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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-10-26
BOOK REVIEW:
A rich Uein of hunuOr
turns out to be fools gold

Blithe Spirits: An Anthology of
Catholic Humor Edited by Dan Herr
and Joel Wells. New York: Doubleday
and Company, Inc. 22O PIP. 1852. 1895.
According to the editors of "Blithe
Spirits" there has been widespread
rumor that American Catholics stuff
ballot boxes, favor fluoridation, and
dare to criticize Betty Croker.
Whether such a rumor has a basis
In fact is improbable, but it does tend
to evoke a knowing smile from those
who prefer P%illsbury to Betty Crock
er and sanitation to fluoridation.
That such accusations are mildly
witty and humorous is due to the lit
erary favor of the two editors.
THAT THE supposedly humorous
selections of the book turn out to be
so un-witty and non-humorous is an
unfortunate state of affairs, especial
ly when the purpose of the book is to
defend American Catholics against
OAOoN WIZ dCl1J AlLQl lANGy pOSS6SS d
sense of humor.
BY definition wit suggests the pow
er to evoke laughter, or is the inher-
ent quality in an expression to arouse
sharp interest accompanied by amuse-
ment or laughter.
With full realization that these alb
Stract terms, wit and humor, are pc
culiar to each individual, in the opin-
ion of this reviewer, the stories,
poems, essays, and sketches present.
ed in "Blithe Spirits" fail miserably
to evoke any laughter or arouse any
interest.
Even from Dickens Scrooge one
would expect a few chuckles on read
ing 25 selections of a book printed
especially for laughs. Scrooge's
chuckles would, indeed, be very few.
LACKING IN humor though it be,
the book certainly is abundant with
prominent aut hors. Chesterton,
Waugh, Jean Kerr, Edwin O'Connor,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-10-26
Remodeling Of St. Peters basilica
for Council was no easy task

Literally miles of metal tubing were
used for the scaffolding on which to
mount the tiers. 1t took 10000 metal
couplings to assemble the metal tub
ing.
Electrical and telephone installa-
tons accounted for 1856 miles of wir-
ing. Fire hydrants were increased
along the Council Hall and the patrols
of Vatican firemen have been doubled
in the basilica. The telephone system
is made up of 40 telephones through
out the hall all tied in to a separate
switchboard.
NEARLY 10000 feet of damask
and $500 feet of velvet and thousands
of feet of fringe and gold braid have
gone into the drapery of the Council
Hall.
To increase the lighting, 40 reflec-
tors, in addition to the normal light
ing, have been mounted in the ceiling
of the central nave.
A soundproof studio has been con-
structed in of the galleries above
the tiers of seats to house recording
equipment. Four professional record
ing technicians are adding their eff
forts to the council stenographers to
assure complete and accurate accounts
of every word spoken in the Council
Hall.
The ballot tabulating machines are
enclosed in another s%oundproof room
behind the tiers, measuring about so
by so feet.
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Catholic college graduates do not
read heavily or widely, and most of
what they do read is contemporary,
with very little emphasis on a PLAN
ned reading program, a recent survey
has revealed.
Responses to $4,000 missionaries,
sent to the graduates of one Catholic
women's college and three Catholic
universities for men, did, however, in
dictate a surprising amount" of spir-
itual reading.
The survey was sponsored by Ave
Maria, a national Catholic weekly
magazine.
The initial report of the survey, app
pearing in the Oct. 20 issue of the
magazine, notes these findings:
/. AT the time they received the
QUESTIONABLE, 80 per cent were not
reading any book, 81 per cent were
reading a CathoIic-interest book, and
AZ per cent were reading a general
interest book.
3. Men do read less than women.
About A per cent of the men gradu-
ates were not reading a book, where
as only % per cent of the women were
not.
8. Women tend to read more fiction
than nonfiction; for the men gradu-
ates, it was the reverse, with nonfic-
ton predominating.
4. OF a subsampling of 600 respons-
es, 464 were not members of any book
club, despite the fact that these clubs
account, it has been estimated, direct
ly or indirectly for 40 per cent of the
total volume of new-trade book sales
and influence the ~best-seller lists.
5. OF the 1876 who belonged to a
book club, So were members of the
Book-of-the- Month Club, 49 subscrib-
ed to other general book clubs, and
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tistic tone of the ~basilica-had to be
considered.
The architectural lines were pre-
served by the device of filling in the
spaces between the arches of the CEN
trail rave with heavy Grapes and tap
estries. The tapestries We're taken
from the collection of Maffeo Barber
I'M, who later became Pope Urban
VIII, reigning from 1928 to 1914.
The 10 tapestries are described as
"the tapestries of the new Raphael
school," They were made in Brussels
about 1880 for the papal court under
Pope Clement VII.
Through the centuries the tapes
tries suffered repeated damage and
underwent repeated repairs. They
were confiscated by the French in
1898, sold and purchased again by the
Louvre Museum. In 1908 they were
returned again to Pope Plus VII. Their
final restoration was in 1884, after
which they were placed in the Vati-
cans Hall of Tapestries.
FOR THE COMFORT of the
Gil Fathers, all the seats of the Coun-
Gil Hall are upholstered. The floor of
the tiers of seats has been covered
with $50 rolls of plastic carpeting to
eliminate noise and to protect feet
from cold floors.
Actual work on the construction
of the tiers of seats began on May
Is, 1862. Two hundred laborers were
put on the project, working often late
into the night.
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MONDAY. OCTOBER 29

