EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, April I, 1956
' IPotpounri
Much will be written and said today about Easter, and Pot
pourri would like to emphasize the day by quoting from a recent
column of Charles A. Sprague. editor of the Salem Statesman. Mr.
Sprague is known throughout Oregon for his scholarly, thoughtful
and statesman-like comments on politics, international relations
and religion. It has been said of Editor Sprague that he can write
of religion in the pointed manner in which he does and "get away
with it" because of the great respect in which he is held, and
because he is a well known layman in the Presbyterian church.
Mr. Sprague wrote Ihis particular column because he had re
ceived a letter asking him to urge his readers to "Write the name
of God for a candidate on your 1956 primary election ballot. Write
his name for every office shown on the primary election ballot . ."
First stating he did not believe the writer of the letter could
be classed as an ordinary "crackpot", Editor Sprague commented:
"God seems to be more popular than ever before. Congress
voted to insert 'under God' in the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
Agnostics like Robert Ingersoll seem to be silenced and the cynics
like H. L. Mencken appear to have lost their voice. Churches are
well filled church attendance and support appear to be popular
too.
"Fact is however, that the post-war surge to religion has some
theologians guessing. They are not sure that it signifies the regen
eration deemed essential to personal salvation, or that it reveals
a very deep penetration of religion into the life and thought of its
new adherents. In some respects the conceptions of God is chang
ing from a stern and exacting Jehovah to a God who is a sort of
'Good old Joe' whom you want on your side when there's war on
or when you're in a jam. Former rules of conduct such as were
embraced in the old Methodist book of discipline seem pretty much
in the discard, though fewer deacons are skinning their neighbors
in horse trading. Tolerance is now the customary attitude as far
as habits are concerned. Religious prejudices sometimes more
prejudice than religion. Certain it is that theology is talked less
and much less theology is preached. I recall riding in a caboose of
a freight train in Iowa when two others aboard got to debating
predestination. Now that debate subject seems to have gone out
the same as letting passengers ride cabooses.
"The question is whether the new manifestation of religion is
superficial, a wave of emotional response which may be just a
passing phenomenon, or whether it is something deeper which
really will affect the lives of those who profess a religious faith.
The hope of the churches is that the latter is the case, that religion
may come to play a vital part in everyday living and that indi
viduals may develop an animate faith, with God becoming a posi
tive factor in their lives.
"The role of the church is more than that of an institution for
the christening, marrying and burying of humankind. It must
water and nourish the instinctive yearnings of the human spirit
which have flowered in the great religions of history. For those
of the Christian following, Lent is the season when this instruction
is most appropriate, leading up to the celebration of the crucifix
tion the triumph of God as Love. That teaching, it seems to me,
is better than writing in God's name on the ballot to demonstrate
that God is Law."
Also along this line was a recent article in The Reporter maga
zine by William Lee Miller, an ordained minister and former pro
fessor of religion at Smith college. Mr. Miller believes that one
danger of teaching religion in public schools is that it may result
in shallow "public school" religion. The writer said he believed
that the subject of religion should not be taboo, but "perhaps the
eacher, who is the one who really has to work with the problem,
Should not be pressured either into or out of dealing with religion."
Pointing out that young people are easy to persuade, the writer
said "They take positions and choose up sides before they know
what they are talking about. A good teacher in the public schools
may do religion a service by holding back the headlong rush to
take positions with set beliefs, indicating that there is vastly more
to the subject of religion than can possibly be dealt with in the
public school."
Mr. Miller further said that the effort to teach religion in the
schools is part of a current "religious revival" which "tends to take
short cuts."
"The question about the whole religious revival nowadays is
how much of it will be exhausted in the shallow surface of popular
religiosity and how much of it may run deeper," Miller wrote.
"The place that question will be settled is not in the public schools
but, for the most part, in the churches . . ."
The article was the result of a dispute going on in New York
City and state because of a "guiding statement" issued by the New
York City school superintendent. The disputed' section reads:
". . . the public schools must reinforce the program of the home
and church in strengthening belief in God" and ". . . identify God
as the ultimate source of natural and moral law."
According to The Reporter, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese
supported the statement; the Protestant Council of the City of New
York supported parts, but was mostly critical; the New York
Board of Rabbis solidly opposed it.
"As you can see," wrote Mrs. Darrol Davis in a note last'sun
d?.y, "the enclosed was intended for today's paper. After search
ing the paper for the article, I searched my husband's pockets
here it is." We might console Mr. Davis by pointing out that he
isn't the first husband to forget to deliver his wife's club notice. It
happens rather often. We've often toyed with the idea of station
ing a cameraman by the society editor's desk to take pictures of the
parade of men delivering calendar notices and other material, for
their wives.
