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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-08-31

IN 1861, THE GROSS receipts from
such lotteries throughout the world
totaled S1,575 million, of which S528
million accrued to the public treas
urieS.
In most of the countries having ma
tional lotteries the governments
share of the take has been devoted to
the support of hospitals, homes for the
blind, schools and other worthy enter
priSes.
One of the largest of the national
lotteries is that operated by the Ger
man government. Gross receipts in
1861 were $500 million and the gov
ernment's profit was $127 million. The
French lottery, the second largest,
crossed $40 million, of which the
government received $45 million.
Other nations which raise sizeable
revenues from lotteries include Italy,
Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Spain, Po-
land, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina,
Thailand, England and Ireland.
BEST KNOWN IN THE United
States, of course, is the Irish sweep
stake lottery, the receipts from which
are used to support Ireland's hospitals.
The only lottery operated on Ameri-
can soil is that conducted by the gov
eminent of Puerto Rico, whose COM
monwealth-type status allows a lati-
tude in the enactment of laws not en-
joyed by the states.
Representatives Elmo and other adj
vocates of a national lottery consider
the position of most Americans on the
question of legalized gambling un-
realistic, ven ~hypocritical.
Unfortunately" Elmo said in the
House recently, 1--WE in the United
States stand virtually alone among
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-08-31
by Msgr. George G.. Higgins

tive observers in recent years, fore
most among them being Cardinal Bea.
the head of the Holy Sees Secretariat
for Promoting Christian Unity.
Only a few weeks ago the Cardinal
returned to this subject in an inter-
view published in the Jesuit weekly
America. Think of what a wonderful
thing it would be-" he said, IF Chris
tians of all confessions would work in
close harmony for international peace;
for the achievement of human rights
of minority groups and racial groups /;
for disarmament and for the social
progress of developing nations"
THE AFOREMENTIONED inter-
faith seminar was not to be of world
shaking importance, but at least it
brought us a little closer to the goal
at which Cardinal Bea thinks we
ought 10 be aiming.
No less important than formal or
o-rganizational inter-faith cooperation
along these lines is the informal, day
to day cooperation which is carried on
between individual laymen in non-sec-
tartan organizations devoted to the
cause of social justice.
Some observers contend that the
record of American Catholic laymen
in this regard leaves much to be de-
sired. We read, for example. in a re-
cent book by two Jewish experts in
the field of community affairs, that
1.-THE Roman Catholic group, as a mat
ter of religious principle and sociologi-
cal conditioning, maintains a con-
scious and strong impulse towards re-
ligious separation in almost every
community"
Catholic priests, we are told, tend
to isolate themselves from the main
stream of American communal life
Catholic clergy have been described
as the least accessible group in Ameri-
ca, and in certain areas press their
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-08-31
EVERYMAN'S FAMILY
Ask and you shall receiue'

There are two sacraments which
might be called the sacraments of
love. There is Holy Eucharist, the sac
rament of divine love, and there is
Matrimony, the sacrament of human
love.
AT THE OFFERTORY of the Eu-
charistic sacrifice that is the Mass,
the priest holds in his hands the pat
en-, On this golden saucer lies a large,
white host. The priest offers this host
to God as a symbol of the gift of him
self - his mind, his heart, his body,
his whole being, his past, his present,
his future.
But the Mass isn't just a private
ceremony of the priest. He is the rep
resentative of the people. Surrounding
his hands on the paten are, mystically;
the hands of every person in the con-
g~regation. There are young hands and
old hands, married hands and widow
ed hands, hands of sinners and of
saints-all offering to God with and
through the priest this gift of them
selves in the large host. This is the
offertory where we give ourselves to
God.
A few minutes later at the c%onsecra-
ton of the Mass, the role of the priest
is reversed. He becomes the repre-
sentative of God, the other Christ.
Leaning over the same large host, he
speaks the words first used by Our
Divine Lord at the Last Supper
This is My Body" This wafer of
bread becomes at that moment the
Body and Blood, the Soul and Divinity
of Jesus Christ. What was the symbol
of our gift of ourselves has now be-
come the reality of the presence of
God.
THE CYCLE of giving and receiv-
ing is completed for the moment when
we go to the altar rail and receive back
in Communion that which onc was us
and now is God.
A transformation also take place in
the sacrifice of marriage that is the
sacrament of Matrimony. Here both
partners give of themselves in what
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-08-31

