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Private devotion in England on the eve of the Reformation illustrated from works printed or reprinted in the period 1530-40
No full textThis is the first attempt to provide a detailed description of the different types of devotional literature (excluding all liturgical books, biblical translations, doctrinal and polemic works, saintS lives and sermons) available in print to English readers in the years immediately preceding England's break with Rome. It shows that there were far more Catholic works of devotion, many of them written or printed for the first time 1520 - 35, than has previously been recognized. It is also clear that this flourishing literature came to a sudden and decisive end in 1535, although the tradition lived on unofficially to be taken up by the English Recusants. The leading themes of this traditional literature are indicated in chapters on treatises about confession and prayer, the mass, the life and Passion of Christ, on tribulation, death and the Last Things, while more general teaching about the Christian life addressed to religious, contemplatives and lay people, and the humanist and Protestant contribution to this literature is also discussed. The treatises are doctrinally sound and on the whole advocate moderation and common-sense; they avoid many of the weaknesses of popular non-literary devotion, including the Marioleatry and excessive morbidity for which the late middle ages are often condemned. Some of the weaknesses of the Catholic tradition are suggested by comparison with the more rational and secular attitudes of Christian humanist , authors, notably Erasmus, available during the 1530s. The Protestants, whose treatises become increasingly common, despite official censorship, during the decade until they dominate its second half, carry the humanist~ reform much further, and break with the Catholic Church. Traditional devotional topics and audiences are displaced by doctrinal and biblical teaching addressed to lay people. The Bible replaces the Church's authority and there is more emphasis on the spiritual and social dimensions of religion
Review for Religious - Issue 08.5 (September 1949)
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P~qcjress ~hroucjh Thankscji~.in~
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VOLUME VIII . SEPTEMBER, 1949. NUMBER
CONTENTS
SPIRITUAL PROGRESS THROUGH, ACTIVE THANKSGIVING
-" Ciarence McAuliffe.’S.3 ...... " . . : 225,
REPORT TO ROME--Adam C. Ellis. S.d~ ..........
VOCATIONAL LITERATU"’~ ~R -E ....~..,". . -: .... ! 240
ADM~ISSION OF ORIENTALS INTO LATIN INSTITUTES " "
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~O,TAL CONSECRATION TO MARY BY ~OW--
Robert L/. Knopp. S.M ...... ~ 254
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36. Recdption and Profession on Same Caldndar Day ,. ....." . . 2-71
~-37. Safeguarding Secrecy of, Elections .... ~ .... * . -. .~ 271
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Spiri :ual Progress
Through Active Thanksgiving
~ Clarence McAuliffe, S.J.
THAT a spirit of thanksgiving is one of. the basic threads in the
’| fabric of Christian virtues is clear.’from various theological
sources, but especially from the let!;~rs of St. Paul. In thirty-five
different ~exts the Apostle of the Gen files either expresses thanks
to God for persohal favors received or urg,
for benefits to themselves. He asks the
"What hast thou that thou hast not re
received, why dost thou glory as if thou
admonishes the Colossians (Col. 3:15.) :
rejoice in your hearts, wherein also you
"be ye thankful." To the Ephesians he
tion (Eph. 5:20): "Giving thanks ah
name of our Lord ,Iesus Christ, to God th
~’s his readers to thank God
’.orinthians (I Cor. 4:7) :
rived? And if thou hast
hadst not received?" He
iAnd let the peace of Christ
e called in one body: and
aakes a sweeping exhorta-ays
for all things, in the
Father."
Undoubtedly priests and religious do harbor in their souls an
abiding spirit of gratitude to God. Moreover, they do not allow this
virtue to remain in a purely passive condition, since they are ca’lied
upon to exercise it every day. They make a thanksgiving after Holy
Communion; another, after meals. They begin their examinations
of conscience with an act of thanks. At every Mass they express
their gra’titude to God, since gratitude is one of the four purposes that
are infallibly achieved by every unbloody immolation of the Savior.
Granted, then, that religious and priests d,o make certain acts of
thanksgiving, even though they may be dulled by that common ene-my
routine, it would, nevertheless, be conducive to spiritual advance-ment
if those consecrated to God were more actively thankful. A
few considerations may show why this is true and provide inspira-tion
for its accomplishment.
Even natural gratitude is a winning virtue, and we find its exer-cise
praised and inculcated even bY pagans. Mothers are rare who do
not, instruct their children to say "Thank you." How.ever, the
gratitude with which we are concerned is supernatural. It is based on
faith; it is activated by co-operation with actual grace, and it merits
an eternal supernatural reward if the conditions for merit are veri-fied.
But it-~does not conflict with natural gratitude. In fact, its
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psychological effects and its outward manifestations will be very
much the same, and this truth should be borne in mind. Yet it is
radically and intrinsically superior to natural gratitude because it can
be obtained and exercised only by God’s helping hand, and it leads
to a reward far transcending the natural capacities of man.
The thanksgiving of which we speak, therefore, is a super-natural
virtue that inclines us to acknowledge and recompense the
gifts that come to us from God or from another person under God.
The virtue becomes alive when we say prayers or perform acts. that
are motivated by the virtue. It is true, of course, that this virtue is
not as lofty in dignity as the virtue of perfect love of God. Since,
however, .it is easier for the average religious to act from a spirit of
thanksgiving than from perfect love, and since the exercise of thanks-giving
is an open door to perfect love, this virtue is worth culti-vating
for its own sake. By making acts of thanksgiving to God,
we practice a form of the more general virtue of religion. When we
make such acts to parents or other superiors under God, we exercise
one species of the virtue of piety. If we render thanks to our equals,
we exercise one aspect of the virtue of justice. It is worth remem-bering
that when we give thanks to superiors or equals for their
favors, we can nevertheless exercise the supernatural virtue of grati-tude.
¯ We thank God by thanking them because we know by faith
that they themselves are gifts of God to us.
In order to realize more vividly how the exercise of supernatural
gratitude can promote spiritual progress, it might be well to rdflect
briefly on the energizing effects of merely natural gratitude. Suppose
we recall some definite occasion in the past when we were briskly
stirred by the emotion of thanksgiving. At one time or another we
may have been thoroughly mean and .cross-grained "towards someone
who had a full right to our love. : If that person was a parent.or
teacher or superior, he might have rightfully punished us for our
meanness. But he did not. He passed it over, never mentioned it,
treated us as though we had done nothing wrong. Gratitudh surged
up spontaneously in our souls." Or we might remind ourselves of
that occasion when death visited our home and we were consoled by
the visits and condolences of so many people. We were stirred by
an active gratitude to them." Or, if we have not had such experi-ences,
we might remember any other: the time that the doctor or a
neighbor, at great personal inconvenience, lent us assistance when
we needed it badly; some occasion.such as Christmas or graduation,
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when parents and friends showered us with gifts. All of us have
had these or other experiences in our lives when our natural gratitude
was stimulated to a high peak of activity.
Having recalled some such occasion from the past, we need not
make any profound study of psychology to recall also the natural
concomitants of that active spirit of thanksgiving. In the first place.
we certainly looed our benefactor or benefactors. They had been
good to us, and we by a praiseworthy natural reaction wished good
to them. We resolved never to forget their kindness. We would
be loyal to them and they would be the objects of our praise, never
ot~ our blame. Secondly, the gratitude we felt prompted us to refrain
from criticism not only of our benefactors, but of others als0. It even
prompted us to disregard various circumstances that chafed us in one
way or another. It made us satisfied with our lot. Thirdly, ,are
were conscious of a spirit of humility. We realized that we had been
treated far better than we deserved, and this realization put us in
proper focus towards God and all men. Fourthly, we found that
our active gratitude enkindled a special reverence towards our bene-factors.
Fifthly, we were drawn out of ourselves and were inspired
to do,good to others, even to those to whom we were in no way
obligated. Finally, we recall that. on these occasions of animated
thanksgiving our,souls expanded with joy. The whole world took
on a different hue, and our hearts beat faster. A mere superficial
glance at the psychological effects of a living thanksgiving reveals
the truth of all this, and, be it remarked again, the manifestations of
supernatural gratitude will be substantially the same as those of the
natural virtue.
.If, then, at diverse times in our lives we were so thankful for
single gifts bestowed upon us by mere human benefactors, what
should be the extent of our active gratitude to God? The degree of
gratitude due a donor is measured partially by the number and kind
of gifts received. And is it not a fact that we owe every single thing
we have or ever will have to the munificence of Almighty God? In
the purely natural sphere, my very presence in this world as a living
person, drawn from the chasm of utter nothingness, is the result of
God’s generosity. It is the sustaining hand of God that keeps my
soul and body united at every instant. I oannot even take a breath
or blink an eye without His help. Every talent of my soul, every
power of my body is a present with God’s name written on it. My
friends, my country, all the circumstances of my past, present,
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and future life are so many tokens of God’s liberality.. Even the
physical and mental sufferings that come to me are His benefits and
will redound to my good if I use them properly. Moral perversity
is the only (hing that I can claim as my own. All this we know by
our faith; we know it even by reason; but it has a hard time holding
its footing on the slippery foreground of our consciousness.
Moreover, these natural gifts are mere shadows when compared
with the supernatural favors God has bestowed upon us. Our
Catholic faith, our priestly or religious vocations are the result of
God’s thoughtfulness and labor. We have but a misty notion of
sanctifying grace, but we know that it is in some ineffable manner a
sharing in God’s own nature. Besides, not an hour of the day goes
by but God manifests His personal concern for each of us by enlight-ening
our minds and fortifying our wills with His actual graces.
Again, the sacraments are so many rivers flowing down from the
cross on Calvary to irrigate the world with both sanctifying and
actual graces. Indulgences, sacramentals, intellectual guidance, spir-itual
consolations are but gifts of God delivered to us by the Cath-olic
Churdh. Our dignity surpasses
powerful monarch because we are the
Ghost and the adopted children of
liberality;.
It is also worth remembering that,
are conferred upon all or many men
that of the world’s most
living temples of the Holy
God Himself through His
though some of God’s gifts
equally, most of them are
decidedly individualistic, earmarked for me personally either by their
very. nature or by the manner in which they are presented. For
instance, the providence which God exercises towards me differs from
that which He exercises’ towards anyone else. I had fny own
distinctive parents. I have my own distinctive qualities of body and
soul, and my 9wn special circumstances of life. The touches of God
upon my mind and heart by actual grace are adapted to my special
needs and are tinged with His thoughtfulness of me personally. God
worked out my vocation by a series of external circumstances and
internal helps that were verified in no other case. Only in heaven
will I realize the vast number of gifts that God addressed to me
personally, but a little reflection will reveal some of them even now.
This reflection will be time well spent since it will sharpen my active
spirit of thanksgiving.
So much f6r the number and kind of God’s gifts. We are
literally walking bundles of God’s benefits. It should fill us with
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humility to realize that at times we are so briskly grateful to some
human benefactor for a single favor whereas we are s.o sluggish in
expressing our appreciation to God, the "Source of all blessings."
However, gratitude should be m’easured not only by the number
and kind of gifts received but also by the nobility of the giver. On
this score also our thanksgiving to God should be intensified. Other
things being in balance, we appreciate more a present from a superior
than one from an equal. The modern craze for autographs rests
upon this principle. We are not personal acquaintances of either the
Holy Father or his secretary, but we would value more a rosary sent
us by the Holy Father than we would the same rosary given us by
his secretary. If, then, on various occasions we have been impelled
to active gratitude because some other person has been generous
towards us, what should be our active gratitude to God, the Lord
and Ruler of the universe and the Father of us all?
One other factor enters into the degree of gratitude that we owe
another. It is the intention of the giver. The greater the love of
the donor, the’more heartfelt should be our appreciation for his gifts.
"The gift without the giver is bare." The nobleman who tosses his
unfeeling coin to the’beggar at the castle’s portal is a benefactor, but
not a lover. He deserves thanks; but not very much, because he does
not give himself in his gift. His coin, no matter how precious, does
not symbolize any self-giving. So necessary is this disposition of
love on the part of the giver, that a present bestowed out of unal-loyed
selfishness, for instance, solely to obtain some favor from the
recipient, really merits no thanks at all.
It would probably be correct to say that those people who by
their kindness really activated our natural gratitude in the past were
motivated by a personal regard for us, a love more or less intense.
