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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31

PROFESSORS BECOME STuDENTS--N
with Edward A. wayne the
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Kelly Roanoke College q
College.
Professor College
Norfolk Associate Professor William
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31
Plan lots Of Coke for one and all!

Three cheers for you! Your New Years Eve party
has everything guests like best !. bright decora-
tons, delicious food, plenty Of ice-cod Coca Cola.
What pleasure the good taste the sparkling lift
Of Coke bring to the gathering What good idea
to put in an extra-big supply Of Coke for the fes-
tvities for Happy New Year in 1868
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-30
Making Marriage Click
We All Feel Lonely at Times;
Try to be More Friendly
By Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

Our whole body weeps if we
do have someone for whose
happiness we feel responsible.
l particularly pity the old who
become jobless. Once they did
have a purpose, now they are
not so sure. Once they were
needed and loved, now that is
not certain.
The legend is told of a man
who died and was greeted in
the next world by a company
of servants who did everything
for him. He did not have to
walk, to work, or even to raise
a finger. "My," he said, "where
am II" One of the attendants
gingerly responded: "Sir, you're
in hell"
No one can be happy if he
Is, like Buddha's statue, the
center of his own life, always
looking at his own stomach.
LOVED AS A PERSON
Here are a few suggestions
for the lonely:
/. Have a ready smile for
everyone. Do not be a wet
Roman candle. A smile always
attracts.
2. Say hello" to q neighbor
who has possibly never before
greeted you.
3. Use the telephone wisely.
1t can be a social call, it can
be a charity call.
4. Encourage those around
you. Wish people well. Do
not reproach those who ne
glect you.
5. Take outdoor exercises.
One doctor reports that he
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-30
Disintegration Threaten
City Parish Life, Speaker Says

Jig, Clark said that some adver-
Using methods and commercial
displays are also threats to
mans mental freedom.
Every Christian sehoolroom
today completes with an inn
msnseiy effective system Of
skillfvIly regulated and lavish
Iy financed indoefrination med
is." he added. Advertising and
publicity techniques are reIent-
lessIy emphatic and play upon
every phase Of sense and inteII-
igence.
"This indoctrination system
performs a sort of cultural
kidnapping upon Christian
children, so that even though
the young may be attending
Christian schools, their minds
are constantly snatched up,
hypnotized and nodded by COM
mercialized media of advertis-
ing and entertainment"
Clark told the conference
that any plan for urban living
must be based on mans rational
nature. He said the Integrity
of the personality in mind, will
and senses must be respected"
Ar appeal that laymen Chris
tianize their leisure time was
made by James E. Dougherty of
the social sciences department
of st. Joseph's College.
He said that in a technical
culture many people find their
jobs dull and unsparkling"
and that there is a disintegra-
ton Of the Christian ideas of
vocation, dedication and the
dignity of labor. One conse-
quence of this, he said, is that
leisure is looked upon merely
as IAN escape from the drab-
ness of routine work"
THE Christian" Dovsherty
emphasized. must try TO give
meaning TO his whole life. to put
meaning INFO both his work and
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-30

WASHINGTON Another
episode is being chronicled in
the almost unbelievable story
of the relations between the
United States Government and
communist Marshal Tito of
Yugoslavia.
The Red dictator in Belgrade
has taken more than a billion
dollars in us. aid, more or less
on his own terms. He has not
promised to help us, or to side
with us. He has openly pro-
claimed that he is a communist
and intends to remain one.
Americans have been told not
to be critical of this unusual
situation, because it might
make Tito angry.
Now the us. Government is
showing disappointing re-
straint in handling a particul-
arly fine propaganda opportun-
ity, and here again because we
might offend Marsha. Tito.
The latest development in
wolves the new book, 1.-The New
Glass;" written by Milovan
Djilas. Djilas was once Tito's
r~ighthand man, put now he is
In Jail for having written
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-30

