Clergy Takes Interest In Subconscious
By WARD CANNEL
NEW YORK (NEA) - In the
darkened classroom, hot from the
slide projector lamp and thick
with the terminology of Freud,
you could see the handwriting on
the wall sharp and clear:
The young man under discus
sion, present only in case-history
notes and personality test results,
was racing toward suicide.
And the people in this class,
learning how to save him with
the tools of psychiatry Protestant
and Jewish clergymen in a three
year intensive internship under
psychiatrists, psychologists, soci
ologists, and men of the cloth
who have already been trained
here.
After a quarter-century of ef
fort, the rift between pulpit and
psychiatric couch is finally heal
ing. This is the American Founda
tion of Religion and Psychiatry,
founded in 1937 by Dr. Smiley
Blanton, psychiatrist who studied
undar Sigmund Freud, and Dr.
Norman Vincent Peale, minister
of the Marble Collegiate Church.
And since 1955, when the psy
chiatric Internship program was
started, 49 carefully screened;
graduates, representing many de-
nominations, have gone out across
the nation to bring psychiatry to
both pulpit and parish house.
Meanwhile, near Boston, Mass.
Roman Catholics are constructing
the multi-million-dollar Marsalin
Institute, a psychiatric treatment
and instruction center. One ob'
iect is to clarify for Catholic
psychiatrists the relationship be
tween theology and psychiatry
as seen by the church.
On second look, however, there
is very little revolution in this al
liance. Churchmen have long known
(hat of the people searching for
emotional help, well over 40 per
cent turn to their clergyman first.
If he can't help them, many re
fuse psychiatric help "for fear
of losing religion."
"But if the counsellor who can
deal with their problems is a min
ister," says Foundation Executive
director Arthur Tinguc, "the fear
is considerably lessened even if
he docs not treat but merely re
fers them to a doctor.
To the casual observer sitting Inj
on a case history seminar, it is
almost impossible to tell whether
the words come from cloth or
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Oregon Methodists Set
Record Rate Of Growth
A report issued recently by the!
Oregon Annual Conference of the
Methodist Church states that the
conference has experienced
greater rate of growth since 1950
than in any like period in its
history.
The number of active members
In 1950 was 34.373. and in 1962
the number had risen to 54.674
a gain of 20.301 or 68 per cent.
The gain in Oregon population for
this same period was about 20,
per cent.
' The Oregon Conference has also
gained in the financial depart
ment, according to the figures!
released. In 1962 the total amount
donated to the church was $3,419,
741, against $1,502,817 in 1950. This
represents a gain of 229 per cent.
Per capita giving in 1950 was
$43.62. The figure last year had
jumped to $62.37 per person.
During this period, 13 new con-
Church Women
Eiect Officers
The Maranatha Missionary Fel
lowship of Bible Baptist Church
will hold its first meeting of the
year on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at
7:30 p.m. in Fields Hall. All wom
en of the church are invited to at
tend. A feature of the program will
be the installation of new offi
cers. Elected to serve for one
year terms are Marie Day, presi
dent; Audrce Scoggins, vice pres
ident; Mildred Mattes, recording
secretary; Alctha Ewing, corres
ponding secretary; and Stella Mc-
Clung, treasurer. Marge Evans
was elected White Cross chair
man.
gregations were formed which
now have a membership of about
4.300 and property valued at $1,-
530,801). Also, over one-half of the
churches in the conference have
had major building programs:
complete new church, new sanc
tuary, new educational plant, new
parsonage, or all of these to han
dle the growth in congregations.
Many of the other churches have
made substantial improvements in
their property.
The report continues to show
the indebtedness and property val
ues of conlcrcncc churches for
the 12-year period. The property
values in 1950 were $7,043,347, with
indebtedness at $225,544. In 1962
the properly values totaled $19,
294,013, and Indebtedness was
$2,046,971.
Since 1950, the Oregon Methodist'
Conference has built or is now
instructing new buildings at Wes
ley Foundations at Oregon Uni
versity, Southern Oregon College,
and Oregon College of Education
New parsonages were secured
at Ashland, Eugene, and Corval
lis. At Willamette University, Bel
knap Hall, a wing of the new
men's housing, is being financed
from the Methodist Expansion
Fund.
Growth in other areas in this
period include the camping pro
gram and camping facilities. Four
camps, valued at $285,000, are
owened by the conlcrcncc. and
the Annual Program is self-sup
porting through the use of vol
unteer leaders. According to the
report, 2.419 attend the regular
camps and 6.563 attended other
summer and year-round gather
ings during the summer of 1962.
for a total cost of approximately
$60,000.