But even so, their love cannot compare with God’s when He com-municates
His gifts to us. God is never ~imply a benefactor. He is
always the supreme lover, and this spiritual truth is manifested
strikingly in some of His gifts. Consider, for example, the gift of
sanctifying grace. By it we are in some mysterious way made
"sharers in the divine nature." It is the seed of the future flower of
the beatific vision wherein we shall one day be enabled to perform in
a finite way acts of knowledge and love that properly belong to God
alone. No creature by its natural powers could ever behold God
intuitively and experience the ineffable love and joy that follow upon
that knowledge. In short, sanctifying grace is not only a symbol of
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God’s desire to give Himself, but it is an actual giving of Himself in
as far as it is possible for Him to do so. It is evident that God could
not possib!y assimilate us into His divinity. " The result would be
paiatheism, Which would conflict with His infinite perfection. But
by sanctifying grace He has conferred upon us powers that truly
resemble His own.
Again, this effort of God to give Himself to us as far as possible
is revealed by His constant bestowal of" actual graces. These are
outright gifts. By them God Himself stimulates our minds and
wills. He illuminates our minds by endowing them with a bit of
His own divine wisdom, and He spurs on our wills to do good by
communicating to them a mite of His own power. If a blood donor
saves our life, we are deeply.grateful. He has truly given up a part
of himself. God is constantly renewing our spiritual forces by
transmitting to us through actual graces tiny sparks of His own
knowledge and might. Moreover, these visitations of God are
frequent. They come many times every single day. They are
directed to our welfare. They benefit only ourselves,.not God. No
self-seeking mars God’s activity in our souls. These graces are
tokens of a perfect love that seeks only the good of the beloved, and
by these graces we see with God’s own light and we act with God’s
own power.
Finally, we note God’s loving intentions towards us in His gift
of the Blessed Sacrament. By this marvel of God’s omnipotence
Our Lord becomes corporeally present, not merely in one place but
in thousands throughout the world. He does not walk about now
in His visible body to visit us in our homes, but He remains on the
altar in an invisible manner so that we can walk to Him and con-verse
with Him. Furthermore, not only has He blessed us with this
gift of His abiding presence, but He comes to us daily in Hol’~"
Communion, a tangible proof that He is not just a benefactor but an
ardent lover. He literally gives us Himself for a short time every
day in a union that transcends any possible union between mere
human beings. Holy Communion, then, together with sanctifying
grace and actual grace lends us some tiny ins.igbt into the flaming
love that inspires God in all of His gifts to us.
On all scores, therefore, we should be more actively grateful to
God than to any human benefactor. We are indebted to God not
for one gift or a thousand, but literally for everything. .Even the
gifts of other people to us are in reality God’s gifts. He is the
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ultimate source of all our blessings. Moreover, in dignity God the
Giver excels infinitely all human donors. Then too, no human
benefactor can possibly be motivated by the unbounded love of God
as this is manifested particularly by His gifts of grace and the Blessed
Sacrament. Yet despite all this we are at times deeply moved to
gratitude by one trifling gift from another person, whereas our grati-tude
to God remains ineit and lifeless.
No doubt one reason for our lethargy arises from the fact that
God does not visibly appear when He confers His gifts. We are so
tied to our sense perceptions that our emotion of gratitude does not
spontaneously react when we cannot sensibly perceive the donor. To
counter this difficulty we should vivify our faith, since we know b.v
faith (and also by reason) that God as a matter of fact does give us
everything we have. A good reason for our failure to be more
actively grateful springs from a selfish trait or quirk in human
nature. When we recei~’e many gifts from another, our spirit of
thanksgiving instead of waxing tends to wane. We tire of saying
"Thank you." We begin to take favors for granted, or we even
begin to look upon them as our right. We all know this from per-sonal
experience, but we also realize that we should fight against
this natural tendency not only in regard to God but also in regard
to our human benefactors.
Suppose, then, that by God’s help we do manage to weave into
our souls a rhore active spirit of thank, sgiving to Him. What bene-fits
will accrue to our spiritual lives? To answer this we need only
recall the benefits deriving from an active natural gratitude. First,
an active supernatural gratitude will lead us to more intense love for
God. In fact, such gratitude is one of the avenues that leads directlx."
to perfect love for God, as all spiritual writers admit. Secondly,
this energetic gratitude inspires us with humility towards God and
towards our fellow meri. Realizing that we have been given so
much despite the fact that we deserve absolutely nothing, we descend
to our proper level with reference to God ’and our neighbor. Thirdly,
such living gratitude, represses grumbling and criticism. The truly
grateful man does not complain. He does not have his adverse com-ments
to offer about every new regulation of his superior. He does
not make the round of the community spreading cheap gossip about
others. He is too grateful. This effect of gratitude is expressed by
the poet, ,Josephine Pollard, in her poem "Grumble Corner":
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And man a discontented mourner,
Is spending his da~ls in Grumble Corner:
Sour and sad, whom I long to entreat,
To take’a house in Tbanks-gi~ing Street.
Fourthly, this energetic spirit of thanksgiving will give us the
right perspective on the circumstances that enter our lives. We will
evaluate them correctly. We will not allow our minds to focus
attention on minor irritations which, if unchecked, may upset our
peace of soul for days at a time. The grateful recollection of the
uninterrupted series of benefits flowing to us every minute from
God’s liberality will reduce such irritations to their right size.and
keep our minds in proper balance. Fifthly, this vigorous gratitude to
God will not permit us to forget our fellow men. It will impel us
to do favors for others, and it will guarantee that these favors will
be supernaturally motivated. Sixthly, just as the expression of
natural gratitude wins more gifts from a benefactor, so an active
supernatural gratitude brings down more favors from God, especially
by augmenting the flow of His actual graces. ¯Lastly, and very
important, this brisk spirit of gratitude, just like its natural counter-part,
fills the soul ~vih joy. The grateful man is always happy, and
this atmosphere of happiness, correctly understood, is indispensable
for spiritual progress.
Since God is the ultimate giver of all things, we purposely
emphasize the value of active gratitude to Him. However, the exer-cise
of this virtue towards Him does not exclude the propriety of
’exercising it also towards our fellow men. In fact, it would be
spiritually profitable for us to say "Thank you" to others much
more often than we
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Many Citizen* Ar,- Opposed to Pur- Train Schedule Will Slum Many New, Batata Corbet, a Former Palo ARo
rh*->ing Park Psmtmtpea ausl to In* I Trains— Big tocCBMB In. Suburban Attorney, Is Rrtnlut-d to Assist
rn-aslng Munlcl|*al Indebted mi.*. Travel l Ix- • ■ i. .!. City Attorney Malrolnr In Halt.
Tho park bonds were defeated.
The total vote caat wbb Mt. of which
181 were In favor ot the proposition
and 1*2 against. It would have required 329 vote* to csrry the bonds,
or two-thirds of sll tbe vols* east.
The lionds received s majority of 19,
btjt were 57 short ot tho two-thirds.
The vote In Precinct No. 1 waa
91 tor and 01 against, and In Precinct 2 the figures were 114 -for and
inf. against.
The opposition Is hardly to be et-
plained. In view of tbe fart that the
bond Issue would have added so little to the tax levy. Some opposed
the park on the grounds thst' ths
site Ir loo small, while others objected to Increasing the municipal Indebtedness and argued tbat the town
bai no need ot parks.
One of the unusual features of
the opposition was that many voters
who are not on the assesment roll
and pay no taxes not only voted but
worked against the bonds, Usually
lhe man who pays no taxes Is In favor of Incurring Indebtedness for
public Improvements.
It Is I a* cresting to note what tbe
Increased tax would have been tf the
project bad carried. The bonds war*
to be paid In twenty years. Ths storage annual payment of coupons
and Interest would have been f 1,175.1
The present ss*essi>d valuation of
property la |3,000.0*in. Thi
then would have been
The pasaengt-r department of tho president Parkinson announced st
Southern Pacific Company author* the meeting of the trustees held last
lied the announcement Saturday night that Attorney Burke Corbet
that trains will be put ln operation has been retained to assist City At-
over the cutoff ln July, probably on torney Malcolm In the proceedings
July 1st. The company Is preparing that are to b* brought to have the
the new ochedulc of truins, which courts declare the Hsrt franchise
will give the long-desired service void.
south. A great Increase in suburb- A resolution prepnred hy Messrs.
an travel ta anticipated by the pas- Corbet and Malcolm was presented
senger oflkials. and adopted by unanimous vote. Th*
This line will shorten the distance preamble eet* forth the facts In re*
betwoen San Franciaco and Palo gard to the granting of tho fran-
Alto from thirty-three miles to chile and the conditions leading up
twenty-seven mites, and will do away to tho action of-the hoard In do-
wilh the present heavy grades, Un- ctarlng lhe franchise forfeited,
der these conditions It Is anticipated It la r-ssolved tbst General Hart,
tbat some of the trains In the new his successor* snd assigns, are un-
schedule'wil] make lhe run In thlr- lawfully la possession of certain
ty minutes. If this hope Is reallxed. streets; that the town should tske
or even If forty minutes Is assured, steps ss sre necessary and perm last*
Palo Alto will be nearer tb* city hie to have It Judicially determined
than any of the town* across tbs that General. Hart possess** ao
bay. with tbo plessantcr all*rall rights In tbo streets, snd ihst the
trip. attornoy*Renoral be requested to
The Southern Pacific Company la bring such action aa may be n.*ces-
prepsrtng for extensive betterments aery to hare It Judicially determined
In the service, not only In fast trains that said Hart has no rights or prlv-
but in a better roadbed, new dopots lloges under, the franchise and that
and whatever will help to sccommo- he Is In unlawful potmeaalon of the
-fate the heavy travel which the on- sireets of the town.
Aim* Street Improvement* Will Be
Made J>y Hi, City Street Improvement Company of Han P*r*a-*el*co.
elals are assured will result from tb*
opening of this. line.
Sewer Coutraei Awarded.
The committee from the board of
If-vr trustees to which tho bid of Down*
little las*'*-** A Hon .for constructing sewers
Ilurke Corbet, who has been retained, formerly lived In Palo Alto.
He I* one of tho most able and ene-
c**sfti| attorney* of San Francisco.
The amount ot business transacted
st the meeting of tbe town trustee*
held Isst night was not large, but
It required volumes of words befor*
results wore reached. The awarding
of the contract for mscad a mixing
portion* of nine street* was the special matter on band and each ot th*
two bidders had an attorney present
to present his side of the esse. Tb*
contract was finally awarded to W.
F. Hanrahan. who was the low-sst
bidder under the second advertisement for bids, but bad been highest
In the flrst Instance- The different***
In favor* of tbe Hsnrshan bid was
about 17,000.
laawycrs l**rs***ent Argument*.
Th* matter was introduced by *
letter from Downing 4 Son. sat ting
forth their view of the esse. Attorney I-M Res, of Ssn Jose, appeared
for them and presented a l*g*l opinion from F.-ank Q. Flnlayson, of Lo*
Angeles, In regard to tbe construe-
Uoa of tbe Vroomaa act. Ur. Re*
asked to be allowed to put the city
engineer under oath to prove that
Hanrahan had failed to perform m
previous contract.
President Pnrklnaon protested
that tho board was not a court and
refused to take any testimony.
Attorney Barrett, of San Francisco, representing Mr. Hanrahan. said
Meantime General Hart, on behalf;0** w" *ming to admit the point
•if ihe California Itapld Transit Oom*j Mr- ■*»" desired to prove. Hs said
puny, la ateadlty but slowly proceed- j a* d,d »ot dispute the power of the
nation. Property Is Maessed at Th* price for six-Inch sewers wss plowed up a* far as Km bison, mak-
about half Its value, so the tax' ■Ihtbtly lower then previous con- |Dg throe blocks upon which work
sgalnat an ordinary IS.O00 home!'-sets snd for eight-Inch sewers a has been done.
would have been II a year. ttttta higher. In view of the fact —
A good many argue, had the tras- 'hst the price of pipe hs* increased Fraternal Aid Celebrate*,
tee* sskod tJO.000 for tbe purchase j 1° Per cent and the cost* labor 29 Th(% e|j(hIh ann,V(.rsarJ. of ^
ot the Bhepard block the bonds;I«r ant. the oommitte* recommend- founaIni, of the Fr>tcrnp"- AJ(] 8ocI.
would have carried. This la doobt- *d that the contract he awarded to My ,n p^ M,0 w|u wW,wUfd w„h
ful. Bin** there sre s large number I Downing ft Son and the board has , „,.,,. a(Ulr ^^ Jjul OTen|M |n
of voters who sre opposed - to the jmade an order to that effect
purrhaso of park property under any' "***"-———**■—-———
conditions.
than four-tenths of a ,mlll. or40 '*** referred has reported thst tbe i„k. with tbe excavation for the Lrt-'bo*ird io **J«*t any hid, bnt tb* law
cents on each 11.000 of assessed val- j Prlt*** stere found to be reasonable. ,OJ1 avenue line. The street Is now; dld-not make it compulsory for th*m
to reject the Hanrahan bid. Tbe
power was Intended to be exercissd
only when the board felt convinced
tlmt a contractor would not carry
taut the work. The question of Mr.
