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Evening star., 1961-06-04
EDUCATION FORUM
By BENJAMIN FINE

O.: Our daughter is in the
eighth, grade and has been
working very hard to bring her
arithmetic grade up to, an A.
The Six-week report came out
and she got a grade of 80
1913 is Al. My daughter went
to her teacher to complain, but
the teacher said: Don't you
think I can add?" The teacher
reluctantly let my daughter see
her grades: she averaged them
and got 80 7/9. The teacher
said, I'm sorry, I still won't
give you an A." The next day
my husband took a day off
from his work and we both
went and talked to the super
intendent. He said, "a child
really has no recourse" Is this
fair? We don't want to make
an issue out Of this, but it
rankles. Our daughter is heart
broken. What do you suggest
we do?
A.: I suggest that you de-
emphasize the Importance Of
grades and marks. You are
creating too much of an emo
tional problem in this case.
How can anyone possibly arrive
at mark of 80 7/9 or 86.5 or
anything like it? No one, even
though he be the best teacher
in the world, can split grades
that fine. What does it mean?
Nothing, really. But evidently
in your home, marks are tre-
mendously important.
I think a 80 is a good grade.
In most school systems it is
considered an A. BY raising a
fuss, by going to the superin-
tendent. by getting your hus-
band into the act, you may have
antagonized the teacher. What
are the values we seek in an
education? Are they grades, or
what the grades signify? Too
Evening star., 1961-06-04
Moiseyev Dancers Snub
Hot Dogs in Suburbiq

It was obviously quickly that
the party wasn't going ever,
Mrs. Lopatin and Mrs. Bale
roken-heartedly inquired Why
One Of two English-speaking
Russian guests said he thought
the troupe was to get roast beef
and champagne. He refused
after that to talk to anyone.
Through Ovid Gorchakov, an
English-speaking Soviet jpur.
nalist accompanying the dane
ers, Mr.. Moiseyev explained
why the open house had
chilled.
He pointed out diplomatieal-
ly that the Russians were not
overly fond of hot dogs and
that the huge Lopatin home,
while exquisite, was not suited
to so many people.
Evening star., 1961-06-04

often today parents and pupils
think only in terms Of grades.
OF course, I know that COL
legeS place an undue emphasis
on high marks. You and many
other parents are probably ap-
prehenSive about not getting
your daughter into college un-
less she is an A student.
Fear of report cards and
grades is listed as the greatest
worry of childhood by DR..
Hirsch L. Silverman. a famous
school psychologist, author of
Psychology and Education. 3"
Please don't get your child
emotionally upset so soon in
life. After all, she's only in
the eighth grade. Colleges do
not go that far back for the
students record. Her grades,
as far as college is concerned,
will count only from the ninth
through the twelfth grade. So
relax. And don't make a fuss
over 2/9 Of a point. Nothing
could be less important.
@. Should students be
grouped according to abilityP
My son is an average child,
and finds it difficult to keep
up with the brighter class
mates. The teacher devotes
most of the period to a half
dozen bright pupils who are
always raising their hands.
When I ask Jim why he does
Evening star., 1961-06-04
By BENJAMIN FINE

not recite in class he says: 81
can't get the answers fast
enough for our teacher. She
only likes you If you are
smart" Wouldn't it be better
if the school separated all the
superior children, put them in
one class, and placed the aver
age youngsters, like Jim, in
another?
A. The question Of homo
geneouS versus heterogeneous
grouping has been hotly dis
cussed for many years. Should
all the bright lads be in one
class, the average ones in an
other, and the slow learners
in a third? There are advan-
tages and disadvantages in
both plans. One argument goes
that If you keep all children
together, the dull or average
may be stimulated from the
work done by the superior or
gifted.
A recent opinion poll Of
teachers, taken by the National
Education Association, showed
that So per cent Of the teach
ers favored ability grouping in
the elementary schools, while
80 per cent opposed it. How
ever, teachers who had taught
under both arrangements were
| 2 to / in favor Of ability group
ing. And, on the high-school
level, 81 per cent Of the teach
ers were in favor Of ability
grouping in such subjects as
mathematics English and for
eign languages.
I would be inclined to agree.
I think your child would be
better off, and get more in
dividual attention from the
teacher, If he were in a class
with children Of his own in
tellectual ability.
Evening star., 1961-06-04
Barclay Apartments
Acquired by GNU

The George Washington Uni
verSity last week acquired the
Barclay Apartments. at 2100
street NV, for use as a resi-
dence hall housing 154 men stu
dents.
Renovation Of the eight-story
brick building is expected to be
completed by September for use
during the fall semester.
Evening star., 1961-06-04
Col. Bovee Heads
First Division Unit

