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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1961
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America's Catholic Population Up 44 Per Cent in Past 10 Years
Protestant Total
Increases Only
22 Per Cent
By LOUIS CASSEL5
UPI Correspondent
America's Catholic popula
tion has grown by 44 per cent
In the past 10 years.
Its Protestant population in
creased by only 22 per cent
during the same period.
If this disparity in growth
rates continues, there obvious
ly will come a day when Cath
olics outnumber Protestants in
the United States. But that
day is still distant. At present,
Protestants outnumber Catho
lics by 2-1, or in round fig
ures, 80 million to 40 million.
The Protestants, however,
are divided into more than
200 different denominations,
while the Catholics are united
In n single massive institution.
How large this institution
looms, even in a land grown
accustomed to bigness, is indi
cated in a few statistics. It has
a hierarchy of 190 bishops and
31 archbishops, six of whom
hold the princely rank of
cardinal. It is served by near
ly 54,000 priests and 165,000
nuns. It maintains 17,000
parishes, 5,000 missions, and
nearly 14,000 schools at all
levels from kindergarten
through college. Upwards of
5.500,000 students-one-eighth
of America's children-are en
rolled in these Catholic
schools.
Societies and Sodalities
The basic organization of
the church is buttressed by
about 240 national Catholic
societies and associations, and
thousands of local circles and
sodalities.
The church communicates
with its members through
more than 550 diocesan news
papers, magazines and other
periodicals.
The sheer size of this enter
prise frightens some non-Catholic
Americans, particularly
those who believe that the
church exercises a high degree
of discipline over its members.
They fear that children who
attend Catholic schools are
"indoctrinated" in a particular
Catholic viewpoint toward
U.S. history and politics.
They see "censorship" and
"thought control" In the
church's efforts to advise.
Catholics on what movies to
see and what books to read.
The church replies that
Catholic parents have made
great financial sacrifices to
maintain the Catholic school
system because they want
their children to receive a
religiously oriented education
which is impossible in public
schools.
Thought Control Denied
It denies any attempt at
censorship or thought control,
and says that the church is
simply protecting its members
from possibly dangerous temp
tations when it condemns cer
tain books and movies.
Some non-Catholics also ac
cuse the Catholic Church of
trying to "impose" its own
moral teachings on the whole
American society by such
means as Sunday observance
laws, movie boycotts, and reg
ulations forbidding public
clinics to dispense birth con
trol information.
Catholics reply that the
moral precepts which they
urge upon society are not
based on particular doctrines
of their church, but are drawn
from the "natural law" which
is applicable to all men.
Surprises Many
Many American Catholics
are genuinely surprised to
learn how much "dictation"
outsiders think they get from
their church. They particular
ly resent any suggestion that
their membership in an "au
thoritarian" church makes
them somehow less American,
less devoted to this country's
free institutions than non
Catholics. Mutual misunderstanding or.
this score is probably the
nreatt" single root cause of
Cattalic-Pratestant tensions,
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:m Catholics have the same '
outlook and attitudes as the
Catholics of Europe and Latin
America. ;
Actually, says Fr. Weigel,
the Catholics of this country,
in their long struggle for "ac
ceptance" by a predominantly ;
Protestant culture, have "tak-:
en on the color and habits"
of American life to such an
extent that they bear little
resemblance to the Catholics
of other lands beyond the
sharing of a common religious
faith.
"The American Catholic has
explicity chosen to be a Cath
olic," says Fr. Weigel. His re
ligion was not "trust upon
him by a culture," and if he
choses to leave the Catholic
Church, "no social condemna
tion will fall upon him."
Because his adherence to.
PRETTY STUDENT Linda Bement, Salt Lake City's Miss
Universe title holder, takes her first skating lesson from Dr.
Hugh Whytock, who observed his 100th birthday Thursday.
"Doc" 'Whytock spends many spare hours on the blades, but
seldom with such attractive pupils. (UPI Telephoto)
the church and acceptance of
its teachings and disciplines
is voluntary, he does not feel
that he is any less free than
any other American.
Divergence of Views
Catholics say that their
freedom to think for them
selves on non-regligious mat
ters is demonstrated by their
wide divergence of views on
many important questions.
A good example is the issue
of religious freedom. There is
a "traditional" Catholic view,
espoused by some 19th Cen
tury popes and still upheld
in countries like Spain, which
asserts that the Catholic
Church should receive special
recognition and exclusive
rights from the state in any
land where there are enough
Catholics to make an arrange
ment politically tenable.
But there is also a "mod
ern" viewpoint, which is clear
ly dominant among American
Catholics. It holds that church
state separation is a good
thing even in countries where
Catholics are pii overwhelm
ing majority, and that relig
ious freedom must be guar
anteed to non-Catholics, not
as a temporary expedient, but
as a God-given right.
President Kennedy was ask
ed repeatedly during the elec
tion campaign whether he
considers himself a Catholic
first and an American second,
or vise versa. The Question
seemed altogether reasonable
to the protestents who raised
it. But many Catholics were
profoundly shocked by the im
plication that they must
choose between church and
country. The typical American
Catholic is an ardent patriot
as well as a devoted church
member, and he Is not con
scious of any conflict between
his two great loyalties.