HsnrahBa's reliability was not raised
when tho first bids were rejected,
snd the board bad thus condonsd his
previous fsllur*. Ur. Hanrahan waa
prepared lo furnish a safe bond. It
waa merely a bnslnesa mattsr and
duo consideration should be had before It was decided to reject s bid
that would save over 17,000 to th*
town.
Attorney Ilea Insinuates..
Mr. Rea said that If tbe law in
tbe ess* was admitted It made tb*
matter plain. Mr. Hanrahan had
defaulted In a former contract and
his bid should not again be considered. He asked members of tb*
board If fhey had found anything peculiar bi the fsct that the City Street
Improvement Company, a high bidder, wa* resdy to hack Mr. Hanra-
f Continued on png* three.)
Small Oil Su|,|.l>.
Several cats of crude oil for the
IloWLIXti coXTHNT TO ' waterworks which wore shipped
■IF HELD TOXIGHT '""'", ,'m*- ***° bave failed to arrive
, , , ' nnd it has been Impossible to get
J. Forman and X. Cosstello -p| any trace of the ear*, except one
Play lout of fsVHe* on Castle' *blch was supposed to hsve been
O.
| forwarded from Kan Francisco four
, dsys ago «nd Is now reported to be
In Hakorsflold. Unless a ear should
Alley*.
O. J. Formtin and N. Costeilo w|!I
meet tonlsht on Castle alleys. Mr.
Forman defeated I. Olsen last week ,*nl** to**r "*« »*fMw _ ■»«' hsve
In s poorly-plsyod game. Mr. Costeilo challenged the winner and Is
t€t pins behind In the first ten
games; although It's a hard game to
overcome that lead It is hoped that
Costeilo will bring the honor
Palo Alto. In ease Cosiello falls to
to be shut down for lack of fuel,
Thar would mean no light* and no
water.
Frati-rlty Halt. Tbe following program was given during the evening:
Piano duet—Miss Alias l#oder
and Minnie Klmtira.
Heading—Mlas Ituby Woods.
Vjolin solo—J. B. Kerns.
Vocal solo—Miss Edna Horn.
Piano solo—-Miss Vivian Howard.
%'oeal solo—O-Ilsa Augusts rpham.
Keaeh number was encored. Light
refreshments concluded tbo evening's enjoyment.
The committee In charge of the
entertainment was composed of Mrs.
J. I. Simpson as chairman. Mrs.
George Harms and Mrs. B. U. Loder.
Tbs Dsily Time*—10e * wr-*
A Good Chance
Honor* Are IMvlded.
Trustee Ilyxbee and Attorney Mal-
; '-olin submitted a report last night I
i tn regard to the bids for doing the
capture the prlxe Olsen ta still ««m*|1#w, pUD„lh„n(. ff>r tbm toWn TJj<.v
and will challenge Mr. Forman j rtcommt!oM tbit> „ thv two bfd(1
again. Mr. Forman la the flrst! „e priicl,et|,y lh<J „,„„, The Tlmea,
bowl.r to defeat the ■'Cannonb.lirp,ll|,|ih|(l|t CompMoy be fir#?B -j. T°**** fl«*-»»ra bouse on lot BOX
Kid" in an lndividu.1 contest of ten! pobHc,tIon of „fh „,„, BOt!oeiI „&*• .P,«flDl,h' *-t '"DUgs.
games or more. w rfsstTolrod to sppear In s dally
Thhja4mtmM,t^.mm )Onraar *[p«p«** 8nd tbst the Tribune Publlah-
inr Company be given the publlcs-
nl'n.-n of the ordinary ordinances and
\ notice*. Tbe report wa* adopted by
i the board and tb* contract* were
' awarded on that basta.
Ban FrancI"co*nd on their way back;
the local*
bowlers. The Coatello-Forman contest will start at 7:45 p. m.
Give* i. fe*.
Miss Jessie I-akln was hostess at
Jspanese tea on Saturday after-;
'Price, 93,000.
A corner lot 50xi|2 1-2. half
block off University svenue. |900.
An eight-room house close In for
14,660.
Nine-room house on tot fOxit>0.
Besutirul osks, south frontage. Tor
18,000.
Electrician* IHsogree.
Tbe work of wiring tbe city hall
noon, which proved to be a derided-j ha(| betn ,nleri.,iptwi by a difference,
ly unique and delightful event. The of op|nlo|| betww|n CIty Electrician
beautiful I*kin borne on Addison HtfpptT %nA 0,^^^ Ro,^,, t*,,
avenue was sttrsctlvely deeorsted j voatrtt.t0r „..,„,„ tha, ho ,, flolllg
with Japan-sse lantern umbrellas ,hfl WOfk ,a weord,DCe wltb tb, UD..
souvenir*, snd the Blrl friends d,rwritjer,- rules and lb* city *l*c-
of tbe hootee* came In Japanese cos-, tr(r|an ^turner to accept ft. The1
tnme. Japanr-*e refreshment* were; m(U(er hflI hoea reffirrwI t0 ,be lown
served -the guests sitting on >-r trustees to adjust,
floor In true Jspanese fashion. ,
During the afternoon a short musical program was given bv Miss
Eleanor Morris. Miss Rsy Stuart and
Mlsa Jessie Lakln.
Among those who enjoyed the1
Robta A. Thompson
Room 4, Parkinson Block.
Prone Mala 21S.
BEER, 5c
Root beer, of conrs*. ■
But get the genuine, delicious,
thlrst-quencblng kind; drawn from
the keg and served In steins, al
WILSON'S
Xo Change ,-, Hello Strike.
There has been no change today.
In the strike situation st tbe Iocs I'
telephone office. Tbe girls are at
work and are awaiting the action of'
hospitality of Mis* Lakln were-] q,,* offlcisl* In regard to their de-
[MbSBsa Grace Towns. Vlda Tourny, „,„,,.■ for „D eight-hour day. Man-.
Marguerite Stevens. Jean Thompson. I nmer Crosby la In Ssn Jose again to- '■■
Nell Fltigersld, Dorothy Newhall.; rj*). where the trouble la being ai**«n
Nelda King, Ramona McKendry.: offlclal consideration.
Maud >Snfadicr*sb, Dorothy Alderton. ., , m —
Ray Stuart. Mary and Lulba Parkin* J. B. Scofleld, of the advertising
son, Eleanor Morris. Grace Coo- department of Sunset Msgsxlnc. Is
ildge, IxiuImi Hardeman, Mary Herd- in town today. The Sunset will run
' man, Helen Boardman, Irene Chi Ids.: cutoff numbers for Jans, July snd
Frsnkle Child*. Caroline Squire.' August, with extensive articles on,
1 Helen Forbes. Winifred snd Claire, the penlnsuls. All the towns will,
fi Tsrpy snd Emma Heaney. , advertise liberally.
It's not breakfast without Rood coffee—use "M. J. B." and
you will bave a good breakfast.
Try our store for fresh ranch eggs.
Strawberries are in thc market.
Ask for Heinz* Chili Sauce for your meat—nothing nicer.
Trade with the store that treat** you best.
Sallows ® Rhodes
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RAYTA 1 I. Ill 4 I- .1 0 ALTO XKW MRIUDIA
A study of the language of selected 15th and 16th century aljamiado manuscripts.
No full textPhDThis thesis consists of a survey of the linguistic features
of datable aljamiado manuscripts, taken as nearly as possible
at twenty year intervals from 1429 to 1597, with the purpose of
ascertaining to what extent Morisco writings in Arabic character
shed any light on contemporary Spanish pronunciation and whether
any chronology of sound-change in Castilian can be recorded from
the collated evidence. The chief features examined are initial
F-, the sibilants, the plosive and fricative value of d and the
possibility of early instances of yeïsmo. On the whole it has been
found that the Moriscos were not innovators and the language of
even late sixteenth-century manuscripts still shows forms current
at the beginning of the century. The thesis includes transcriptions
of extracts from MSS. B.N.5319, J.1, B.N.5073/6/7/12, B.N. 4908/1,
B.N. 5364, T.13, T.16, B.N.5223 and J.30. There is also a Glossar
The regional geopolitics of the strait of Gibraltar
No full textSecurity of passage of the Strait of Gibraltar is an imperative for the world community. To achieve this, there must be stability on the northern and southern shores of the Strait. Peace in the region is currently threatened by the "creeping jurisdiction" which both Spain and Morocco wish to exert over the waters of the Strait. Other factors which threaten stability are the historical rivalry which exists between Spain and the Islamic southern shore; the legacy of disputed sovereignty in the Crown Colony of Gibraltar and the Spanish Plazas in North Africa; the economic divide betwen the EC and Maghreb along the Strait axis; and the possible threat of militant Islam. Contentions also exist between Morocco and Algeria, eg the Western Saharan War. The re-establishment of a strong "power hierarchy" in the area must be supported by such international instruments as the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982). The Crown Colony and the Spanish Plazas must be decolonized once Spain is firmly integrated into the EC and NATO, and once Morocco has reached a level of economic and political development that is condusive to closer ties with Western institutions
The contribution of William, Lord Armstrong to science and education
No full textWilliam George Armstrong (1310-1900) is best remembered as the lawyer turned engineer who revolutionised ordnance during the Crimean War. Nonetheless, 'his researches, his evidence before Royal Commissions and his presidential addresses, (including that to the British Association for the Advancement of Science), are as relevant today as they were last century. Indeed, it could be argued that whereas George and Robert Stephenson were, essentially, men of the Industrial Revolution, Armstrong’s theories are .still appropriate in the space age. Apart from his extensive research into hydraulics and electricity, which greatly advanced the frontiers of science, his contribution to education is considerably more than a mere footnote to his more spectacular achievements. At a time when the men of theory and the men of practice despised each other, Armstrong stood athwart the debate. Instead, he built an educational and industrial complex at Elswick where theory and practice went hand in hand and which became the blue-print for successive Royal Commissions. While others argued for technical education on continental lines, Armstrong upheld the Elswick example. His reluctant involvement in the proposed College of Physical Science in Newcastle upon Tyne is the subject of some debate in this study. Nonetheless, when he was finally convinced of its efficacy, his support was unequivocal. So much so that, after his death, the resultant edifice became Newcastle's abiding memorial to him. Two recent biographies have been used as works of general reference, but the main thesis rests on extensive use of original material. This includes Armstrong's speeches and writings; his evidence before Royal Commissions and the records of the Elswick forks' Mechanics' Institute and Schools. Hitherto, Armstrong's fame has rested on his weapons which destroyed human life. His greatest weapon - his contribution to science and education - which destroyed the 'laissez faire' attitudes of his contemporaries, has been largely ignored. In an endeavour to redress the balance, this study has been attempted
Review for Religious - Issue 05.1 (January 1946)
No full textIssue 5.1 of the Review for Religious, 1946.~,$ANUARY. 15, I94~
and Catholic Ac~tion. ’.." ~ .:
s from the, Council of Trent ....
Joseph V.
¯ Augustine
Heart of Mary-r. o.. ~ ~’ho~as A. O’Conr
~etic Power Of Christ~ : ¯ ¯ ¯ .~- ¯ ~.. " Malhchi ,J. ~Donn,
0__f E q_ u ~ ¯ " .~~, , ~....... ¯ ¯ LOu;s J;
.
ious Buy ~nd Sell? ........ ~.m c,
Ouesfions .Answered
RE ’FOR RELi
VOLUME V bANUARY 15, 1946 NUMBER
CONTENTS-PIUS
X AND CATHOLIC ACTiON o ~seph V, Sommers. S,J ....
SPIRITUAL READINGS FROM THECOUNCIL OF TRENT--~’IIIm
Augustine Klaas. S.J.’ .........
OUR ~ONTRIBUTORS ,o-, ....... ’-, ........
"WHAT’S A DOMINICAN?" " . ........ . ¯ 24
THE IMMACULATE’HEART OF MARYmThomas A, O’Connor. S,J, 25
INDEX OF BACK NUMBERS .~.. ........ . ,.- , , 32
THE MAGNETIC POWER OF CHRIST~-~-" Mal~l~i J,D0r.nelly, S2J, ,-. 33
BOOKLETNOTICES .... , ; ." ...........".. ~ " " 39
17
24 ~
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COMMUNICATIONS .......... - .... ., .. ..... . . 40
THE VIRTUE OF EQUITY~L~uis J. Puhl, STJ,~ ...... 4~3
BOOKS°RECEIVED , . ...... L , -, ’, .- ........ 49
MAY RELIGIOUS BUY AND SELL?Adam C; Ellis, S,J, " " 50
BOOK’ REVIEWS-- .
