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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1928)
G THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1923 : ' - " -i , SEHDIIS wine, chimed Comments and Conclusions On Recent Conference At Cleveland (The reliflous edf'-ir c; the San Jose Mercury, an outstanding writ er on subject connected with re ligion, furnished the following: for the editorial columns of his paper of the present date:) Signs that the sectarianism which has divided Christians Is waning are rapidly multiplying. There has recently been held at Cleveland, Ohio, a church comity conference which was attended by nearly 500 representatives of all the larger and many of the smaller Protestant denominations. At this conference most of the speakers assailed sectarianism. It !e report ed. however, that "Now and then the old sectarianism broke out. but it was always consciously on the defensive." Among the noted expressions of opposition to sectarianlsf at this conference was that of Bishop John M. Moore of the Methodist Church South, who declared "There Is ilo excuse for sixteen -varieties of Methodists or fourteen kinds of Baptists or a dozen brands of Preebyterianism." Dr. Alva Taylor of the Disciples church is quoted'as saying, "The kingdom of God meane brotherhood; it nev er means less than brotherhood We talk a bent brotherhood within our brotherhoods. What about the brotherhood of Christ across the lines of our brotherhoods? How does It come that we value our churches more than we value brotherhood In Christ? In ten thousand rural communities the onlr institution left that divides the community is the church that ought to unite the community." Those who had most to do with the calling of this .council, after It was over frankly said that "it was more forward-looking and progressive than they had dared to hope, and indicated a profound and far-reaching change In the altitude and outlook of the Pro testant rhurebfw of America." The report of the committee appointed to draft the resolutions which the conference adopted, among other things, declared, "We are advanc ing to a new era in which we will see free religious groups building, not by competitive drift, but by co operative intention. We are today faring the question whether free churches is a free state can disci pline themselves and develop a public mlndedness which will tem per the denominational conscious ness and make of the churches a great. frea, co-operative fellowship ' bent on the bringing In of the kingdom of God." ' Among the resolutions adopted, the one most in point is as follows: "That only a united church can evangelize the world and promote Christ' spirit throughout the range of human relationships" The officers of the Church Peace Union, founded by Andrew Car nwge. of which Chief Justice Wll Htm Howard Taft is one of the trustees, are leading in this move ment and are farmulating plans to call a world conference to promote this religious unity and co-operation in the interest of world peace. It i impossible adequately to estimate what such a unity of the Protestant forces of this country, to say nothing of the world, would mean. Christianity's greatest han dicap has long been Its sectarian schlams, and since these have come about almost entirely by theological hair-splitting and dif ferences that really do not serl- usly concern the ethical and re ligious fundamentals of the mes- sace of Jesus to the world, it would seem that the way to bring about thfa much desired unity Is for Christians to cease emphasiz ing their theologies and unite in magnifying and striving to exem plify the beautiful lesson and spir it of Christ. Charity, love, unsel- ftfth service, righteousness, justice. the spiritual quickening and re generation of men, these are the soul of Christianity. In the light of the Gospels, who "will deny this? It Is, perhaps, expecting too much of human nature to ask it at ance wholly to abandon the sectar ian attitude and outlook. Bat there can be a spirit of comity even of union where sectarian and theological differences are not great, as they are not in many of the Protestant denominations. Two or more sects uniting In one brotherhood wll make easier' and bring nearer onive'hsal Christian KhritAwi nnt all Phriatlans ahould bear in mind that these dlf- ferences are often largely, if not entirely, the result of selfish par tlsanshlp which is of the natural . .as man and ox tne tnmgs iuai m follower of Christ s to resist and with the help of God put out of hia life. Out here on the Pacific coast there lsaleady present a broader and . more tolerant spirit than pre- vails in many parts of our