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School * nurse PüRTLAND/OBSERVER Thursday M a r. 18, 1971 The N o rth w e s t’s Best W e e k ly A Black O w n e d Publication Published every Thursday by Exie Publishing Company, 2726 N.E. Union iAve., Portland. Oregon, 97212. Subscription rates: 60 cents per month by carrier, $5.00 per year; $6.00 per year by mail in Tri-County area; $6.25 per year by mail outside Tri-County area. Phone 2 8 2 - 0 9 2 9 ALFRED LEE HENDERSON, Publisher and Editor School prayer issue Revived with som e new dim ensions.. Am erica is supposed to be a religious nation. Religious free dom stimulated the early Founders of the Land of the Free and home of the brave. Yet in recent years we’ ve had what should not have been problems of ieligious nature in our public institut ions, p articularly our schools. Prayer in schools is s tirrin g again. One key to its revival is a Massachusetts court ruling that public school children may re cite voluntary classroom prayers if teachers and staff do not — participate in the exercises. A aew flavor however, has been added, that of charges of ’’ c iv il disobedience’ ’ against school prayer supporters, indictments that had been reserved principal ly fo r more ’ ’ radical” or ’ ’ left-lean ing" elements in American society. Concurrent with "righteo us” demands fo r rejuvenation of pray e r in public schools is an equally loud outcry by church-state - separation groups and such organizations as the A m e r ic a n C iv il L iberties Union against what they term are outright v io - lations of the U. S. Constitution . In fact, some legislators , civic leaders, church spokesmen and other proponents of school prayer admit their actions run counter to the 1963 U.S. Suprem e Court decision prohibiting prayer in public schools. In many cases, these same proponents of schools prayer have bee;, n the other side of the fence, condemning or denouncing .. other acts of c iv il disobedience, such as draft card burning, s it- ins and campus disruptions. The revival of school prayer issue appears to be adding a new dicension to the modem American phenomenon of dissent and c iv il disobedience - a "s ile n t m a jo rity " or conservative dimen sion. In some parts of the country, a large measure of success in restoring school prayer periods has been at least tem porari ly achieved. It may necessitate another Supreme Court Action to resolve the m atter once ano' fo r a ll. Very recently, the Cambridge , M a s s , board of education ap proved a "fiv e -m in u te ” period fo r voluntary prayer by p u p il s in 19 schools. Shortly after the superior court ruling, the Mass. H o u s e voted overwhelmingly its approval of a b ill to allow students to pray: voluntarily in public school classrooms. This was thought to present a challenge to theU.S. Supreme C ou r ts 1963 ruling which barred Bible reading s and prayers. But pro ponents of the legislation contended that the High Court cases dealt with prayers o fficia lly mandated by school authorities , thus involving the individuals in the classrooms. In most of the school prayer policies now being approved by local boards of education, the tim e element is a paramount fac to r. Most state legal officials concede that the High C o u r t* s ruling is interpreted to mean that prayers cannot be recited in public schools during regular hours, and that students n e v e r were forbidden to engage in voluntary prayer sessions p rio r to school hours, providing there was no sanction by school o f fic ia ls . While many school boards are basing their case fo r school .. prayer on the "v o lu n ta ry” aspects of prayer or meditation, op ponents are taking issue with it. Numerous state and c o u r t cases have decryed the Supreme Court Decision on prayer in schools. We could quote or re fe r to quite many cases in point. The above surfices to indicate the riv iv a l of the issue of pray er in schools without further hesitation. I m e e t m e a t 3626 P h ARTS NITE TAVERN N E A rt o n e U N IO N AVE 284 9 9 8 4 . potto PR or The place w here your d o lla r buys m ore. H a p p y H our 6 —8p.m . d a ily . Don’t D odge the D ra ft, D rink it. And cash in on the chips, t h e f r i e n d l y T he P lace w h e r e F r ie n d s M eet A o a in a, • a o a in Men COLLEGE GRADS Deputy Sheriff »8OO-’91O Multnomah County has career opportunities for college graduates between 21 & 32 . Contact County Civil Ser vice, County Court House, Rm. 1 4 0 , Portland, O re. 197204. W ith a DPT shot it is probable a child w ill have a fever and a sore arm fo r a few days. IF a child is coming down or getting over a cold, the fever might per sist longer. 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