Ferial Monday. Green vestments,
Mass of the Twentieth Sunday after
Pentecost, no Gloria, Second Prayer
Tin Low Mass) to obtain the grace
of the Holy Spirit, no Greed, Common
Preface.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 81

Ferial Wednesday. Green vest
ments, Mass of the Twentieth Sunday
after Pentecost, no Gloria, Second
Prayer Tin Low Mass) to obtain the
grace of the Holy Spirit, no Greed,
Common Preface.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-10-26
Nen books
for Catholics

ANSELM, SAINT. Basic Writings.
(Open Court Publishing Co. $3.50).
A reprint of the 1908 edition; trans
lated by S. w. Deane.
BRIDGET, SISTER M. Teaching
Religion To The Deaf. OMISSION Help
ers of the Sacred Heart, 1901 w. Jop-
pa Rd., Baltimore A. $1.45. Paper). A
handbook for the catechist.
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TUESDAY, o 80

Ferial Tuesday. Green vestments,
Mass of the Twentieth Sunday after
Pentecost, no Gloria, Second Prayer
Tin Low Mass to obtain the grace
OF the Holy Spirit, no Creed, Common
Preface.
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NOVEMBER 8

Saturday of Our Lady. White vest
ments, Gloria, Second Prayer Tin Low
Mass) to obtain the grace of the Holy
Spirit, Preface of the Blessed Virgin
Mary.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-10-26
Mass Ord0
Liturgy
of the week
SUNDAY, OCTOBER %

Feast of Christ the King. White
yestments, Gloria, Greed, Preface of
Christ the King.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER |

Feast of All Saints. White vest
ments, Gloria, Greed, Common Pref
ace.
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All Souls Day. Black vestments, no
Gloria, Sequence, Preface for the
Dead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-10
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-18
Bidding May Go High
In Rams Stock Battle

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 10
(AP) The Los Angeles Rams
franchise in the National Foot
ball League, valued at about SIS
million, may be sold for more
than that in a sealed bid sub
mitted within the next two
weeks.
Gilman Ed Pauley and his
partners. Fred Levy and Hal
Seley. will be aligned against
the original owner, Stockbroker
Dan Reeves, who is reported in
some quarters TO be supported
financially by Hotelman Bar
ron Hilton and Gene Autry. CO.
owner Of the Los Angeles
Angels.
There have been reports that
the Reeves forces may bid as
high as 81 million. but II the
Pauley group desires the fran
chise more than what II con-
siders a fair price," they prob
ably could prevail at the closed
auction, supervised by Pete
Rozelle. commissioner OF the
NIL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-18
Bednurik's No. so
Will Be Retired to
Pro Hall of Fame