Potpourri enjoyed the company of Col. W. H. Paine at Knife
and Fork club last week. Colonel Paine, who wears his 80- odd
years lightly and who is one of the city's best known and most ad
mired citizens, smiled when warned that he must be on his best
behaviour lest he break into print. "Oh, I always behave," said the
colonel. "I have to behave. There are three ministers and a police
man living in my neighborhood." O.S.
"Costume" Towels
Club Announces
Play Wednesday
Riverside Bridge club will
play for master points when the
club meets Wednesday, April 4,
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Pruitt.
North-south winners for the
last session were T. J. Fuson and
Asa Kimball, first, 100 points;
Mrs. Dolph Phipps and Mrs.
M a f r s Gibbons, second. 90
points; Mrs. Jack Mitchell and
Mrs Richard Milestone, third,
88 Vi; Mrs. Fuson and Mrs. F. R.
Baker, fourth, 84.
Winning east-west were John
Solheim and Al Gilhousen, first,
106 points: Mrs. Dwight Seely
and Dr. George B. Dean, sec
ond, 92; Mrs. B. B. Hughes and
Mrs. B. L. Sanderson, third, 89;
Mrs.' M. M. Herman and Mrs.
Fred Purdin, fourth, 81 Vi.
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Ladies' Club to Hold
Meeting on Thursday
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Ladies club will meet Thurs
day, April 5 at the home of Mrs
Ralph Ellis in Beagle. Mrs. Earl
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Mrs. J. H. Karner and' Mr
Milton Sanderson will have
charge of the program.
American Women
Lightest Females,
Survey Indicates
By ELIZABETH TOOMEY
New York (U.R) A week in
Manhattan:
Moderan American women are
the lightest females in history
A survey just released shows
that we carry around as little
as . three pounds of clothes, in
eluding shoes and handbag, in
warm weather, while the Eliza
bethan woman often dressed up
m 55 pounds of party clothes.
The standard Army summer
uniform for a woman including
a raincoat, overshoes and hand
bag weighs only 6 pounds, 13
ounces. Even the ladies of the
harems in ancient Egypt walked
through Pharoah's palaces wear
ing more than that, the survey
reports. Their tunics looked
filmy, but they disguised metal
girdles and jeweled ornaments
that brought the average outfit
to a 10-pound total.
The survey started when the
H. W. Gossard company, began
weighing foundation garments
from various periods. The facts
got so fascinating they started
piling all parts of museum ward
robes on scales and estimating
others.
An iron corset, newly-forged,
weighed 10 pounds in the days
of Shakespeare. The Victorian
woman went in for one-pound
girdles made of linen or cotton
reinforced with whalebone, but
with voluminous wool skirts,
petticoats and high-topped shoes,
they often added 37 pounds in
Monday
12:30 p.m. Easter Monday
! luncheon, St. Anne's Altar so- (
: ciety, Rogue Valley Country
j club.
1:30 p.m. St. Peter's Luther
an Dorcas guild, at church.
7 p.m. Oregon State College
Mothers' club, American Legi6n
home.
7:30 p.m. SPEBSQSA,
Grange hall. Phoenix.
8 p.m. VFW auxiliary, dance
at Camp White.
8 p.m. Westminster guild,
First Presbyterian church, Fire
place room.
8 p.m. Olive Rebekah lodge,
IOOF hall.'
Tuesday
10:30 a.m. Reese Creek Ex
tension unit, home of Mrs. Joe
Whipple, Delta Waters road.
12:30 p.m. Oak Grove Neigh
borhood club, home of Mrs.
George Armstrong, 122 Janney
lane.
12:30 p.m. Lady Elks, at
Elks club.
1 p.m. Gold Star Mothers,
home of Mrs. Grace Roberts,
1011 West Tenth street.
1 p.m. Woman's Mission
society, Eastwood Baptist
church, at church.
I p.m. AAUW afternoon
arts group, home of Mrs. E. D.
Hammacher, 13 Glen Oak court,
Medford.
6:30 p.m. Pythian Sisters
banquet, Holland hotel.
7:30 p.m. Medford Lady
Lions, home of Mrs. Alva Per
kins, 2322 East Main street.
7:30 p.m. Medford Parents'
Extension unit, home of Mrs.
Lucian Van Gordon, 1508 Strat
ford way.
7:30" p.m. Medford Truth
Center "Unity," Room 203 Hol
ly Theater building.
8 p.m. St. Mary's Parents'
club, Activity room.
8 p.m. Women's Guild, Zion
Lutheran church, church par
lors. 8 p.m. Chapter BE, PEO,
home of Mrs. R. J. Keeney, 4126
Colver road, Phoenix.
