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The largest Negro organization in the United States is the Nat
ional Baptist Convention. It has six-and-a-half million members.
The president of the organization for the past fifteen years has
been Dr. J. H. Jackson.
Dr. Jackson addressed the convention recently. His words
bear repeating, and we shall hope that they will be heeded by
our readers of every race. Here, in part, is what a wise teacher
had to say:
‘While we have lost many of the white‘liberals’ who have sup
ported the cause of civil rights from an unselfish point of view,....
the Negro race has won as companions other white ‘liberals’
who are determined to use the Negro race to help them divide
and destroy unity, fellowship, and life of this nation. The purpose
of these white ‘liberals’ is the complete regimentation of 22
million Negroes as an army to be marshaled under their lead
ership and direction, and to be used by them at will.
’....there is a way out. Negroes in the U. S. must assume the
same type of responsibility for saving this nation as any other
group of American citizens.
‘I am still convinced that, in the long run, dedication to the
laws of this land is better than any form of lawlessness or any
acts of civil disobedience.
‘Negroes must make it crystal clear that they will not be
used or deceived by politicians who make long and loud promises,
but are exceedingly short of fulfillment.
‘Any group of white Americans who condone us in any form
for law-breaking, and who encourage us to demonstrate in such
a way that we hinder our own growth and development -- such
leaders do not plan to give us first-class citizenship or to rec
ognize us as equals under the law.
‘Let us rise above all movements and all plots, and work as
Americans to make America a free land of free people in which
-and by which the democratic process can unfold in its fullness,
and the rights of all can be protected without compromise.’
The militants and malcontents make headlines.
Dr. Jackson makes sense.
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CHAIRMAN, DEPT. OF ENGLISH
NYSSA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
For well over three hundred years the opera has been one of the
most alluring forms of musical entertainment. A special glamor
attaches to everything connected with it—its arias, singers, and
roles, not to mention its opening nights. Carmen, Mimi, Aida,
Tristan--what character in fact or fiction can claim, generation
after generation, so constant a public?
An opera is a drama that is sung. It combines the resources
of vocal and instrumental music, soloists, ensembles, and chorus,
orchestra and ballet, with poetry and drama, acting and panto
mime, scenery and costumes. To weld the diverse elements
into a unity is a problem that has exercised some of the best
minds in the history of music.
At first glance opera would seem to make impossible de
mands on the credulity of the spectator. It presents us with
human beings caught up in dramatic situations, who sing to
each other instead of speaking. The reasonable question is:
how can an art form based on so unnatural a procedure be
convincing? How can it bring about that suspension of dis
belief’ which is the essence of the theater experience? The
question ignores what must always remain the fundamental
aspiration of art: not to copy nature but to heighten our aware
ness of it. True enough, people in real life do not sing to each
other. Neither do they converse in blaqk verse, as Shakespeare’s
characters do; nor live in rooms of which one wall is convenient
ly missing so that the audience may look in.
All the arts employ conventions that are accepted both by the
artist and his audience. Lyric poetry gives the impression of
being a spontaneous utterance; yet much of it is arranged in the
most artful patterns of meter and rhyme. We respond to the
illusion of depth in a painting even though we know that the can
vas is flat. The conventions of opera are more in eveidence
than those of poetry, painting, drama, or film, but they are not 4
different in kind. Once we have accepted the fact that the carpet
can fly, how simple to believe that it is also capable of carrying
the prince’s luggage.
Opera functions in the domain of the poetic drama. It uses
the human voice to impinge upon the spectator the basic
emotions--love, hate, jealousy, joy, grief--with an elemental
force possible only to itself. The logic of reality gives way
on the operatic stage to the transcendent logic of art, and to
the power of music over the life of the heart.
The next two columns will be concerned with the components
of opera and the language problem involved in opera. In the
meantime, why don’t you listen to an opera? Each Saturday at
noon on KBOI radio the Metropolitan Opera is broadcast. Give
it a listen!
students selected from Naza
rene churches in eastern Ore
gon and southern Idaho. Fol
lowing intensive preparation in
the early summer months, the
team is concentrating on sev
eral series of services in
Nazarene churches of the dis
trict, mostly during vacation
periods or on weekends. Their
emphasis is mainly evangelis
tic. NET is an abbreviation of
“Nazarene Evangelistic
Thrust’’.
