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Fed Up
To the Editor: Mr. Paul A.
Terry, director of education
of the Copely Newspapers,
has released the following let
ter from a resident of San
Francisco, Calif.:
I am one of the Americans
who heard Mr. Khrushchev
tell our nation that my great
grandchildren will grow up
in a Communist world. For
I o m e time now, this has
bothered mc. I am not a brave
man - not even a big one. I
suppose I would have to ad
mit that I am, among my own
neighbors and in my own cul
ture, the typical, average well
educated, genteel suburban
ite to whim family, the mort
gage, and security have been
the all-important items . . .
My wife had me cleaning
out an old trunk in the stor
age room the other day, and I
ran across the huge old family
Bible I hadn't thought about
for years. My great-grandmother
had kept a journal of
the trip across the Great
Plains with a wagon and oxen
when she and great-grandpa
were youngsters coming out
to settle in California in the
great migration. Great-grandma
wrote about it as the wild,
new land, rich and abundant
In mythical proportions.
On the trail she wrote of
alckness and hunger, and heat
and cold, and dust and thirst,
and the deaths and births like
heads strung together on a
thread of hope hope of
freedom and a land of plenty
for their children yet unborn, ing that Flag and seeing it
And when she viewed the I trampled 1,1 the mud mirier
new land, she wrote in simple Russian boots. I am sick of my
word pictures of the cities
and farms and schools, and
happiness that would some
day bloom in the greatness of
the vast new land. She wrote
of her tomorrow and my to
d;y. The ink was badly faded,
but the message was clear,
As I read, 1 began to think
about America and being an
American and what it all
stands for; and I thought
about our enemies and what
they intend to do to America,
to those rich lands and farms,
to the cities and tha people, to
its freedom and its hope.
And suddenly, I realized I
am a sick American. I mean
really sick. I am sick of pan
acea and backing up. I am
sick of reaction where there
should be initiative. I am sick
of bureaucrats who tell me
that my enemy is not really
my enemy and that I should
live together with murderers
and tyrants. I am sick of gov.
ernment that hasn't the guts
to clean traitors out of its own
office. And I'm sick of my
country being ridiculed all ov
er the world. I am sick of
pink-fingered diplomats and
lily-livered politicians who
place personal career above
the fate of the Flag.
I am sick of 40 years of
relentless, cancer ous, com
munistic Endlessness that nev
er once has wavered from its
avowed purpose of conquer-
genteel desire to stand pat and
pray while the enemy advanc
es. I am sick of educators who
teach tolerance of subversion
and of clergymen who would
have me quail at the spectre
of battle and turn my cheek
in fear of wha". our enemies
might do.
In all honesty, the thing of
which I am most sick is the
man who let these things
come to me: myself.
And by the living God who
made me, sir, I am a sick
American who intends to get
well.
Fed-up Citizen.
Miss Anna Strced
36 North Peach St.
Medford
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
On Poetry
Good poetry seems so simple and natural a thing that
when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always
poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.
-Henry David Thoreau
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Prayer
Lord, make me a channel of Thy peace, that
Where there is hatred, I may bring love;
Where there is wrong, I may bring the
spirit of forgiveness;
Where there is discord, I may bring harmony;
Where there is error, I may bring truth;
Where there is doubt, I may bring faith;
Where there is despair, I may bring hope;
Where there are shadows, I may bring Thy light;
Where there is sadness, I may bring joy.
Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort
than to be comforted;
To understand, than to be understood;
To love, than to be loved;
For it is by giving that one receives;
It is by self-forgetting that one finds;
It is by forgiving that one is forgiven;
It is by dying that one awakens to eternal life.
-Saint Francis of Assisl
-O-Raln
I do love rain!
Its cheerful pitter-patter on my window pane
And on my face, while strolling down our country lane
That lane so lately parched and scorched, all blooming slain.
Comes now rejuvenating, gayly lavish, freely falling rain
Reviving drooping flowers and sprinkling sparkles on the
grain.
Do you love rain?
-Elhelyn Evans
The Manor, Medford
-O-Weeping
Willow
Why weeps the weeping willow so?
Doesn't it know the sun will go
Not down till the rising moon ,
To light the hills at lunar noon? i
Why weeps the maid 'nealh that same tree? j
And moans of things she fain would be j
If war had not of men's bestial might ;
Blighted her dreams of human right?
Whv weeps the weeping willow so?
-Ralph McKinnis
Ashland, Oregon
The Zest of Life
Let me but live from year to year,
With forward face and unreluctant soul.
Not hastening to, nor turning from the goal;
Not mourning for the things that disappear
In the dim past, nor holding back in fear
From what the future veils, but with a whole
And happy heart, that pays its toll
To youth and age, and travels on with cheer.