any other and this applies ever more
to parents whose children are in pub
lie schools. In the latter case, the chill
dren must be sent for ~catechetical in-
Struction.
THESE POINTS simply UNDER
score the fact that the teacher is to
cooperate with the parent in educating
the child. But the parent must exer-
else his full role in this important
matter.
We live in a time when the de-
mands upon adults are great. They
will be even greater for the next
generation. 1t will require, in the
words of Pope Plus XII: Catholics
who are without fear. Those who are
strong and fearless. Those who draw
their strength from prayer and the
sacraments and are inspired by a close
union with Christ"
Yes, the challenge for our young
people is great. Right it is even
greater for adults, but what one of
Us would want it otherwise? AS Plus
XI has written: LET us thank God
that He makes us live among the pres
ent problems. It is no longer per.
mitted to anyone to be mediocre"
-GAF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-08-31
THE YARDSTICK
Catholics hare ciric responsibilities too

LAST WEEK in this column inter-
ested Catholics were invited to attend
the 1862 convention of the National
Catholic Social Action Conference
which was held at the Sherwyn Hotel
In Pittsburgh, August 24-26. In sum-
mariZing the program Of this import
ant meeting, / forgot TO mention that
one session OF the convention took the
form Of an inter-faith seminar on
Pope Johns historic encyclical.
Leading Protestant ministers and
Jewish Rabbits from Pittsburgh took
part. The principal address was given
by Rev. A. Dudley Ward, a distin-
guished Methodist leader in the field
OF social action. The title of his paper
was "A Protestant Views the Encycli-
cal and Catholic Social Action" Rabbi
Marc H.. Tannenbaum of the American
Jewish Committee commented on DR..
Wards paper, after which Mr.. John c..
Deedy, editor of The Pittsburgh Cath
Ollie, led an informal discussion from
the floor.
This inter-faith seminar was a step
In the right direction. Actually there
has been a reasonably good working
relationship for a number of years be-
tween Catholic, Protestant and Jewish
organizations in the field of social ac-
ton.
The three groups have co~operated
with another from time to time on
specific projects with good results.
Nevertheless, much more remains to
be done. 1t is to be hoped, therefore,
that NCSAC's initiative in sponsoring
this seminar will encourage other
groups-in consultation with the pro-
per ecclesiastical authorities - to or
ganize similar meetings wherever it
would be feasible.
The urgent need for inter-faith CO.
operation in the field of social action
has been stressed by many authorize
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-08-31
The Sisters are back

THE Sisters are back" Children
shout the news and mother smiles as
the familiar announcement assures her
that the pleasant but often trying va
cation days will come to an end.
YES, THE SISTERS are back and
this week they joined hundreds of
Priests and lay teachers to attend the
annual Principals and Teachers Meet
ing at st. Mary of the Springs College.
More than a thousand were in atten-
dance.
For sixty years the Sisters have
been coming back for this annual
meet-ever since 1903 when the Bish-
OPP of Columbus, Archbishop Moeller
In a circular letter requested the prin-
cipals or head teachers of the schools
to meet for the purpose of discussing
school matters. Fifty-six registered
for that first meeting.
In u space age when change is the
order of the day it is exciting to dis
v that the educators concern is
still with the fundamentals Of good
teaching.
In 1903, fifty-six teachers discussed
with enthusiasm, courses of study, a
new Math program, the qualities of a
competent teacher and the systematic
administration of the schools.
THIS WEEK, after sixty years OF
growth and progress in the field of ed
ucation, the basic program remains
the same. Teachers discuss program
med learning, contemporary mathe-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-08-31

Proposals for a national lottery as a
means of raising revenue have
been given serious consideration by
Congress. But this has not deferred
the lawmakers from introducing bills
calling for such a revenue scheme.
Hardly a session has passed during
the past two decades when one or
more national lottery bills have not
been introduced. Two such bills were
thrown into the Legislative hopper at
this session.
ALTHOUGH THE BILLS have had
respectable sponsorship-the former
Ambassador to Norway, Mrs. J. Bor-
den Hartman, was an advocate of A
national lottery-Congressional lead
ers have never let them get out of
committee.
Even if the lottery bills had been
allowed to come to a vote, few of the
lawmakers would have supported
them. For the fact is that they are
convinced that a majority of Ameri-
ms would regard any suggestions for
legalized gambling with adherence.
Opponents of the lottery as a reve-
INCREASING measure contend that all
forms of wagering are immoral. A lot
terry, it has been argued, would en-
courage gambling and discourage
thrift, it would undermine the nation
al character.
This is a view held almost exclu-
sively by Americans. AS Rep. Paul
Elmo of New York, author of one of
the national lottery bills now bottled
up in the Ways and Means Committee,
has pointed out, 81 countries raise rev.
enue for public purposes by govern
ment-operated lotteries.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-08-31
by Father John Knott