Rev. Green, minister of youth
and education atCollegeChurch
of the Nazarene in Nampa. He
has a great deal of experience
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in youth work, having served in
Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas
as pastor, minister of youth
and as chaplain of juvenile
courts in Oklahoma City.
Pastor Robert W. Manley and
his congregation extend an in
vitation for all area teenagers
and adults to attend the ser
vices to be held Friday, Satur
day and Sunday at 7:30 p.m.,
and at 11:00 o’clock on Sun
day morning. John Sheppard is
NYPS president and Dave Man-
ley is president of the teen
fellowship group of the local
church.
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Editor:
Mrs. Jack Crume, Melva L.
Regarding Senate Bill # 8, Dinger, Gladys Sargent, W. R.
When my life’s last picture is painted
which deals with making “sex, Ragsdale, Bettye Simpson, Ef
And my easel is laid aside.
education” mandatory in the fie Robinson, Bernice Miller,
My brushes worn are tossed away
Oregon public schools, we are Betty Collier, JohnCollier, Ma
The tubes are limp and dried;
firmly opposed to the passage bel Shaw, Albert Jacoby, Jack
of this bill for the following Crume, Jim Shaw.
I will soar with the angels to heaven
reasons:
And pause at the open door
1. Danger lies in the moral
To see all the celestial beauty
Feb. 2, 1969
standards of the instructor of
I had never seen before.
Nyssa,
Oregon
such a class. Do they agree
with yours?
I’ll sit down at the feet of my Saviour
2. Does this instructor Dear Mr. Brammer:
And gaze on his rapturous face;
believe in God; would he apply
His features, engraved upon my heart,
We hope this letter will
your beliefs to the teaching of
1 had tried on earth to trace.
arouse
the
readers
to
swift
sex in a classroom situation?
3. Do you want your child action on two bills coming up
I will ask Him for grace and wisdom
publicly taught the mechanics for passage in our State Legis
To fashion each color and hue,
lature.
They
pertain
to
com
of sex beginning at age three
That I might please the Master
pulsory
sex
education
in
our
through high school?
With the talent He gave me to do.
Along with sensitivity train public schools. Sex, the most
ing, “sex education” is another misused, the most abused word
Again with new brushes and easel
of many planned programs of in our vocabulary today. Let
A task that I love so much,
us
see
how
David
Webster
the Family Living Series de
Only then will my work be perfect -
signed to socially and spirit defines it. “Sex is a division
When God grants me “The Master’s Touch.
of
beings,
male
and
female.
ually change our youth.
The following are only a few Attraction of one sex for the 4
of the organizations who are other.” Our medical dictionary
quietly implementing such leg states “sex has a distinctive
generative character.” And
islation behind the scenes:
Siecus (Sex Information Ed generative is related to the re
ucation Council of the United production of the species. How
States) has developed and is far afield has the word sex
The annual Men’s Night of the
promoting this program nation slithered? Right into the mire
wide with one and a half mil of contraceptions and birth con Treasure Valley Christian
lion dollar grant of federal trol pills “uncontrolled” to Business and Professional Wo
thwart the very sex purpose. men’s Council has been set
aid to get it started.
Now we find ourselves faced for February 8, at 7 p. m. at
The NEA (National Education
Association) is committed to with the highly controversial the La Paloma restaurant in
"sex education” in the schools question - should sex educa Ontario. The evening will fea
as well as to the Siecus organ tion be taught in our public ture Louis Gillespie, manager
schools in the grades below of Inspirational Radio station
ization.
KTW, Seattle, Wash., as guest
The National Council of the eleventh year level?
We should be asking answers speaker. An added attraction
Churches is also officially re
presented on the Siecus Board. to many questions. What is the will be slides shown by Bob
“Schools, communitiesand purpose of such instruction? Kindschy, of the Bureau of Land
State Agencies which want to What may society gain by it? Management at Vale, of wild
establish or improve sex and Who is pushing this movement? life of Eastern Oregon and Mal
family life education programs Are they able to cite where it heur County.
may apply for grants author has succeeded in improving of
Mark Moncur of Nyssa, will
ized under Titles I, II, III, and the moral status and we hope bring musical selections during
GUEST SPEAKER at two area
V of the ESEA (Elementary they are not so naive as to the evening.