So let the way wind up the hill and down
Through rough or smooth, the journey will be joy;
Still seeking what I sought when but a boy,
New friendship, high adventure and a crown.
I shall grow old but never lose life's zest
Because the road's last turn will be the best.
-Lawrence C. Jones
(Submitted bv Miss Clara Hinze, the Manor, Medford;
received by her from the author, founder of Piney Woods
School, Mississippi.)
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Note- We would like to acknowledge the contribution
entitled "Liberation" if the author will send us her address.
Amicus Curiae
To the Editor: On your edi
torial of 7-5-62 If the pray
er declared unconstitutional
by the Supreme Court is truly
an establishment of religion,
please tell us quickly, what
religion?
One of the reasons stated
for the Court's decision, was
to "avoid the anguish, hard
ship and bitter strife that
could come when zealous re
ligious groups struggle with
one another." In less than 24
hours it must have become
embarrassingly obvious, even
to the Court itself, that it (the
Court) was causing more bit
ter strife than it was going to
cure.
The Court's decision is
clearly a success for the
Church- State extremists.
These and a strong minority
of secularists have already
outlined further goals: ) to
review religious practices in
the public schools throughout
the country; 2) legal suits
seeking review of the Ever
son decision, which upheld
the constitutionality of trans
portation to church-related
schools: 3) One individual at
tempted to create the image
that the decision on prayer
somehow makes unconstitu
tional all federal aid to chil
dren in parochial schools.
Many schools are expected
to defy the Court as they did
in the school integration de
cision. We trust that you, Mr.
Allen, do not really expect
the Attorney General will
send marshals to enforce this
new approach to the "wall of
separation" a wall being
built by ihe church-state ex-
k(es and secularists be
ttoc Gi and his children, j
The Supreme Court's decis-,
ion on prayer is no less novel j
an interpretation of the First
Amendment than the 1948 8-1 I
decision in the McColIuni case
against reieasi time was. In
the latter case, through hard '
work, perseverance and pray-1
er, both private and public,
this decision will be duly re-!
vised as the Zorach case revis
ed the McCollum decision.
The prayer decision is
clearly a minority suppression
of majority rights, and the
fact that on the same day the
Court prohibited the U.S.
postal authorities from acting
agairu-t transmitting maga
zines published for perverts
helps to throw more light on
this situation, where small
groups demanding anti-religious
legislation as part of
this same determination to
force the majority to submit
to the minority.
Prayer brought unreason
able men to force the decision;
prayer likewise will bring
more men to eventually bring
the Court to revisi this decis
ion in favor of reason In
nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spir-
itus Sancti. Amen.
Robert J. Howard
828B West Nth St.
Medford
School Prayers
To the Editor: I go along
with Thelma Carson: I think
religion should be taught in
schools, also, children should
be made to speak a state
prayer. It's hard to say what
the prayer would he, though.
Because your Christian
Bible prayer goes along with
the theory that God made the
earth about 4,000 years ago,
you cram this down the kid
dies' throats for the first 4
or 5 years of elementary
school. Then, when they get
to high school, beat it out of
their minds and make 'cm be
lieve God didn't create earth
4,000 years ago, as their sci
ence books tell 'em earth is
50 million years old and re
sulted from a seasonal storm
of the sun. When they refuse
to make straight A in science
because what you teach them
about Darwin doesn't make
sense, after what you taught
them about God earlier, then
beat the brat for making bad
grades in school. Learning
isn t stylish anymore - just
making "good" grades.
I suggest the religion and
prayer be Mayan. There are
18 Gods, each of which re
quire mention in all prayers.
This will consume a good two
hours every day during which
the teacher can catch a late
morning nap.
J. Kilpalrick,
Box 21fl,
Phoenix, Ore.
Doesn't Blame Them
To the Editor: I guess I'm
goin' to have to start another
controversy.
In regard to the condemned
prisoners who tried to escape
from San Quentin prison
"Death Row" the other day.
Also those who escaped from
Alcatraz. I don't blame 'em
for trying.
It is the prisoner's duty (to
himself) to escape, if possible,
to procure freedom for him
self by such means as he may
have at his disposal. If he does
not try there is something
wrong, very wrong, with him.
On the other hand, it is the
duty of the guards, police, etc.,
to prevent, if possible, the es
cape of a prisoner who may
endanger the lives and or
property of those on the "out
side." I do not believe an escaped
and subsequently recaptured
prisoner should be given an
additional sentence for es
caping. He may, however, lose
any 'good time' he may have
accumulated. As long as he
has not harmed anyone while
in the act of making his es
cape he should not be pun
ished but if he does harm any
person or property in the pro
cess of making his escape, he
should be charged with these
crimes only.
If you put all the dishonest
people inside there wouldn't
be any left on the outside.
Whenever I hear about an
'honest' person I always think
of Diogenes and his lantern.
