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Africa At AvGIance
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR AFRICANS


(ANP)-The Higher Education of York
City setting uionre scholarships
CITY, Brooklyn colleges for and
from Africa who qualify for entry into the municipal colleges
scholarships provide for maintenance the board hopes
he courses offered will be of real aid to selected
individuals
AFRICAN STUDENTS DANCE SING
City, Missouri troupe
drummers Olatun, Afrca
audience of LOO
auditorium last week "AAfrican
Night Show The Of authentic folk songs and dancers put
attending schools New York City,
sponsored chapter of the Foundation for all
Presidents White House People to People
effort acquant local cznry with the folklore
people
GHANA OFFERS INTER AFRICA SCHOLARSHIPS
ANP)-sx scholarships, covering
clothing
ato are to be during
governing territories other African
dependent independent
The scholarships University College Ghana
Technology and Achmota College of Business Management
AFRICA, BOON TO WEST
Chicago (ANP)-A give
meal nations
them establish stable and economies the new nation will
sphere
Kemy 52year-old representative of the Communist
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions the United
Kemsley member 174 AFCIo
addressing education
division OF university
Ex KENYAN OFFICIAL IN ATLANTA
(ANP)-WlHam Allan Cunningham Mathieson until
Gently paid four
day other things the
African and Kena the mutaca societies and labor
spoke universities and before the Atlanta
Committee for Foreign Relations
TO TEST NEW MEASLES VACCINE
(ANP)Dr Saul Krugman professor and chairman
Department University College
Medicine Nigeria study the effectiveness
Nobel winner
John Enders of Boston The vaccine ver extract shows prom
preventing children Earlier tests conducted
during epidemic repeatedly showed the vaccine be
100 percent effective
Xix" NAMED PRIVY COUNCIL
Lagos (ANP)-Dr Azilwe, 56-yearod
president Ngeran
Ngean
pointed Py Council by Queen Elizabeth AS such he
made member of the body which advises
The crown NkrImah
AFRICAN STATONMASTER
became the first African to be
appointed a assigned
the African Railways and
years traffic another first for Africans
Africa.
SMOOTH SHIFT FOR UGANDA
(ANP-Accordng Sir Frederick Crawford British
governor Uganda transition the territory
1862 independence orderly
stumbling bocat of the Buganda
which, king Kabaa participate
preparations for self government
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in this instance to bring about
true democracy to all citizens of
our city"
DR.. Wimbish then announced
that the NAACP is urging st.
Petersburg Negroes Ito refuse to
make Christmas purchases in
stores that do not treat them with
human dignity or which continue
to discriminate against them in
some departments"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-12-02

Deep Roots
Have you heard the signing,
groaning
OF a tree before the storm,
Heard the scraping Of the branches
In the bending Of its form?
Have you seen it sway and
straighten,
Then be swayed again, again,
Seen the leaves like tiny banners
Whipping, dripping in the
rain?
Seen it in its strength and beauty
Stand defiant in the blast,
Seen it proud and undefeated
When the mighty winds have
passed?
Have you seen a fellow mortal
Weighted down with many
cares,
Heard him sigh when dread
disaster
Came upon him unawares?
Have you seen him bare it bravely,
Overcoming all his fears,
Seen him turn his face to heaven,
Gazing upward through his
tears7
Seen his countenance Of sorrow
Change and wear the vctor's
smile,
See him stand complete in triumph
Ger the bitterness of trial?
Winds have ne'er uprooted timber
Growing deep beneath the sod
Strife has never conquered mortals
Who are rooted deep in God.
Byron E. De Bolt.
Mary C. was the only grandchild
in a family of eight adults. The
day she was born everybody, rela,
tives and friends, said she was go
ing to be spoiled because of hel
doting grandparents, aunts and un,
cles.
Mary P. was also an only chile
and an only grandchild. The day
she was born neighbors said, I'VE
hope she gets a chance in life tc
be somebody, because if she stays
around that kind Of a woman, she
will grow up to be just like hers
nobody" They, the neighbors anc
friends were talking about Mary
P's mother!
Although the two girls did moi
live close to each other they were
roommates in the same school
They lived in a small town anC
each had to walk a long distance
to their school. Mary G. came from
the right side of town while Mary
p. came from across the tracks
Some of the children in schoo
snubbed Mary P. but Mary G. be,
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Sum and Substance:
Is Indignation Right
AS Well AS Legal?
by FIR. John b. Sheerin, esp.

