wom en are taking part in everything in Pakistan. They are even being sent to America and other coun tries for education. In Turkey there is a law that every child must learn religion. Dangers Noted (Continued from page one) faiths. He stated that in Judaism, "re ligion is not a goal, but is a bridge, a bridge between men and na tions.” With the establishment of Israel, the Jew is no longer a wan derer, but now if persecuted has a homeland. "The Jew can now express ideas peace and resume his life with confidence," Nodel said. The ideas of the Jews is “not to make the world over in the Jewish pattern, but to add one more strong, moral voice to the others of the world.” With the establishment of Israel, the Jew now has a country, Nodel explained, but he emphasized that the majority of the Jews live out side Israel and their allegiance is to the country where they live. Israel is a non-political center for the Jew and will serve only as an inspiration for them, he added. The values of Judaism for peace in the twentieth century lie in the great optimism of the religion, Nodel averred, and its deep hu manitarian philosophy. The Jew teaches a sympathetic attitude to ward people and peace as an indls puled state for humanity. We all have the challenge of cre ating peace, he concluded, and must be "patient, trusting and helpful together in the name of the God of all us.” Nodel was introduced by Jochan an Stensch. foreign student in chemistry from Israel. W. S. Bal dinger, associate professor of art, introduced Stensch. Dad's Day—Feb. 2-3 Abraham, Mohammed Emphasized In Talks by Rabbi Nodel, Minfo Speaker Praises Moorish Leader “People say Mohammed was a great diplomat. Let every diplomat be like him then,” said Bashir Ah mad Minto, speaking on "The Prophet Mohammed” in the first meeting Wednesday morning. Minto ,who like Rabbi Julius No del, saw a parallel between his re ligion and Judaism, explanied Mo hammed as "the conqueror of hearts" and he stated that a Mos lem has the same love for Abra ham, Moses and Jesus as do the Jews. Mohammed was one of the "sons" of Abraham, Minto said. Therefore, the prophet was not the founder of Islam. But he did suc ceed in spiritually uniting the Arabs, who had been the most dis united people in the world, the speaker declared. Minto emphasized that Moham med is one of the few prophets about whom all the facts of his life are known. Mohammed was bom in Mecca, "the darkest corner in the world then,” the speaker said. After receiving a revelation from God, the prophet set about to guide the Arabs away from their degeneracy. He was alter “What does it take from an oil company to run an airlift?" Ever since mid-summer of 1950, military activity in Korea has called for heavy transpacific air traffic by civilian cargo planes. Over one of their routes they fly a round trip of 13,450 miles—some twenty-six times the length of the famous airlift into Berlin. Hundreds of companies help sup ply this operation. Maybe you’d like to know what it takes from an oil company to run an airlift. Standard’s part in the Pacific airlift shows that it’s a big help to have large companies on hand when the going gets rough. Our work is focused mainly at Wake Island, that pinpoint some 4000 miles from the U. S. West Coast. After World War II, Wake was a refueling stop for commercial airliners en route to the Orient. But then came the struggle at the 38th parallel — (Before trouble kindled in Korea, only 20 planes a week re fueled at Wake. Then that num ber multiplied many times. We'd been supplying gas to the island; when the U. S. asked us to step up deliveries, we were able to do it. As a big, integrated company, we called on our own tanker fleet. To secure the special loading^ M equipment needed by the ground '■U: crews, a Standard ship picked up the nearest available—at far-off Canton Island. And at U. S. request, we helped build new storage facilities along Wake’s runways. ^ As air activity k stepped up even more, P Wake needed larger * ground crews. Again, £ Standard’s bigness =.- helped. Using facilities in Honolulu, we quickly trained men, tripled our Wake manpower. To keep Wake and the airlift supplied on a regular basis, Standard drew once more on its tanker fleet. We now operate a Jf- shuttle service to Wake from the **• Pacific Coast. Again, being big and having our own facilities helps us serve. I Of course, the transpacific airlift starts in America, and at home on this end of the route Standard keeps some iO airlines sup plied with aviation gasoline. It would take a stack of drums a mile high to hold our in creased daily output for this use. At the same time, we’re also supplying military needs ... and our usual volume for motorists. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA • plans ahead to serve you better notely ignored, ridicuieo, pcnecui* »><1 anil finally bribed to refrain from preaching. After winning three great bat tles, Mohammed was finally ac cepted as a spiritual leudor by all of Arabia, Minto said. Those who had persecuted him humbly begged and received his foregiveness, It was related. In summarizing Mohammed's teachings, Minto said, "A man should accept the truth regardless of what society thinks," The pro phet accomplished much through the example of his life, the speaker affirmed, describing Mohammed as generous, selfishless and humble, never claiming a place of distinc ! tion for himself. Like Abraham, Mohammed refused from the first to worship idols. A tall, bearded man, Bi\shir Ah mad Minto was active in the Hin du-Islamic "Free India" movement with Gandhi. He has worked for many years in behalf of India’s “untouchable" Hindu castes. I Similarities Noted By JewisfvRabbi The siimlarities between Judn | ism and Islam, not their difference, I were noted by Rabbi Julius Josef j Nodel at Wednesday morning's cession of the Parliament of World Religions. Laying the groundwork for Wednesday’s discussions, he spoke to a moderate-sized audience in i conjunction with Bashir Ahm»u Min to. The prophet Abraham is the pro totype of all Jewish faith, life and devotion, the Rabbi Nodel said. Tiaclng the parallels between the stories of Abraham's life and the existence of the Jewish people, he described the prophet as the "fath er and founder of Judaism.” Sacrifice Noted Yet, since most of the stories surrounding Abraham are legends, it is not certain that he actually lived, the rabbi declared. He noted , in particular the sacrifice of Isaac, i a story developed, he asserted by leaily prophets to combat the prac | tice of child sacrifice. .Since then writers have enlarged upon the : story, so that its present moral is the strength of Abraham’s faith in I God, according to Rabbi Model. The first reference to Abraham j is in the book of Genesis, in which he is a central figure. Rabbi Nodel ! said. It was during the eighth to | sixth centuries, B.C., that the i many legends about the prophet | were woven togthcr, the rabbi claimed. The first 11 chapters of Genesis deal with God’s selection of Israel, | under Abraham’s leadership, to provide regeneration for a corrupt fir’d the rabbi explained. "What •bro' »-* faith in God really means, n the story of Abraham,” I '»! ' Moral Note ' ilie Genesis stories sound a nositivc ethical and moral note,” the rabbi stated. Many are based on Abrahahi's hospitality. Others depict the trials of the entire patri archal family in their struggle to achieve the "promised land ” "Hospitality means brotherhood, a great Jewish virtue,” he said. As for Israel's trials, her people have been tried "again and again. God has tested the Israelites to see if they are read yand fit. They have been driven all over the world. But Israel has never lost faith in God. Always she has trusted. Israel is I he servant of God.” Rabbi Nodel explained that only in Judaism is the blessing for ail men dependent on all people. The emphasis is not so much on indi vidual salvation. Therefore, the Jews do not consider themselves Lhe "chosen people” since they be ievc men can be saved through "aith in their respective religions, he stated. Highest Duty Peace is God’s supreme blessing and its pursuit is life’s highest duty, the rabbi said, quoting from Abraham, "Let not strife separate thee and me.” Police Hand Out About 50 Tickets about 100 unpaid parkin# violation tickets, pome an old us two months, It woe revealed in a court meeting Wednesday night. Campus police Issued approxi mately SO more tickets Tuesday night, Mike Adams, court chair man, said. Most tickets were Issued for Illegal parking in the Student \lnlon semi-circular driveway, the library semi-circular driveway and the loading stone area between Dcady and Vtllard halls, Adams said. Most violations occur during the evening, Adams pointed out. He j said another campus policeman had been placed on the evening shift. Adams stated that students are not paying their fees at the office of student affairs and are not ap pearing at the court. At their last meeting the court doubled the fine for illegal parking in the Deady-Villard area, making It J2. [ Under court procedure a c!f^|_>i student is given two weeks to pay his fine at the office of student affairs. He may attend a meeting of the court (which convenes every two weeks) and protest his ticket. If found guilty by the court, he is givpn one more week of grace A warning card is sent if payment is not forthcoming. The fine is doubled if the warning is ignored. The schedule of fines set up by the court is as follows: Parking beside fire hydrant, parking in yellow zone, $1, im proper parking (parking In drive ways, blocking entrances or park ing in a posted area), J1; blocking driveway, $2; double parking, $1; parking in a posted area, $1; park ing in loading zone, $1; parking in M-rvice entrance, $1; blocking an alley. $2; and parking In Deady Villard loading zone, $2. The court ugreed that a plan for a student-court-sponsored meeting oi western colleges at Oregon this spring to discuss common disci pline problems be dropped. The court felt that disinterest on tin- part of students ami faculty and the fact tliut members of the ’ court do not have adequate time to work on the project were reason to abandon it. They expressed ap proval of the idea, however, and said that they would support any oilier group wishing to promote it. Adams expressed appreciation to Druids, junior men’s honorary, and - | .Skull and Dagger, sophomore men's honorary, for work they did in setting up a cross reference file . on the 1800 to 2000 student cars registered on the campus. Legislate to Music INDIANAPOLIS (U.R)— When • Indiana's general assembly, in spe cial session to solve the state's critical welfare problem, was dead locked in debate, Sen. Robert ; O'Bannon ordered u piano moved j into the staid chamber. “If we | can sing a couple of songs to gether,’1 he said, "maybe we can get together on this welfare prob lem.” Invite Dad down for Dad's Day Dad’s Day—Feb. 2-3