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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-09-23
Sum and Substance:
Will Africa
Become Christian?
by FIR. John B. Sheerin, esp.

against priests and nuns and
the consequences may be
tragic. The emotional Afri-
cans may be lured into com
uniting brutal acts they will
later regret.
In the September issue of
the French magazine EeeIesis
(Which is directed by Daniel
Rops), an African archbishop
discussed the question of the
Church's future in Africa.
Archbishop Gantin of Cotonou
in Africa also feels that the
future is highly uncertain but
he is not at all p~essimistic.
IN ONE PARAGRAPH he
says: "We are in Africa where
the weather is generally good
but where the sky can sudden
ly cloud up and release vio-
lent tornadoes." He enumer-
ates various troubles that lie
in wait for the Church but
he reminds us that Christian
ity has always met with troub-
les in the past.
He does insist, however,
that We must not expect re-
suits overnight. "To implant
the Gospel is not only to
evangelize some individuals
but to Christianize a men,
tally, a culture, a civiliza-
ton" 1t takes time to change
a mentality.
THE WAY or THINKING
that Africans have inherited,
according to the Archbishop,
is a serious handicap because
of its practical consequences
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-09-23

! am writing this col
umn here in Paris where
Africa is always in the
headlines. Yesterday /
had a long talk with a
missionary who spent many
years on the Dark Continent.
He did not want me to iden-
tify him or his religious or
der, so | will simply describe
him as a veteran missionary.
ASKED HIM: what are
the prospects of the Church
in African" His answer was:
"We are sitting on a volcano"
He claimed that the main rea-
son for the uncertain future
of the Church in Africa is
the excitable temperament
of the native African. The At
rican IS highly lmpreSsionable
and easily aroused by rum
ors. IF, for instance, a rumor
starts up to the effect that a
certain missionary murders
children, the native will prob
ably act before investigating
the rumor.
Probably this is the explain
alton of Congo Premier Luz
mumba's inconsistencies. One
day he will issue an announce
ment and the next day he
will contradict it.
NOW IT is EASY to see
how the communist agitators
will play on the temperament
of the natives. Being accom-
plished liars, they will manu-
facture baseless rumors
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-09-23

to its families.
Secondly, society should
help couples with children
because the family unit is the
essential cell and basis of So
ciety. Society depends upon
the family for its very exist
ence. Furthermore, larger
families are necessary because
about so per cent of the COUP
les who marry do not have a
sufficient number of children
to reproduce themselves.
THERE ARE TWO BROAD
schools of thought about
equalizing the financial
burdens of the family: one
proposes to make specific
payments to the parents. Can
ada has followed this plan
and gives the parent six dol
lars per month for each child
from birth to age ten, then
eight dollars per month for
each child from ten to is.
Over 30 other countries have
similar laws.
SEVERAL PUBLIC opinion
polls have found that over
80 per cent of the whole pop
ulation in Canada is well sat-
isfied with this plan. The
other school of thought holds
it is better to provide special
services at public expense
than to give money directly to
the parents.
The United States has de-
pended more on this latter
school of thought. An income
tax exemption is allowed for
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O.. What answer can we
make 10 certain men in the
field of psychology and their
disciples who trace all prob
lens and all relationships 10
sex2
A. AS one textbook on
psychiatry C"Modern PSychia-
try"-Wm. S. Sadler, MD
we'll states: 1.-THE average per-
son is more highly Suggestible
in matters pertaining to sex
than in any other avenue of
human experience. II is not to
all difficult, therefore. to I'M
derstand or explain how en-
thusiasts who are devotees of
the idea that sex emotion is
the exclusive field of psychi-
airy are able, almost without
exception, to discover some
sort of sex error which they
can seize upon as the etiologic
factor wholly responsible for
the patients neurosis. While
sex emotions are often the ex-
elusive cause of nervous
troubles and are more or less
active in the majority of in
dividuals who suffer from
psycho-neuroses, nevertheless,
/ have been able to dig up In
the minds of these patients
other offending completes,
the central ideas of which
were fear, fright, regret and
sorrow, together with other
moral and spiritual delinquen-
cies entirely outside the pale
of the sex realm" The same
can be said of all pan-sexual
theories. condemned so round
ly by Pope Plus XII. Some of
the Freudan school who over
emphasize sex in their treat
ment of normal as we'll as alb
normal behavior are able to
point to some (often obvious)
connections between this fun
damental human drive and APP
parently unrelated human ac-
tons. There are too many re-
liable students in psychology
and associated fields to settle
for such unscientific oversim-
plification. AS Christians we
know that over and above the
rational proof that man is a
free moral being and can use
his natural reason and free
will to transcend sex or any
other pull of the flesh, there
is the testimony of Gods re-
velation in the Bible. We
know too that there is the
help of Gods grace, especial.
ly through prayer and the sac
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in daily life. Thus there are
native Christians who live by
a double set of beliefs and a
double code of morality. They
believe in Christ but they al.
so believe their tribal gods
can help them. They accept
Christian moral rules but at
the same time are complacent
about polygamy.
Again, the natives are ''po-
litical-minded." The Archbish-
OPP says that many tend to
give priority to politics over
religion and thus "politicize"
conscience. They look upon
their favorite political party
as a divine oracle to be listen
ed to and followed even when
it breaks the Christian moral
law.
COMMUNISM, says the
Archbishop, is hard at work.
The party members are not
numerous but the young At
rican intellectuals, seeking
quick economic reforms, look
to Marxism for inspiration
and often for programs and
techniques of action.
The Church is surely on
the march in Africa, states
the Archbishop. The forces
competing against it are
formidable but the soul of
black Africa is profoundly
and congenitally religious.
Who knows but that once
again, as in st. Augustine's
time, we will be referring to
christian African"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-09-23
The Yardstick
Meditation
On a V~olkswagen
By Fir. Andrew vi. Greeley