reason is that they don't like
to talk about social justice
because they are painfully
aware that they themselves
are guilty of race prejudice
and discrimination. They do
not want to speak about the
mote in the eye of the South
ern racist for fear someone
might notice the beam in
their own eye. AT any rate,
many New Workers seem to
accept the indignation deci-
sion with an air of resignation
and feel that the South should
do likewise.
~soUTHERNERS SENSE this
attitude that is prevalent in
many parts of the North.
They are persuaded that
Northern support of the in
tegration decision is only re-
luctant and merely verbal, a
half-hearted surrender to law
just because it is law. How
can we expect rabble rousers
in New Orleans to change
their tune if they believe the
North secretly agrees with
them about the innate wrong
ness of the decision?
The notion that sticks in
the craw of many New York
ers is that the Supreme Court,
duped by the sociological writ
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ings of fuzzy liberals, arbi.
trarily ruled that segregated
education cannot equal the
education a Negro child re-
ceives in a classroom with
whites. The fact is that the
Court was anything but arhi.
frary. Before handing down
its famous decision, it listen.
ed patiently to expert testi-
mony.
MEN OF THE CALDER OF
DR.. Frederick Wertham stat.
ed that they had found segre-
cation created dangerous ankle
ties in the Negro child. Others
said it increased mutual hos
tility and suspicion between
white and Negro children, re-
inforced prejudices and facili-
tated outbreaks of racial vio-
lence. If the attorneys for the
Southern states had informa-
ton that would rebuff this
testimony, why did they not
bring it forward? Why don't
the Southern legislators pro-
duce this evidence today?
If you ask this question of
a New Yorker, you will prob
ably hear an answer to the
effect that the Supreme Court
should have stayed with the
prevailing law which approved
Continued on Page %
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Making Marriage Click
Office Parties May Show
Up Marital Problems
by Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc
Problems

which other couples take for
granted. - Zilda.
WE CAN CERTAINLY see
why many Christmas office
parties are a menace. Happily
they are losing out in popu-
larity. Office parties which ex-
clude husbands and wives of
employees can be an unusual
danger. Participants often
neither enjoy the parties nor
the aftermath - particularly
the aftermath.
The office party you refer
to, Zilda, seems to point to
difficulties that have been
accumulating in your mar
riage for a long time: differ
ences in t~emperaments and
background. Your husband
seems to require much
warmth, attention and appre-
citation.
YOU MAY Be TOO reti-
cent, too inhibited. On the
other hand, his undisciplined
behavior no doubt robbed you
of what you yourself wanted
in marriage: a stable home
and a solid position in the
community. He is no doubt at
fault in many ways but first
let us see if you should not
make some changes in your
own behavior.
FIRST CHECK and see if
you may not need to be more
outgoing, more appreciative,
more demonstrative. Be sure
also that you do not lie abed
in the morning instead of get
ting up and cooking his break
fast and kissing him fondly
before he leaves for work.
You may need to welcome
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-12-16
Office Parties

One of the most devastating scenes in the movie
"The Apartment" is the one portraying the office
Christmas party.
WI ARE ToLD that until recently the picture
Of liquor and lechery shown in the film is by no means
an eXaggeration.
OF course, no one means any harm in such situa-
tons, but the consequences are there whether intend
ed or not.
WE SAY THIS WAS the situation until recently
because many offices are doing away with the Christ
mas party in this offensive form. They are either
is more in the spirit Of Christmas, such as gifts for
children and similar projects.
During the holiday season, people get together
in many ways to share the joy and fellowship of the
time. This is well and good of course, and, if one
wishes it, the use of alcoholic beverages certainly is
not at all wrong as we well know.
But at office parties there is danger in being
carried away by the emotion of the moment and drink
ing to excess.
THIS NOT ONLY leads to personal dissipation,
but even more dangerous, it often results in traffic
accidents.
The National Safety Council has obtained addi-
tional evidence that the early hours Of the holiday
period bring the greatest number of traffic crashes.
And many of these accidents can be traced back dl-
rectly to office parties,
IT WOULD BE WELL for organizations to con-
slider drying up their office parties. The cup of cheer
can be shared later at home in more controlled cir
cumstances.
Besides, Catholics who are observing the true
spirit of Advent, will not celebrate the Christmas sea-
son early. They will wait until we observe the Birth
of Christ and that isn't in order until December Is.
1T WOULD BE WELL for all of us to observe
these days at the proper time and in a proper man.
ner. -
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Editorial
Church In America