Moreover, it is argued, the
Djilas book might weaken 'in-
dependent national" commun-
ism, such as Tito claims to
have. This would be bad, it is
asserted. The United States is
following the policy of encour-
aging independent national"
communism. That is why we
have given so much money to
Tito, with almost no questions
asked.
Opposed to this reasoning
are two facts which cannot be
linked. All recent signs point
to closer relations between Tito
and Moscow, the thing we have
lavishly poured out so much
money to prevent. Moreover, If
we could be- successful III pro-
noting independent national
communism. would that be-
good? Communism is commun-
ism, and no matter what its
name or form, 1t is a means
employed by dictators to en-
slave the people. If you pro-
mote it under any form, you
are promoting the enslavement
of people.
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tinues: For every creature Of
God is good, and nothing is to
be rejected that is accepted
with thanksgiving" indicating
that st. Paul was not condemn
ing abstinence as such. Our
law of abstinence does not say
that meat is evil as some
early heretics (and the mod.
ern Puritans) held that some
things are euil. Catholics may
eat meat on Thursday or on
Saturday. We observe Christ's
aomonition to DO penance and
to fast in order to follow His
example and to curb our bod
lily appetites. We observe Fri
day by this self-denial in re-
membrance of Christ's death
on Friday. st. Paul approves
of fasting g Corinthians SIS
and 11:27) as Christ does
(Matthew 1920.
Send questions to Father Ed
ward F. Healey, Inquiry Cor.
ner. The Catholic Times, Box
636, Columbus (16) Ohio.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-30

his leisure. Neither OF Them
can be important or worthwhile
unless IL is placed within the
framework Of ultimate values"
The speaker said that no man
can achieve happiness, thinking
that he is doing something
which has intrinsic value, unless
he makes a connection between
his deepest religious convic-
tons and all his life's activity,
whether at work or at leisure.
"The Catholic must seek his
perfect leisure in spiritual read
ing," Dougherty concluded, "in
meditation on truth, and in par
ticipation in the liturgical life
of the Church"
Father Joseph F. x. Erhart.
ST., of st. Joseph's College, one
of six priests who addressed the
conference, said the "big diff
Guilty. of the lay apostolate sis
that the layman does not under
stand what the layman is"
Unfortunately, he said, the
layman is not formed to exer-
else his Christian responsible
ties.
"He is inclined to think of
himself as passive, as someone
who is to sit back and receive
services from the Church
through her priests" the Jesuit
declared.
Stating that there is no room
for dead weight within the
ranks of the faithful" Father
Erhart said "if the Church is
to stay alive and grow, the laity
must do their part. They have
just as much responsibility for
the health an growth of the
Church as priests do"
Father Erhart served as mod
orator of the study week which
was spons~~ed by a committee
Of lay people Of the Philadel-
phia archdiocese. The confer
cree may be held here annually.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-30

would lose half of his patients
if they kept a garden.
6. Joining an organization is
only a partial solution to lone
illness. No organization as such
can meet ones most secret
and personal desires, no move
ment can give peace to the
heart.
roCETHERNESS
If we have an emtpy space
inside, we shall never be able
so to fill it up with occupa-
tions and duties as to leave
no void. It goes deeper. We
seek not so much to be es-
teemed and recognized as a
worker or member Of an apo
stole team, but to be noticed
and loved as a person.
If we penetrate the roots of
loneliness we shall find, time
and again, that at certain de-
cisive periods of our lives
there was no one to give us
love and care when we needed
them. We had to be content
then only with a caricature of
true love. We must have a
close. small group of friends
to whom we can intimately
speak and with whom we can
be often together We need
real friends to whom we can
go to escape the oppressive at
mosphere of ones own four
walls. Genuine friendship,
however, must never be re-
placed by superficial goodfel-
lowship. Friendship exists only
when men can sincerely wish
each other well, can give to
each other and forget them
selves.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-30