Journey" in the Nighf; The Servant"of God. Mar~ Theresa Led6chowska;.
The Heart of Man: The Wool Merchant of Segovia: World Christianity;
How the People of Africa Live . . . ¯ .......... ~ . 66
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS--~-
l".’Active and Passive ’Vote or Voice
¯
70
2. Spiritual Director for "Professed Novices" . ........ 70
3. Confession before Communiqn
4. Successor,to Deceased Mother A’ssistant . . . ...... 71
5. Te Deum on Feast of St. Joseph . ’. .......... 71
6. Repair Work On Suffday .............
7. Re-election of Mother ’General after Eli, yen Years ...... 72
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PiUS X and°Catholic
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[INTRODUCTORY NOTE: This article° may lead to a misconception unless it is
¢lea~ly understood from the beginning that Catholic Action as here explained is lim~
ited~to the’thought of Pius_X. He was pope, from 1903 to 1914. Since that time
Pius XI an~d. Pi~ul XII have further refined the,notion of Catholic Action. Their -
writi’~gs and speeches so far ove’rshadow their predecessor’s that.~in many articles .
o and books reviewin~ the papal directives. Plus X receives, only passing ieference.
His relative position might be made.clearer from this comparison. If all the di~ec,
.tires on Catholic Action that have come from the Holy See since "the time of~
L, ed XIII were put into one volume, they would roughly equal a 670 page book.
Of these Leo XIII would get the first ten pages:~Pius X the next sixty; 500 page~
would go to Pius XL and the remaining pages to out’present Holy Father.
Yet’ Pi-us X’s thought is of historical importance: He gave Catholic Action its~
first great impetus. Although later popes have written more voluminously, yet~th, ey,
repeat much that P~us X already sa~d. It’wdl be ~nterestmg. therefore, to inve.stigate.
how the recent pap~al demands for an organized Catholic lay apostolate got started.]
, .~ |oSEPH Sarto was Bishop o~ Manti~a wiaen in January~.~.
~,.~,~ 1890, l"ie heard the trumpet call for the~lay apostolate.
Pope Leo XlII bad just issued his encyclical on’the
.~bYef .Duffes of Christi’a~s as Citizeris. Listed amon~g;the
~obligations of every Catholic layman was an active’share in
~’.defendingand extending the Church (A, 115-8).~ Esp_e-.
-,cial’ly in thes~ our-~ays, Leo wrote, the laity must openly
profess ~the Catholic doctrines and teach them to the utmost
6f their’ ability. They should take upon themselves,
.indeed-the office of the pastor, but: the task’of communi-0.
~ating. to others what they. have received, becoming as it
were living echoes of their teachers in the faith" (A, 1 16):
The faithful, however, would.hot satisfy these du, ti._e~, as it
is .fitting they should, were they ~to enter the fight single’-’
handed. They must work" together as frained sol~tierd -
deplbydd fof battle. In defence and in conquest, they inust
~" ~The present arttcle ~s a condensatton of,’a chapter tn a symposium on the life :ind
i ~6rk Of Plus X which Will .be published in book form by St. ’Anthony:s Guild,
~’Tfie books and documdnts cited in the article are listed at the end. References in the
text ~ill b~ merely by means of a letter °and number. The letter refers to the book;
the fiumber to the,page.
UO~EPH V. Sb~MERS " ~- ~ Reoiew for RetigioaF
fight.’ under the direction of th~ pope and ~he bishOps.
Thu~ did’Leo XlII outline’ the duty of the lay~aposto-
"late: Almost immediately Bishop _Sart% re-e~hbed th~:.
’t.~aching of his suprercie pontiff .in a speech on "Obedi~nc.e
to the Pope inoCatholic Action." Izater, as-Cardinal Patri-"
7arch~of .Venice, he urged obedience to the popd- as an
important motive for engJaging°ir~ this apostolate: "Cater
ollc Action has.been c.ommanded by the Pope., who has sig-~
-nified hisown mind in.so many ways, and t~hat is ~nough
-for us to be sure that it is the ~ill of God also" (B, 109). ~
Picking a.Name [or the Lay Apostolate
Although Pius X did not co~n the title "Ca~tholic
A’c-tion,;’ yet be ,is certainly the fiist pope to make frequent~
~ use of this term to dtisigfiate the laity’s. ~lhare in the apostolic
mission of the Church. Even before he had been elected,"
ti~ used. th~ eklSression. As Patriarch of Venice, fo.r
exgmple, he eml~hasized that "Catholic Action is pro’per to
the laity and’n6t to the clergy.. " .-Catholic Action is prop-
:er!y-lay in character." (B, 108. ) When pope he offi, ciall~i ~,
c~ristened this apostolate with a-"distinctive, and.surely-a_
very nobld name: Catholic Action" (A, 192), All in~all,-
Piu~ used the term’s~veral dozen ti~es: in letters to the
- Catholics of Italy, tb. the Hierarchy_of France, to .thd Arch!: ~.
bishop of Quebec, and iff writing to the’whole Catholic~
World: Since his pontificate, "Catholic-Acti~ri" has~
remaihed a t~chn~cal term both in papal documents andi~ "
" other W.ritings that adhere accurately to-the terminology: of~-
.,the popes in this matter..Today "Catl~olic Action"~
erly Si~hifies-both the rnand[~te~d organizations"and~ the
~apostolic activit~r of those Catholic laymen who officially
participate i~n the apostolic mission of the hierarchy. .
Doc6ments on Catholic Action - : "
¯ Pias X did more than give the- l~y apostolate a
Janua(g, 19~6 PlUS X AND CATHOLIC ACTION
name. He wrote so, me fifteen thousand words clearly
explaining Catholic Action and insistihg that it be accu-rately
pu[ into practice. While six main, documents
contain his.teaching, yet three of these deserve special men~
tion.. The first is a speech.deli.vered in the 1890’s (B, .107-
10) ; the second is a sizable part of his first papal encyclical.
E su’premi apostolatus (of. C) ; the third, and most impor-tant,
is his apostolic letter, II fermo proposi}o (The_ Firm
Resolution; c~." D.) In fact, II fermo proposito, published
justforty years ago, v~as for its time the 16ngest andmost
dethiled 6f all papal pr0n0uncemen.ts on Catholic A~tion.
It runs throUgh-tWenty-seven pages of the Acta Sanctad
8edis (The Acts-of the Holy See-) and is one of the rela-
(ively few documents fotind there in tw~ languages: the
original Italiafi and a Latin translation. A note prefixed
to the Latin version gives the reason: although addressed
to the Catholics of Italy, its very important teachin~g can be
exceedingly profitable to Catholics everywhere (D, 741).
The immediate effect of this letter upon the people of
Italy was observed by the Roman correspondent-of The
Tablet. Writing pack to London just two weeks after it
¯ was.released to thepublic he reports: "Not since the Ency.c-lical
Return Novarum, published about fourteen years ago,
has a Papal document excited such deep and ~eneral inter-est
all through Italy as Pius X’s last pronouncement on the
Catholic movement" (cf. E). ° The far-reaching result 6f
II fermo propos(to can be seen in Pius XI’s voluminous
writing on his fav6rite subject, where many of its phrases
and nearly every one of its ~nain ideas are repeated (cf. F).
Let us, therefore, r~view Pius X’s teaching on Catholic
Action b~rattempting, in some sort of logical order, a simple
summary of what he said and firrote. We shall present
his six main documents in 6he composite picture. In doing
so we shall give.his teaching, as far as possible, in his own
5
JOSEPH V. SOMME.RS ReOieto [or Religious
words. This will l~elp assure his views being seen in their
own light, And for those familiar with the more recent
directives of°Pius XI and Pius XIII it will be,convincing
evidefice that many of their ideas have been taken from the
words of their zealous predecessor.
A Problem and an Answer
Let us begin, then, where Plus began, with the pr0b-lem:
The issue--as he saw it---concerned the salvation of
souls, wh~ lived in a world that was in large part detached
from the Church and heedless of the laws of God.. Secu-larism
was.the chief foe that fought against Plus in Man-tun,
Venice, and Rome. In his first official letter as Patri:
arch ofVenice, Cardinal Sart0 descril~ed the situation thus:..
God is driven out of politics by this theory of the separation of
Church and state. He is driven . . . from the laws by a morality
which is guided by’ the senses alone; from the schools.by the aboli-tion
of religious instruction~; from Christian marriage; now deprived
of’the grace of the sacrament .... "q~re.must fight this great error of
modern times, ~the enthronement of:man in the place of-God.
(G,~ 46.7.) -
Again in his’first encyclical he recalled the problem:
"that enormous and detestable wickedness, so characteristic
of. ou~ time.--the substitution, of man fbr God" (C, 8).
This evil was directly opposed to his own firm resolve to
restore all.things in Chris(.
While still Cardinal he stated plainly th~ connection
between secularism and the lay apostolate, between the
problem and the solution:
Catholic ACtion [he said] is properly lay in character for another
reason .... At one time the rights of Jesus Christ, of the Chflrch and
"of the Pope entered into th.e, legis!ation of all ChriStian states ....
Now it is no longer so. The Church, the Pope, are no longer recog-nised
as such and no longgr form part of the social organism;-they .
are relegated to the sphere of.common rights; nay, they.ar~ even con~
sidered as enemies ..... Since these things are so; who is it that must
danuar~l, 1946 PlUS X AND (~ATHOLICoACTION
"~ stir himself to defend the violated rights’of . . . tl~e P6pe, lbe Church
and the Bishops? In otl~er times it was the P01~es and the Bishops
who intervenedin defence Of "their children... ; today it mustibe, the
children wh6 will rise up in defence of their father, the laity .in
’ defence of the Hierarchy: . . . (B, 108.) " ’
In his first encyclical he outlined the means necessary to
restore all things in christ. Urging ~:he bishops first to
have as their.chief care the formation of their seminarians
and priests to holiness and truth, Plus then exhorted them
to instruct their people in the faith and to attract ~inful
hearts "tO Christ by conspicuous charity. Finally, as
-though reaching a climax; the new Pope pleadedfor the
lay apostolate. He expanded this call till it filled one-eighth
of his whole encyclical. He speaks to the.bishops of the
world:
~... In this arduous task of the restoration of thi~ huma~ race in Christ
neitl~er you nor your clergy should exclude all assistance, We know
that God-recommended every:o~ne to have a care for his neighbor
(Eccli. 17 : 12). For it is not priests alone, but all the faithful with-out
exception, who must concern themselves with the intei’ests of God
and souls not,’0f course, acco~rding to their own views; but always
under the direction and orders of the bishops.. ".. (C, 12-3. Italics
are ins~erted.) ’
Here then is the world problem and a papal solutionl
.In [t~ modern organized form Catholic Action has been
developed as an integral part of the Church’s answer to the "
~chief modern i~roblem. If God’s laws arein great part dis-placed
from politics, from public education, from the civil
" marriage contract and the average home,, from big business
and smart entertainment, then °the Church in her. efforts to
restore all things in Christ will make special use of laymen.
Who else ar~ better situated to re-Christianize labor and
business, family life and entertainment? It is precisely the
" [aity’s place in the world that puts them-in a strategic posi-tibn
to influence the reconstruction of these phases of life
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according: to the Christian pattern. Hence. the Pope’s
insistence ihat the laity collabor.ate in the ¯work for, God
and souls. , ’ -
Explaining the Answer
Already we have seen in broad.outline what Plus X
.mteaecahnisn gb ym Coraet h loglsiecl yA.’c Wtiohnat. aIct croermdianign tso thoi mex ias mthien aei mhis
¯ of .Catholic Action? W~at are the methods it should
employ?- What relation has Catholic. Action to the pope,
the bishops, and priests? What are the effects to be looked
fort Finally, what is the importance of Catholic Action
in the eyes of Pius X? These are the main qi~estk;ns to be
considered. ’Others of a secondary natu.re will be treated
more briefly. ",
In explaining the lay apostolat~ Plus, first and last,
-~alled for ACTION. These are perhaps his str0nges.t
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Catholic Action will not please certain timid souls, who thougl~
go~d living, are so attached to their habitual quiet ahd so afraid of
every innovation that they believe that it is quite sufficient to pray,
because God knows b~st how to defend the faith, humiliate His ene-mies,
and make the Church triumphant. But these good people,
whom I would call optimists, will’ wait in vain for society to
re-Christianize itself simply by tthe.prayers 6f the°good. Prayer is
absolutely necessary because in the ordinary economy of salvation
God does not concede graces "except to him who prays, but India and
Japan would never have been converted by.tlSe prayers alone of
Xa~rier: the.Apostles would never have conquered the world, if the~
.had not done the work of heroes and martyrs. It is necessary; there-gore,
to join pr~iyer with hction,~’
: There are others [he continues] who in order to justify .their
inertia, give the worid up for lost, since~ they see in it.so many evil~!.