DR. TINGUE: "How do you drink tea the next day with
someone who has probed your innermost problems?"
couch, so strangely allied are the
viewpoints.
"This man," says clinical psy
chologist Paya Goodman of the
suicide-prone case, "has come for
treatment because he is uncon
sciously striving to be better, to
be healthy."
This man, says Tingue, a
Methodist minister, "is suffering
from lack of identification."
This man," says psychitrist
Dr. Fred U. Tlale, in charge of
clinical service, "has lost his
way."
"Given tills man's background
says Evangelical and Reformed
minister Frederick Kucthcr, "hej
could not have been any different."
The Foundation's 16 interns,
who see these cases and discuss
them in seminar with the faculty
have had at least two years of
parish work behind them in addi
tion to their college and seminary!
degrees. Most have also done
service in marriage counselling,
prison chapels, or other agencies
calling for psychological acumen.
In the course of their intern
ship, they read the classical psy
cho analytical literature, study the
psychiatric healing process, work
with groups in psychotherapy, in
tcrview patients who come to the
Foundation for help, and eventual
ly handle casework themselves.
"Their hopefulness and enthusi
asm, says Tingue, is wonderful
in itself. It has carried many
patients some distance on the road
to recovery cases that more ex
penenced therapists might have
thought hopeless."
Not all of the interns are gradu
ated with flying colors. Some are.
dropped before the three years arei
out. And once the Foundation
flunked itself dissatisfied with
the job it had done, it repeated!
a year s work for one class.
Foundation graduates seldom
take pulpits. Frequently they set
up religio-psychiatric clinics to
serve several parishes, helping
the troubled and training clergy
men to use psychiatric tools.
For the clergyman who has a
pulpit, the Foundation offers a
host of other programs from a
one-week intensive orientation in
the uses of psychiatry to courses
in child guidance and marriage
counselling but no deep psycho
analysis activity.
"It works out much better that
way," says associate director Ste
phen Pritchard, a Presbyterian
minister.
"A man who has discussed his
deepest problems and most trou
bled feelings today docs not want
to meet the same minister at a
tea tomorrow, nor hear him on
Sunday moralizing about the'
Fourth Commandment."
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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore.
Friday, January 11. 1963
Major Faiths Convene To Study
Religions Role In Racial Issues
By LOUIS CASSEI.S
United Press International
Organized religion thus far has
played a relatively minor role in
the struggle for racial justice in
America.
Religious leaders acknowledge
this fact, and find it humiliating
Next week, in Chicago, they will
try to make amends.
Representatives of 70 Protest
ant, Catholic and Jewish organi
zations will meet at the Edgewa
ter Beach Hotel Jan. 14-17 for a
"National Conference on Religion
and Race .
This conference is significant
for two reasons:
1. It is the most ambitious at
tempt yet to galvanize America's
religious bodies into effective ac
tion on racial problems.
2. It is the first national meet
ing which has ever been called in
SA Reveals
Christmas
Drive Facts
The transformation of commu
n it y support of the Salvation Army
Christmas apcal into a more joy
ous holiday for the needy and un
derprivileged in the area was re
vealed Jan. 3 by Fran Hales,
chairman of the appeal, and Cap
tain Dale E. Johnson, commander
of the Klamath Falls Corps, when
they issued a report on the Christ
mas effort.
The report stated that the
Salvation Army provided 87 fami
lies with food to plan their own
Christmas festivities, and remem
bered 166 patients at Hillside Hos
pital, Klamath Valley Hospital.
and Klamath County Nursing
Home. In addition, 106 gifts and
toys were provided for local children.
Captain Johnson said with this
community support, the Salvation
Army was enabled not only to
bring the blessings of the season
to the less fortunate, but to aid
them at other times of the year
is well. Both Mr. Hale and Cap
tain Johnson, on behalf of their
organization, extended gratitude to
all Klamath Falls residents for
their gifts.
American Bible Society
Extends World Coverage
Forty more countries were add
ed to those previously supplied
annually with the Bible by the
American Bible Society, accord
ing to information released by
James T. Smith, Regional Secre
tary of the Western and Pacific
Region.
This brings the total countries to
104 in which the society's support
ing 56 denominations now distrib
ute the Scriptures through Mis
sion Stations, Bible Houses, and
colporteurs. For this worldwide
provision, a record budget was
recently approved in the amount
of $5,382,000. two-fifths of which
will be requested from individu
als.
Roberts Named
Board Chairman
KANSAS CITY. Mo. (UPli-Rny
A. Roberts, president of the Kan
sas City Star since 1947, was
named chairman of the board in
changes announced Tuesday.
Richard B. Fowler, 60. was
chosen to serve In the dual role
of president and editor.
