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The Fellowship of Mankind:
OSEA M em ber Lives Internationally
York, I am instantly confronted with
a ru^^Bf t h o u g h e x p r e s s . ;
Hello I again, O'SEA" members. I I want to say something 5.about the
thought often of the Association ^ ^ g n' .mead^^^^^ Central Park among
while 1 was in New York City last the towering apartment houses;. I want
winter. Frequent n
to mention the luxurious beauty of
Fifth Avenue at Christmas time. I
well posted "bn the Association and
can hardly bear not to include the
Oregon legislative activities. News I fairy-land appearance of lower 'MamM
read about Governor Dewey’s budget hatten skyscrapers from the Staten
a hazy evening I
^ ^ h ^ ^ ^ B rin g . I worked part timf| or the tremendously impressive din
for several months in one of the Bronx
osaurs in theNatu^ L T O O ^ ^ Museum
branches of the New York Public <Li-
. . . or the tr^ ^ S ’es^ f, ¿^^^^^-Egypt;
brary. Again I heard familiar talk of at t n e t f
f
Museum of Art.
budgets and wages. And y ou m a y b e
And it’s hard to overlook the Sunday
sure I let people know what the'lpSEA ¿plSrch music>i^Hro^qQufet^Wffo£iE6ej
is doing for Oregon State Employees.
medieval monastary in F o rtI Tryo.h
Living in NplpBYblil City, with its Park.
SH iK K variations on the human
Rose colored glasses? Well, maybe,
|Ti erne, was to me an excitiiït and but I don’t think so. If you have your
Stimulating experience. 1 loved the eyes open, and your mind, you can’t
EgD to see the plight of the. "meh
people from all over the world, of and women who lean far o u tj^ ^ B o ^
fering me years of new experiences,
tenement windows straining to get a
and surprising Imjgw ith p q ^ S ^ gted ; little fresh air and sunlight . . . or a
beauty.
there is great beauty in
cool breeze in summer. You can’t
New York City . . . the greater, per
overlook the sadness of children who
haps, by its contrast with the crowded
play on the sidewalks and dig in the
subways and the coal soot and the
'the'±^m®^de^S^^
hurry and the poverty.
for amusement. ItBhfejnfiCur15i3jw^wt'.ol
A student usually lives I much' a p S i me that many children^ W )m New
from
life of a city. That is Y ork’s crowded are as bee ome war p ed.
why I
to H ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ w o r k in
But, it is surprising and encouraging
I had a chance to to observe how many-, of them develop
the buses, and the bus into honest and: kindly individuals.
drivers, on my way to thfeïBronx just
On the
ofiffll^abaBeJla^
tions you find new housingI projects
like a “native” going to work. I had
an opportunity to meet a cross sec to replace the horror and ugliness of
tion » | i g » a n ; I’
r e n . - S o - ^ O i ‘le|rea|^nts.. I saw no “White trade on-
at the library for books. I slB£|clally ly ” signs in restaurants outside of
bn j oyed working
Children’!
Hh]d|m. We worked.- in the libEaBra
Room, where the Murphys and the beside Negro librarians without ob-
Flannigans tried.xto help orient the je ctio n fro m the staff or complaint
^^Big^ ^ Œaking B G o n z a 1 e s from fromI theI public we served. I do not
Pureto Rico:? They were eager chil mean^hSt^there^is no prejudice. There
dren, all tugging at your elbows at is much prej udice ithatj^is^pdubl and
But I there is I also coopera
ab out hor s es ? ” “ Miss, our te ach-
tion and understanding that is ex
B llld
pressed in daily living.
B ut m ost of allpfl’d, ’ like to. tell iybu
: When I try to write about New
By Elizabeth Dotson