such details about saints Of
earlier times, mainly because
the Church never considers
racial difference of any inn
pCrtance. st. Cecil Cyprian
was bishop in Carthage, north
ern Africa, from 249 until
25S and he was born there,
bit we have no certain knowl-
edge of the color of his skin.
st. Benedict the Moor was
born in 1925 in Sicily and as
a lay-brother rose to great
sanctity and was canonized in
1907 His feast day is April
3rd He was certainly colored.
Blessed Martin de PORES was
considered colored and this
Dominican lay-brother of Lima,
Peru, is an outstanding fav-
orite of his race and of all
who know his life.
Q. Since Protestants and
Catholics differ as to the
meaning Of terts of the Bible,
a learned friend argues how
can we say that the Bible IS
the Dord of God. Tbs man
says he loues the Bible but
laughs at our claims for it.
A. The Bible alone is not
ar absolute or infsllible
guide. The Church has al
ways denied private interpre-
tation of the Bible as a prop
err source of divine infallible
guidance. AS St. Peter warned
CT the writings of st. Paul:
"In these epistles there are
certain things difficult to un-
derstand, which the unlearned
and the unstable distort, just
as they do the rest of the
Scriptures, also to their de-
struction' eli Peter 3:16)
The Bible needs an infallible
interpreter and the Catholic
Church is that guide chosen
and empowered by Christ,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-30

All of lis, even Our Lord,
felt rejection and loneliness.
II was one of Christ's great
agonies and He cried to the
Father: my God, my God, why
hast Thou forsaken me?" He,
then, will be particularly un-
derstanding when we are lone
ly.
There are, of course, differ
ent degrees of loneliness. The
wife who cannot have a baby
and who Graves little arms
around her neck and the pat
ter of little feet, she can be
very lonely. She wants to heal
a tiny tots cuts and bruises.
She wants, in a sense, to play
the role of Gods intermediary,
but everyday she is frustrated
and alone.
There are the tired and re-
tired who have been carried
off to an institution. Sadly
they ask for one request
that the young be permitted
TO visit them. They always
love the young. In a subtle
way, many old become selfish
and are stuItified catering to
their own selfish whims. Then
there is the poor psychotic
who stares at the wall, his
back to society. He remains
there for hours and hours
lonely and rejected.
A GENERAL, CRYING NEED
There are many other de-
grees of loneliness. In fact,
there is no normal human be-
ing who does not want some
one to love him, to confide in
him, and to show him affection.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-30

expression in behalf of a high
er, nobler life for the masses
of our people,"
During the intervening years
a minority of labor leaders
have completely lost sight of
this, the original meaning of
the labor movement and the
original purpose Of Labor Day.
They have betrayed the high
ideals of the movement for a
mess of pottage, and if some
of them are now being held up
to public scorn, they have no
one to blame but themselves.
ONLY CURE
FOR LABOR'S ILLS
Unfortunately, a larger mi
nority of the rank-and-file have
also lost sight of the spiritual
meaning of the labor move
,ment. These are the Johnny
come-latelies who have had the
benefits of trade unionism
handed to them on a silver
platter and are interested in
the movement only for what
they can get out of it in the
way of material benefits.
This kind of apathy and in
difference - this kind of ma
terialism, if you will can
not be cured by legislation.
II can be cured only by a re-
birth of that spirit of idealism
which inspired so many of the
early pioneers who built up
the American Labor movement
by dint of almost heroic gen.
crosby and self-sacrifice.
II was for the purpose Of
keeping this spirit of idealism
alive that Labor Day was
founded. Now that Labor Day
has been christened, as it were,
by the Church and transformed
into a religious holiday in hon.
or of st. Joseph the Working
man, there is reason to hope
that it will serve this purpose
more effectively than ever be-
fore.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-30

the Son of God. There is no
amusing contradiction within
the Church on the authority
of the Bible and the God-giv-
eli authority of the Catholic
Church cannot be ignored by
anyone who loves the Bible.
An honest seeker after truth
should investigate the claims
OF the Catholic Church, not
merely delight in differences
in interpretations of the Bible
among Christians.
G. A friend of mine Who
knows the Bible uery WeU
says that st. Paul condemns
orr ldW about abstinence
iohen he condemns those "en-
JOIN abstinence from foods
phich God has created to be
pnrtaken of with thanksgiving
by the faithful $50" Il Tim
ofhg 49,
A. Men who know the Bible
well do not always understand
Or accept the obvious mean
ing of the text. The text con-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-30