the anguished complaint that
it was not the poor who were
buying the less expensive for.
eign cars, but those who could
afford better. Implicit in such
a complaint was the assump-
ton that if you could afford
a costly car you were under
some obligation to buy it.
NOW THE EDSEL has come
and gone, its quiet death a
shocking contrast to its noisy
birth; but the bugs" now
outrageous in color, continue
to swarm, and have been join
ed by modish and popular
''bugs."
Many conclusions could be
drawn from the Falcons sue
ceeding the Edsel as Ford's
new car" One might argue
that the motivation research
is still something less than
infallible or that advertising
cannot yet fool all the people
all the time or that hidden
persuaders" cannot sell the
public things that are not real
ly wanted-at least not more
than once, or that the car
is no longer a status symbol
to the American family, hav-
ing been succeeded by such
delights as boats, swimming
pools and trips to Europe.
BUT THERE is ONE other
lesson which might be over
looked in the rush of PSYCHE
atric explanations for the pop
ularity of the Volkswagen and
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p~ortionate interest also be
shown in the large family
which is equally important.
Instead, large families are oft
en- discussed only to be
frowned upon or discouraged.
We, then, have two prob
lens: u the economy which
ignores the size of the family
in its program, and D the
continued stress being made
publicly that the small family
is the ideal family. That So
ciety should in justice help
the large family may be de-
Tended from at least two as
poets: the couples contribute
to society as a whole and rem
der a service to it by having
children and by educating
them.
ELSE being
equal, the contribution of a
father to society is greater
than that of a bachelor or a
married man without chill
dren. The father of a family
gives his country, through his
children, the means of its
existence, its prosperity, its
security, its future, its COM
merce, its industry, its agri-
cultural services.
All institutions, all work,
all social activities, need chill
dren who will be able tomor-
row to intelligently replace
the older people. This mission
and service are the foundation
of a right and society is just
with distributive justice when
it takes into account this debt
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-09-23
Making Marriage Click
Community Has Duty
To Aid Large Families
by Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