Col. Donald E. Bovee was in
stalled as president of the D. c.
Branch, Society Of the 1St Divi-
sion, at its annual Cantigny-
Omaha Beach dinner last night
at the Officers Club, Arlington
Hall Station.
Other officers installed were
Col. Harold F. Mcdonnell, first
vice president; Col. Perry L.
Baldwin, second vice president,
and Mr.. James P. Jacobs, Sec
retary-treasurer.
Evening star., 1961-07-15
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DIRECTIONS: Ont Wisconsin, Avenue to Brad
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Lane to Whittier Blvd. Right to model home.
Phone 652-9S4S
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Gordiner-B Bishop

Col. H. S. Bishop, jr., USA
(retired), and Mrs. Bishop
announce the marriage of
their daughter Teresa Ann
to Mr.. Charles H. Gardiner,
son of Mrs. James S. Gar
diner of Chevy Chase, Md,
and the late Mr.. Gardiner.
The wedding took place yes
terday at Our Lady of Vic
tory Church. The couple will
live in Bethesda.
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Lambert randall

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Mil
ton Randall announce the
marriage of their daughter
Joan Marie to 1t. Henry Dill
Ion Lambert, USAF, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry George
Lambert of Bronxville, N. Y.
The wedding took place yes
terday at st. Matthew's Ca
thedral. The couple will live
in Lawrence, KanS.
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Gorbocz-Snyd

Capt. Robert S. Snyder.
jr., USN, and Mrs. Snyder of
Chevy Chase announce the
marriage of their daughter
Jane Elizabeth to LIST 1t. Ger
aid G.. GARBAGE, USING, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Gar
bacz of Summit, N. j. The
wedding took place yesterday
at the Navy Chapel. The cou-
pie will live in Paris Island,
S. c.
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Fisher-CIoxon

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w.
ClaXon Of Bethesda an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter Sue Winston to 1t.
William Douglas Fisher, USA,
son of Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
William P. Fisher of Nc
CURE Air Force Base, N. j.
The wedding took place yes
terday at Chevy Chase Bap-
fist Church.
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Ruud-McMorrow

Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Fran
els Joseph McMorrow of Ar
lington announce the mar
riage of their daughter Mary
Fox to Mr.. Paul Gordon
Ruud, son of Mrs. L. George
Ruud of Pelican Rapids,
Mimi, and the late Mr.. Ruud.
The wedding took place yes
terday at the Fort Myer
Chapel, Arlington.
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Espino-Weover

Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
Weaver announce the mar
riage of their daughter Eliza
beth Anne to Mr.. Jose
Manuel Espino, jr., son of
Mrs. Espino of Caracas,
Venezuela, and the late DR..
Espino. The wedding took
place yesterday at the Shrine
of the Most Blessed Sacra-
nnent.
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GoIIoeher-Hordy

Mrs. James Fleming Hardy
announces the marriage of
her daughter Betty Ann to
Mr.. James Joseph Gallagher,
jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Gal
lagher. The bride is also the
daughter of the late Mr..
Hardy. The wedding took
place yesterday at Our Lady
of Lourdes Church. The cou-
pie will live in Arlington.
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ButIer-Christie

Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
Christie of Arlington an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter Kathryn Evelyn to
Mr.. James Gordon Butler,
son of Mrs. George R. Har-
rison of Halifax, Va, and the
late Mr.. James G. Butler. The
wedding took place June "a
at Christ the King Catholic
Church, Norfolk, Va. The
couple will live in Norfolk.
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Stenbridge-
Bradshaw

MIR. and Mrs. Robert Nor
ris Bradshaw of University
Park, Md, announce the
marriage of their daughter
Carol Ann to Mr.. George
Eugene Stembridge, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Stem
bridge Of Ellijay, Ga. The
Wedding took place June "a
at Mount Rainier Methodist
Church, Mount Rainier, Md.
The couple will live in Glenn
son, S. c.
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DR.. and Mrs. M. j. Thomas
of Pittsburgh announce the
marriage of their daughter
Karen Sabra to DR.. Edward
Anthony Liske, son of Mr..
and Mrs. E. A. LiSke. The
wedding took place yesterday
at Heinz Memorial Chapel.
Pittsburgh. The couple will
live in Madison, Wis.
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uver-Buensch

DR.. and Mrs. w. E.
Baensch announce the mar
riage of their daughter Beate
E. to Mr.. Nilsson Carroll
Raver, jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Raver Of Reisterstown,
Md. The wedding took place
June "a at Christ Church,
Georgetown. The couple will
live in New York City.
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Rice-Benedict

Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper Proc
tor Benedict of "Oaklea,"
Lewisburg, w. Va, announce
the marriage of their daugh-
ter Elizabeth Hasbrouck to
Mr.. Timothy Robin Rice, son
of Mrs. George H. Rice and
the late Mr.. Rice. The we'd
ding took place June Is at
st. James Episcopal Church,
Lewisburg, The couple will
live in New York.
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Juckson-PdImer

Capt. Harold E. Palmer of
the United States merchant
marine and Mrs. Palmer of
Aide, Va, announce the
marriage of their daughter
Suellen to Mr.. Donald Cor
win Jackson, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wayne c. jackson of
Lincoln, Nebr. The wedding
took place yesterday at Mid
dleburg Methodist Church,
Middleburg, Va. The couple
will live in Alexandria.
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Boyer brown

Capt, John Brewer Brown,
USN (retired), and Mrs.
Brown of Bethesda announce
the marriage of their daugh-
ter Patricia Ross to Mr.. Jean
Percival Boyer, son of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice
Pierre Boyer of Paris, France
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Pratt

Mr.. and Mrs. John Griffin
Burgwyn of Jackson, N. c.,
announce the marriage of
their daughter Josephine Me-
bane to Mr.. James Dallas
Pratt, son of Mr.. Dallas Nor
man Pratt and the late Mrs.
Pratt. The wedding took
place yesterday at the
Church of the Savior, Jack
son, N. c. The couple will
live in Greensboro, N. C.
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Whitney-Herzog

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry w.
Herzog of Westmoreland
Hills, Md, announce the
marriage of their daughter
Helene Garland to Mr..
George Clarkson Whitney III,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Whit
ney of Worcester, Mass. The
wedding took place yesterday
at the Westmoreland Con-
gregational Church. The cou-
pie will live in Shrewsbury,
Mass.
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.oxWeII-LoWrence

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Lawrence of Two Rivers,
Wis. announce the mar
riage of their daughter Gail
Marie to Mr.. Alan Craig
Maxwell, son of Mrs. Alan
Maxwell and the late Mr..
Maxwell. The wedding took
place yesterday at st. Johns
Lutheran Church, Two Riv-
ers. The couple will live in
Milwaukee.
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Bundu-KolIQr

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Vim
cent Sweeney of West
Hyattsville, Md, announce
the marriage of her daugh-
ter, Miss Lois Jean Kollar,
to Capt. Norman Robert
Banda, USA, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Banda Of
Crockett, Calf. The bride is
also the daughter of Mr..
Paul Kollar of California.
The wedding took place yes
terday at St. Demands Cath
Ollie Church, Riverdale, Md.
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Pdnkey-Poyne

Mrs. William Traylor, jr,,
announces the marriage of
her daughter, Miss Linda
Elaine Payne, to Mr.. Brayton
Herman Pankey, son of Mr..
and Mrs. David Pankey of
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Brentwood, Md, The bride is
also the daughter of M-Sgt.
Ralph c. Payne, USAF. The
wedding took place June 80
at Grace Episcopal Church,
Silver Spring.
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oxe-Simpson

Announcement is made of
the marriage of Miss
Catherine Mary Simpson to
Mr.. Leo c. SAKE. The wedding
took place June II at St.
Ignatius Church. The cou-
pie will live here.
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Gentsch-Goodmon

Mr.. ana Mrs. Elmer A.
Goodman of Haddonfield,
N. j., announce the marriage
of their daughter Sally Anne
to Mr.. Frank MCLEAN
Gentsch, jr., son of Comdr.
Gentsch, USNR, and Mrs.
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WEDDINGS

Gentseh of Falls Church.
The wedding took place yes
terday at the Falls Church
Episcopal Church. The couple
will live in Newport, r. I.
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and New York City. The we'd
ding took place on June 80
at the Navy Chapel.
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ENGAGED
HoIbrook-D eqQes