¯ Tl"ies~ people, whom I would call pessimists," say that it is so much
wasted time to talk of Committees, of Circles, of SocietieS,~that they
. will never :accomplish anything. It is sufficient’ to remin~ these
wearied and dispirit.ed souls that this kind of work of Catholic Action:
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hag bee~ commanded by the Pope .... (B, 1"09..) ¯
Up to the prese.nt, [he remarks] we have been like rabbits, too
frightened" of everything and everyone to institute the Parochial
Committee [local unit of Catholic Action], in order not to give
offence. To whom could the Committee give offence? .To two cl;isses
of people only: to the bad, and if we gave way. to them .we would.
have ~0’stop all good wo.rks; and to those good people who shrink
f~0m innovations. We must tell these last clearly and distinctly that
these i~{novations~are both beautiful and good; that as the ba~d uhite;
so also must the good: that if they are innovations they ar~ desired
by the Vicar ofJesus Christ, and that he wh~o does not obey th~
Pope does not obey God..(B, 110.)
Good Example a Prerequisite for LayApQstles-
But as Words, and energetic hction [the Pope adds elsewhere] are’
of no avail unless . . . accompan~i, ed .. byexample, the necessary
characteristic which should shine~ forth intall the members of e.very
Catholic association is that of openly manifesting their faith by the
holiness of ~their lives . . . and by ~he exact observance o’f the laws Of
G0d~and 6f the Church. (H, 10.)
Ifthe soul is not thus regulated [Pius observes] it will be diffi-
Cult to stir others °to go6d, and, strength will fail for bearing perse-veriiagly
th~ weariness Which every apost61ate brings with it: the
calumnies of efiemies, the’coldness and want of he!p from men good
in themselves, and sometimes the jealousy of~friends and fellow--
workers-~--excusable, doubtless, on account of the weakness 6f human
nat.ure, but very harmful, and a cause of discord, offence, and quar-rels.
(A,’193.)
Good example, "therefore, and the solid virtue under-lying
it are necessary if Catholik Action is to attain its end.
With this in miffd the Holy Father remarks:
.To carry it out rightly; we.mus~ have divine grace, and~the apostle
receives none if he is not united to Christ. Only when we have
formed Jesus Christ within.ourselves shall we more easily~ be able, to
,g!ve Him back ~o the family and to society. (A, 193.)
The Aims o~ Catholic Action , ~ .~
C:~tholic A~tion is a~lay apostolate to restore allthings
in Christ. In It [ermo proposito Plus adds further:
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It is plainly necess.ary that every one take pa.rt i’n a work so impor-tant,
not only,for the sanctification of his ’own soul,’ but also i’n order
~o spread and more fully extend the Kingdom of God in individuals,
in families and in society---each one working according to his own
strength for his neighbor’s good .... (A, 189-90.)
Ou~ pre.d.ecessor Leo XIII ... pointed out . . . in the famous
encyclical Return Novarum and in later documents the object, to
which Catholic Actign should be specially devoted, namely, the prac-tical
solution of the social question according to Christian principles.
(A, 194-5.)
Here the italics are in the text---one of the few instances in
his apostolic letter on Catholic Action where Plus X thus
undersdored his own words. He wished this last sentence
to point like a spotlight at what he Considered the most
impo.rtant work for the organ.ized lay apostolate of his day.
He goes on to e~plain-his point:
You see well what support is given to the Church by those chosen
bands of Catholics whose aim is to unite all their forces in order to
c6mbat anti-Christian civilization by every just and lawful
means ... : to reinstate Jesus Christ in the family, the school, and
society: to re-establish the principle that human authority, represents
that of God; to take intimately to heart the interests of the .people,
especially those of the working and agricultural classes, not only by
the inculcation of r.el!gion .... but also by striving . . . to soothe
theii sufferings, and by wise measures to improve their economic con-dition:
to endeavour, consequently, to make public laws conf0rmhble
to justice, to amend or suppress those’ which are not so: finally, with
a true Catholic spirit," to defend and support .the rights of God in
everything, and the no less sacred rights of the Church.
All’these works, of which Catholi~ laymen are the principal sup-po~.
ters and promoters . . . constitute what is generally known by a
distinctive, and surely a very noble name: Catholic Action ....
°(A, 191-2.)
Re-Christianized in its civic, social, and ~conomic life,
Civilization will then pr6vide a wholesome environment
for those phases of individual and group life tl"iat are spe~
cifically and direcdy religious andmoral. It was the wis-
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dom of Plus X to realize~that to Christianize individuals, a
quick and sure way is to Christianize their surroundin’gs
which unremittingly exert an influence for good or evil¯
For it is the environment which largely forms or deforms
the individual, Christianizes or de-Christianizes him. On
~his account Pius repeatedly insiste~l that the Catholic laity
help to establish and extend the Kifigdom of Christ not
8nly in individuals but also in families and in ,society.
The Means to This Christian Restoration
;’The diffusion of revealed truth, the exercise of Chris-tian.
virtue, and the spiritual and corporal works of mercy"
(A, 190) are thegeneral means recommended to effect this
restoration. ’Especially in his encyclical, Acerbo Nimis
(On the Teaching of Christian Doctrine; I, 623), did
Plus X insist upon the diffusion of revealed truth as a neces-sary
means to restore men’s minds and actions to Christ.
Here too, he stressed the.need of the laity sharing in the edu-catibnal
work of the hierarchy by his command that the
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine be established in everv
parish.in the world..
Pihs likewise u.rged Christian charity. But the charity
be wished to see exercised was not conniving and short-sighted
tolerance.
¯ . . The first duty of charity [he says] does not lie in the toleration
of erroneous convictions, however sincere they may bd~ nor in theo- -
retical ok practical indifference for "the errors or vices in which we s~e
our fellow-men plungdd, but in zeal for their inkellectual and moral
improvement as well as for their material well-being. (d, 404.)
Catholic Action as an organization is not a political
party; .it has npthing to do with party politics. But its
members as individual Catholics
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IN THIS ISSUE
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\IViUie K n World'· 1~ ·. t ............................... ~ .. -............... I
Hamilton Open Hn L~ T ........... ·····-··--·--·~·--·----·· .. --............... 2
tli L<Jrial ·········-~·-···········•··•·······---·-···~···••·· ·•· ··· .. ·· .. ··~······ .. ••H··~···,··•···· ... ··-~ 7
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Proudly ·w c Pres n t .................................................................... ~- · 8
1 e Specta lc .......................................................................................... 9
New Intake Dar11 . .............................................................................. 10
Study of Wood Decay ................. -< .................... ... ~ .................... ! I
Dogs and Their Champion · ... ............................................. 12
Forty Year Rings Presented ................... ._ .......... ~---.............. 15
N ight View at Houston . ... ............ Inside Back Cover
DIVISIONAL NEWS
H a tTl ilton .......................... ~ ......................................................................... l 6
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H o uston ............................ , ......................................................................... 39
Sandersville ............................................................................................. 43
OUR I:OVEH PII:TUBE
Typi :.~ 1 pages from var io us i u ·s of t:be J 94'7
LOG are us ·d in cornbinarion ·with rh • happy
young t, ·r to syJtl bol i :tc the IIC\V HH8 LOG.
The hild i. the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Kr::thn. Bob j ,· a co-op student at the Univ ·r it
of Cj nr innaLi and an ern ployce of Cha.mpion's
Hamilwn Djyision ~: l t.ctric power departrn nt.
T h ' Krahn famil ' t" side at ' 195 Van Hook Avenue,
H.anti lron, Ohio.
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HAND POISED (r.i gh+)Jeter
Martin, superi nt-e nd ent
of Cant on Cha mpion's
Fi oi~ hi n g a rea, is sh own in
act of ma king mov0
a g ~i nst th ~ world champion,
Ryan. Sig Mc Elrath,
to Martin's right, pla yed
Ryan to d raw. M artin was
def eated .
DISCUSS MOVE (above)- W illie Ryen,
world's 'C ha-mpion checker p l'llyer, center,
discuss.es certa in move on the bl'indfoltl e;:l
oheder board with William M, Mi ll~:~ r,
left, of Asbe vi'lle, who d rew Ryan in the
blindfolded a ct. A. H. Sa les, of Skyla.nd,
who dre w the champion in open are·undthe-
cirde p lay, is at rig ht. Photo was
.snapped after Mil!e.r drew Ry an,
ROUND TABLE PLAY {right ) - In th is
scene, made in Champion Y gymnasi·um,
Champion Ryan p la yed more than a
Se<lre of opponents simulta neously. He
defeated all with exceptio n of two d raws.
Rya.n is ,shown in toreg.round concent-rating
on Jeter Martin's boa rd.
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More than 40 Canton Champions and other checker
endm ia t representing \ :\!estern North Carolina "locked
horus" '~.rith v iUie Ryan, 41 -year.-old world's Champion
cheeker player of New YoTk, in a special exhibi tion at
Champion Y November 19.
Sig McE1rarh, brother of W. Lee IVIcElxath, ·Supervisor
of Employment-Records, dtew the world's champion in
an open game along with A. H . Sale , of Skyland. \Nil ham
M. Miller) of Asheville, and· author of "Thr e Mov
Checker Chart:• drew Ryan in a pe ial blindfolded engagement
which attracted rnore than Hsual inrerest.
Ryan played simultaneously mor · than 30 players
considered among the b st in this s ction. All wer· d efeated
with ex£ept1on of two draW' gam ,s.
Ryan has gone undefeat d in open pia exhibitions
fo:r t:h€ past several years. H has b en play in ch ck rs
for the pa.st 25 years and bis knowl ··dge f 1 he gam is
nothing shy o£ phenomenaL
TOUGH PLAYER (above)- Proved M. M. Warre n,
right, with ·chin in hand , as he played Ryan righf down
to the victOfy m<~rgin. Warre,n fin a tly succumbed to
the clever checkering of R.yan , shown making a meve.
BLINDFOLD GAME (right}-William
· M. Miller, Asheville, is shown
concentrating .. o.n game in which
he drew Ryan, the champion, who
played blindfo lele(L
THESE CHAMPIONS (be low) ·Played
the champion but failed to
register · a win. Seated , left to
right .. are Ned Morris, Buck Sm,athers
, Butch Sisson, Bill Sattles and
Fred l owe . w ., t c hing the 9arl'le
are Earl Shi the gatnerin.g place for
three ""ell · kr!own safety a uthorities . L. to R.: Brandon Marsha ll, Cllrecdor of th
Council, Kenneth Fai st·, s~perv i ~o r of Emwl-oyment & -Sfl f ety, Hamilton Olvlslon of
Champion, a11d ChsrL ' Barth, Safety )fr:tg.ineer of the Ohio ltldustrla l Commission.
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Above : WALTER RENTSCHLER, from
the Hamilton-Lima Corpora·tion and
Peter Rentschl er, from The Ha;, ilton
Foundry and Machine Co-mpany.
Right : HOMER GARD, ot Journal
Publishing Company, and Dwight J .
Thomson, Champion Vice Pre.si dent.
Below: WILLIAM BECKETT .. r igh t, of
B e~kett Paper Company and Mayor of
Ha milton , was the guest of Ed Kn app,
Champion's Assistant Director of Gen·
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G{ANT DISPLAY BOARD was ene of the main drawing cards of the entire
an.d en-d uses of pap·e• were colorfully a.nd interestingly presented.
Open House. Displays of many Champion activities, services, benefits
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CHAMPION'S OPEN HOUSE might be better
tenned "Champion' Full Hou e,'' ;.vith more than 5000
emplojees and their family members attending the initial
Champion Yent of i ts kind during the first day-"Champion
Famjly Day" - No ·ember !8, and ·an estimated
t ,000 '\! itnes ~(l!:r Champion in full operation for the
6r t ime- ' 'General l?ublic Day"- Novembet 19.
Aside .from the hu0 e 1 ,(JOO aggr ga.te total, the roany
expres ion of congratulations from our vi itors proved
THE ART Of PAPER SORTING was- one o-f the many
fascinatin-g s~gh ts tbat drew constant crowds.
the value of the worthwhile Open House endeavor, the
success of- wl1i.ch came as a result of a true aJl-ou r Cham
pion effort. 1
Open House pro ided Champions the opportunity
to proudly show their famil ys through the vast Hamilton
Mills for th€ first time. It also extended the same
courtesy tb the public .in general. That both grouptook
full advantage of the offer is shown in the 15,000
figure, one of the Jargest ever registered in Open House
staging anywh re, one that all Champion boa:ts oE \c\'ith
pride, in a job well done.