know the Government is
NOT responsible for my large
family but society often bene.
fits from good sized families
and should help Us when we
need II. Instead, we can't get
satisfactory housing, We are
taxed unfairly, and most leg
isIafion forgets US entirely.
Henry W..
In our country we
rightly battle against reli-
gious discrimination, race
discrimination, sex dis
elimination, and you are
right, Henry, We often need
to battle against the social
discrimination shown larger
families.
True, parents can be en-
riched by having many chill
dren, but what about the
children themselves? Are
they not often penalized by
society? These parents find
it hard, if not impossible, to
give to their children the
minimum educational and job
advantages that parents of
small families rather easily
give their children.
THE GOVERNMENT should
not take over" this problem
but should be acutely aware
of it as they are fortunately
showing awareness of the old
age problem: the Government
is urging retirement pensions
for the aged, vacations with
pay, health insurance, and so
on. It is time now that pro-
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its ilk: competition is a good
thing. Such a truism is utter.
ed so often that most people
have forgotten how true it
is.
OF course, competition can
mean many things. 1t can
mean competition in adver-
Using, in technical improve
ments, in marketing tech
niques, in horsepower, in TV
quiz programs. But this is not
exactly what Adam Smith
and his followers meant. They
meant competition in prices
and this is exactly what the
small foreign cars land their
American c%ousins) brought to
the auto industry.
AMERICAN BUS ESS-
NESSMEN become a%poplectic
when one mentions admins
tered prices" The name of Es-
tes Kefauver is sure to come
in for some abuse in such a
context. Perhaps the business
men are right. For the term
conjures up visions of secret
meetings, international plots,
and formal, planned collision.
Such administration of prices
is practically nonexistent in
America. And most American
business men compete in all
kinds of ways: few Of them
can afford to rest content with
the share of the market they
have. If they do, they are very
shortly out of a job. Neverthe-
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"best" and neatly. That
"Best" may vary to our means
or the circumstances, such as
someone dropping into Church
after a hard days work as a
plumber or brick layer need
not be attired in white tie and
tails but they can still be neat
in overalls.
OR IF THEY ASSIST at
Mass before going to work
they need not be dressed
up" but these are circum-
stances.
WHAT lRKs NE MOST is
to see business and profes-
sional men, who wear white
shirts and ties to work eight
hours a day for five days a
week but then come to Mass
on Sunday in a loud sport
shirt that looks more like
night attire, since they usual
ly wear it with the shirt tails
hanging out.
Maybe a suit coat is not
comfortable in extremely hot
weather but these men could
at least wear a dress shirt for
one hour on Sunday morning.
And certainly there seems to
be no excuse at all for winter
time - I'm sure the wives
won't mind ironing that extra
shirt to make them look pre-
sentable when they get to the
Communion rail- don't.
MRS. L.T.W.
Evening star., 1960-09-01
Mrs. Lockhurt's
Net II Captures
Class B Golf CUP

Mrs. w. L. Lockhart yester-
day celebrated her promotion
to Glass B in the Women's Dis
trict Golf Association by win
ming. the Post-Times Herald
Cup at Woodmont Country
Club with an 88 minus 16
handicap for a net 70.
The event for 1916 handicap
players concluded the Class B
events for the season.
Mrs. Morton Schiff Of Argyle
won low gross with an SO.
Other net winners, in order:
Mrs. C. Miller of Belle Haven,
89-14-75; Mrs. L. Jacobs of
Woodmont, 89-14-75; Mrs. Pat
Martino of Argyle, 91-15-76;
Mrs. o. B. Stanley of Army
Navy, 92-16-76; Mrs. Ellis Ed
lowitz of Woodmont, 91-15-76.
And Mrs. Walter Densmore
of Belle Haven, 91-14-77; Mrs.
John Hoen of Congressional,
91-14-77: Mrs. Walter Teeter
Of Belle Haven. 93-16-77; Mrs.
Anthony Litrento Of Prince
Georges, 92-15-77 and Mrs.
Joseph Waugh of Brooke
Manor, 92-15-77.
Evening star., 1960-09-01
Lindo Youngs 4th
AS Sail Title Goes
To Mrs. Duane

ANNAPOLIS, Nd. Sept.
(SpeciaD Pat Duane of Del
ray Beach, Fla, is the new
North American women's sail
ing champion largely by virtue
of ruling of the judges, but
nobody is disputing the merit
of her victory in the series of
eight races that ended yester-
day.
She beat out her chief rival,
Jane Pegel of Lake Geneva,
Wis, on a maneuver at the
start of the final race, then
sailed through the fleet to win
the title for which she was
runnerup last year.
The judges reversed an ear
lier decision and allowed Mrs.
Duane a second-place in the
first. race. She had failed to
finish in that one because of a
broken spinnaker pole. The
award of seven points turned
out to be the victory margin.
with Mrs Duane scoring Sc
points and Mrs. Pegel, who was
sixth in the final race. totaling
49.
Rae Ellen Ramey of Seattle
was third with As points and
Linda Youngs of the Old Do
Boat Club of Alexan-
dria, Va, fourth with 81.
Evening star., 1960-09-01
Vernon, AZ,
Plays Again