country. This is more widely true than some of as are aware, and gives promise 6 larger Christian devel opment and a new religious awak ening in the near future. Many leading ministers, no doubt ex pressing; the sentiments of the mass of their eontregations. are giving rote to this spirit. Dr. Joseph A, Stevenson, pastor of the First Ijresbyterian chosen of San Jose, for example, in xweem i pnWic statement gave expression , to these very significant senti-f aU'; : menU . r . . i : i I., , , . - ... INTRODUCING UNCLE SAM'S CHAMP -- r ' 1 K ' f A : ? ' . It ' v:.""v rr I Witt Here the new girls' champion basketball team of the United States the Taylor team of Chi'tfago. The Taylors won their title by beating a Cleveland team, champs of last year. Upper left shows Captain Falbisaner and Hiss Schafer; lower Ieft Hisses Duliaa and Miller; right center, Eleanor Eehbrg, and lowsr right, Miss Krubaeck, "The terms, fundamentalist and modernist, are used as epithets of opprobrium and should -have no place among Christian brethren. Much of the divergence of opinion arises from a misunderstanding of the terms used by others, and much of the hostility is the result of one man atempting to make his understanding the rule by which the other man is to be judged. The truth abides un changeable, but our understanding of truth and our explanations change from age to age. God has always been the same, but our ideas of God have changed great ly." And agai nto quote from Dr. Stevenson's statement: "The final test of man's religion Is not In his intellectual conceptions, his exact ness of definitions, but In the spirit which he possesses. 'He that hath not the spirit of Christ is none of His.' Conversely we may say, .'He that hath the spirit of Christ Is His.' .... The attitude of chrlst ought to be the attitude of the church of Christ. Theearn est follower of Jesus ought to cul tivate a commendable humility; should cherish the Idea that per haps he may be mistaken in some of his opinions; that perhaps his brother may be right, that is his business; not to throw stones at other followers of Jesus, but to exercise sweet reasonableness and charity." And finally. "The church must from time to time change the em phasis, must change the methods, but must ever be mindful that It is not the church but the gospel that is the power of God. The world needs cheer, courage, kindness, hope, brotherhood and God. It Is the supreme business to bring God into the homes and hearts of men. All else that is needful will follow. W will not have a different type of world until we have, a differ ent type of men. The Gospel worses from within out and makes all things new." When Christian generally cher ish these ideas Christian unity will not be far away. GLHLE YOUTHS LOS ANGELES, Mar. 10. ' (AP) Two world's lnterscholas tic relay records toppled before the flying feet of two Glendale, Cel., high school teams during the nl high school relays held at the Coliseum here today under the auspices of the southern Pacific division of the Amateur Athletic Union. Led by the winged footed Frank Wykoff who many times has close ly approached the world's 100 yard dash mark, a Glendale quar tet clipped two-ftfths of a second from the quarter mile' relay rec ord It established a year ago. The new standard is 41 2-5 seconds. Other members of the record slashing, quartet were Ryss S lo cum, Dsve Zaun and Fulton Beaty, . Later these four took the track again, and aided by another quar tet of sprinters, bettered by one fifth of a second the eight-man. one mile record which had stood at S minutes S 4-5 seconds since T... nvi, t ..n-rated tnm ..i9 Huron by the-Strait tf BREAK WORLD IRK MacMnacw according to an answer- J-i.v Lav ed quesUoii In Uberty Mwasine.,Vreirk w -.... w - i -Wi vxv - y.v-r mm m I B SEVERAL LATE ROOKS "Red Sky At Morning" At tract Considerable Atten tion of Readers By Arden X. Pangborn Bed Sky at Morulas;, by Mar garet Kennedy, Garden City, Dou bleday. Page A Co. To one who has read the au thor's previous book "The Con stant Nymph" there Is something lacking in "Red Sky at Morning" which for the last couple of weeks has been a consistent best seller In all parts of the United States. Though the latter volume prob ably will enjoy an even greater sale than the first, it will do so more upon the merits of "The Constant Nymph" than upon its own. Technically "2led Sky at Morn ing is quite as good a book as its forerunner; better, perhaps, for It is more closely knit and depends less upon incident than upon the inevitable movement of the plot But it seems trickier than "The Constant Nymph." It is that not too unusual thing, a mere cycle of events. It opens