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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-01
Mrs. Pfanstiehl
Takes UCF Post

Mrs. Cody Pfanstiehl of Sill
yer Spring has been named vol
unteer training chairman for
the United Givers Fund drive
in Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties, it was an.
nounced by Blair H. Smith, gen,
eral campaign chairman for
Maryland.
Mrs. PfanStiehl has named
Mrs. Arthur P. Miller, jr., OF
Kensington as her co-chairman,
The drive for the support OF
lat health, welfare and recrea.
ton agencies located through.
out the National Capital Area
will kickoff on September II.
The overall goal is $7,200,000,
while Maryland's share is $1S4,'
600.
Mrs. Pfanstiehl is former vice
president of the Montgomery
County League of w m e n
Voters, and has served as both
library chairman and as chair.
man of the Ways and Means
Committee of the Silver Spring
intermediate School P-TA.
This is her second year as
training chairman for the UGF
drive in Maryland, and in 1855
she served as area chairman for
the Silver Spring-Takoma Park
area.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-01

Since coming to Rockville,
Scheiber not only has served
as an aggressive manager, but
has been active with a variety
of organizations outside the
city concerned with municipal
administration. He is chairman
of the Maryland City Managers
Association and chairman OF
the city administrators section
of the Maryland Municipal
League.
Scheiber also is a member of a
gubernatorial committee study.
ing city-county relations in the
State and a member of the
planning committee of the State
Commission for Prevention and
Treatment of Juvenile Delin.
quency. Additionally, he has
contributed a number of articles
to municipal periodicals and
professional magazines.
Varied Services Offered
Under the council-manager
administration, Rockville is able
to provide a wide variety of
municipal services to its popu-
lace. While it relies on the
county school system to furnish
educational opportunities for its
children, it is independent in
other respects.
Urban facilities include a
modern sewerage and water
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-01

are on 12-month basis here
and that the number is expected
to be increased.
Whittier clueu several advan
tages to be gained from the IL
month year:
. Personnel growth" of the
teachers, brought about by ex,
tensive curriculum and instruc-
tional work and expanded in
service training
. Expanded opportunities for
pupils on voluntary basis.
. More effective use of school
plants through year-round util.
iZation.
. Speedier and more inten'
sive training of outstanding stu
dents, who could be graduated
at an earlier age If they so de-
sired.
Construction methods, too,
are changing under modern
pressures, Whittier said.
He noted that the school
board is considering building a
high school with movable walls,
to provide flexibility of space
arrangements.
with this arrangement" he
said, room size, shape, and use
can be changed and altered
easily to meet a variety OF
needs and purposes.
ut Is reasonable to assume
that this kind of flexibility can
better serve our present known
needs as well as our future I'M
known needs, and both more
economically-including air con-
ditioning-than the traditional
building Of the present"
Industry and Education
While recognizing the prob
lens of ever-increasing costs OF
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-01

ployes this week, said the use
of paperbacks is now in the
idea stage"
Besides lowering the cost of
books substantially, he said,
their use would permit students
to keep their texts and to use
undermining and marginal notes
practices frowned upon with
in the present arrangement but
considered good study tech
niques," as study aids.
Whittier EN- p h size d that
such imaginative" develop
ments are essential if public
education is to meet the de-
.mands of the population ex-
plosion and other sociological
changes.
"a Cents A Book
Textbook cost, he said, could
be cut from 81 down to "a
cents a book by use of paper
backs.
Some 300 million paperback
books are published yearly
Whittier said, ian average of
approximately 1900 new titles
each month. This book produc-
ton is at a ratio of SEVENTH
one over bareback books.
why? Simply because a
paperback can be printed at up
to one-tenth Of the cost of a
bareback. Why shouldn't it be
possible for forward looking
educators to interest paperback
publishers in entering the text
book field? They would have an
assured market, in large vol
ume." I.
Other adaptations" to chang
ing conditions cited by Whittier
included a 12-month employ
ment year for teachers, a pro.
gram already begun in part In
Montgomery County.
"Our citizens must realize
that the pressures of today do
not permit us to maintain a
part-time profession" he said.
He said SO teachers already
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-01