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 10
(AP).-The big green No. so
uniform Of Chuck Bednarik Of
the Philadelphia Eagles will be
retired to the Professional Foot
ball Hall Of Fame in Canton,
Ohio.
Bednarik retired from the
National Football League Sun
day after the Eagles last game
against the st. Louis Cardinals.
He had played IL years. He
plans to work full time as a
cement salesman.
The former University Of
Pennsylvania All-America from
Bethlehem. Pa. probably had
his greatest year in 1860 when
he led the Eagles TO the world
championship. That year he
played both offense and de-
Tense, sometimes going nearly
a full so minutes q game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-18
By MORRIS SIEGEL

season, McPeak spoke in the manner of
Civil War buff re-fighting the old cam
paigns. Ticking off the highs and lows of
the year, McPeak said
THE first Pittsburgh and the second
Baltimore" he began like he was Bruce
Cation speaking of Bull Run, "those were
TWO that got away, two felt we should
have won"
The Redskins would have won both had
they had the foresight to quit when they
were ahead. The Steelers overcame a 21-6
deficit in the last eight minutes. Two weeks
ago the Colts rose above 21-20 disadvan-
tage in the last quarter.
Next years Redskins, McPeak promised.
Will have new look in several respects.
notably at quarterback. He's completely
welded to Norman Snead as his chief cook
and bottle washer, but Norman will be
given additional household chores. He's
going to run.
Don't envision Norman as a Paul
Hornung or even Johnny Unitas. That's
not McPeak's idea. I'VE want him to be in
the contest more, not to Just accept
lO-yard loss when his protection has
broken down." is the way he put 1t.
SNEAD NEVER HAS BEEN given orders
not to run, according TO McPeak, who also
admitted he never has ordered his quarter
back to run with the ball. "Norman's no
sissy, he's big, rugged fellow who has
proved so many times he can take It. Let's
face 1t, he's not nimble- footed. But he will
run more next year"
II Norman shows no more fondness for
infantry duty with the Redskins than he
did In last summers six-month hitch with
the Army, McPeak has something else I'D
his sleeve to stop his No boy from losing
all that yardage trying TO pass.
Wen teach him how TO throw the ball
away like Van Brocklin used TO do" Bill
said There's an art TO throwing the ball
away Van was the best I've ever SEEN"
Meanwhile, with the season over. there
was little activity at the Redskins front
counter, where Bill Lally set a record for
ticket sales.
us this the place see about tickets2"
the lone visitor asked Lally.
What can do for your" Lally asked
politely.
well, l got a parking ticket outside. a
IS parking ticket and thought. :"
Sorry" Laly said, I'VE only handle SO
tickets here"
Francis Stann's column will be resumed
Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-18

Although the coaching situa-
ton for 1868 is uncertain. in
term Coach Harland Svare
may be in favor by both sides
in the upcoming bidding. on
the basis Of the improvement
shown by the team in recent
weeks.
Ollie Matson. who lost his
starting slotback Job this sea-
son TO Pervis Atkins, is headed
for the Montreal Alouettes OF
Canada for a reported $50. 900
q year.
Matson saw little action this
season. He was traded to the
Rams In 1859 by the Chicago
Cardinals for nine players. He
was the Rams highest paid
player for several seasons but
could not come TO terms this
year and played out his option.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-18

A Year and 5 Wins
Make Big Difference

WHEN HE REAPPoINTED Bill McPeak
as his personal representative for next
years series OF IA guerrilla warfares, George
Marshall obviously didn't bother to ask,
What have you done for me lately?"
the answer, OF course, would have to be
not much, only one winning football game
IN the last two months. II the decision to
retain Sweet william depended entirely on
recent accomplishments he would have
qualified quickly for membership in the
Redskins Alumni Association.
But Marshall remembered that II also
was this year, and not in the distant past
as 1t now seems, that the Redskins won
few more games than they had been
accustomed to recently.
When he sat down to commemorate the
1862 Redskin season to the statisticians
yesterday at the weekly press ritual,
McPeak said he hadn't been told solitary
thing about next year. This proved how
inexperienced Bill is about getting fired.
He will come to know that with Marshall
no news is good news when 1t comes to
perpetuating coaches. George sometimes
takes his sweet time about rehiring, but he
is trigger happy about not rehiring.
There Is long list Of ex-Redskins
coaches, including Mike Nixon, Bills i'm
mediate predecessor, to testify that Mar
shall doesn't dilly-dally when he's decided
q fellow needs change Of venue.
IN THE TETE-A-TETE with the press
McPeak was powerful evidence of the Diff
ference year and five victories can make.
He spoke Of the teams future, with the
unrestrained confidence that he would
have a large hand in 1t.
This time last year McPeak also spoke of
the future, but only his own. And not
without cause. In his rookie year as chief
medicine man Of Marshalls Tribe, McPeak
could point TO only one victory and that
didn't come until the l4th and last chance
Of the season.
This kind OF record, following a season Of
equally brilliant failure, is not conducive TO
signing long-term leases or going on whole
sale Christmas spending orgies.
MY chief concern then" Bill admitted,
was whether I'd be back"
Yesterday he got the news formally. He
has been chosen again TO be the Redskins
coach of the year. II would have been an
injustice any other way. McPeak has done
a marvellous Job Of rebuilding an organiza-
ton which was not only losing games but
also losing customers.
IN RELUCTANTLY REVIEWING the go
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SHOOTING FOR TITLE IN 63
McPeak Gets Raise but No Contract