Mrs. Hannah Holbrook Of
Mount Rainier, Nd, an
nounces the engagement of
her daughter Kay Beth to Mr..
William Andrew Degges, son
Of Mrs. Anna L. Degges and
the late Mr.. Ernest E. Deg
ges, sr. Miss Holbrook is
also the daughter Of the late
Mr.. James o. Holbrook. An
August wedding is planned.
Fossett-Roberts
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hamil-
ton FaSSett of Elmira, N. Y,
announce the engagement of
their daughter Mary Booth
to Ensign Ralph Henry
Roberts jr., USNR, son Of
Rear Admiral Ralph Henry
Roberts, USN (retired),
and Mrs. Roberts Of Elmira,
N. Y.
SiegeI-Bormon
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Siegal announce the engage
ment of their daughter
Norma Sandra to Mr.. Leon
Barman, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Faul Barman. An October
wedding is planned.
HeIes-Grip
Col. John B. Heles, USING
and Mrs. HeleS of Arlington
announce the engagement of
their daughter Carole Andrea
to Mr.. Alan Fortner Grip,
son of Mrs. Martha Grip of
Scranton, Pa. An October
wedding is planned.
Huns-HoIbrook
Mr.. and Mrs. John E.
Hans announce the engage
ment of their daughter
Suzanne Marie to Ensign
Douglas Paul Holbrook, USN,
son Of Mrs. Nevin w. Wetzel,
Of Salt Lake City, Utah, and
Mr.. Paul Holbrook Of Butte,
Mont. A September 2 we'd
ding is planned.
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Evening star., 1961-07-29

sive. But it needs to be viewed
in the light of the Christian
contrast between the physical
and the spirit. We have to
look to the statement of Jesus
in John Is where he refers to
Himself as "the true vine"
This passage in the sixth chap
ter of John points out the mys-
tical union between the Christ
and the members of the
church, regarded as the mysti-
cal Body of Christ on earth.
In another instance John
10:D Jesus uses the words II
am the door," Here again it is
a metaphor and does not refer
to door Jade of wood and
attached the wall.
(Releaset Is Register and Tribune
Jyndicate, 1961)
Ediror tote: Questions on religion
and the Bible moy be addressed II
Dr.. CorIyIe Adoms, in core Of tn,
Evening Stor. All questions must b,
signed, but the nomes Of the writer!
will not be published. Dr.. Adom.
does not reod anonymous letters.
Evening star., 1961-07-29
Missionaries Thankful
For Christmas in july

church, the missionaries are
happy that someone should re-
member them and take the
trouble to send gifts. Thank
you letters pour in each year.
Said one last year, from a young
missionary mother in South In
dia.:
my little daughter happily
opened her present on Christ
mas Day. It was a purse you had
sent. She turned to me with q
smile and confessed, Mother,
I have been praying about a
purse!'"
Touch Of Home
! Often the letters describe the
life the missionaries lead in the
Far East. The presents seem to
bring needed touch of home
to many of them.
The annual gift-mailing and
the summer Christmas service
were initiated in 1912 by the
Rev. Clarence w Crawford. who
left early this year for a parish
/ in Lewiston, Me.
Tomorrow there will be red
and white flowers and deco
rated trees in the church. A
Christmas sermon will be de-
livered by the Rev. Edwin L.
McClain and the offering will
go for presents to missionaries
| in Burma, Malaga and Singa-
pore.
AS a final touch, the janitol
of the church says he is going
to turn up the air conditioning
until it's almost cold.
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EIderIyHome
Aide Named

Theodore T. Dorman, of %
Ninth street NE, assumes his
post as board administrator
for the United Church of
Christ Home. Inc, on Tuesday.
He comes to his new posi-
ton after serving as chief of
Federal relations, Special Staff
on Aging. Department of
Health, Education and We'll
fare.
The United Church Of Christ
Home was incorporated in
April to establish and main
tain facilities for elderly people
in the Washington Baltimore
area. 1t is sponsored locally
by the Washington Association
of Congregational Christian
Churches and the Potomac
Synod of the Evangelical and
Reformed Churches. The two
denominations recently merged
to become the United Church
of Christ.
A native Of New York, Mr.,
Dorman lived for % years,
until 1858. in Parsons, w. Va.
He served a term as State
Commissioner of Public Insti-
tutions, West Virginie, in 1857,
before coming to Washington
in 1858 as administrative as
sistant to former Senator Hob
litzel. Republican Of West
Virginia.
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Dr.. Flemming Listed
Among Guest Speakers