public education, the superin-
tendent took note of the huge
sums being spent on education
by private industry, agriculture,
and the armed services.
Industry spends approx.
mately three times as much
every year in scientific research
as it takes to operate every
college and university in this
country" Whittier said.
Vast amounts are being spent
by industry on their factory
classrooms," Whittier said.
He cited a recent national
study which pointed out that
corporation expenditures per
student for four-year courses
are between two and three
times greater than the average
expenditures for similar four
year courses in American col
leges.
Worth the Expense
IF the cost gap between col
lege education and industrial
education is so vast, how much
greater, then, is the cost gap be-
tween public school education
and industrial education" he
added.
Average Army expenditure on
one recruit for a two-to-three
month "bootcamp" period, he
said, is $1160-more than one
fourth as the average American
school system spends on one
student in II years.
by this financial backing,
the Federal government indi-
Gates that it cares enough for
its youthful defenders to indoc-
trinate and orient them prop
erly and to train for the skills
required of these men,"
Acknowledging that "educa-
ton in the 1865 is expensive"
Whittier asked:
as 1t worth the expense? Can
we afford to have children
withdraw from our schools?
Can we afford to waste or lose
any of our human resources?"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-01

Harris, of Chester, but a pedes
trian takes his life in his hands
when he ventures off the side
walk.
The two visitors, who are at
tending the American Bar Asso.
citation convention in the Ma.
tons Capital, were interviewed
during a tour of Montgomery
County offices with Circuit
Court Judge Kathryn ]. Lawlor
as their guide.
Both voiced a familiar com.
plant about the heat and hu.
Nudity.
ITS awfully hot" they said,
''and the humidity makes it so
much worse"
On the more favorable side,
they found Washington Every
clean and spacious" and the PEG.
pie "prosperous-looking and ex.
tremely friendly"
And on the legal side, they
thought the Rockville Peoples
Court session which they at.
tended was very similar in form
to lower court procedures in
England, except that the judge
talked rather long"
They also pointed out that in
British courts which correspond
to our circuit courts, solicitors
must employ barristers to pre-
sent their cases to the judge
and jury.
A solicitor, they explained,
has passed only the Law So
ciety examination while a bar
rister is on a slightly higher
level because he has passed the
bar examination.
In lower courts, they added,
three judges normally preside
and they do not have to be
lawyers.
The two solicitors are staying
in Georgetown, where they said
the atmosphere was almost
foreign, similar to that in
France"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-01

system, the latter Boosting q
new $2,60O,000 filter plant and
distribution center completed
last October; an aggressive rec.
reational program, encompass.
ing the recently completed Civic
Center and newly dedicated
Civic Auditorium; a city police
force supplementing the protec-
ton afforded by county police,
and other modern services.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-01
NOTICE

Owing to health, have sold the Griffith Griffith
Insurance Agency located at no Commerce Lane Rock
vile, Maryland to Mr. Henry W. Becraft Gathersburg,
Md He will continue the business at the location.
want to thank each of my policy holders for their pa
tronage during the past % years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-01
VIVA Luau

The Jewish War Veterans
Auxiliary, Wheaton Post TOT,
will have a Luau on Saturday,
September 10, at $3.50 am. Din
ing and dancing will be outside
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore Garfinkle, 1915 Wen
dy Ia, Silver Spring. Admission
is $3.50 per couple.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-01
Whittier Sees Future Use
Of Paperback Textbooks

Paperback textbooks published at oneenth the cost
of present texts envsoned in the future by school
authorities.
Montgomery County Superintendent of Schools c..
Taylor Whittier in address 5000 county school en-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-01
British isitors Find
Traffic Woes TRIBAL

Washington's traffic problems don't hold candle to
those in London according to two visiting British solicit
tors (they don't call them lawyers there)
Not only is London traffic much congested said
Miss Kathleen Saunders of Derby and Miss Rosemary
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-01
Rockville ThriUes
On ManagerPIan