ting him on the spot" He'll en-
courage Snead to run more Of
ten next year, but not at the ex-
pense Of his passing.
you can overdo it," MePeak
said. THE men blocking for the
quarterback get disguised when
they're trying to keep the OPP
position out and he's running
around somewhere. The quar-
terback also loses his concen-
tration on the passing patterns
and the offense falls apart. But
it might help Norman's effec-
tivenesS to run once in a while. "
McPeak credited much Of the
Redskins success to players OBJ
tanned in trades from other
clubs like Bob Pellegrini, Cor
den Kelley, Bill Barnes and
Bob Freeman.
Il didn't realize we'd be able
to make the trades we did dur
ing the off-season," Bill said.
He gave the impression that
he'd like to try an encore.
Barnes. who played out his
option, technically is under con-
tract to the Redskins until May
/. He and McPeak had a brief
conference yesterday but ap-
parently nothing came Of it.
AS for the others, McPeak will
give them a well-deserved rest
before beginning negotiations
for 1868 contracts. Come to
think of it, he wants a rest
himself. Like all the coaches.
Bill has spent little time at
home since July.
My little girl. aged 4, asked
me when I was coming home to
live the other day." he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-18

Jerry Hardness paced the win
ners with "a points.
Dave Downey, with % points,
paced Illinois to its success
against San Jose State at
Champaign. Ill.
Xavier sored 10 straight
points late in the second half
to throw a scare into Seattle
at Cincinnati. However, the
Musketeers blew their last
chance with 10 seconds to go
when Tom Freppon's jump shot
hit the rim and bounced away.
Eddie Miles had 20 points for
Seattle.
Players Trade Punches
Iowa's victory over Clemson
at Iowa City was paced by
Jimmy Rodgers 10 points. The
Hawkeyes pulled in front by
20 at halftime. but Clemson
closed the gap to nine points
in the second half. In a bruis-
ing finish, Iowa's Andy Hank
ms, the only Negro on the
court, traded blows with Jim
Bremen of Clemson. Later,
they shook hands. The Daily
Iowan, the student newspaper,
had recommended that Iowa
not play Clemson because Of
what it called Clemson's racial
policies. No Negroes attend
Clemson.
Elsewhere, Georgia Tech
eased away from a 28-all half
time tie to edge Alabama. So
So, at Tuscaloosa, Ala. in a
Southeastern Conference game
that doesn't count in the
standings; Furman edged Will
liam & Mary, 56-55. for its first
victory in four years at VIII
liamSburg, Va; Wayne Estes
had 80 points as Utah State
outclasSed San Diego State,
10l-57; st. Mary's of California
came from behind to beat st.
Norbert, 1915, at Green Bay,
Wis; Rhode Island gained an
1918 Yankee Conference VIC
tory over Maine at Kingston,
r. l.; Creighton defeated Ohio
University, 57-55, at Omaha;
Baylor downed Tulane, 1856;
Auburn defeated Chattanooga,
1887, and Oklahoma State
stayed unbeaten with a $3.50
triumph over New Mexico
State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-18

things the way they are now"
McPeak has attracted the at
tention Of several other Nation
al Football League teams, and,
1T is rumored, a couple of COL
leges. However. the pros can't
talk to him without Marshall's
permission and Bill says no
college has contacted him. He
wants to stay here and go all
the way to the title with the
Redskins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-18
Boxing Writers Fete
Postponed to March

NEW YORK, Dec. IS (AP)
The Boxing Writers Asso-
cations annual awards dinner
was postponed yesterday from
January Is to a date to be set
in late March.
Problems growing out Of the
newspaper strike prompted the
action said Barney Nagler, pres
ident Of the association.
Our members and their
friends are too much taken up
with the immediate situation
to even think Of an affair at
this time" Nagler said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-18