Sixteenth and Newton streets
NV.
Army Chaplain Leighton E,
Harrell, (service), will speak at
the II am. service in Union
Methodist Church, 814 Twen-
tieth street NV.
DR.. James L. Robertson, ad-
ministrator of the Northern
Virginia Hermitage. will speak
at the $3.50 and II am. services
in Mount Olivet Methodist
Church, Glebe road and North
Sixteenth street, Arlington, Va
Directs Chaplains Board
Chaplain William L. Clark,
USA. executive director Of the
Armed Forces Chaplains Board
in the Office of the Secretary
of Defense, will speak at the
II am. and 8 pm. services in
the First Baptist Church,
Wayne avenue and Fenton
street, Silver Spring, Md.
The Rev. Wesley E. Crowle
Anglican priest of Alberta, Can
ada, will speak at the 8 and 10
am. services in Episcopal
Church of the Ascension, 63S
Sligo avenue, Silver Spring, Md
The Rev. Charles A. Elicit
director of the Department OF
Research and Church Planning
of the Council of Churches
will speak at the 9:30 and II
am. services in the First United
Church of Christ, 1900 New
Hampshire avenue, Takoma
Park, Md.
James Stimmel, Gilman OF
Midland. Tex. will speak at
the II am. service in the Di-
vine Church Of the Healing
Christ, 2025 Thirty-fifth street
NV.
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Cathedral
Services

The Very Rev. Sturgis Lee
Riddle. dean of the American
Pro-Cathedral Church OF the
Holy Trinity, Paris. will preach
at the IL am. service tomor-
row in Washington Cathedral.
The Washington Cathedral
Choir Of Men, directed by
Richard Dirksen, will give an
all-muSical evenSong service at
4p.m.
Holy communion will be
celebrated at 8 am. in st.
Mary's Chapel by Dean Riddle.
At $50 am. in Bethlehem
Chapel, Canon John G. Shoe
maker will celebrate holy COM
munion and also preach.
The California State flag
will be carried in the IL am.
and 4 pm. ecclesiastical pro-
ceSsions.
Evening star., 1961-07-29
ibIeSchooIs
StartMondaV

Vacation Bible schools will
be held in numerous Washing
ton area churches starting
Monday.
Oxon Hill Lutheran Church,
5735 Oxon Hill road Sc, will
hold classes 9-11:30 am. Mon
day through Thursday.
Northside Baptist Church,
College Park, Md, will hold
classes from 9::30-11:30 am.
Monday through Friday.
Wallace Memorial Presby-
terian Church, Hyattsville, Md,
will conduct its school from 8
a.m.-12 noon Monday through
August 9.
Woodside Methodist Church,
Silver Spring, Md, will hold
school from $50 a.m.-12 noon
Monday through August 10.
School will be held from
Monday through August II at
the following churches: Pill
grimS Presbyterian, Twenty
second and P streets NV,
$50 a.m.-12 noon; darlington
Presbyterian, Alexandria. Va, 9
am.-12 noon; Hughes Meth
odist, Wheaton, Md, 9:15 am
IL noon and 7::30-9:45 pm.
Also. Calvary Methodist. Ar
lington, Va: 9 a.m.-l2 noon;
Embry A. M. E., College Park,
Md, IL a.m.-3 pm; Greenbelt
(Md) Baptist. 9-l1:30 am.
and Suitland MD Baptist, 8
a.m.-12 noon.
Beulah Baptist Church, 5901
Dix street NE, will hold Bible
vacation school Tuesd a y
through August is from 8 am
IL noon.
Hillcrest Heights Baptist
Church, 1900 Iverson street
Sc, will hold classes from 8
a.m.-12 noon from Friday
through August 10.
Evening star., 1961-07-29
Historian Lotourette
Beqon as Missionary

more intensely involved in the
story of Christianity.
Ordained as Minister
He is a Baptist-or Evangeli-
cal Christian as he prefers to
call himself-and was ordained
as a Baptist minister in 1918.
He was president of the Amer
ican (Northern Baptist Con-
vention in 1851 and was a
member of the committee that
drafted the constitution for the
World Council of Churches.
However, Mr.. Latourette's
treatment of the impact OF
Roman Catholicism is regarded
as scrupulously fair. He notes
with obvious satisfaction that
his works have been placed on
file in the Vatican and that the
Maryknoll Fathers have read
aloud his seven-volume "EX-
pansion."
Unlike many prolific writer's,
Mr.. Latourette employs no lit
erary ghosts or research as
siStants. He does his own typ
ing. never debating a word.
Some of my colleagues hu-
morouSly suggest I'm able tc
work at my pace because I'm g
bachelor, with none of the dis
fractions Of matrimony," Mr.
Latourette says.
An OptimiSt
Because he sees hope fol
mankind, Mr.. Latourette be-
longs to the school of historians
best described as optimists.
He believes the Christian
faith has not lost its vigor in
competition with other world
wide forces and cites as proof
the $4,000 missionaries sta
toned around the world.
Speaking with the detach-
ment of a historian, Mr.. La
tourette says, "The goth century
was one of the greatest days in
the history of Christianity and,
If the world was viewed as a
whole, never before had Christ
been as influential in the af-
fairs of the human race"