The City of Rockville, currently at the peak of cele
braon of its Tooth year of Incorporation is in its 18th
year under form of that has proved highly
successful in coping with the problems of postwar develop
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-01

WILLIAM F. GRIFFITH
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-12-02
The Yardstick
Union Changes Name
To Be More Effective
by Msgr. George G. Higgins

ed confessional" versus
neutral" unionism is current
ly under review.
THE FIRST THING to bear
in mind, the authors of the
Montreal Report say, is that
the question as to whether or
not the CTCC should "decon-
fessionalize'' has been under
discussion for many years. 1t
is pointed out that the dis
cussion of this question with
in the CTCC started long be-
fore there was any talk about
a possible merger between the
CTCC and the neutral Canad-
ian Congress of Labor (the
Canadian equivalent Of the
AFL-CIO).
In other words, the decision
in September was not simply
a tactical maneuver designed
to solve the merger problem.
Rather it was a carefully con-
sidered move designed to ex-
pand the membership of the
CTCC and to extend its in
fluence.
Secondly, the authors of the
Report are at pains to empha-
size that a decision to "decon-
fessionalize" the CTCC is no
indication that the organiza-
ton is changing its basic phil
osophy or withdrawing its
long standing commitment to
Christian social principles. at
is not a question of treason"
the Report says, "but on the
contrary of fidelity to Chris
tian social principles" and a
desire to implement these
principles more effectively.
THE AUTHORS of the Re-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-12-02
YOUR Union |s||ssl3 The ditto
Says Missal Aids Dialogue,
Understanding OF Mass
THEN SAMPSON GOT CLIPPED

Mystical Body. | have read
with growing sadness the let
tiers that complain Of the
dialogue Mass because it elm
mates the prayers at the end
of Mass, the Latin is ''mean-
ingless," or the writer finds
the recitation "distracting''
he wishes to Tread the Eng
lish in silence"
from what,
may | ask? Whose sacrifice
and prayer is the Mass, any
way? 1t is ours only because
by union with the One who
made the sacrifice. The graces
and merits Of participating in
the Mass come to us through
no fault of our own. No one
can merit pardon or forgiv-
eness for his offenses by in
heriting or acquiring the
atonement made by another.
The only way in which the
Mass with its unfathomable
merits can become our sacri-
Continued on page 12)
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-12-02
Making Marriage Click
Child Before Birth
Has Rights Too
by Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

ize abortion. The climate for
this law is being prepared,
not only by the so-called over
population problem, but also
by stories of unwed mothers
who are running their health
or losing their lives, sneak
ing away for an abortion by
some outlaw.
MORE AND MORE we also
hear stories of medical men
telling clients that unless
they have an abortion they
will get into trouble - that
they have had their share of
children already and cannot
afford to have more because
of medical conditions.
There is no doubt that the
problem of abortion is a
major and growing one. 1t
is estimated that there are
over one million abortions a
year in the United States.
There were an admitted 49,
900 therapeutic abortions per-
formed in the United States
in 1859. There were three
times as many induced that
year as reported during the
period from 1910 to 1915.
Japan and Yugoslavia are
reported to have more abor-
tons than live births. One
Norwegian hospital lega ly
granted TIA abortions to the
968 who applied. Forty-four
of those patients were having
their second abortion, seven
were having their third, and
one was having her fourth.
In Sweden, from 1916 to
1851, one out of every 20
births was an abortion. Legal
izing this practice seems to
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-12-02
The Yardstick