with the trial of a bril Itant poet for murder, and the ef fect of the event upon his twin children and their very Victorian aunt and her two children. I ends with a murder committed by the male twin in Just the same enigmatic manner that his father had done his killing. In between there is a story of the growing up of the twins, of their hateful boyl cousins and their very nice, but unattractive girl cousin, the story of the aunt who spent her life nailing laurels on the memory of her husband who has been a third rate poet, but of the kind that al ways got himself talked about. Part of the book is wholly de lightful. Part of it Is sad. Part of it Is both. All of it is well written and thoughtful. Standing by Itself it Is a worthwhile and absorbing book; compared with "The Constant Nymph" It suffers. WUd. by Carol Denny Hill. New York, John Day. j Wild, by Carol Denny Hill, New characters are wild, the story is wild and the author is wild. Helen, the heroine, is described by the author as in search of cul ture; if "man" and "culture" are synonymous, then Carol Denny Hill has succeeded admirably in her self-avowed task. Helec thinks of Just two things dates and drinks. The greatest fault with the book lies In the fact that It is advertised as the story of a typical college girl. Since Mrs Hill is herself a graduate of the sehool she writes about. It is en tirely possible that the girls of her acquaintance think only of men, but it Is a sad fact that the girls of western colleges either do not share such views or keep their ideas too much to themselves. If Carol Denny Hill could prove that Helen is a typical college girl of the east, there probably would be a sudden exodus of college men from the west. The Sins of the Fathers, by Fe lix Hollaender, translated by Sara J. 1. Lawson, New York. Payson GI$L NET TEAM n. I . Felix Hollaender, in "The Sins of the Fathers" follows the Sha vian method of presenting first one side of a picture, and then de liberately refuting hl3 own argu ments for the sake of greater em phasis. In "The Sins of the Fathers.' which in German was called "Der Eld Des Stefan Holler," the au thor wins our sympathies foJ' the old unwritten law, and the right to do murder under its license It is from this swift and vivid opening scene that the film "Va riety" was made, In which Emil Jannlngs and Lya de Puttl starred From that prelude the author de velops the life of the murderer's son, overshadowed by Its tragic childhood, to a successful young manhood, and happy marriage with the girl of his choice. His life is dedicated to the adored memory of his father, whose ideals were felt by the son to be beyond reproach. When he comes face to face with the same problem he does not hesitate. His father's example is before him, a holy example, to be fol lowed meticulously at ' any cost There is only one way and then. Inevitably and logically he discov ers that the law has changed. How he makes the discovery, and what its effect on his life is, are best left to the reader to find out That's New York, by Morris Marker and Johan Bull. New York. Macy-Maslus. Sir Roger de Coverley would have delighted in these fascinat ing papers of New York; mlgh Lhave written them himself had opportunity been presented. Strict ly modern, yet alive with all the color, sensitiveness and feeling o those writers to whom the de scriptive essay was an 'art, this latest volume is one of the most readaMo of its kind ever published. There is a reality- in the papers which lifts them from the sticky sentimentality that gums up most efforts at portraying our motley metropolis. What do they deal with? with the death of the Kid Dropper, with Gentleman Gene and with Peaches Browning, with the On-Leongs and the Hlp-Slngs whose strongholds are in Pell and Mott streets and with the crowds that throng the streets, the base ball parks and fight palaces "That's New York" Is a book of rare charm for the average reader and a book of some, literary dis tinction. The Haunted Blograph by Dni- Gamaliel Bradford. Seattle. verslty of Washington Press. Gamaliel Bradford has attempt ed a very difficult task In the 1st e it University of Washington chap- book Just off the press. Bradford has brought together a number of figures of world prominence from various times In history and has recorded their conversations. The result, far from being ludicrous as one would naturally expect, is a delightful symposium of bi ography. There are three sketches, which Bradford terms "Dialogues of the Dead" in the little volume. One of them features Abraham Lin coln, who discourses with Mark Twain and Charles Lamb in the forest of Arden. Another Is a dis cussion