8 p.m. Eagle Point Grange,
at Grange hall.
8 p.m. Griffin Creek Com
munity School club, at school.
Wednesday
10 a.m. Eagle Point Garden
club workshop, home of Mrs. A.
Wattenburg.
10:30 a.m. Lake Creek Ex
tension unit, home of Mrs.-Carl
Webb, Eagle Point.
10:30 a.m. Upper Applegate
Extension unit, home of Mrs. V.
E. Taylor, Star Ronger station.
II a.m. Christian Women's
Fellowship, First Christian
church, at church.
12:30 p.m. Townsent aux
iliary, Carpenters' hall.
1 p.m. Howard Garden
culb, home of Mrs. Albert
Stocks, 2411 Table Rock road.
1 p.m. Get Together club,
Moose hall.
1:30 p.m. St. Peter's Luth
eran Charity guild, home of Mrs.
G. J-. Wolff, 512 North Holly
street.
1:30 p.m. Central Point
Garden club, home of Mrs.
Leonard Freeman, Wilson road.
1:45 pjn. Contemporary
Book club, home of Mrs. Glenn
L. Jackson, 117 Greenway
circle.
2 p.m. Wednesday Study
club, Girls Community club.
2 p.m. Ashland committee,
American Cancer society, silver
tea at home of Mrs. Lloyd Selby,
Ashland.
. 8 p.m. Medford Jaycettes,
home of Mrs. Robert Shangle,
1240 Woodland avenue.
8 p.m. Past . Chief's club,
Pythian Sisters, home of Mrs.
Emile Conrad, 632 Palm street.
Thursday
9:30 a.m.Medford Garden club,
workshop, Pythian hall.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. St. Mark's
Evening guild Spring Fair, par
ish house.
10:30 a.m. Butte Falls Exten
sion unit, home of Mrs. William
'Edmondson. ' .
10:45 a.m. Westside Extension
unit, Junior Grange hall, Cent
ral Point.
7 p.m. Southern Oregon
Child Guidance Clinic associa
tion, Hedrick Junior High
school.
8 p.m. Royal Neighbors of
America, Pythian building.
8 p.m. Adarel chapter, OES,
Jacksonville Masonic hall.
Friday
11 a.m. Griffin Creek Ex
tension unit, home of Mrs. Lloyd
E. Hamlin, 602 Arnold lane.
11 a.m. Medford Truth Cent
er, "Unity", room 203, Holly
theater bldg.
12:30 a.m. Reames Chapter
No. 66, OES, Mrs. Helen Mink
ler, 405 North Central ave.
8 p.m. Operetta, Medford
Senior high school.
Saturday
8 p.m. Operetta at Medford
Senior High school.
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SPRING HAS REALLY SPRUNG A sure sign of spring
is the sight of Easter bonnets. Suzanne Erichsen models
with the seven spring bonnets shipped by New York's
Mrs. Sally Victor to Mamie Eisenhower for Easter Sunday.
Parents May Need
Psychiatrist When
Junior Doesn't Talk
San Antonio, Tex. (U.R) An
Army speech therapist says that
if Junior stutters, it may be his
parents who need a psychiatrist.
The trouble olten comes from
a child's family environment,
said 1st Lt. Herbert R. Wilms,
coordinator of speech therapy
at Brooke Army Hospital, Ft.
Sam Houston.
. He said, for instance, that the
child who gets everything he
wants may not learn to speak
because he doesn't need to. Or,
parents may set higher standards
than the child can reach nor
mally. This could be because
they do not understand the nor
mal development of speech, or
because they want Junior to
outdo the Jones boy. Speaking
may become so unpleasant to
the child because of this push
ing, that he prefers not to talk
at all.
In cases such as these, the
speech therapist may be able to
point out the parents' mistakes
and help the child catch up with
his age group through special
exercises and training.
SALMON SANDWICHES
' Baked salmon sandwiches
make a flavorful Lenten supper
surprise. Spread 4 slices en
riched bread with butter or mar
garine. Place in bottom of 8-inch
square baking dish. Toast light
ly in oven (350 degrees) about
10 minutes. Combine 1 cup flak
ed salmcn (8 , oz. can), V4 cup
chopped celery, 2 tablespoons
chopped onion. 2 tablespoons
green pepper, Vz teaspoon salt
and Vi teaspoon caraway seeds.
Arrange salmon mixture on
toast slices. Top with 4 slices
of American cheese (Vi pound).
Cover with 4 slices enriched
bread to make sandwiches. Com
bine 2 beaten eggs and 1 cup
milk and pour over sandwiches.
Sprinkle with paprika. Bake in
moderate oven (350 degrees) 40
to 45 minutes. Makes 4 sandwiches.
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