C. If q man committed a
murder, serUed his time, wdnt-
ed to start q neW Efe and
ndnted to be q priest. Would
the Catholic Church permit it,
A. Church law (canon No.
987) lists among the impedi-
ments to ordination "infamy'
rising from something such as
a civil crime. Such men are
impeded from receiving Holy
Orders until they have re-
gained their good reputation,
according to the judgment of
the Ordinary" In such a SER
ious and notorious crime as
murder it would seem unlike
ly that any bishop would con-
slider it possible for a man to
regain his good reputation.
One commentator on the law
states that this such recovery
presumes sincere amendment
and may be aided by moving
10 a place where the man is
unknown and where there is
no danger that his former
crime will become known.
The Bishop is the Judge in
such matters. In addition to
this general impeachment there
is an irregularity from crime
itself which specifically ex-
cludes men who have commit
ted voluntary homicide or eff
fectively procured abortion
and all their accomplices. Can
on No. 900 excludes this inn
pediment from the power of
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-30

The reaction OF some readers
to the title of this annual Labor
Day column THE Spiritual
Meaning Of Labor Day" - will
probably be rather cynical.
This is TO be expected as one
of the less desirable by-prod-
ucts of the current Congress
sional Investigation into labor
racketeering.
The Congressional investiga-
tion will undoubtedly be good
for the labor movement in the
long run. Temporarily, 1t will
cause a certain number OF peo-
pie to say II told you So and
70 throw up their hands in
cynical despair about the fu.
fnre of the labor movement.
To these people the use OF the
word spiritual" in connection
with Labor Day will probably
sound like a hollow joke.
Nevertheless there is an inn
portant spiritual meaning to
Labor Day and to the labor
movement which succeeded in
having il established as a ma
tional holiday in 1894.
THE DAYS REAL MEANING
Cynics to the contrary not
withstanding, the record will
show that Labor Day was
thought of by its founders
Samuel Gompers, Peter Nc
CURE and their associates in
the original AFL - as a means
OF publicly and dramatically
calling attention every year to
the dignity of labor and the
brotherhood of man.
We are told by his most re-
cent ~biographer that Samuel
Gompers, first president of the
AFL, was not a religious man.
That doesn't mean, however,
that he was a materialist. On
the contrary, he had a deep ap-
probation Of spiritual values,
and he invariably stressed
their Importance whenever he
wrote about the essential mean
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-30

Fir. Healey's Inquiry Corner
Can Murderer Who Served
Sentence, Become Priest?

the bishop to dispense. If the
crime were one of deliberate
homicide it would seem i'm
possible for the man to be a
priest.
@. What if a person has
something he stole a long
time ago and doesn't euen
knor Where the original otDn-
err is: What If the thing IS
no,U lost but he remembers
about it and tells it IN con-
~tesston?
A. A thing Wrongfully &C
euIred mast be restored to
its rightful owner. If the own
err is dead it must be given to
his heirs. If there are no
heiis it must be given to the
poul or to some good cause
and the same would apply if
the owner cannot be found.
If the value of the thing
stolen is of less value Gas
with a thing found, less eff
fort is required lin searching
for the owner. If the thing is
lest or the restoration at this
time would involve dispro-
trtionate damage to himself
the person may be excused
with the understanding that
if the time arrives when he
can make restitution he must
dc so.
Q Was st. Cypri1n a col
ored man? Are there any
other famous colored saints?
A. I. Is difficult to know
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-30
The Washington Letter
Tito Wins Again As
U.S.. Fails to Act

against the Yugoslav regime.
The manuscript for his book,
published in this country, was
struggled out of Yugoslavia 1t
is regarded as an effective ex-
pose of communism
The western nations, and par
ticularly the United States,
would naturally be expected
to throw the entire weight of
their information services into
the task of making this book
known in eastern Europe. The
press and radio facilities at the
disposal of our Government has
given wide circulation to stor-
les and reviews about the book,
but they have stopped far
short of the about drive that
was expected.
The explanation here is that
we have taken a new look at
the situation. Tito has told our
State Department that it would
hurt our policy in Yugoslavia
and eastern Europe, if our Gov
eminent took part in bringing
the Djilas book to popular at
tention. So, apparently, we are
not going to do that.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-30
BY Charles Shreiner