THE PAPER MACHINE aisles were cantinuously
crQwded wiJh th rilled spectators.
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THE BEATERS were one of the first
sighh after our visiton regi~tered and
entered mill.
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for the awe of many groups.
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MACHINE WINDERS drew constant crowd~ as
rolls were finished and new ones started.
ROSS TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL class in
sec retarial tra ining iMpact part of H•e uew
LOG office.
THE NAILI NG MACHINES was one of the
miracles that ca us s conti nu ous questioning.
REFRESHMENTS were served in Champion's
new cafet eria .
Hamilton
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THE DISPLAY BOARD 1':rown from the op.posite side. Note Hamilton Champion's huge sorting line
room a.t ·the te:p of the picture. A few minutes after this pieture was taken , "0pen Hou~e" WAS
OPENED and tbe fam started. . . . . . . -· ...................... .
Here are a ·few of the £a ts and fig-ures com:erning ·
Open H0u e.
Food and. Suppli s used: _
Cookie. and Cake . ..... ........... ...... -... , ............... , ............ .......... ,.22,'780
Don1l ts ··-·---.. -----... "-·-·----······-----··--- ............................... : ............................. 9,360
Ice Cream (PieL'Cs) .................................................................................. 9,984
M1Ik . (Half Pints) .... ~ ................ : .... " ............... ........ .......................... 2,300
-Soft Drinks --~---- ~·----···---·--- ----· ----·----·--- --------- ·-------------·----·- · ---- -----·--··--·--........ 6,960
Coffee (Gallon-)· .......................................................................................... 960
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Gue ts wer regi ·tere l from many distant cities includiag
Woodland, Wa hingTon, Tucso11, Arizana, Salt Lake
City., Utah and t \ve, Vennont.
THE CAFETERIA was under continuous capacity use for every
THe PAPER M~CHINES lind stakway from maehi~e r-oom t -1\1
roll dor.«ge, shawi119 fyJ>ic~l erowd scenes.
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Above: - THE tliSPLA.YS aU re·
cojyed the aHentio.n ef our
the~~n<ls of guests.
R.tght: Wf'iEI!L CHALRS or
9rutches did not ke.ep them
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gave previews of the paper of the futu re. P y
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Far Ri,~ht: THE LOG displays " Behind the
cenes techniques.
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"DID YOU KNOW THAT CHAMPION DID THIS" was an expression
often heard. '
SOUVENIR PENCILS AND
NOTEBOOKS were in great
demand as fhe . two views
(.,bove and le-ft) of that spot
i-ndicate.
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IT WAS AN INSPIRING THING to see the graphic prsof of
Champion Benefits as shown on the many paneLs.
MANY VISITORS and even some Champions learned of Chacmpion
Benefih they had fo rgotten aboutc
dOrUinRk• . GUESTS were offered a fine variety of tasfies and
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Facing The New Year
By G. W. Phillip ·
,(Look not mow·nfully into the past~-i t con,es not
back (lgnin; wi el imfJT~ve the fJre . nL,-it is thine; go
forth to meet the shadowmg future wtthoul fear and with
n manf ' lzeart.u
A we tancl upon the thre. hold of another year with
11, new opportunities, new onflicts ne·w duti s and tremend
us po, ibilitic, , we hould face it with con fiden c
and hopc,-''g-o forth w meet it witho'a fear and with a
man! h art."
Most solemn and touching is the peal ol the bell ·
which ring out the old and ring in th New Year. 1
ne,·er h ar them without a f ling of sadn ·s, be ause I
realiz that I did not mak the be t of the many opportuniti
that came my wa during th preceeding car,
and wontler hm' well I ·will meet the situa tions in the
fuwre.
Today, ·we aTe facing a New Year with 366 n w days
filled with great po ibilities; what we do with them will
depend altogether upon our attitude. n we greet the
N _w Y ar by merely throwing the old cal ndar in the
waste ba· ket, and hanging up a new one, 1948 may be
a . ·ear of disappointment rather than good fortune .
Some people comend they do not believe in New
Year resolutions, becau e the are soon broken. Perhap ·
. o, but you do make resolutions at other times, and do
you alwa s keep them? I suspect there are more resolutions
made and not lived up to at other times during the
year, than there are broken vows made on New Year's
Day.
Good re olutions are always timely. No man or woman
ever accomplished an rthing worthwhile without a
determined effort. The old adage, "If a t first you don't
succeed, try, try, again" is good advice.
Many people are pessimistic about the future. The
• ew Year, they ay, has a gloomy outlook;-so many
things in which they trusted in the past have failed them;
-even the religion of Christ, they chargeJ has failed to
bring peace and good will among men. Since we are
not allowed to have tbe happiness and peace on earth
w desire, may we find more la ting peace a,nd happiness
rn the service whjch ' e can render to our fellow n1an and
to our countr,. What the New Year will bring us, we
know not· but that is not so important.-The important
thing is, ~ ... ·e mu t not lose faith in God and our fellow
man.
Others are de ponclent about our cou ntry. They
~ay, democracy will soon b a thing o£ the past-our
i ilization is destined to change, etc. Why live in dread
of the dis olution of [re governmetH upon t.he earth , for
·'government of the people, for the people, and by the
people" is not going to pass away soon.
To make t.hi a happy New Year, to mak this old
vorld a b ~ ttcr place in which to live, th re mtiSt be a
firm resolution on the part of u . ali lO abi.de by the
Golden Rule, " 'Whatsoever ye would that men should do
to you. do yc even so to th m."
B fore the \Vorld '\Var, there cxi ted in Germany a
very beautiful ustom;-on the {jr t day of th New Year,
whatever may have b n the quarr l or emtrang m nt~
b ~ tween friends and relaLions, mutual visits wcr inter·
chang d , kindly greetings given and re eiv d - all for~ol·
ten and forgiven.-A beautiful wa to 1 egin the N ·w
Year.
.Ju~t two issues back, Homton Di vi'>ion columnistS m
Elli began hi) popular "Down the Tracks." chronicl ing
rh activities of Champions on the "back side" of the
mill- a s ction of the plant
that am knows well, having
direct d the pror;r ss of
the Turpentine and Trostol
Department since 1937
A t h i r d gcn ' ra tion
Ch:unpion, Sam was born
in Nashvill , Tennessee.
h u t moved to Canton
farth er back than he can
remember, when his father,
Tobe Elli ~. joined our
company. His grandfathfr,
John Whitstin e. a. real Oldtimer,
has worked at the
Canton Division since the
time of its construction.
Sam began bis journalistic
career while he was still in knee pants, delivering
the A h eville Citizen-Times to Canton su bscribers. After
completing \1\Teavcrvi lle High School, v\Teaverville, Nonh
Carolina, he attended ""\1\Teaver Juniot College for two
years, then took up a pre-medical course, specializing in
chernistry, at the College of Charleston , Charleston,
South Carolina. His schooling was interrupted by a
,eries of sinus operations, however, and in 1935 he
started to work in the transfer pool of the Canton Divi-
•
SIOH.
His first operating job- and the one he has held ever
since- was in the Trosrol Department, wh~re he -found
a real use for his training in chemistry.
Sam resumed his newspaper activitjes at about the
same time he joined Champion, filling his spare time
as a special correspondent for bis o ld paper, the CitizenTimes.
Together with Canton Division LOG editor
Jimmy Dea ton, Sam helped to cover events in the Canton
area- Jimmy handling the news of the town, and Sam
filling in ·with a column, feature stories and " local color"
about the ou tlyi ng districts.
Early in 1937 Sam was sent to Texas in a technical
capacity for a ''sh ort stay" - a sta which, quite agreeab1 ·
for him, has alr · ady stre tched into more than 10 yea r .
On his fir st vacation fn m th Hou, ton Divi ion, Sam
beaded straight for North Car lin , but with more on
his mind than just a visit with the h mcfolk ·-when he
rctu ned to the Lone Star State he brought with him a
bride, his boyhood w 'Ctheart, E liLh Davi. of Chand! r,
Nonh Carolina. Tod<1 th y have t1 o d1ildr n, San lra
Suzann , sc 'Cl1, and Samuel Dewey, Jr., ag Lwo.
Aside from his two chief inten:st ·, his family nd his
work, Sam fills hi · tim \ ith a ari t of hobbi ' , for
he lik to k ep bus . In 'ant n. h<: and J le< e, Jr ..
w r c11grosscd in cull 'Cting ins ' , panicularly th
Lt:pidopt ·ra (perhaps b ttcr known · buu rnics an t
n:wtlb!); but UJ)(JIL th ir trans( r to Hou ton, they
donated their di:~play to the Canton High S h ol
rnu eum.
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It i ( 1 d iH. hom tim~ 111 111111. c-.pcn:tlh \dwn
n \- t• . to in til ;1 ft'' p.u.tg1aph" .tl out the •
l
"bu im" cntl" ' th 111~ whi( h 111,1, lw t llhgllttntng tn
1• ; pc h.tp 11f nntt' intc1t''l In our n ·,tdt"l'>,
·"""'lll '' ft l it '·utial t I at tho t u"ll'~ tit plan('
ha\ (' .1
I m .
ht tt T unde1 t.tndin _,. of nnll· nf tbc 1 ilot \ prnh
THE IG •. 0 1' l'HE DOOR
01 th1 c J..pit d()or faciu~ the tab in s ah of the
thclJ.ft j a ,icn ,,·hich r'<HJ:.. " J"l-JIS DOOR ' VJLL
BE 0( KEn Dl.'Rl~G \LL 1~STRl 1 l\ lE 'T FLIGHT
CO. ·nlTIO . . .., .. _ Bef(lJ thio; practi<e ·was put into e ffect.
nrl alttr pltmin~ through rhc ·soup'' for a con,
... ltraiJk pt:ri( d pa ~ ·ng 'r. 'muld start aski ng " \Vhcre
• re n . nnw?" and "\\'hen will we get to ·o and so?" and
""'hi(h i the _gad, ·ct which tell ) ou v.d1erc we are( ''
.\11 thi~ at a time when one ... hould least be intern1ptcrL
'\\.hen lh in · on in tmments there i~ a lot to be done.
' '
Planning ahead; run ing radio'>; looking 11p (requencics
and Leam heading ;. mak ing rad i1J r ·pon s and receiving
in~truoiom h~ 1 ad io, in add i! ion to fl) i ng tl1c plane
which an he done only by ,·isual rderence to instruments
on the paneL
TJ1 is may 011 nd \'C:l) com plica ted and dangerous.
Auually it is nut daugcr.ous at all. ll()t \tT)' complicated
e pecially- for two pilot'>. l t may -~o11nd a" if the slightest
error would monable am unt
of cxp .rience in thi~; type ol ll ying. and a knowledge of
how it all w0rk.~ th ·n: ate no pall i< ular umplications,
and in many way-, it i'> ..,<dc1 tl t~i n ( unt <t( t I l ying.
Fin.t th re is much k-,~ a it 11 (I 1'1 ic during tllo~e <.:on -
clition due lo Hluch l<·w(·t pl:tn{'.., I wing prop 'rly
quipped f(Jr imu unwtJt fli gl ll , ~tn d w< fltHlly. th · pilr1t i "'
in comtant <untact wirh ,\invay lt :l llh (;(Jnllol who j.,
giving insLru ti1m "'h it IJ k ·<·p-~ I lim .. 1-pat at ·d from otltcr
aircraft by sC'H:ra1 mile'> Jat tra ll} <tud ;, tuinimun' ol 1000
h. v ' I ti ally aL all times. But it sh01dd ' ·q11it<· 11o Jqng
explanar.io11 to tmdcr-; r<otd lvhy 1 h(' jJi lol should li · a I
low ·d to g ive l1is ~·nrir(' <tl lc ·nlloll to tiH· job.
\Vhil • in rJw .. .., 1Uj! '" tlw CJII (''>IH ill kl '> I~« 'L' Il ., J..t• l
"Wh •1(· (IIC Wt: nowr'' and g11t the .1110,\VC'l "1 don 't
know". 'J hal pa -.SI' II g t ·l lfl,l)' ha vl' thought ''M> Jtt.l\.t'll'>!
\tVt can't ~cc out, a 11d llw pilot ;.., !11-,1". lt \O rll 1 ·
quire !f1litC' an c. plan ~11 in11 tn shtn.\' \dtt·t 1 IH i and how
he knows hiE. po'l ition . :p c~ idc · · at a11y g i\ t'JI H10IIH 111 ,,,.