In September of this
year the name of the Con-
federation of Catholic
Workers of C ana d a
(CTCC) was officially
changed to the Confederation
of National Trade Unions
(CNTU). The change was made
following a vote by the dele
gates attending the labor fed
eration's annual convention in
Montreal.
WAS IN EUROPE when
when this decision was an
nounced, and | got the i'm
preston over there it came as
a surprise, if not a disappoint-
ment, to some Catholics, par
ticularly in those countries
which have Catholic or Chris
tian unions.
Even in the United States,
where we have never had and
have never wanted separate
Catholic or Christian unions,
there may be some who won
der why the CTCC, decided
not only to drop the word
Catholic from its title but to
eliminate from its constitu-
ton any explicit reference to
the social teaching of the
Church.
The answer is spelled out
in considerable detail in a spe-
cial Report prepared in adj
vance of the Montreal conven-
ton by the executive COM
mittee of the CTCC. This Re-
port will undoubtedly have re-
percussions in Latin America
and other parts of the world
where the problem of social
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-12-02

Free From Sin

It is a doctrine of the Church that the Blessed
Virgin Mary, by a unique grace and special privilege
of Almighty God, was preserved, free from all stain
OF original sin from the first moment of her concep-
ton IN the womb of her mother, st. Ann, in virtue Of
the merits of Christ, the Saviour of mankind.
FEAST IN of the Conception of Mary
without reference to her SinlesSneSs, was observed in
the Eastern world before the year 1000. 1t had been
observed also in southern Italy and Sicily. And in the
eleventh century the Church in England honored the
Conception of Mary on December 8.
Through the efforts of the Franciscan Order the
feast was adopted in their churches in 1868 and eX-
tended 10 the whole Western Church in 1915. 1t be-
came a holyday of obligation in 1903. The Carmelite
Order referred to the feast as that of the Immaculate
Conception in a miSsal printed in 1888.
THE PRIVILEGE of Our Lady's Immaculate Con-
ception was given additional honor when the Bishops
of the United States proposed at the Sixth Council of
Baltimore that our country be dedicated to Mary under
this title. The choice was confirmed by Pope Plus TX
in 1847.
And then in 1854 on December 8 that same great
Pontlff Solemnly defined this privilege of Mary as a
dogma of faith. In 1868 he gave the feast of the I'm
maculate Conception, as it was now officially termed,
its own proper Mass and Office.
Our Lady herself seemed to show her approval of
this feast in 1858 when she proclaimed at Lourdes: Il
am the Immaculate Conception"
THESE r SOME reasons why Catholics have
a special affection and devotion to the Feast of the
Immaculate Conception which we celebrate next
Thursday.
On that day we should count it a privilege to at
tend Mass In Mary's honor. We should ask her inter.
cession to increase our personal holiness, to safeguard
the purity of our young people, to grow in the virtue
and practice of social justice, and to bring peace to all
peoples.
o Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who
have recourse to thee-GAF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-12-02

Editors note: Many in
teresting and provocative
opinions must be omitted
each week because the
writer failed to sign his
or her name and address.
Initials or a penname will
be used upon request but
the sender's real name
and address must also be
included. Send your opin-
ions TO Letters to the
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am associated with sew.
eraI physicians who have a
definite disfaste for perform
ing aborfions bur somehow
they still do. II may be done
with some fear and fright,
but their efforts seem to
be sincere and welI-infen-
TONED: they want TO relieve
patients who are i'll. They
evidently grasp at abortion
believing that ii will help
chances of recovery. viii
you suggest q few thoughts
that | can hand over TO these
physicians? Or. c. A.
For years, as you know,
DR.. C. A, many medical
men have taught that
pregnancy, though a nor
NAL physiological process,
is IAN added burden" which
can create an "unbearable
load" when coupled with GER
tain diseases. Unfortunately,
very few attempts have been
made to explain what exactly
is meant by burden"
I'm RECENT YEARS au-
thorities like Doctors G.
Schaefer, S. Cosgrave and o.
Mendelson, have denied that
pregnancy is an added "bur-
den," STRAIN" and load" to
a diseased person. 1t is said
that in the few cases where
pregnancy involves a certain
hazard that unquestion ably
there are better methods of
combating the disease than
abortion.
In some sections of the
country there is a disturb
ing new movement to legal
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-12-02