PITTSBURGH, Sept. l (AP)
The Pirates, missing no bets
in their drive for their first
pennant since 1927, today boast
the oldest player in the majors.
Manager Danny Murtaugh
yesterday plucked Mickey Ver-
non from his coaching ranks
and put him on the active list
for pinch-hitting duties.
Vernon, AZ, is four months
older than Ted williams. The
lanky native of Marcus Hook,
Pa, broke in with Washington
in 1899, starred as first base
man and won two batting
championships with the SEN
ators, hitting 1853 in 1946 and
1877 in 1854. He also played
for Cleveland and the Red Sox
and got into "a games with the
1859 Braves.
Evening star., 1960-09-01
DeIonyQuits
1,5OOMeters
In OIympics

ROME, Sept. l (AP).-Ron
Delany, Of Ireland. winner Of
the 1900 meters at the 1856
olympic Games, told friends
today he would not defend his
title in the current games.
The Irishman yesterday failed
to qualify for the final of the
800-meter run and afterward
said, The speed just was not
there"
That failure led Delany, the
Villanova University student
and indoor mile specialist. to
announce his withdrawal from
the 1.500 meters.
However, friends said there
was still a chance the Irishman
may change his mind and de-
fend his metric mile title.
iDelany has been troubled
with an Achilles tendon injury
this season-an injury that cut
short his preparations for the
games.
A week ago, Delany told the
Associated Press, II shall def
nitely run in the 800 meters,
and if I feel good I shall run in
the 1,500 meters"
Delany said he was not trou-
bled by his injury in the 300
meter, but felt he just did not
have the necessary speed for
the 1,500-meter.
.Delany said he had no inten-
ton of giving up running. u
shall run in Dublin and Glasgow
when I get home" he said.
Evening star., 1960-09-01
Redskins Get Wilkins
In Deal, Cut St. Clair

1t was the second deal nego-
tiated in four days by the win
less Washington eleven, which
earlier got Quarterback M. C.
Reynolds from the st. Louis
Cardinals. :
Wilkins topped off a fine
three-year varsity record at
Georgia with an outstanding
performance in the Senior
Bowl. and the Rams took him
as their No. 6 draft choice in
1857. In his pro debut, an ex-
hibition game against the Red
skins, he intercepted pass and
returned it for a touchdown.
He spent his first two years
with the Rams in a reserve
status. performing on such
special" units as kick of and
punt teams.
Coach Bob Waterfield moved
wilkins into Duane Putnam s
offensive guard position this
year after the latter was drafted
by the new Dallas Cowboys, but
he was not at home there. He
should help the Redskins as a
linebacker.
Evening star., 1960-09-01

for one of his best years on the
pro gridiron.
Ralph Guglielmi had another
close brush with i'll fortune the
other day when he slipped and
fell in the dressing room at
Griffith Stadium. Goog was
putting hot water in the whirl-
pool bath when the hose
slipped, spilling on his foot. He
jumped, naturally, and lost his
footing on the damp floor.
Luckily, he landed on that part
Of his anatomy best cushioned
for the blow.
Trainer George Lentz, who
has been taking care of Gug-
lielmi. says he is making prog
ress. But friends who've seen
the hard-luck passer around
town privately wonder If he'll
be ready to rejoin the Red
skins within a month. And the
acquisition of M. c. Reynolds
won't help Ralph's peace of
mind. Highly competitive, he's
itching to get back into uni
form and may try to make it
sooner than he should.
Dick James thigh is coming
along nicely. but he won't be
able to play before next week
at the earliest.
One of the unhappiest Red
skins of all, however, was Line
backer Emil KaraS, whose wife
presented him with a 10-pound,
four-ounce son, Emil, jr.. last
Saturday. He couldn't even
shake hands with his we'll
wishing teammates because uf
a dislocated wrist. But the in
jury did get him a trip home to
Dayton, Ohio, to see his newest
heir.
Evening star., 1960-09-01

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Sept.
(SpeciaD. - The Redskins
asked waivers today on Quar-
terback Jim st. Clair after OBJ
tanning Linebacker Roy Will
kins yesterday from the Los
Angeles Rams for a 1861 draft
choice.
st. Clair's days we're num-
bered after the club got Quar-
terback M. C. Reynolds from
the st. Louis Cardinals for
another 1861 draft choice. The
27-year-old rookie from Santa
Barbara played only three
minutes in the Redskins first
three exhibition games, the
last three against the Phila-
delphia Eagles last Saturday
night after Eagle Day injured
his knee.
Wilkins, a 6-foot-3. 300
pound Georgian, was expected
to join his new teammates here
today. Coach Mike Nixon hopes
to use him in Saturday nights
exhibition game against the
Chicago Bears.
Evening star., 1960-09-01
WIN, LOSE OR DRAW
Continued From Page u