The problem of the Catholic Church in the new
independent nations of Africa can be seen very we'll
in the Congo.
Since many of the Belgian people in Africa were
Catholic and there were so many Catholic missionaries
in the Congo, there is a sizeable number of natives
who are Catholic.
n CATHOLIC CHURCH rejoiced in the indie
pendence of the Belgian Congo because it had awaken
ed the people there to their individual dignity and
right to freedom. Moreover, many of the new leaders
were trained in Catholic schools.
But when disorder and chaos came to the Congo,
the Church was the object of some of the attacks.
One of the reasons for this was that the Church was
identified by many as being as one with the former
colonial government.
WE ARE TOLD HOWEVER by missionary re-
ports, that the Catholics in the Congo have tried to
hold the line. They have defended their churches,
they have stated their principles, they are participant
ing in the different parties contending for power.
The Congo represents a complex situation so it be-
hooyes us not to make quick judgments without know
ing all the facts. We are assured by the missionaries
that the Catholics will do, and have done, what they
can in the present situation.
BISHOP MALULA of Leopoldville has asked that
his people be given not only bread for the body but
also bread for the soul: truth and love.
He said recently: "We ask for technicians, but
also for evangelical workers, messengers Of peace,
witnesses of charity: missionaries, priests and Sisters,
lay apostles. May it be Gods will that our appeal be
heard"
SURELY WE CATHOLICS in America pray for
that intention, be interested in the appeal, and do
what we can to answer it. - A
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| dread Christmas. |
can see my h S b a d
again going off to attend
his office party. Until a
year or so ago we lived
in a small town and maybe I
have small town ideas for l
really thought I was going
with him to the party. One
day, however, he blurted out
that the party was limited to
employees only.
MY HUSBAND supervises a
group of 20 teen-agers in a
bank but even he admits he
cannot handle them. Some of
them are flirts. / asked him
to stay away from the party
to demonstrate his loyalty to
me.
We argued and argued and
eventually compromised. He
agreed to go there for dinner,
take two drinks, dance once
and come home by 1000 pm.
But at 1890 am. he weaved
in - plastered with lipstick.
He mumbled something about
the lipstick being a joke. One
thing led to another, he lost
his temper and hit me He has
never apologized for this.
THIS ONLY ADDS to the
many marital problems we
already have. He is fond of
our little boy but seems to
dislike our two girls. He hates
for me to visit our neighbors
and had several times locked
me out of the house.
He disapproves of install
ment buying, which means we
do without nearly everything
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-12-16

