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G EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, January 9, I95B Controversy Over Place off Religion in Public Schools Likely To Boil Over J By LOUIS CASSELS 0 United Press Correspondent ' Washington (U.R) What do you want the public schools to teach your child' about God? Should they simply ignore his existence, as many of them are doing now? Can a tax-supported school of fer objective instruction about religion without getting involv ed in sectarian controversy and without violating the constitu tional separation of church and state? Time To Start Thinking If you haven't decided where you stand on these questions, this might be a good time to start thinking about them. A controversy over the place of religion in the public schools, which has been simmering quiet ly for several years, seems likely to boil over in 1956 into a na tionwide public debate that could have tremendous conse- querices for the future education of American youth. The first steps toward bring ing the issue to a head have already been taken in recent pronouncements by Protestant, Catholic and Jewish leaders and by other groups such as the White House Conference on Edu cation. These statements reflect fair ly general agreement on two Qiroad principles, but they also have defined a rather sharp area of controversy between these principles. Two Points of Agreement Here are theOtwo points on which virtually all parties agree: 1. Public schools cannot legal ly teach or in any way aid in the teaching of sectarian reli gious doctrines.' This rule was laid down in a series of Supreme Court decisions since World War H, notably in the famous Mc Coilum case of 1948. In that case, the court held it was un constitutional for public schools In Champaign, III., to release students from their regular classes in order to receive reli gious instruction, on school prop erty, in the faith of their par ents choosing. Public schools' In some states -Virginia, for. example have continued to offer "released time" religious instruction pro grams that are similar but not ' identical to the outlawed Cham paign experiment. But in thou sands of school districts across the nation, the practical effect n f iVia rnn T" r?fricinn hoc haan to banish any kind of formal religious instruction or exercises from the curriculum. 2. Public schools can and should teach "ethical behavior based on a sense of moral and spiritual values." This was one of the school goals unanimously approved by the 2000 delegates to last month's White House Conference on 'Education. , . According to Dr. Ebelmont Farley, official spokesman for the National Education Associa- Reward Offered For Girl's Killer London, Ont. (U.R) Angry citizens offered $1,000 in re wards today for tall, thin un shaven man who assaulted five-year-old Susan Cadieux and left her to freeze to death. . Police rounded up all known sex offenders in a search for the man, described as wearing a brown overcoat, black0galoshes and a "Kussian type" hat who was seen talking to Susan just before she was kidnaped, rav ished and left to die in freez ing temperatures. Susan's body, with her tears frozen to her face, was found Saturday lying next to the Can adian Pacific Railway tracks in a lumber yard. She disappeared at about 3 p.m. Friday while playing with her two brothers in the yard of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church. Susan's brothers, Pat, 10, and Mike, i 9, told police they saw their sister talking1 to an un shaven, thin stranger shortly be fore she disappeared. They said he spoke with an accent and heard him say he lived only a block from the Cadieux family in the heart of the London boarding house'" district. A special Mass of the Angels "will be celebrated for Susan today in St. Peter's Cathedral. Neighbors of the Cadieux fam ily held special prayer services for the girl at St. Peter's Satur day morxng. Russia 'Accepts First German Ambassador Bonn (U.R) Russia finally accepted West Germany's choice for first Ambassador to Moscow Saturday after West German President Theodore Heuss offi cially received the first Soviet envoy here. It was announced that the So viet government approved Bonn's appointment of career diplomat Silhelm Haas to open the West German embassy in SIoscow. He is now ambassador tion, the great majority of pub lic school teachers are already trying to achieve this goal. Big Question The big question, which the White House conferees largely sidestepped and which is at the crux of the developing contro versy, is whether schools can effectively teach "moral and spiritual values" without refer ence to the religious beliefs which underlie and sanction these values for most Americans. In other words, does it do much good for teacher to tell Johnny that it's morally wrong to lie and steal, if she can't even mention