Floyd R. McCabe,
Mt. Pitt Slar Route,
Butte Falls, Ore.
cry day and night unto him.
Though he bear long with
them? I tell you that he will
avenge them, nevertheless
when the son of man cometh.
Shall he find faith on the
Earth?"
If we compare Heaven's
time of one oay vith our lime
of a thousand years, then a
half hour in Heaven would be
about 20 years of our time.
No doubt the beginning of the
20 years and t he silence in
Heaven could be when the
four angels will get their com
mand as depicted in chapter
0:141!). In verse 19 John
could hardly call our modern
army tanks that can sting
from their heads and tails:
Anything but horses. Isaiah
speaking of our airplanes
says, Who are these that fly
as a
to their windows." And the
prophet Nahum speaking of
our automobiles says, "the
chariots shall rage in the
streets, they shall justle one
another in the broadways,'
etc.
The doors of the atheist
countries will also be opened
(Mat 24:14. Rev 14:6-7). It
could be later ihan we like to
think.
John F. Peterson
611 South Holly St.
Medford
small remnant, could only be
imagined. But it has pre-
college for a field-study trip of
their launa and flora minded
students, we cot awav at 8:3(1
Saturday morning and headed ! srrvod '"""V sl,"'ps ,rom ln
SE to the high lava-bed lands
Naturalist Dr. Slurgi'S gave a
Later Than We Think
To the Editor: Some of the
greatest events concerning the
times we are living in was
shown to John, the apostle
Jesus loved so much. He says
in Rev. 8:1 "And when he had
opened the seventh Seal (our
time) there was silence in
Heaven about the , space of
half an hour." Then in chap
ter 6:9-11, John clarifies this
prophecy for us, "And when
he had opened the fifth Seal,
(John's time) I saw under the
altar the souls of them that
were slain for the word of
God, And for the testimony
which they held: And they
cried with a loud voice, say
ing. How long, O Lord, Holy
and true. Dost thou not judge
and avenge our Blood on
them that dwell on the Earth?
And white Robes were given
unto them; And it was said un
to them, That they should rest
yet for a little season, until
their fellow servants also ana
their brethren, That should be
killed as they were, Should be
fulfilled."
The Apostle Luke also un
derstood John's prophecy
very well. He says (Luke 18:
7-fi) "And shall not God
avenge his own ele t, Which
most interesting commentary
of climatic controlled tree
and animal population, in
cluding the deer up Green
Springs Pass way as they
browsed to the right and left
of us.
Our first stop at Tnbh
Spring for a drink of cold
sweet water and look around,
gave nie a chance to inquire
of Dr. Sturges if field studies
had been made of the male
deer battle-line to the north
and south of this great land
fall? He said none that he
knew of, also that the ques.
lion was new to him. My rea-
cloud and as the doves 'son for raising it was the fart
that mule deer lominaled the
high land to the east and the
black-tail the lowlands west
ward. This great landfall
seemed to be the dividing-line
from what others had observ
ed, also by mj' own limited
field studies. Our time there
prevented further discussion
on this interestinB subject.
Our first lecture stop was
at Government Camp on the
lower Klamath La'-e wild
fowl refuge, where it was ex
plained that agricultural in
terests obtained the same pri
ority as was the providing of a
fall and spring feeding sanc
tuary for what is still the
greatest wild-fowl concentra
tion in all North America.
What it was once before farm
ing took over all but this
tal exlcrmination.
It was here the disturbing
thought came to mind of this
considerable concen' ration of
government wealth, facilities
I and trained pers nncl to sav
wild-fowl species from exlcr-
minatinn, was in such contra'
to what occurred in the dar
pile of rock 1 few miles .0 the
southeast. For it was amid
that pile of jagged rock just
90 years ago this last April,
the governor had a wealth of
armed equipment and trained
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personnel for the purpose ol
subduing or exterminating a
race of human beings, the Mo
docs, wealthy ln i primitive
way, waters teeming with fish
and wild-fowl, uplands with
"cr, antelope and big horn
-hcep. Naturally they resisted
being moved north among th.
Klamaths as Canada would re
rcnt us as a people, being:
moved up there by an invad
er, for ways of life and land
are dear to humans as well
ps a,ll tribes.
Route 2, Box 200F
F. J. Clifford
Central Point, Ore.
Field Trip
To the Editor: With my al
so-naturalist-horn wife and
the Earnest Santos, who help
ed us obtain surplus seats in
the big Greyhound bus pro
vided by Southern Oregon
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tained perfect grade point av
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term while carrying 12 or
more hours of academic cred
its, Mrs. Mabel Winston, regis
trar, has announced.
They are Judy Bell, Sandra
Eke r son, George Gilman,
Kave Goff. Gloria Quacken
bush, and Edith Rode, Med
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