AS a general rule, | try
not to encroach upon the
territory of regular book
reviewers by reviewing
current books in this col
umn, but whenever l come
across a particularly note
worthy volume in the special
lied field of Catholic social &C
ton or Catholic social teach
ing | feel justified in max
ing an exception to this rule.
This happened last week
with the publication of a new
book by Aaron | Abel en-
titled American Catholicism
and Social Action (Hanover
House, New York, $4.95). I
should like to recommend
Professor Abell's "comprehen-
sive study of the Catholic So
cial movement in the United
States from 1865 to 1880" To
the best of my knowledge, it
is the only book of its kind
on the market, and it's a very
good book indeed.
1T WOULD BE impossible
to synopsize this book within
the limits Of this column.
Suffice it, then, to summarize
its central theme and its
principal conclusions.
During the period 18651950
Professor Abel points out in
his preface, the Church in
the United States was present
ed with a double problem:
"how, on the one hand, to
champion the cause Of the
poor without endangering the
public interest Or the COM
mon good, and, on the other,
how to oppose socialism with
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that they are concerned only
with particular emergencies
in the construction of class
rooms, but there is enough
evidence to conclude that
many regard this as a "foot
in the door" technique lead
ing to a massive general aid
bill.
VIZ note also that the adj
vocates of federal aid in this
area have persistently refus-
ed to explore the possibilities
Of legislation based on the
method used in the CT. Bill
Of Rights.
IN ADDITION they are open
to a serious charge Of incon-
sistency. How can they ex-
plain why they favor loans and
grants for students enrolled
in Southern Methodist Uni
versity, the Union Theological
Seminary, and Notre Dame
University, and yet have moth
ing to offer those citizens who
attend the Calvin Christian
School, Luther High School,
and st. Patrick Academy?
This educational discrimin-
alton is seen in its true grav-
ity through the eyes of COM
petent observers who main
tain that a massive program
of federal aid exclusively to
the public schools will en-
danger, if not destroy, the OPP
portunity of millions of par
ents to provide God-centered
education for their children.
THOSE WHO BELIEVE in
justice and equality for all
children should remain alert
to this problem and should
write to their Congressman
and Senators to inform them
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Newspictures of teen
age New Orleans mobs
certainly make bad prop
uganda for the American
way of life. What is even
worse is the reporting of the
bombastic, hate-filled TRADES
against Negroes that were de-
livered in the Louisiana legis-
lature last month.
Representative Garrett de-
claimed, "This is total war.
We must use every weapon at
our command" Senator
Speedy Long announced that
he would Cf he COULD vote
for the impeachment of the
entire Supreme Court.
IN DISCUSSING Southern
defiance of the Supreme
Court, / find that many New
Workers seem to have only a
very vague interest in the
whole question of indignation
and massive resistance. They
feel that the 1854 indignation
decision is the law of the
land and must be obeyed, and
that troops must be sent to
places like Little Cock to see
that the law is obeyed.
But apart from that, they
seem to betray little or no
enthusiasm for the high
Court decision Maybe the
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The Yardstick
Will Social Justice
Interest S~uburbanite?
by Msgr. George G. Higgins

out negating or ignoring the
claims of social reform" The
ways in which American Cath
olics attempted to meet this
double challenge form the
major theme" Of his book.
PROFESSOR ABEL con-
cludes that the record of the
Church in meeting this two
edged challenge has been i'm
preSsive. "In recent years, par
ticularly since 1885," he says,
Catholic social action has been
extensive and richly varied, a
response chiefly to the ire
sistible demands of the peo-
pie in an era Of depression
and war for a greater meas
ure of economic security, So
cial justice and democratic
rights.
Yet from its formative
years American Catholicism
had participated in reform
movements: in the humanitar-
ian crusade for urban welfare
following the Civil War, in
the labor crisis of the 1905
and 1905, in the socialist-so-
cial reform battles of the Pro-
gressive era, and in the organ
lied social service of the
World War l period. In affil-
iation with these movements,
Catholic social action was pre-
pared for its elimination in
the impressive record of the
last two decades"
IN VIEW OF THE FACT
that Professor Abel attaches
special Importance to the
work Of the NCWC Social Ac-
ton Department / am reluct-
ant, to comment, on his op-
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TONGUE w CHEEK DEPT.
Man OF The Year