authentic saints from false
and legendary material. The
revised Butler does not hest.
tate to include legendary mat
ter, because some of these
legends leg. st. Francis and
the wolf of Gubbio) are prec-
ious and valuable for devo-
ton and as literature. In a
similar way modern historians
do not really discredit George
Washington by questioning
the legend of the cherry tree.
The greatness of Washington
and the sanctity of st. Fran
els do not depend on these
charming details. There is no
question about canonized
saints as such.
@. Could not an unhappy
marriage be an occasion of
sin? Is a Catholic bound TO
live with someone even when
drinking. etc. makes life un-
bearable for his wife and chill
dren?
A. If a marriage is intoler-
able or in some other serious
way an occasion of injustice
or even a promlxate oc-
casion of sin for the
innocent party separation is
possible. In no case, however,
should it be too quickly ac-
copied as a solution. A Chris
tian wife or husband accepts
responsibility for the other
person, for better or worse.
Such responsibility means that
the innocent party of an I'M
happy marriage should strive
by example, by sacrifice and
by prayer to sanctify the 9TH
er person and to give the chill
dren every opportunity pos
sible for a good life. st. Paul
states the principle: But to
those who are married, not 1,
but the Lord commands that
a wife is not to depart from
her husband, and if she de-
parts, that she is to remain
unmarried or be reconciled to
her husband. And let not a
husband put away his wife
q Corinthians 7:10-11).
Send questions to Father
Edward F. Healey, Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times,
Box 636, Columbus Is, Ohio.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-12-02
IN ENGLAND THIS SUM.

IN ENGLAND THIS sum-
MER / was disappointed to
find so little interest in the
Ecumenical Movement on the
part of English Catholics. A
few showed a deep concern
about reunion but most SEEM
ed to be as casually indiffer-
ent to the Anglicans as the
joker here in New York who
said to me: Il hope the
Pope's Council is a failure
because, if the English re-
turn to the Church, the Irish
will have to leave it,"
SURELY CATHOLICS ought
to have an awareness of ele-
ments in other churches that
are not in harmony with di-
vine rev violation n. But we
should also have a sympa-
thetic understanding of the
~''patrimony of grace" in
Angelicanism, Luthera n i S m
and other denominations.
Our aim should be to help
protect and conserve the en-
dangered holiness of Angeli-
cans by making it secure in
the universal Church. / don't
believe it is secure in the
church of England. | believe
the members of that church
would do well to separate
themselves ecclesiast ically
Continued on Page 81
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Competence

A literary critic has remarked somewhere that
many Catholics are given, as a selfimposed penance
for preferred reading, to singing the praises of
worthless printed matter in the conviction that, how
ever dull the work may be, it is to be lauded for its
good Catholic aims"
A SIMILAR CRITICISM could also be applied to
the competence of Catholics in other areas of en-
deavor. So often individuals appeal for preferred
treatment simply because they are Catholics. If such
a basis Of preference ever had any validity, we feel
ii does not exist now.
The workman, merchant, craftsman, professional
man, management officer, financier, Or politician who
almost demands our patronage merely on the ground
that we share a common religious belief is unreason-
able. Even the knights of the Road will sometimes
b2andish a rosary, medal or Holy Name pin to try to
extract money from us!
THE POINT WE WISH to make is that superficial
piety is often the refuge of the inadequate. We debase
ourselves and the standards for which we should stand
by making concessions to those who would use religion
as a cloak for incompetence. We would not want
Catholicism to be called the protection of the inferior.
In the words of Father Theodore Hesburgh of
Notre Dame, Catholics should profess a commitment
to excellence" And If anything falls short we should
charitably and respectfully but nonetheless clearly,
point out the deficiency.
THIS DOES NOT MEAN of course, that the eff
forts of individuals will be perfect. What we ask for is
that the work Of Catholics not be given undue praise
or even acceptance only because they are members
of the fold.
Such a standard includes the work of The Catholic
Times. We continue to invite those who will do so
without petulance, to offer kind, albeit firm, criticism
of our efforts.
WE SHALL EXERCISE a similar prerogative by
commenting on persons, places and things as we see
them. CAT