C(Ju}<.l noL pinpoi111 his pn..,it ion on the lll:tp. J ft. I.. no\ ,.,
II is on th • IJt.Jtinn .u d th,ll, llll
n~il e .. oul ftom Wt h and \lici t a I an 111:tt k.vt. That r ~; .dl
h nclt: ·" tf Itt
lo k(·d o cJ th sid' ~ nd ~aw that lw \\':t'> OH'l ldH· •
rh P D.Q. ra i It O<Hl eros .. .., Goo.,( C 1 c ·k l i H ' 1 ulcs .,nut h
1) Chirlin Switch.
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If<) Jr•Clf \ ,. JJ 1lTY
Jn ,, 'ltp f10m Cm 1m ri n It ill 1 11 u
1 \111' J,,J, in tl < .dt{ 1 ,, on. lir 1 qu.tll nl 1 'and t
t111!J .1pp ,If ·d ju 1 all r t. "II f i<h J'll l11
fit ( tJ 11 tth_ \ lth Ill' )IOJ If • lltn' I JIIOC( lit
11111h ('nd 111 itt\ t•t.lll). t fl~, in the t J, ~drm_ rlr
· ·.;t ich of lit< li111 \Jill (lllttinur It lorrn ant j.l'' rd
li«htnin, nn r1111 Jdt. CrHI 1, nl 1" ltJ m • t Jadt
lor \'(;uh l illfutlll,li(IJt fr()tn ,, J{Jll riJillt 0 l hich
\\'t " •a , p; '· I ina II he 1 ., c l''!JIIH lrt ol .nh r in
1 h~lt ;u ra UHn IIH t•d u W<' t otdd unt •ct lt \ h II I{ · nd
.
\\'c prdlc d lljl 1t1 .\ tlanla lor th • night. r Tlr) IJJI ' r
1\'t' in .tnv bad \'<·at h ·t "" in 1 di111'' ·r nd n · 0111
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pn.,ili()ll · t (Ill rilflc ·<,. ~ornt: rnonrh J· r , 11
ton ll''>'it·d that hl'' a-. -,cart·d ill . f tr • UJ kpt dr)(l ,
npeu and h(C ... aw con,idc·rabl· ac rivit} rp fnm1, hidt i
a pan of the jc> l> when, cltl · to wt· titer. lht· de; ir atir11.
rnav han· ro lw <hanged. l hi pa ·n:r-r (lllth 1 un
• rc ... :-.('d th a l hr thoughr '" \\l;lt hop< I. ,J_ lo I, ur
roundc:d h bau weat her and the 1on' night ju t -.~ in.
Comeq uellll ) the door '\\ill be clo d · nd pr babh
locked for the COIIlfOrt
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No full textGirl With Voice
In Song Recital
(Continued from peg* one.)
• »waeeee*ee»e»eeeee>eee»e»'
SPORTS
aooooooooooeeeo
Palo Alto's New Ceptsla
Herbert Kennedy More*. Rtar cen
t nld', many of wblch come to i
alnger by exposing the forehead be*
tweeivt-ffe eyes In crisp westher af. ** three-.querter and one of tbe
ter experiencing a wnrmed Interior ***** POfular player* that ever wore
atmosphere. !R ***** A**° ***** h" ***** ******
* Crtttcat Comment * Jcspteln of the Hit. Ilugby team. He
(Bv Wallace Curtis) !*» ***** **■ Oots Day, Me,, Jons 14,
A large* group of wellwlsbora 1*«* *nd ix Is years old. His
gathered ut Miss Harker". School ******* ***** **otod to Palo Alto.
Tuesday to hear the song recital toen to Diouba In th* San Joaquin
given bv Mlsa Isabella nib*on *** ***** * ***•«■■** ****** *t Kua*
Young. a member of the senior **• Hawaii. "Herb- or -Heck.- aa
ol. The whole pro- he ** -familiarly known. Is a Junior
' * ho will graduate In June. 1»1«
rlao* of the *• l;<
cram was well
gotten up and did
not make (oo area( a demand upon After graduating from Palo Alio
the singer'* ability. Mlsa Young ****** ^**°** **« ******* ** **h*
has a very pretty voice of excep- ******* ** agriculture at Dartmouth
llonal purity, and her high botes j00"*** In New England.
ware eery clear and boll like,-while i ■
nn excellent enunciation added to* Hrickley** Football *4cortng
thc enjoyment of her singing. If Charle* Brlekley of Everett,
any criticism were to Im* offered of Ma**.. Harvard'* great dropklcker,
the young lady'* sinning it would-has scored 299 point*, fur Harvard
lie for a Isck of what might bej In his four football years -30 touch-
called support. This will, of course. I downs, T converted goals. 3.1 gools
come lo time, and one Is safe In! from field.
predicting for Mis* Young a future,
(ha( will bring pleasure (o bo(h her-j Football Ilenquet
self and her friend*. j Santa Clara'* varaity football
The evening wa* prettily opened jeqnad. rlceroned by Father V. V,
by the old Cerman carol "fltllle j White, had a sea*on-ended banquet
Nacbt," which the entire high school, m t|„, Hotel Vcndome In 8an Jose
sang as they marched to their Sunday night. Thirty-eight playera
I'.-.ii- In the darkened room, ench one
hearing a lighted taper. Mr*, l-eon-
ard Ely. under whom Miss Young Is
studying, is to ne congratulated
both nn the Hinging or her pupil nml
(hat of the chorus, which Is under
her leadership. The other numbers
were suns by the chorus. Including
one written by Mm. Ely herself.
Among (he songs that Mlsa Young
■.-.in:, the ('adman number, were
I>artlcularly Ko'ncl. while "The Ito*y
Morn." by Ronald, also won an en-
thuslastlr hurst of applause. Tin-
two more ambitious number*, an
"Arioso," by Membera. and "Vlnn-
elle," by Eva Dell' Acqun, hroiigbt
the art of the soloist lo it more pre-
tendoiiN plane, hut nho rose to tho
demiitiilr. easily and her trilling In
the Vlahella gave n gtimp*o of nplen-
dld possibilities. Miss Eleanor Morris accompanied very *<ympnthctl-*-
ally.
A 5TANFORD_NGINEER
INSTALLS BIG WIRELESS
and one pries
orated lu thc
while.
wore nt a tublc dee-.
vnr»lty Colors, red and
A Castilleja Comedy
More (han a hundred nnd sixty
married In Han Jose tomorrow,
the door of the pretty gymnaalum
a( CastlHeja School from women
and girl friends who assembled to
witness the Jinks "given t»» obtain
Christmas funds for present* for the
Utile boy* at (he Maud Hootb Home.
Five distinctive shows were put
cm—hy the entire freshman, sophomore. Junior and senior clnsses and
the teacher*-—each group appearing
in sequence and dolus- its inrprflO
tnjc stunt.
The Idea wn* an ngreenble 01000*
tatlon realised all round. No group
had seen the other's aet And In
every stunt were* Included every
member of iim proup. in star or tn
humble part.' Tlie Junior Klrla put
mi a cafe *«-ene. with diners at
tables and circulating en(i*r(*tneis.
The fl-st of a group of three'*1"11 * ****** oU* ****** ***** ** ***■
vlreleaa masts, each 60(1 fee( ,n trumpet silting In Ihe midst of
height, has been erected at Darien.1 •**«*« *** endlbly commenllng on
near (hr Panama .anal, arid const!-****** ******* *** shocked her. Of
tutes the inrtiest-sWrtHro ever «»■*"*» (bo "men" wore makebellevo
reared in Central America or in\m*** »»****>*****• c moustaches and
l(ho rest of "tho mak In*."
For n concluding surprise tho
eaehera reproduced n school Joke
on Miss i.ci.'ki-. herself. lt seenn
South America.
Tho Installation of lhe wireless
;i]>;,.u:i[iir. WSS tlllldo hy Ralph lleill.
n Stanford electrical engineer graduate in 1912 and now employed bv ***** ******** one young teacher
the Federal Telegraph Company of «hougbt to duck another XtuaH)r
Palo Alto. Heal lef( Palo Alto wllh \"n*** * ********* Tho detune bard
hi* wife June ICth (o tnslall (he ap.!***0"' moistening Mis. Locke]
paratus. He will return this month. An iBwetlgellon was conducted
coming back bv *iy of Washington. |emong all Iho girl pupil*. K
Mr*. Ileal wn* formerly Mlsa IHrlscbe | ***** k*9*^**9* or compile ll
of thi* cltv became serious. Then a teacher
Tlie now statlut-rUiM recently hern | "***** lip" thnl ahe had done It
in successful communication with "lm,n« ** b-M»Use another, laughs
Honolulu, wilh San Francisco and]*.*** u*e rounds. Miss l*och«y apol
wiih the government's Arlington\***** u* -»'- *«« ***** *r having
■ station near the olty of Washington.l-swpeeted them, and iho strained
^The Darlen station has a -100-kilo- diplomatic situation was turned
Watt plant similar in power to ihat j ***** *** *** »f »***'* teellua. and re*
-at the government's great Washing- '".'omdvc smiles.
ton station The Darlen station hits, a
a sending rail itj* of MOO miles und' Chronicle Forty-Three Stories!
can reach out wltb an aerompble] To make the Kan Kranclsco Chron-
■aeeaaeje to Vahltvla* which is t*l icle building a forty-three story
miles down tho Chilean roast south structure Is a scheme now being con-
of Valparat«o. tec Ilnenos Aires on "Idered by M. 11. do Young, and
the Atlantic* aide, iho largest city in -Willi* Polk, the Snn Pranrlsco ar-
Sootb America; to any point on ibSjehltort who haa erected more big
Atlantic coast of (he United States: .buildings In tbat city, perhaps, than
to San Frnnclsco. which Is 5,785; any (lirce other architects, 1* nl
mlloH; (o Honolulu, far nut In tho'work on iho plans for the amazing-
Pacific! and io nny vessel mid way lly lofty *fcyscraifeV. The Chronicle
between Now York nml Gibraltar In (building al present I* a patchWorli
the Atlantic. 'structure, tho old part, reconstruct-
■ * — ' '■ ' ed otter the lire, being ten storlen
Five-Cent Dance Saturday 'high, and the new pari, farther
A .r-ccnt dame, -non number go*;*'*1*-'**.1- on Kearny stree( nnd of ■"•«,
Ing four minute*, followed by a one-! different arrhiteedirnl outline, be*
minute encore. Is to be the public|.,0i fourteen stories hlgb.. Tho Cnll
aoclal attraction In Palo AKo the! building ls elghloen slorios high, np
ISLAND ROMANCE AND
A PALO ALTO GIRL
Mb* Loot** McOovern of Palo
Alto 1* to return to Honolulu ooon
to become supervising teacher In
the territorial normal school there.
- Behind this simple statement Is a
romance.
Miss UcOovern ha* been visiting
In the "Paradise of the Paclflc" for
(be past three months with the
family of Judge A. fi. Larmacta.
Tbe normal school, which train*
the public teacher* for the communities on all seven of the Islands, 1*
on one side of Honolulu snd has
between 200 and 300 embrlosl'
srhoolmarmc and *cbootmar*tera.
Uncle Sam's military post stand'
on tbe opposite *ld* of Honolulu.
and I* a little eelect nucleus of tfae
social life of the chief city of tb
Hawaiian group.
There are young ofllcer* at the
lioat. They come Inlo town. Bo di
Ihe teacher* and the to-be teachers
of the normal school.
Mlas McOovern 1* smilingly reticent and nncdnimunlrntlve, but ad-
mll* (hnt ihere la an ofllcer who'it
■ iii 11*- handsome and thai some day
»he espects to be an srmy bride*
lint names and dates ahe will m<t
confide, even If you ask her.
Mlsa I-ouine McOovern la the
•laughter of Patrick T. MrOovem.
Insurance agent, and Mrs. MrOuvcrn
of 6M Channlng a'.enur.
coming Saturday evening The af
fair I* to be under tho auspices ol
the forty-three members of Company
1> of the National Guard, and tht
rha|*-eron* . will bo women well
Into (he dome flo
polk purposes
to go down n!no(y foot for now basic
foundation and on n concrete mass
to erect steel jclrder* (Itnl shall bo
•itrried np through pierced holos In
known In Palo Alto social life. Thai til* prcent walls and floors. Upon
Stanford orchestra will furnish thejtnat Independent fooling would be
dance music. Tbe'Inst trolley car! •"'l-erlniiHised "■* additional storie*,
will leave for the campus at i2:30.ibr*nKing the combined skyline up to
making a r.-cent ride economically!" "inlform height of forty-three *to-
conclude an evening of social plena-1 ****■ Then (he Chronicle would
ure at the same uniform rate. The}h*,ve the tallest building west of
armory association, which holds the Chicago.
lease on the building, has donated I ;—•
the boll and IU adjuncts for th* oe- HIInnK Track Towm ('aiming
cailon. and the proceed* will bej Twenty track athlete*, the pick ot
u*ed by the mllltla company toward,the varaity of the Unlventlly of IH
a pool-table fund. The committee j nol* at Urban 111., are coming out to
ot guardsmen In charge consists ofj California during the Raster vac*-
Ernest Rlsllng, C. Dyer. c. Zollln-jtlon next March for a track meet
ger. Cbarles C. Anthony, Fred (with the University of California.