between Charles Darwin and William Shakespeare and the third is a dialogue between Mark Twain and Dwlght Lyman Moody 0 : - life sad the Student, by Charles Horton Cooley,. Professor of So ciology, University of Michigan Newr.;yprsr.e What Tooth Dentists If you will read the ads of the different tooth pastes you will no tice that one claims to prevent de cay, by an acid base.another an al kaline base and still another fruit juice base. How foolish it is to ex pect a tooth paste used in the mouth for five minutes each day to stop the action of germs the ther 1333 minutes that will live several minutes In carbolic acid. It can't be done. Tooth paste to the teeth Is as soap Is to the hands, tt helps you to clean them better and easier. You have a right to ex pect clean teeth with safety from a dentirnce lr It is property usea at least three time a day. It will not cure diseased conditions of the teeth or gums. The most any den tifrice can do if properly used is1 to clean your teeth safely and thoroughly. If there Is stain or tar tar you cannot remove with a brush and tooth paste you should see a dentist because this is the beginning of tooth trouble of a serious nature. Tooth paste is just as efficient as the system of brush-, ing and the abrasive power In it. In spite of the best care you are able to give your teeth, lime de posits will slowly form on them, and some decay will take place.; Therefore, it Is necessary to visit the dentist at regular intervals. The frequency o f these visits should be governed by the needs of the individual, and this should be left! to the judgment of the den tist. In a very few cases should these visits be less frequent than twice a year. The dentist should advise you what, kind 'and how to use a dentifrice for your particular casei. If vour mouth and teeth am trouming you the worst thing you can do Is stay away from a den tist and try to cure yourself with some tooth paste or medicine. If your mouth Is naturally healthy the best thing you can do is to visit a good dentist at leasf twice a year, follow his advice and you can keep It that way. Dreadful mouth diseases and their effect on the health of the individual are not at all prevalent among normal, clean people who follow the above advice. This article is sponsored by the This is a book to be read as it was written leisurely and with a gooa natured tolerance toward life in general. "Life and the Stn denl is a series of random es says, written with no aim other than to express the author's thought. Characterized by Cooley as a collection of "roadside notes on human nature, society and let ters, ' the booR is an admirable fulfillment of that classification Patriots Off Their Pedestals, by raui wustach, Indianapolis Bobbs-Merrill. In, these short biographical studies Paul Wilstach. despite the iconoclastic sound of his title, has made no effort to peer Into the dusky closets of our great men to unearth long hidden and rattling ramlly skeletons. Without gloat ing over their weaknesses, he has pointed out skillfully the proper relationship of the faults and vir tues in our national heroes. He has made men of monuments. White Hands, by Arthur String er. Indianapolis. Bobbs-Merrill Neither good nor bad Is Arthur Stringer's latest book, "White Hands." The new novel certainly doesn't measure up to some of the author's earlier works. Stringer fans will find their time better spent if they re-read "In Bad with Sinbad" and leave "White Hands on the shelf. MARSHFIELD LAST FIVE TO QUALIFY (Continued from pas 1.) Official scorers for the tonrna ment are Victor Carlson, sports editor of the Capital Journal, and George Glass, varsity "W" man. Amory "Slats" GUI. freshmen bas ketball coach at Oregon State col lege, will be timer. 4 Ralph O. Coleman, director of intermural athletics and varsity baseball coach at Oregon State college and Al French, basketball authority of Portland, will alter nate at refereelng the games Both these men officiated at the tournament last year and are con sidered two of the best referees on the coast, A group of prominent young men attending Willamette univer sity who are talented medical men, have been chosen by Coach Keene as "Official Rub Doctors." These gifted swains will massage the players before each tilt. Those chosen are Wlnslow, Zeller, Rueh, Rogers, Girod, Deets and Eaton. Those who will act as police during the tournament are Coach Keene, Flock and Versteeg. The remainder of the members of the varsity MW" club will attend to the arranging and publishing of the programs These will be pub lished Immediately after the drawings Wednesday afternoon. 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