Evening star., 1926-05-31

Questions from reaGere are nsNeicu =.
Federal Council of Churches Of Christ m
America Dr. cadman seeks to an:ssr in nt
ufis he trends sh Of thought in the many letters
which he receives.
MELROsE. Mass.
We would like to know II the brain
works while the body sleeps. go.
Please give us an example.
Answer-Yes If the brain did not
work during sleep the probability Is
that death would supervene.
You have retired at night haunted
hy some apparently unanswerable df1-
ficulty. to awake the following morn.
ing with the way out of that difficulty
on the tip of your tongue.
The most striking instance Of this
kind Ia that of Coleridge's "kubla
Khan" which was composed during
his sleep and written out immeiiatelI
on his waking.
A more modern instance is that
given in Poincare's Science and Hy-
pothesis," where the professor shows
how the subconscious mind worked
out solutions of mathematical prob
lens.
Brain action during sleep gets an
implicit testimony from the frequent
remark. Il won't decide now; I'll
sleep on It,"
1t Is not advisable. however. to
overdrive the brain by continuous
performances of this sort. More than
one we'll known character has died in
the attempt to do that.
But under normal conditions the
perplexed man or woman will often
profit by quietly reviewing the diff
Guilty of the day and then trustfully
committing 1t to the subconscious
mind for solution during the night.
Eliminate worry from this process.
Maintain your mental, moral and
spiritual fortitude. and do not try
to force the issue in any way. Prop.
erly marshaled, ones full mental
powers are, as a rule, equal to most
emergencies.
TEANECK. n. J.
What Is your opinion Of the pa.
rochial school?
Answer-As understand this ques-
ton the parochial school is founded
upon the principle that religious in.
struction Is an indispensable part of a
child's education.
Yet since upon nothing else do citi-
zens differ 80 much and SO widely as
upon questions Of religion. the state
makes no financial provision for re-
ligiouS instruction in public schools
Consequently, wherever given in our
republic, whether in the numerous
private schools Of Jews and gentiles
or in the parochial schools Of the Ro-
man Catholic Church. religious in
structin must be impaired at the cost
of those who desire it for their chill
dren.
In England Wesleyan Methodists
and AnElicans maintain schools simi.
lar to those which are called paro-
chial schools in the United States. The
English schools receive state aid ana
are under a measure Of state control.
But they are also free to give the
religious instruction which they prefer.
So long as our constitutional doc
trine forbids such instruction at the
public expense, religious knowledge
and. what is quite as important. the
religious atmosphere-willh have to be
provided by parents and by private
or parochial schools and churches.
Secular education has done vital
and most commendAble work In a.
similating and training our people In
the fundamentals OF American citi-
zenship The devoted labors OF pub
lie school teachers are most praise
worthy. Nor can we readily conceive
how our cosmopolitan democracy
could function apart from the public
school assthe chief source Of national
instruction.
Yet an increasing number OF Amer
leans of every shade. OF religious be