Crownlnsbleld, C. B. Eldrldge, O.JNo word has been said about meet-
Otanne, Cllf Gibson. i Ing SUnford too.
TEN SALOONKEEPERS .
ARRESTED AT COLUSA
Ten liquor dealer* in the town of
folium, which I* north of Haoru-
mento und about the *lie of }'.<•■■
Alto, were arrested .Jest week after
Indictments by the federal grand
)ury on charges of selling llquor.Ci
Indlsn*. A Palo Alto man caused
the Investigation that ted to the
government action. The Investigating complalnanl wo* Rev. F. <*■
Collelt of Waverley street, who 1*
traveling secretary of the^ Indlnn
Hoard of Co-opernllon. n CnTlfornla
nrganltatlon of whlrh Chancellor
David Starr. Jordan I* honorary
presldeat.wwblle several Palo Alto
preachers and Stanford profe*aor-t
are oftlcer* and director*.
Cltliens of Colusa. It seems, have
known for a long tlim- Ihnt Indian*
wore getting liquor In Colusa. Bonn*
of (hem wore confident that the ga*
loonnten were supplying the firewater that Uncle Sam has said quttf
ItosKlvely shall nol bo serted to hi-
redtnen. ns It rnnkos thorn act tb*
part of tho worst thai Is In while
■ii and omit tho good iralti
•* in the nttorlglnec.
In Colusa county are 13ft Ifldlnne,
thirly.*l-c of thorn nf the school age.
between o ami it years.
The, federal grand Jury-141.11 wed
iMi'lmentR Wednesday against ten
Colusa boon* barterere, and the
1'nltei] States marshal wn* Instinct'
ed to go got *om yesterday. Seat
will come tho trial and the testU
mony. There are in.oon indt ins
seaUerod ovor wune thirty bounties
In California, and nearly 4.000 of
(hom are r ihe school age. so the
llnltrm Ilo.'iril <lT Co-OpomtlOn WpaliOH
to put a -I'M' to Induced drnnk-n-
ness among tho ndttitn hy punishing
tho nnserupuloUS whites before* the
hnhlt spreads down Into tho scjct.nd
Tho- men nre oul on bail. The;
will be tried by Circuit .rtnlge Pooling at San Frnnclsco. December
It In sit by one's own smoky fire.
generation.'
LIBRARIANS PLAN AT
•> STATE CONVENTION
Gey C. Miller, trustee of tbe local library, aad T. K. Peters." manager of the Electa* Photo Film
Company, attended tfae convention
of the county librarians st Sacramento laat week. Tbe meeting waa
of greet Intereet and of apodal value
In tbe eschange and dlseusaloa ot
problems which the librarians constantly have before tbem. One
question which waa brought before
the meeting repeatedly was tbat of
supplying educational fllma to libra-
rlea and schools. This la one of tbe
big ideas In the education.
a) world today, and IU Importance
Is recognised hy all who are
touch with the situation An effort
Is being msde to bare tbe iUU library uke up the matter, although
It may be handled by tbe extension
department of the University of
California, wblcb also bas the matter under consideration.
The Caflfornia Library Association. In conjunction with the American Library Association, will have
an Interesting exhibit at the Panama
exposition. Tfa* California aasocla-
(ton's ahow will constat of moving
picture*, showing In deUII th* work
f the county library system, wblch
has been developed m California a*
nowhere el*e In the United SUte*.
Peters has received the contract for
this film and will start shortly after
Christmas to Uke the pictures. At
present the rounty library system la
organized and working In twenty*
four countleH. from Glenn snd Ilultc
In tho north to Snn Dirgo and Imperial In the south, and Patera will
Isit all of these, taking ln each
oiinty the special features beet Illustrating; the work there. Tbe completed film will be shown In th*
education building a( the exposition.
he next meeting of the California Library Association will be held
Jointly with that of the American
Library Association at Ilerkeley
e 3 to 9, 1915, and will probably
bring, an attendance of one thou-
.•■and from outside of Calirornla, be-
ides three hundred from the Mlale
Msocfatlon. It I* Imped thnt plan*
nay he made for a visit of the dele-
rates ib Pnlo Alto
Collector of Customs
Has Eye on Belligerents
Reputable Shipping Concerns
Experience No Difficulty
With Officials
3. O. Davis, collector or customs
and J. w. Preston, United 8UU*
district. attorney, bave Iseued the
folloWslnn sUtement es to th* enforcement of neutrality by ahlppers
from the port ot San FTanclsco:
Inasmuch aa there acorns to be
considerable misapprehension and
probably some ml*repre*enuttoa
concerning thw.attttode of the col-
Committee on Publicity
Explains Faith
Cures
Christian Science Practice is Different From Hypnotiam—
W01 Pwer Net a Factor
Editor Times: In bb addreea en
the -Mental State Affects Health"
the Rev. Walter Hays sbowa the
evil effecu ot fesr. anger and worry
on the human mind and body, sad
tbe good effects produced by the
"Christian grace*." of "Faith. Love
and Gladness." of which fa* aays
lector of customs and the I'nlted thst "Faith la tbe m&hUeat^aad dl-
SUtes attorney wtth refereac* tojvtne.it of sll." Bnt* thts * writer
enforcement of the neutrality Uwsterra In enumerating Christian 8et-
a brief autement of facts Is faere-jence among the faith cures of to-
with presented:
Instructions were l»*ued from
Washington August I. I>t4. tbst.
along wllh other thing*, contained
tbe following:
"Tou will notify all merrhant vessels In yonr district that tbey will
Redwood Gets Foresters
Phi Psis Footed
case of meatde* was caried from
I'hl Kappa 1**1 house on lhe
Stanford campus Thursday to the
Kiiild hospital. Horace Dubendorf,
Stanford Htudent of I'alo Alto.
heard of it. Ho wont 10 the phone;
"Hollo. Phi Pal lodge? Till* In the
honlth officer, I'nlo AKo. Don't let
trunk* leave thnt bouse tin I
ip there In nn hour and put t(
under i]iinrnnttne." .
"Ve*. sir."
Then ho ventured forth tb observe what happened. That next
hour a,,-}.,-;..,., were xoln-t out of the
lodge in a hurried *ire*m. each -
Phi Psi attached to tl
handle.
One of (he feature* of the session
of Ihe supremo court of "the Forest-
era of ■ America, to be held In the
municipal auditorium in San Fran-
bwo next August, will be a day set
ii-lil.- for s vuit to itfiivacH.il City,
thhtlybjfn the 700 member* of the vIhH-
"" inK bodj and tbelr women relatives
will tie (ho guesl* tif the elilten* 01
Hod-stood nml of Court Madrono. J
'. Held, representing the court and
it lion it. hat. notified (ho general
IBIS commlKee that I* arranging
o reception and entertainment
of the Forest Ic visitor* from al
parts of the Cnlted sun**. Ihst Red
wood will l-e ejaboralely decorated.
(ha( sbou( 300 automobile* bave
lieen secured lo convey tho vial tor*.
to moor point* of InlctcM nnd of
natural beauty in the county, thai
there Is to be a huge SpanMi barbecue, different from Ibose gotten
In tho oust, nnd thnt there will be a
ball In a specially constructed pavilion thnt will ni'commoilnty more
than 300 couples.
The people of Redwood will defray all the expense* of tho nffslr.
Tho Reneral committee will co-
o|»ero(e with lbo*e who have the
matter In hand.
Tbe citizen* of SanU Crus will
extend an InvUallon lo (he repre-
sentativos of the supreme body lo
Bpend .1 day there.
Dancing in School!
The Franklin School in-Oakland
in have a birr dunce In It* n**cm-
v hull thi* Friday evening, jmr-
ticlpatod In by loachera and parotit*.
a* n result or n recently-rormed aortal center by the Ural of (he Oak.
land mothers* club*.
Presbyterian Invasion
The Christian Church wa* Invaded
last nlgbt by the Presbyterian*, who
came In a body from their adjourned
pcayermeetlngond entered to listen.
with member* of other congrega*
tlons. tp the addreea by Rev. Dr.
Zook. Tbe Zook subject tonight
1* "The Two Great Events la Every
alan's Life." and Davie* will slog
"Jesus io Pilate's Hall."
bate
High School Debaters
Pnlo Alto High School'* first de-
if the present academic year
be with Morgan HIU High
School. The original plan was for
Palo AKo (o .meet I-o* Onto* flrst.
but that, school wn* forced to close
liecause of an epidemic of measles.
Tbe new lnter*choI.v*ttc debating
league fostered by the I'nlverslty or
California box drawn Into IU organization-scores of high achool*. and
Palo Alto 1* one of them. The genera) subject or debate tn the *ub-
if.ik-ui'- will be that "San Francisco
should adapt (he bu*Ine**-manager
rorm or government." Ench school
the league must oncsnlte two
(earns of three debnters sach, npjj
prepared to arguo the nfflrmatlvo
nnd the other the negative of. the
proposition. Then th* evening the
day, and when ha sUtee that "Christian Science and the cfUcaey of hypnotism are all bnt different illustrations ot the basic principle* of the
hesllng power of suggesUoo," he-
make* a serious mistake
Christian Science t* not "faith
be subject to inspection and esaml-Jcure" In th* ordinary acceputlpo of
nation of docomenU. ship* and car-!the word.' for Christian Science
goes by Called State* author ties'heallna; require* more than faith,
before clearance Is given, and will bc^ even a spiritual understanding.
subject to farther examination- bv A* Mrs. Eddy says on the first
United SUte* autborltl*** after-page of "Science and Health With .
clearance and while *uch ve**et* re- Key to tbe Scripture*." 'The prayer
main within the territorial water*! ihst reform* the sinner and heal*
of tfae United SUte*. * Such vessel*, the *lck 1* an absolute faith that all
ahall atop and He to for examine* thing* are powlble to (tod.—a *plr-
tlon when signalled by a United ■"■•*! underatandlng of Illm. an un-
Sute* vessel." relfed love." Therefore nothing
This Information was transmitted could be farther from th* prsetlce
to alt custom* broker* and nteam-'Of Christian Science than hypnotism
chip companle* al the time of lu' snd mesmerism. The hypnotist or
receipt. Tin'refortO «ll shipping! mesmerist *eek* to control th* pa-
people hare understood ht all time*' tlenf* thought and mak* blm think
tbat ships, document* and cargo** be I* not *lck, even whtl*,h* he-
were subject to examination be- Heve* him lo be *o. thereby w-brUog
fore clearance. on a dUfa'oneat baal*. and even
Since tbe beginning or the Euro-, though he should apparently anc-
pean war. 217 ve**els have cleared ceed for a time he Is robbing him of
rrom this-custom* dlctrlct for for. his Individual power of thought,
elgn ports. Of this number, a. total rrom whlrh a relapse would bring
of three have been detained for pur- confusion and prove the last Hill of
poses of Invostlgadon prior (o the (fast man to be "worse than the
granting of clearance. Of these first.'
three, two were rlearcd. Of the
two. one HgMcred (00 Ions of coal
In a Mexican port, which wa*. a day
or two litter placed on hoard a belligerent cruiser In violation of an
agreement entered Into before (he !lfl hli
departure or (he ship! That belllg- **** of
erent cruiser had coaled In nn
The Christian Sclentlnt. understanding even In * measure that
"Cod Is Spirit." as the Rlhlc state*.
and sll that He made waa spiritual
and wa* "very good," proceeds to
thought to the consclonb-
the aline** of flod. good,
hlch exclude* all better In evil.
American port wKbln teas (han manllested either as sin or sickness,
three months prior (o (he rerelp( or *** ****** splrKnal cnn*clniiRn**a
this coal brings the light which destroys alt
The second ship so Investigated darknes*. A* Mrs. Eddy nay*, on page
and rleared has. according lo the 999 at "Science and Health," "I.lght
Idmlsslon of her owner*, delivered emlU light without effort."
her entire cargo (o a belligerent "**** Christian Science practitioner
Heel nnd entered her-i'orr of do*tl- thereby impart* enough of Cod'*
nation emp