Continued FROM rage d.
judgment and he uses it, Nobody talks him out of pitch
ing to Just man."
When Cal Griffith reluctantly traded Eddie Yost to
Detroit in order to play Harmon Kebrew at third base
he found dissenter in Lavagetto not that Cookie had
anything personal against Kilebrew But old in
fielder himself YoS was more in the image of third
basenfan though he'd slowed step two. For
Harmon, Cookie had other plans
Cal prevailed and made his DEAL picking up Reno Ber
oa in the swap Reno sat the bench much of the time
and Kilebrew played third base having whopper of
year bat This the whole thing resolved to
everybodys satisfaction and benefit
Griffith Kilebrew into his a long ball
hitter Cookie gradually shifted Harmon to first base and
both manager and sugger were happy. And finally,
Bertoa got to play third base And isn't bad job he's
done, either.
fact very few of the Senators have done bad Jobs
Nobody could afford to- and enjoy the luxury however
temporary, of the first division
Evening star., 1960-09-01
NATIONAL

Continued From Page D-1
and planting Curt Flood in
centerf1eld.
Last nights lineup showed
only two players in the same
position they held on opening
day-Ken Boyer at third and
Hal Smith behind the plate.
Roberto Clemente's hot bat
cooled off the Giants in San
Francisco. The Pittsburgh
outfielder raped three hits,
including his 18th homer, drove
in two runs and scored two
more as the Pirates overcame
an early 80 deficit. Glen
Labine, in relief, was credited
with the victory, but it took
a stout relief job by Roy Face
to preserve it. The little fire
man famed six in 22s innings
of scoreless pitching
The Braves walloped five
home runs in their twin bill in
Chicago. but a couple of Cubs
homers beat them IN the opener.
A four dagger by Bob viii. of
Lew Burdette in the 10th in
ming, was the decisive blow.
Another by Don thinner, in
the ninth, tied the score at 4-4.
In the second game three
run homers by Bill Bruton and
Ed Mathews mo. 81, featured
a 13-hit Milwaukee attack
against five pitchers. First
game Milwaukee homers were
hit by Del Crandall. Johnny
Logan and Chuck Cottier.
Roger Craig hurled a six
hitter and Junior Gillian drove
in all three runs in the Dodgers
triumph over Philadelphia. 1t
was Craig's sixth victory
against one defeat. Johnny
Buzhardt lost his eighth
straight for the Phils. The
Dodgers Maury Wills stole his
35th and seth bases.
Evening star., 1960-09-01
Fifth Junior Title
Is Gurber's Goal

Marty CARRIER of Kenwood
Country Club. winner of -four
junior golf titles this season
will be favored to take another
in the tournament for all club
junior champions tournament
over his home course Labor
Day.
CARRIER has won the Middle
Atlantic junior title, the Det-
weller Invitational, and last
Monday won the junior field
day event at Fort Meade. Yes
terday he added the Kenwood
Junior championship to his
growing list, defeating Rick
Billingsley. Z and S.
Match play in the Junior club
championship at Columbia will
be held today and tomorrow.
Bucky Skinker won the qualify
ing medal yesterday with a 73.
Evening star., 1960-09-01

old trotting honors in 1859. But
tender feet troubled him this
season and he failed to win in
seven starts, breaking gait in
four of them.
BY the time of the Hamble-
tonian, the Kentucky Derby of
harness racing, he was backed
down to a 6-1 underdog by
the experts. There is no pari-
mutuel betting at the Duquoin
State Fairgrounds.
But with canny, little O'Brien
in the sulky, Blaze Hanover
was the most feared horse
among the drivers in the field
of four flllieS and IS colts.
Uncle Sam Scratches
BY the third heat. eight of
them had scratched, including
the solid choice, Uncle Sam,
who couldn't seem to get un-
wound and finished 9th lin the
first heat and 18th in the
second.
The four-heat race was only
the third in the 35-year history
of the Hambletonian and the
first since 1884. The combined
times of 8:093s was the best
ever recorded for 3-year-old
trotters. erasing the old mark
of 8:101a set 'at Lexington, KY,
in 1910.
O'Brien's victroy, his second
with 10 Hambletonian mounts,
gave him the No. / spot in
the sulky classic on the money
winning list. He has earned
$171,431. Tom Berry, previous
leader, dropped to third. Erwin
gained second place at $148,190
with II Hambletonian starters.
Berry's tally is $1l8,863. The
crowd also set a record.