Roberts, 75. said he would "get
out from underfoot" of the new
administration by vacationing in
the Pacific with his wife. He said
the changes "means definitely my
major role in Star management...
will be in advisory capacity."
Tnwler "will speak lor the Star,"
Rolierts said.
Rev. Dean Collins, regional ex
Tcutive secretary, Indicated upon
his return from the meeting of
the Advisory Council that of the
additional 40 countries, 25 are in
Africa, six in Asia, and nine
the Caribbean area. Manv "Con
sisi largely ot people who arc
emerging from tribalism and
lomalism and are as vet uncom
mitted in the struggle for their
allegiance," he said. Scriptures
are now available in 1,2110 differ
cut languages.
While added provision Is made
for the distribution of the Scrip
tures ahroad. the Western and Pa
cifie Regional office in Ixis An
geles it preparing itself for the
largest demand (or bookmark;
ever made, Smith reports. Four
teen million bookmarks, in var-
ions language and blind reading
systems, have already been du
tnbuted nationally.
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NAACP Elects
Spingarn Again
NEW YORK it Pl - Arthur
B. Spingarn. a New York attor
ney and president of the National
Association lor the Advancement
of Colored People iNWCPi (i
t years, has been re-elected to
the post.
The action was l.ikcn by the
NAACP board ol directors at its
monthly meeting here on Mnnd.iv
Among other olticcis re-elected
were:
Sen. Wayne Moise. D Ore . and
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By United Press International
rrolestantenverein, the name
of a society whose general aim
was to promote the union and
progress of the various estab
lished Protestant churchesin Ger
many, was founded at Frankfurt-
on-Main in 1863. according to the
Encyclopedia Britannica.
the United States under the joint
sponsorship of all three major
laiths.
Convenors of the conference are
the National Council of Churches
the National Catholic Welfare
Conference, and the Synagogue
Council of America.
A distinguished Negro educator,
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, president
of Morehouse College in Atlanta,
Ga., will serve as chairman.
It is anticipated that the
delegates will adopt a "state
ment of conscience" detailing the
reasons why they regard the elim
ination of segregation as one of
the supreme moral challenges
facing Americans in this genera
tion. As a joint expression of convic
tion by Protestants, Catholics and
Jews, such a statement may car
ry some weight. But the organiz
ers of the conference realize that
racial barriers cannot be battered
down with moral arguments ad
dressed to the general public.
The real business of the four-
day meeting will be drafting a
scries of recommendations for ac
tion by religious organizations, in
cluding local churches and syna
gogues.
Malhew Ahmann. executive sec-1
retary of the conference, said the
recommendations will be specific
and down-to-earth. They w ill spell
out concrete things that Christians
and Jews can do, together or sep
arately, to combat racial discrimi
nation in such areas as housing
employment, education and wor
ship.
A "follow-up committee" has
been organized to insure that the
ideas generated at the national
conference are widely disseminat
ed to religious groups at the state
and community level.
Rising Impatience
How much action they will
stimulate remains .0 be seen. In
the past, churches and syna
gogues by their own admission
have been long on talk and short
on performance in this controver
sial field.
But there is evidence of rising
impatience among laymen as well
as clergy with this inaction.
Across the nation, churches and
synagogues have "social relations
committees" which are looking
for something to do besides listen
to speeches. It is just possible that
the National Conference on Re
ligion and race may provide them
with the kind of blueprint they
need to roll up their sleeves and
get to work.
Officers Set
MAUN - The Malin Women's
Association met at the Malin Pres
byterian Church for a potluck
dinner and work day on Thurs
day. Jan. 3.
The business meeting was con
ducted by the retiring president,
Mrs. George Smalley, and officers
for 1963 were installed. They are
Mrs. Halbert Wilson, president;
Mrs. Laddie Rajnus, vice presi
dent; Mrs. Gerry Brown, secre
tary: and Mrs. Les Unmh,
treasurer.
Mrs. Wilson gave a brief out
line of the new program, and a
report on the removal of the
damaged trees in the church yard
was given by -Mrs. J. Perry Haley.
A discussion was held on the
installation of heat in three of
the Sunday School rooms. Appoint
ed to take charge of the project
were Mrs. Gerry Brown and Mrs.
Francis Street. In other business,
it was voted to continue potluck
dinners and work day programs
on the first Thursday of each
month. The next meeting will be
held at the church on Jan. 17.
Corporation Meet
Scheduled Sunday
MERRILL Merrill First Pres
byterian Church will hold its an
nual congregational and corpora
tion meeting Sunday, Jan. 13, at
the church. A potluck supper at 6
o'clock will be followed by the
meeting at 7 p.m.