Were shooting for the
championship in 49," he said
yesterday, in response to a ques-
ton. "Our No. / aim is to i'm
prove the secondary, and then
we hope to beef up our running
game to balance the offense
We could win without a run
ming game right now, except for
our pass defense. I am more
and more convinced that you
need a good defense to win. "
AS general manager and head
coach. McPeak has more au-
thority than any previous Red
skins coach in history and
Marshall expects to leave it that
way. Nor will there be any more
talk Of selling the club.
I'm interested in winning,
not selling" Marshall said.
McPeak picked the two VIC
tories over Cleveland as the high
spot of the season, and Bobby
Mitchell's 50-yard run for the
winning touchdown with a pass
from Norman Snead in the first
game as the standout play.
Mitchell made the attack
CO." the coach said.
A listener pointed out that
Bobby didn't score a touchdown
in the last seven games, but
Bill said it was because the OPP
position put two and sometimes
three men on him.
you can stop anybody with
that" he noted. That's why
we've got to get a big back"
The coach also had a pat on
the back for Snead, but said he
probably was to blame for using
too many superlatives on him
too early in the season and put
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Picture on Poss Az
~-~-~-~----->-~-~-
man team, we'll be all right"
Williams said meaningfully last
night after the Eagles dropped
a 64-58 decision at Fort Myer
to a giant club from the Uni
versity Of Connecticut.
1t was the third loss in five
games for American, not count
ing the exhibition against the
Quantico Marines, and for a
change this one wasn't by a
single point. If 1t weren't for
the late scoring Of Ron Rawlins,
the difference could have been
close to 20.
The Uconns moved out to a
TO lead before AU dented the
zone defense, and their height
kept them IN front the rest of
the way for their fourth VIC
tory in five games. Six-foot-l0
Ed Slomcenski and Sophomore
Toby Kimball, 81, were formi-
dable enough, and there was no
AU player Of size left to handle
the shooting Of 6-foot-6 Gerald
Manning.
Manning connected on seven
of nine shots. almost all from
around the keyhole, and KIM
ball hit seven Of IA from inside
to pace the Huskies' attack
with is and 10 points, respec-
lively. Kimball also speared Is
rebounds to lead that depart
ment.
Three straight goals by Kim
ball put the UConns ahead by
IL points for the first time at
27-l5. AU struggled back to
trail by only one, $685., early
in the second half but the visi-
tors moved out again to a H.
point bulge. $3.50, with 4:30
remaining as Capt. Andy Gu
chry contributed 10 Of his IL
points after intermission.
Al billiard, Aus ace reboun-
der, tired so badly jumping
against his huge adversaries
that Williams moved him out
side on offense In the latt
going. Williams also bencheC
6-foot-6 Bill Green, his TOT
scorer with 16 points, near tn,
end in order to get more speed
for q passing defense.
American U. completes in thu
Quantico Invitational tourna.
ment tomorrow through Friday
Drawings are being held today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-18
By LEWIS F. ATCHISON
Star Staff Writer

Although the Redskins i'm
proved vastly over 1861, Coach
Bill McPeak apparently still
isn't going to get a contract.
He doesn't have one now and
II it's all right with Bill, Owner
George Marshall will leave it
that way.
He'll get a raise" Marshall
said, but I think we'll leave
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GW,Richmond
Tang|e Tonight
AT Fl. Myer

A couple of the Southern
Conferences more cratic bas-
ketball teams tangle at $3.50
o'clock tonight at Fort Myer
as George Washington seeks to
regain a 500 winning average
and Richmond tries to find a
winning formula.
CIV. which seems to play its
best in alternate games, is due
for a good effort tonight fol-
lowing a stone-cold shooting
performance against North
Carolina State Saturday night
in Raleigh, which dipped the
Colonials to a % record.
Richmond has been even
more erratic, winning only
against Baldwin-Wallace last
Thursday in five tests so far.
The Spiders opened the season
with a creditable 1858 loss at
Virginia Tech, played poorly
in a $3.50 loss to Virginia,
rebounded to hound West Vir-
ginia for a while before losing,
1853; beat Baldwin Wallace,
then lost at The Citadel, 80-76.
1t was The Citadel's first VIC
tory after three defeats.
Richmond's aces are Danny
Higgins in the back court and
6-foot-4 John Telepo Up front.
They led the Spiders in scor-
ing last year with averages of
1876 and 14.6 points per game,
respectively.
There are expectations Of a
scoring and rebounding duel
between 'relepo and Kenny
Legins, the 6-foot-5 sophomore
who PAGES the Colonials with
an even 15-point average.