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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1955)
THE Bend, Many Russian Youngsters Are Returning To God Much to Dismay of Red Leaders By IEOS DENNEX N'EA Staff Correspondent NEW YORK NEA The fact that many Russian youngsters are returning to God and church after years of furious anti-religious propaganda seems to have come as a shock to '.he Soviet leaders. Immediately a'.ter the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917, Lenin said: "Our hope is m our growing youth." The founder of Soviet com munism saw the "new" Soviet man, who was to have emerged from the mills ..f dictatorship, as a totally Godless robot. However, afer 38 years of persecution faith in God still persists behind the Iron Curtain, and is even growing among the young people. Here is a typical story printed in the Komsomol skaya Pravda, Communist you'h newspaper: "The Komsomol district com mittee discovered that Tatiana N,,.,iIMIII,, ' ' THIS IS A RUSSIAN CLASSROOM in the Georgian city of Tiflis. Although the girl is reciting a language lesson, she looks symbolically like a girl in church. Despite ban on religious teaching in schools, many Soviet youths are discovering God. Raslroguyeva wanted to baptize her child in church. Brunilina con sented to be godmother. The com-1 mittee spent much time question ing these Komsomol members whether they were in church or not." Both young Communists denied going to church. They admitted that they wanted to go, but changed their minds. They were punished, nevertheless. The decision of the "district committee," as reported in Kom somolskaya Pravda. reads: "In view of the irresponsible at titude toward an attempt to per form a religious ceremony, Ras lroguyeva and Brunilina are to be strongly reprimanded and the de rision entered on their party re rord card." "But we did not go to church," (he Komsomol members com- "Klllle" The New Insulated GALLON JUG With Aluminum Pouring Spout. 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"She; remembered that she was there unce with her deceased mother, and a vague desire attracted the girl Into the open door of the stone building." On that day Vera did not attend school. She did not appear in school for several days. All these days the girl spent in church. Increased Delinqnenry In addition to their campaign against increasing juvenile delin quency, divorce;, aiconousm ana Red-style zoot-su iters, the boviet newspapers and radio have lately turned their entire editoriul fury against youthful religious practices. Communist Party members are being called upon to help in new efforts to "sever Soviet youth from the reactionary influences of re ligion." In Krokodil, Russia's only humorous magazine, there are frequently savage cartoons ridiculing Komsomal members who go to church to be married. 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I In the town of Yaroslavl, too,! the teacher of bJology no less hah been a regular church-goer andi even had her child baptized. Worst of all, the principal of a village i school actually taught his pupils to pray and made no bones about To the Komsomol, an organiza tion with nearly 19,000,000 mem bers between the ages of 14 and 23, has been assigned the key role ' in combatting religion described in 1 the Red press as "a weapon ol the class oppression of the toiling masses." Important Task Said Komsomolskaya Pravda: "The struggle towards overcoming religious survivals is one of the most important tasks of the Com munist upbringing of children." The Reds, avowed atheists, per mit the church to function in Rus sia and at the same time try to deaden its influence by furious anti-religious propaganda. Tins po licy has succeeded over many years in sharply reducing the at tendance of young people at re ligious services. Now the church seems to be winning back much of the lost ground. One thing seems certain: Lenin and Stalin are dead, Lavrenti Beria executed. Georei Malenkov de posed, but God lives on in Hus' sia 38 years after the revolution Judge Recesses Bridges Case SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Fed eral Judge Louis E. Goodman has recessed until July 11 the civil case in which the government is making its fourth attempt to de port leftwing longshore leader Harry Bridges. Goodman said he would hear de fense arguments for dismissal of the denaturalization suit and rule on the admissability of key gov-- ernment testimony presented in a deposition from a witness who later died. The two-week recess was or dered when both sides asked for sufifcient time to question some 25 witnesses expected to be called by the defense. SWIM CAPS How land In Colors 98' SWIMMING GOGGLES $425 WIIKon New Viv LIPSTICK plus tax Recruiter Plans Madras Visits S.JiiIul to The Bulletin MADRAS lii'giiiiiing Tuesday T-Sgt. Charley Ft. Dump. United States Air Force recuiier, will