Reservations can be made by women’s meetings this week is
and Secondary Education Act); even whisper Sweden where they
Titles II, V, and XI of the have been using this system for calling 889-5719 prior to Louis Gillespie, general man
ager of Inspirational Radio sta
Thursday, Feb. 6.
National Defense Education Act, some time.
tion KTW, Seattle, Wash. Gil
Consult
your
teachers
pri-
and various vocational and li
lespie
is a graduate of Bob
vately
on
this
dynamically
Ml
brary services acts. Teacher
Jones university and has been
and counselor institutes may vicious matter. Are you versed
ADRIAN
in commercial broadcasting ra
also qualify for these federal in the new and advocated “Sen
dio for 18 years. He pastored
sitivity
Training
”
beingtaught?
COMMUNITY
funds.”
a church in Granite Falls,
We cannot understand how Do not neglect this one. Do
CHURCH
Wash, for three years, his test
the above-mentioned groups of you wish your children and your
imony was written in Chris
people could want to force their grandchildren so taught?
1 urge you to buy a copy
_______
_ women
_____ _ ’s tian Life publication in 1963,
Members __
of _ the
points of view upon the mothers,
fathers and children of the en of the Boise Statesman for association of Adrian Com- and was translated for the Bob
Saturday, Feb. 1 and read "Sex^ rnunity church will meet at 2 Jones program, “Miracles”
tire state of Oregon.
Thursday afternoon, ~
Feb. and broadcast in the U. S. and
Write you opposition now to Education Provokes Anger in p.m. ~
your legislators who are: An Washington” found on page 10. 13 in the church basement, with 20 other countries. He is the
thony Yturri, Oregon State Sen Yes, you will experience deep Mrs. Marie Moore as hostess. past chairman of Christian Bus
Mrs. Vernon Hirsch will show inessmen of Albany, Ore. and
ate, Salem, Oregon,97910,Sen shock.
Are we to sit idly by and slides of Chaco Canyon, the has served as president and
ate bill # 8; and Robert F. Smith,
House of Representatives, Sa permit Senate Bill #8 and House ruins in North New Mexico. vice-president of a men’s fel
lowship in the U. S. The meet
lem, Oregon, 97910, House bill Bill #1114 to be enacted into
ings where Louis Gillispie may
# 1114. - Respectfully yours, laws - “vicious, degrading, and
UNITED METHODIST be heard will be the TVC Chris
League of Oregon Parents BEA. morally distructive laws.”
We are advised action must
tian Women’s Club, La Paloma
CHURCH NEWS
be immediate to be effective.
Restaurant, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m.
Send a personal letter or tele
and the TV Business and Pro
FEB. 9 SCHEDULE
gram toSenator Robert F. Smith
fessional Women’s Council, La
stating your views on this issue.
Paloma, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m.
9:30 A.M. - Sunday School;
Our opinions have value with
our legislators. Do not put off' 11 A.M. - Worship Service;
doing this and get the issue 12:05 P.M. - Choir practice;
and
NAZARENE
mentioned of the Boise States 7 P.M. - Junior High UMYF
at
the
church;
7
P.M.
-
Senior
man. I assure you it will open
CHURCH NOTES
your eyes. - Bessie E. Long, High UMYF in church parlor;
7
P.M.
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Missions
study
group
7 Long Drive, Nyssa.
meets at Fruitland United
Youth Week services are
Methodist church.
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being presented this weekend at
OWYHEE
Nyssa Church of the Nazarene.
COMMUNITY
General Repairing
Sponsored by the young people’s
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society of the church, the Idaho-
ROLL
Oregon district NET choir and
Louis Gillispie, manager of
speaker, Rev. Bob Green of
Christian Radio Station KTW
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. (Brig) Nampa, will be featured.
in Seattle, will be speaker dur Olsen have received word of a
The NET team and choir is
PHONE 372-3570
ing the Sunday School hour on new six-pound, eight-ounce
a group of sixteen high school
NYSSA . . . OREGON
Feb. 9 at Owyhee Community grandson, Tandy Garth, born
church.
Jan. 25, 1969 to Mr. and Mrs.
Rodney Frost will deliver the Garth Olsen. The infant’s fa
sermon during the regular ther is a professor at Ricks
morning worship hour.
college in Rexburg, Idaho.
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