PHILADELPHIA-Fami-
ly disintegration and the
disappearance of a COM
munity spirit were de-
scribed here as twin
threats to parish life posed by
many aspects of big city envir-
onment
in too many parishes we are
becoming anonymous people
who never communicate with
one another" Dennis Clark told
275 participants in a six-day
conference devoted TO the lay
mans role in the Church.
Clark, vice-president of the
Philadelphia Catholic Housing
Council, regarded many urban
ties as "captives of a mechan-
ical way of life" in his talk de-
riding "'The Dictatorship of the
Environment" It was one of 40
topics aired at the conference, a
Study Week of the Lay Apostle
late, held at ST. Joseph's Col
lege. The delegates represented
IL states.
AS one cause of waning social
relations, Clark cited the popu-
lation shift from the city to the
suburbs with new families mov-
ing into city areas where they
live almost unknown to their
neighbors. He said that enter
tainment sought in the city is
seldom of a social or creative
kind.
TOO often" he continued,
"eity entertainment is stereo-
typed and stale and does not
develop tha personalities Of the
people nor enrich their lives"
Pointing out that man can
lose the integrity of his mind by
being subjected to repeated
harassment in his mental en-
vironment, such as brainwash-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-30
The Yardstick
Spiritual Meaning of Labor
Day; Just A Farce?
By Msgr. George 6. Higgins

ing Of the labor movement and
the purpose of Labor Day.
For every cause" he wrote
in 1918, there must be some
thing that lifts it out of an
atmosphere of common expert
ence and acceptance as a mat
ter of course. The labor move
ment is an outgrowth of every
day experience; it is intensely
practical and seeks material
ends, but il is guided by ideals
that are exalted and illumi-
mated with a realization of the
value of life and the possibili-
ties for human development.
BY our recognition Of these
ideals and by keeping them
prominently before the work
ers and the public we set our
own valuation upon Labor Day
as an index to the value Of the
movement, Organized labor
cannot afford, for any reason,
to permit the day to lose its
real meaning"
THE COMPLETE
HUMAN IDEAL
The labor movement, the
AFL Executive Council stated
ten years later, fixes as its
goal nothing less than the COM
plete richness of life, without
limitation of any kind, the at
tainment of the complete hui
man ideal. in all its economic,
ethical, and spiritual implica-
tons"
In view of this goal, Comp
ers and his associates on the
AFL Executive Council held it
fitting that AL churches draw
close to their affairs the soul
of labor on Labor Sunday and
that the men and women of
labor everywhere make spe.
cial efforts to cooperate with
the churches and to secure the
cooperation of the church with
them in order that there may
be in the churches everywhere
on that day a great unison of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18
British and Cypriots

/ heard over the radio that
a l9-year-old Cypriot was
hanged for carrying a ma
chine gun. This recalled the
fate of another youth about
Is years ago. He was exc
cuted for carrying a re-
volvGr. For some reason,
death by a firing squad is con-
sidered more honorable. The
next day, BIC. with touching
oratory. spoke of the heroic
death Of the young resistance
fighter The youngster who
fell under the bullets of the
firing squad was a member of
the Greek resistance against
the Nazis.
1t seems that as long as the
fight for freedom was directed
against the NaziS or the Com
munists. everything was hon.
orable, heroic. and commend
able. But when the fight for
freedom turned against the
British IN Cyprus. they imme-
diately rushed to the oxford
Dictionary and changed the
nomenclature Of the same ac-
tons as If by magic. The re-
sistance fighters now became
"terrorists,' the heroes of yes
teryear became "murderers, .
the Gestapolike methods OF
the Colonial Administrator