be in Midras at the post office from 1 to 3 p.m. the firs! Tuesday of eucn month. . In addition, he will be in Mail pin from 9 to 11 a.m. and from 3:30 lo 4:30 p.m. in Warm Springs, each first Tuesday. This is the first regularly sched uled series of visits to these cities, "lie recruiter explained. AN OI.I1 CTSTOMKR MEDFORD, Mass. lUP) Liq uor store clerk Richard Dyer, 53 didn't blink un eye when a gun man threatened to "blow his brains out." Dyer wearily handed over his money. It was the third time in a month he had been held up bv the same bandit. DESCHUTES FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION f: ' An V ward h. coble :' ('-"S. ,.",,' , ' I H. H. DeARMOND lA0tt' - )" CARL E. ERICKSON '.'iu' ' A r"5V- K '' t , ' GEO. P. GOVE Kf , 1 i O W.H.MYERS ' ' ', - ' 'V , 4V ' W). H. A. MILLER ft "1 ,f ' ri w. g. peak u' ' ' ' v i izr t t' .f. r. prince V. ;1 :&f, JM h f- W'fV? 1 " 4 "I'AND LOAN AtlOCUTION y M Only College for Deaf Has Need for Additional Space By HI1.1JAM WAItTOKSKY l ulled I'rrw Sluft 'orrcupundent WASHINGTON (UP) The world's only college for the deaf has systems worked out for "knocking un dormitory doors and 'ringing" bells for fire- alarms. Gallaudet College, a eovern ment-sponsored institution here, is much like other colleges as far as siuuies, soons ana campus activi ties go. The only difference is that its 300 students communicate al most entirely by sign language. And since most of the pupils could not hear a fire alarm, a spe cial master switch turns on lights wnicn tiasn on and off all over the campus. Students living in dor mitories also use a heavv sash- weight knocker suspended in the door jamb w hich a visitor mav use by dropping it. The vibration an nounces the caller to the student Classroom discussions are lively and often heated although most students specialize in fields that require lillle convei-sation and much thought. Professors and in structors, who may or may not directors tfM -,0,';"r..:v;p('tM" ' be deaf themselves, simultaneous ly speak the words and signal with their hands. Students who lip-read are aided by tins method. ' Extracurricular activities such as dancing, "listening to music by vibrutions and printing a news paper and magazine arc also en joyed by the student body. The dramatics club recently pre sented a performance of "Mac. beth" entiivly in sign language An interpreter who sat backstage spoke the lines for the benefit of persons in the audience with nor- mal hearing. While some member of the cast have some speech, sign language Is said to be most ef fective for the deaf. Some years ago, the cast of the college s production of "Arsenic and Old Lace" was transported to New York where it replaced the Broadway cast for one night. Though deafness Impairs the sense of balance which an athlete needs, sports are very popular here. This handicap and a small enrollment did not prevent Gal laudet from winning several con- 7 Tr;-- rooi, 'ATTACKED' MOENCHEN - CLADBACH, Ger many (UP) Aircraft taking part In air atomic war games here "at tacked" the swimming pool at 2nd ATAK heudquarters Monday, a straighl-faced communique said. "Four enemy aircraft attacked the main headquarters al Moen-chen-Gladbach," the communique said. "The attack was poorly car ried out but succeeded In flatten-1 Ing a number of people in the swimming pool." ference championships in the let ter sports and wrestling. The 97 -acre campus also in cludes a training center for teach ers of the deaf. These teacher trainees have normal hearing and usually work with about 100 young sters of elementary school age. Gallaudet was fouuded by con gress in 1864 through the efforts of Edward Miner Gallaudet. a pio neer in education for the deaf and college president for 46 years. Its charter was signed by Abraham Lincoln. The school Is plagued by Inade quate space and turns back two thirds of the students applying from 48 states and several foreign countires. i -1 fry"""" Chessman Telis Of Smuggling . Out Manuscript SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Au thor-convict Caryl Chessman dis closed Tuesday that he and several other San Quentin convicts con spired to smuggle the bulky man uscript of his latest book, "Trial By Ordeal," out of death row. Chessman told a reporter from the San Francisco Chronicle that five or six" persons were In volved in the smuggling schema and that It was "strictly a convict deal." The scheme began last January after Chessman's first book. "Cell 2455. Death Row," had been lished to critical acclaim. He had Just finished typing out 585 pages of his second, "Trial By Ordeal." When Chessman Wed to turn over the manuscript of "Trial By Ordeal" to his attorney. Rosalie Asher, .prison officials confiscated it. Assistant State Attorney Clar ence Linn said the officials were within their rights and that they could even d e s ! r o y it if they wanted. ; 117 Oregon Ave Phone 157