the Ten Command ments? In recent statements, major Christian bodies have vigorous ly deplored the effort to teach a Godless morality in public schools,' and have urged educa tors to make provision in school programs for forthright but ob jective and non-sectarian reli gious training. Jewish leaders, on the other hand, have viewed this move ment with outspoken alarm, and have warned that it is bound to lead to bitter denominational dispute over the content of the "objective" instruction. Here, in brief, are the posi tions that have been taken by various religious groups: Protestants The general board of the Na tional Council of Churches, rep resenting 30 leading Protestant and Orthodox denominations, adopted a resolution last month asserting that public schools should "teach that religion is an essential aspect of our nation al heritage and culture, that this nation subsists under the gover nance of God, and that our moral and ethical values rest upon religious grounds and sanc tions." Catholic The Catholic Archdiocese of New York, in a statement that has been widely quoted and en dorsed by other Catholic groups, listed seven "fundamental truths that American children should be taught in the public schools." These were: The existence of God; man's condition as creature dependent on his creator; God as the source of the inalienable rights of man; the protection of these God-given rights as the fundamental purpose of our laws; the basic equality of men under God; the dignity of man and sacredness of human life; and man's responsibility to the moral law as formulated in the Ten Commandments." Jews The Jewish position has been spelled out in the past few On The Side By E. V. Durling (Distributed by' King Future Syndicate. Inc.) Since we parted yester eva, I do love you, believe, Twelve times dearer, twelve hours longer, One dream deeper, one night stronger. One sun surer thus -much more Than I loved you, love, before. Bulwer-Lytton. What branch of the United States Armed Forces features the most glamorous and smart est uniforms for women? I think it is the Navy, I could be wrong, though. Maybe it just seems that way because the Navy girls have the best figures. Incidentally, it has been suggest ed that if more glamorous uni forms were originated for regis tered nurses, that would attract more young women to the pro fession. I doubt that. The only thing that will interest more young women in a nursing ca reer is higher salaries. Please Note Many dentists maintain re planting of teeth is not practical. At. St. Mary's hospital, Padding ton, England, quite a few pa tients have had teeth extracted, which are then treated and aft er that replanted. The results have been reported to be suc cessful. St. Mary's hospital is where Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. Dangerous Age What is the dangerous age for women? Dr. Frederick Barnado once observed, "39 is the dan gerous age for women. Either they get middle-age spread be cause the thyroid gland fails to work or else they go out, buy a new hat, have their hair done and, if they are not otherwise engaged, take on a new lover." Office Wives , Office life proceeds more smoothly when the signs of an executive and his secretary are compatible. For example, execu tives born under' Aries (March 21-April 20) should have secre taries born , either under Leo (July 24-Aug. 22) or Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 22). Young women born under these signs have what it takes to handle an Aries, boss. That is extreme patience, broadmindedness, d i p 1 o m acy, tact, endurance and a sense of humor. Especially endurance and a sense of humor. Or, so say the stargazers. Asking Queries from clients. Q. Is it Feed a cold and starve a fever" or starve a cold and ieed a fever?" A. Neither. The original saying is "If you starve a cold you will get a fever." . . . Q. In the original New York stage pro duction of "Rose Marie," who sang "Indian Love Call"? A. Mary Ellis. . . . Q. What is the so-called "Four Browns Diet"? A. The diet you refer to is one which New Englanders maintain is a great aid to long' life and "Whole wheat bread, baked good health. It is as follows: beans, brown eggs and brown sugar." Horses and Women The current style of longer skirts has made women better automobile drivers. When fea turing the more abbreviated at tire they were constantly taking their hands off the wheel and mere are nearly 500 species of humming birds and they are found only in the New World. The U. S. makes an acceptable summer home for about 16 species. Minnesota fishermen took 2,- 500,000 pounds of fish from the Lake Superior in 1951. to Turkey. ihe announcement came on the heels of the accreditation of the first Soviet ambassador to Western Germany, Valerian A Zorin, here Saturday morning, their eyes off the road to pull their 'skirts down over their