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medicine was made last year
to 80 drug stores - and one
liquor store. The department
felt it necessary to explain
that the liquor store received
SB for a bottle of brandy used
strictly for medicinal purposes.
GOVERNOR DIES
Canberra, Australia - HJPD
Viscount Dunrossil, 67, gov
ernor general of Australia,
led today.
Number of City improvement
Projects Accepted by Council
The Medford city council
last night called for one pub
lic hearing and accepted a
number of improvement proj
ects in the city.
A hearing was called for
Feb. 16 on a proposed instal
lation of a sanitary sewer be
tween Park Place No. 5 and
Alberts st. between Prune and
Dakota sts.
Improvement projects ac
cepted by the council were:
The paving of Niantic
st. from Edwards to Maple sts.
The installation of a 6-
inch water main on Beatty st..
from McAndrews rd. to Man-
zanita St., and on Manzanita
from Beatty north to Beatty
south.
The installation of a 6-
inch water main on McAn
drews rd., from Waverly st. to
Wabash ave.; Wabash from
McAndrews to Spring St., and
on College-Way and Hill St.,
from Wabash to a point 320
feet east. -
The installation of a 6
inch water main on Crest-
brook rd., from Ellendale dr.
to Greenwood St., and on
Greenwood from Crestbrook
to Highland dr.
The installation of a 6-
inch water main on Prune St.,
from Benson st. to Chestnut
St., and on Park Place No. 5
Guidance Clinic To
Hold Meeting
A special meeting of the
board of the Southern Oregon
Family and Child GuitUstie
clinic has been set for losm
Tuesday, Fe. 14, at tha IT:V
ford hotel. Miss EAol arum
way, psychiatry semi Murk
er, will be honwei.
Miss Shumway moved te
Medford from Oakland, Calif.,
recently to begin work at the
clinic in line with the expan
sion of child guidance service
to allow for family and mar
ital counseling.
Frank Strange, clinical psy
chologist from the State Board
of Health, Portland, who also
works with the local clinic,
will attend the meeting. For
mer board members of the
clinic are being invited to the
luncheon.
from Prune to Dakota, and on
Dakota from Park Place No.
5 to Chestnut, and a 4-inch
water main on Alberts St.,
from Prune st. to Dakota ave.
Assessment Ordinances
Two assessment ordinances
were passed by the council.
One was for .the Crestview
subdivision sanitary nvei
where eack lrt r jirol '
land will V?
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few tfc I-k-op-l . pwriaaj tt$
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feet. TWe astimcil st ui
98.7 cr frewt toet. City
Manager RoWert Dtrff pointed
out that the increase was at
tributed mainly to a higher
cost of right of way acquisi
tion. The estimate of right of
way purchase, he said, was
53,050. But, the final cost was
85,672.
The council also established
an Alberts st. water fund last
night, and approved an extra
width driveway for the Thun
derbird lodge, 1015 South Riv
erside ave.
Drama Club Director
Speaks For Chapter
Dr. Dorothy Stolp, director
of the Southern Oregon col
lege drama club, spoke at the
winter meeting of the Jackson
county chapter of the Oregon
Education association Tuesday
evening.
Dr. Stolp is currently pro
ducing a play for children. A
number of school teachers and
.fliras mmHt cos
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sioH fallowed.
A total f 139 fcurfaev frwa
nearly every seh4 m Jack
son county altr-KCci). Rc-fros-mcnts
were served in tke
Jewett school cafcterium.
SELL CHINA WHEAT
Ottawa - IUl'11 - Canada an
nounced Thursday the sale of
28 million bushels of wheat
and 12.1 million bushels of
barley to famine-hit Commu
nist China for $60 million in
cash.
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Equity, Festival
Open Negotiations
Former actors in the Ore
gon Shakespearean Festival,
who since have become pro-
lessionals, may be able to re
turn to the Ashland stage in
coming seasons.
The Festival board this
week authorized the opening
of negotiations with Actors
Equity, the professional actors
"union," to seek an agreement
whereby Equity members
would be permitted to appear
in the festival.
The arrangement being
sought is similar to the one in
effect during the 1959 season,
when such longtime Festival
favorites as Phil Hansen, Bill
Oyler and Mary Jo Randall
appeared after an absence of
several seasons.
If agreement can be reached
on terms acceptable to the
Festival, it would be effective
for the seasons of 1961 and
1962. The negotiations are
being handled through a New
York legal firm.
No contract between the
Festival ' and Equity is in
volved, other than an agree
ment that salaries of Equity
members not be lower than a
certain minimum, and that a
small but specified number,
out of a company of some 90,
be employed.
In years other than 1999,
Equity members were barred
from appearing on the Festival
stage.
'Mystery' Flight
Planned by Pilots
Although they don't yet
know where they are going,
the Medford chapter of Ore
gon Pilots association has
scheduled an air trip for Sun
day, Feb. 12.
The flight has been planned
as a mystery for the pilots and
flight activity chairman Brian
Douglass announced that, un
like most group trips, it will
not be a treasure hunt or spot
landing contest.
Oregon Pilot association
members and any other pilot
who wish to take part are to
report to flight headquarters
at Rogue Flying service lobby
Medford municinal airport, at
10 a.m. Feb. 12 for final
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