NATIVITY PANTOMIME Lest Sund ay evenings' Feast
of Lights celebration at St. Michael's Episcopal Church
in Altures included a pantomime depicting the birth of
Christ. Talcing their roles very seriously are the young
church school performers, Michael Brooks, as Joseph, and
Rhonda Lindqren, as Mary.
Lighting Of Yule Greens
Initiated By St. Michaels
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MAUN A potluck supper and
husincss meeting, including elec
tion of ollicers, were recently held
hy the Malin Mariners at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Jacob.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Blohm will
serve as the new skippers of the
Malm Presbyterian Church organ
i.alinn Other ollicers elected
were Mr. anil Mrs. llalbort Wil
son. first males; Mr. and Mrs.
l.conard Wills, pursers; and Mr
and Mrs. Norman Jacob, logkecp-
ers.
Business included a discussion
on the publication of a cookbook
which the group has compiled
Norman Jacob offered to contact
a puniisher. Plans lor tins vrar s1
program and a proposed rniise on
Klamath Lake were also dis
cussed.
tltlier members present were
Mr. and Mrs. James Uicy and
Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Rrnwn. Tin
next meeting. Jan. 30. will he held
it the home of Mr. and Mrs
Brown, with Mr. and Mrs. Wills
is co-hosts.
ALTURAS The Feast of Lights
and lighting of the greens were
celebrated by Sunday School and
church members of St. Michael's
Episcopal Church in Alturas on
Sunday evening, Jan. 6. to culmi
nate the Christmas season.
The service, which dales back to
the second century, is an annual
tradition, hut the burning of the
greens used in decorating the
sanctuary was innovated lor the
first time this year at SI. Mich
ael's. Tlic ceremony was direcled
hy ttic church school leader. Mrs.
May Smith.
A short evening prayer service.
CONFINING FAMILY
WATEHHIRY, Conn. H'PI
loseph Philip Ovid LaKontc
Thursday tiled an application
Superior Court to change his
name to Philip Olid 1-aHonir-
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named Joseph
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MAI. IN Mr. and Mrs. Mar
vin Shell were elected skippers of
the Ancient Manners of Malm
Presbyterian Church at a husi-
ness meeting held New Year's Eve
night.
Other ollicers elected to head
the organization tor a were
Mr. and Mrs. Laddie Rajnus, log.
keeieis and pursers: Mr. and Mrs
Hen Holm, lirst males; Mr. and
Mrs. George Smalley. chaplain:
and Mr. and Mrs. William Hays.
doctor and nurse.
The Manners began tlieir an
nual New Year's celebration null
a politick dinm-f in the church so
cial room Mr. and Mrs Homer
Hill were hosts for the cvenme
The group attended special church
services and later gathered at th
Home ot Mr. ami Mrs. Marvin
Miell (or a social.
Also attending the p,nlv were
Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Street. Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Bunnell. Mr. and Mrs.
Merle Ixiosley. and Rev. and Mrs.
Klhan Whitman. Hosts for t h e
nci meeting will be Mr. and
Mis. William ll.iys.
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conducted by Rev. Hugh Mercer.
w as followed hy the church school
program of music, scripture, and
pantomime depicting the birth of.
Christ.
Beth Baird, Peggy Callahan
and Phylis Graham read the Bib
lical' story of the Nativity, and
Michael Brooks and Rhonda Lind
gren played the roles of Mary
and Joseph. The Wise Men were
played by Richie Carlscn, Mike
Griffith, and Frank Bishop; the
innkeeper by Mark Eastin; and
the shepherds by Charles Baird
and Rex Eastin. Vicki Hughes was
the angel and David Brooks, King
Herod.
Frank Bishop concluded the
pantomime with a solo. "Oh Holy-
Night." The children's Girls choir,
under the direction of Betty Baird.
accompanied the program. Aco
lytes for the evening were Dean
Wilson and Paul Hicks.
At die conclusion of the pro
cram, the acolytes, led by Rev.
Mercer, lit the candles of the con
gregation and all followed the chil
dren in a candlelight parade to
the Christmas greens stacked near
the church. The candles were then
used to light and burn the green
ery, officially ending the eve
ning and the Christmas season.
St. Barnabas
Slates Benefit
I.ANCK1.I. VALLEY The Guild
of St. Rarnahas Episcopal Church
will sponsor a benefit card party
at the parish hall in Langell Val
ley on Saturday. Jan 12. at
R pm. Rridge and pinochle will
lie played.
Hostess for the event will be
Mrs. Lloyd Gift and Mrs. A r t
Monroe. Prizes will be award
ed for the highest scores, and re
treshmenls will lie served. Every
iie is muled to attend.
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