knees. There would be a further improvement in automobile han dling by women if they wouldn't wear such tightly fitting girdles and corsets. With looser founda tion garments they would have more freedom of movement and could park their cars better. v Asides All those wishing to make a success of their marriage should learn . how to disagree without being disagreeable. . . . Old fash ioned rice pudding with plenty of raisins is my favorite dessert. . . . My favorite combination of a name and addre , still is "Clara Corrigan, IrrJon, Ore gon." Sidelights The proper size of a drink of scor.cn or oouroon wnisKey is one and a half ounces. Anything below that is stingy; anything above is generous. . . . Chinese women keep looking young for a long time. A 50 year old Chi nese woman usually looks to be around 30. It is said the eating of a lot of raw, green vegetables has something to do with this. , Almost Confidential "What is the most beautiful word in the English language?" When asked that Chauncey Depew immediately replied "Home." ... A traveling man who claims to have been in every town in the United States of over 10,000 population says the most beautiful girls in this country are in Beaumont, Tex Forgotten Favorite Spumoni ice cream is - fre quently seen on restaurant menus, but what became of the Neapolitan ice cream? That is an old favorite of mine. Neapoli tan, a three-flavored ice cream, should always combine straw berry, vanilla and pistachio; aft er the colors in the flag of Italy. OPERATION VETO Red exploitation hit behind Iron Curtain MUNICH In the one-party, one-press police states of Soviet Satellite Europe much of the impetus of opposition must come from the free world. Early in 1954 Radio Free Europe and Free Europe Press launched the powerful Opera tion "Veto" by saturation radio broadcasts and balloon drops. It concentrates on 10 specific ally attainable, limited demands for the Czechoslovakian "People's Opposition." Messages of gratitude from the people and agitated protests from the Communists testify to the tremendous effectiveness of the campaign from the start. You can help keep it up. Radio Free Europe and Free Europe Press are privately oper ated and supported. For maxi mum effectiveness they must remain that way speaking the truth freely and unofficially. Your dollars spread the truth to 70 million captive people who knew and loved their freedom. Truth builds hope and contin ued resistance. Send your truth dollars to: Crusade for Free dom, co Local Postmaster. weeks, principally in response to a controversial report issued by the board of superintendents of the New York City public schools. The superintendents' re port declared that the values ac cepted by Americans "presup pose the existence of a supreme being" and that the public school program therefore "must reinforce the program of the home and church in strengthen ing belief in- God." The New York Board of Rabbis took sharp exception to this proposal and on Dec. 3, sermons were preached in sev eral hundred New York syna gogues simultaneously, deploring any move to introduce religious instruction to public schools. The general theme of the ser mons is reflected in the follow ing remarks by Rabbi Edward E. Klein of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue of New York: "If faith in God is to be in culcated in the schools in such manner as to do no violence "to the beliefs of Catholic, Protes tant and Jews, it will be so pallid and anemic as to be mean ingless. Let our homes, our churches and our synagogues ground moral values in our own traditions ... but let the chil dren in our classrooms nbt bear dogmatic identification tags." 4-H Club News Central Point Clubs , Central Point Pig club met at the M. L. Frink home Dec. 26. The meeting was called to order by President Jim Frink. We had reports on different breeds of hogs. Next meeting is at the Wal ter Foots home, Third and Cher ry sts. in Central Point, Jan. 23. The meeting was adjourned and refreshments were served by Mrs. Frink. WARM HANDCLASP is given Monaco's Prince Rainier by John Kelly, Sr., millionaire Philadelphia contractor and onetime bricklayer, whose daughter, Film Star Grace Kelly Is to wed prince in April. Mrs. Kelly is at left, next to prince. ' (International Soundphoto) USE TRIBUNE WANT ADS Low in Cost! Quick in results! Central Point Dairy club held a meeting Jan. 2 at the Walter Foote home in Central Point. President John Anhorn called the meeting to order. We had more discussion on demonstra tions and David Fopte and Jim. Frink had a demonstration on safety. - The next meeting-will be Feb. 6 at the M. L. Frink home when Willie Debrick and Todd Caster .will put on a demonstration. The meeting was adjourned and after an interesting game, refresh ments . were served by Mrs. Foote. 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