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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.
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Philadelphia contractor and onetime bricklayer, whose daughter, Film Star Grace Kelly Is
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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.
Russell and Jim Frink,
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RESOURCES
Cash on Hand and in Banks ;-.-.-.-.;-:-.-.:' T37,l 28,687.41
United States Government Obligations, Direct
and Fully Guaranteed . 230,125,152.27
Obligations of United States Government
Agencies...... 12,917,746.51
State,County and Municipal Bonds and Warrants 83,354,1 64.54
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank '. 1 ,500,000.00
Loans and Discounts.... 5 s i 5 1 s-. s s 420,674,522.65
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Bank Premises, Furniture and Fixtures and Safe
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jstomers' Liability on Accounts of Letters of ''
Credit, Acceptances and Endorsed Bills 2,54,855.38
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TOTAL RESOURCES $ 903,435,045.10
LIABILITIES
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Surplus .-.-.,-.-.. 30,000,000.00
Undivided Profits ... . . . . . 1 4,074,61 9.77
TOTAL CAPITAL FUNDS $ 64,074,619.77,
Reserve for Possible Loan Losses m . . -. -. ., 3,981,980.95
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