After all of the All-American football teams are
picked, including the AllIntellectual, All-Baptized
Catholic Small College, AllLefthanded and so on, the
campaign begins for "The Man of the Year"
ONE OF THESE PERFECT creatures would seem
to be enough for one year, but as in allamericans we
are plagued with Men of the Year to fit various cate
gories. This system is so well perfected that we feel
there is but one category remaining: The Nothing Man
Of the Year.
To be honored as H Nothing of the Year, a
man would have to have not contributed anything in
any way, shape or form, esthetcally, materially or
what have you, to the betterment Of any segment of
our society during the past year.
You MIGHT FEEL THAT to choose one would
be an impossible task, since there are undoubtedly
many among your acquaintance who could easily
qualify, but the difficulty would arise in getting one
of us to admit it.-dcf
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timistic assessment or evalua-
ton of the past accomplish
ments Of the American Catho-
lie social movement.
WOULD PREFER to
raise a few questions
about the future of Catholic
social action in this country
questions which came to my
mind as I was reading the
Professors book.
THE FIRST AND perhaps
the most important question
is whether or not American
Catholics, now that they have
begun to climb up the eco
nDmic ladder and are moving
into the so-called better"
suburbs in ever-increasing
numbers, will be as interest
ed in social reform as at least
a significant minority Of
their immigrant forebears
were.
In other words, will a future
Aaron Abel be warranted in
saying two or three genera
tons hence that the record
of the Catholic social action
movement during the last half
of the 10th century was i'm
pressive or will he have to
admit that American Catholics
during this 50-year period
were spoiled by success and
went the way of all flesh.
A SECOND QUESTION is
whether or not the social &C
ton programs and techniques
Of the past are adequate for
the present and the future.
During the period covered by
Professor Abell's book, and
Continued on Page 81
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@. What IL q person reeos-
nizes in making a general con-
fession that he should have
made restitution for things
he took as a child; the theft
was confessed but no ~restitu.
fion made!
A. Provided there was no
refusal or deliberate neglect
to make restitution the sin
was forgiven. If at a later
date we realize that we should
restore the object or its
equivalent we should do so.
In most cases of this sort, how
ever, the items involved are
small (e.g. a child picks up
a trinket in a store) and resti-
tuition would involve a dispro-
portionate effort. In such in
stances we could make a pro-
portionate increase in some
aims leg. to the Missions). If
we can make direct restitution
we must do so. 1t is never per-
mitted to give the equivalent
to charity when we can re-
store the object or its equival-
ent to the owner. All particu-
lar cases should be submitted
TO the confessor.
@. WHAT is actual grace
how can We know when il
comes TO Us?
A, The catechism calls il
"a supernatural help of God
which ~enlightens our minds
and strengthens our wills to
DO good and avoid evil" Habit
ual (sanctifying) grace is thai
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him cordially and caresslngly
on his return from work in
the evening. Obviously, the
little girls need to be taught
this same behavior. Normally,
your husband will begin to
respond to this quite rapidly.
Be careful not to meet your
husband daily with a dull ar
ray of evening chores. Make
him feel like the head of the
family and not an lnslgnltl'
cant handyman. Maybe you
should have dinner 80 min
utes or so after he arrives and
not too quickly so that ne has
a chance to relax.
AGAIN, If He is normal he
will soon volunteer" to per-
form the chores you ordlnari-
ly 'force" him to perform. 1t
is also very likely that he has
poor insight into his relation
ship with others. His behavior
as an executive demonstrates
that.
It is possible that as a boy
your husband struggled
fiercely to satisfy his parents
who expected too much of
him. And now as an adult he
instinctively expects and de-
mands that others struggle
just as hard as he did. If he
puts himself in your place or
that of his subordinates, If he
praises people when they de-
serve it and refrains from
bawling them out for minor
infractions, he may very like
1y become a more successful
executive and that much
needed raise in salary may oc-
cur.
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Inquiry Corner
Restitution
For Theft?
by Fir. Heale1
by FIR. Healey

supernatural life which we
receive in baptism and lose
only by mortal sin. Actual
grace is occasional lie. it
comes when we need help.
Unfortunately we cannot or.
cinGailv fnow when it comes
because il is not necessarily
accompanied by outward Tor
even perceptible inward) man.
ifestations. In our pride we
often attribute some conquer
ed temptation or some gener-
Gus or heroic action to our
own will power when it was
primarily the actual grace Of
God-to which we happily
responded.
@. Are Yvonne and IoIanda
saints names7 How about Ell
mer?
A. Yvonne is the feminine
of Two. st. Two was a famous
parish priest of Brittany who
died in 1903 and whose feast
day is May 10Th Yolando DO
landa, etc. is considered by
some a variant of Helen.
There was a Blessed Yolande
who was beatified by Pope
Leo XII in 1927 and her feast
set for September 18th. FL
mer is a variation of Aylmen
(Adhemar) who was martyred
in 1912, beatified in 1866. His
feast day is May 28th.
Send questions to Father
Edward F. Healey, Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times,
Box 636, Columbus Is, Ohio.