might be called the ~offertory of their
marriage. All the ordinary and the
sometimes extraordinary things that
the husband and wife do in fulfilling
their respective roles in marriage are
the stuff which can fill the daily paten
of their service to God.
The traditional morning offering
should have special meaning to the
couple living the sacrament of Matri-
mony. 1t could become to them the
vehicle of the offering of themselves
to God. Living the life of grace, every
thing they do for each other, for the
home, for the children, becomes at the
same time their gift to God.
BEFORE A CONSIDERATION
there must be an offertory. They must
make the offering of themselves be-
fore God can transform it into a gift
of Himself. This He does in what
might be called the conservation in the
sacrifice of human love that is mar
riage.
Through the sacrament of Matri-
mony, God touches each gift of self,
each bit of work, each moment of joy
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each ache, and transfigures it into a
gift of Himself. That which was hui
man love in action has now become
Divine Love in reality.
AS a priest through his sacrament
of Holy Orders receives graces PEI
culiar to his state to enable him to full
fill his role, SO does a married couple
receive graces particular to their life
to assist them in loving each other and
their children. The more they give Of
themselves, the more generously does
God give of Himself. The graces He
gives to them are uniquely designed
to their particular vocation of love.
In fact, because of their contract
and sacrament they have a right not
only to expect His help but, in a sense.
to request it.
ASK and you shall receive"-was
meant for everyone, but because of
their sacrament a married couple has
a particular right to particular favors
in their Fathers House.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-08-31
III BACKDROP
Cards stacked against national lottery
By John c. O'Brien

nations of the world in our hypocrisy
in refusing to establish a national lot
terry"
What the opponents of a national
lottery overlook, Elmo maintains, is
the undeniable fact that gambling
flourishes in the United States on a
large scale. He estimates that gam
bling here has become a $50 billion
business and that the PRUDENTIAL reve-
nue. under a national lottery would be
SIS to $40 billion.
In contrast to other countries where
the government benefits from the
gambling urge of its citizens, in the
United States most of the huge profits
are siphoned off by the underworld.
And illegal gambling, as Attorney
General Robert F. Kennedy has told
Congress, breeds other crimes, rang
ing from bribery of public officials to
murder.
ANOTHER ARGUMENT suggested
by Elmo for the lottery is that where
as in countries where lotteries are gov-
ernment-operated the gambling public
gets a run for its money, in the United
States the odds are loaded in favor of
the gangsters running the gambling
operations.
Operators of illegal gambling are
notorious tax dodgers and because of
their undercover method of operation,
the Internal Revenue Service is virtu-
ally poWerless to catch up with the
evasion. A ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lot
terry, on the other hand, Elmo points
out, would bring into the national
treasury millions of revenue which
now goes into the pockets of the UNI
derWorld.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-08-31

MATES, teacher certification standards
and better administration procedures.
Technology changes but the prob
lens involved in teaching children to
read, to write, to count and spell con-
tinue to challange the teacher.
But there are some things those Sc
teachers in 1908 would never under
stand-a pragmatic philosophy of law
seeking to seculariZe all education
through the medium of court deci-
sion; a principle of absolute separation
of church and state that threatens the
existence of the non-tax supported
school; the denial of welfare benefits
to parochial school children.
They wouldn't understand these de-
velopments-but then neither do we!
WHAT THEY would understand is
the working of Gods grace blessing
the efforts of that meeting sixty years
ago; the phenomenal growth Of Ca
tholic education in the Diocese; the VII
sion of Bishops and priests dedicated
to the parish school; the courage and
sacrifice of parents; and, of course,
the devotion, t~ireless enthusiasm and
ingenuity of the Sisters and lay teach
erS.
Sisters back!
And so we thank God for her. I
wonder if she really knows how truly
she becomes a part of every family as
school begins.-Msgr. Bennett Apple
gate, Diocesan Superintendent of
Schools.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-08-31
TIMES EDITORIALS
Parents role at school

during its time there that it must
obey the teachers, study properly,
practice good behavior because his
parents wish it and command it.
2. Parents must take a personal
interest in the report card thereby in
dicating to the child that they are not
only concerned with his progress but
are watching it closely.
8. Parents must never take sides
openly against the authorities at
school by taking the child's part.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-08-31

Our Diocesan Superintendent of
Schools, Monsignor Apologize, has a
good word for the Sisters in his edi-
torial this week.
WE COULDN'T agree more and
join with parents in welcoming them
back. We trust the parents however,
will not be led astray by the illusion
that responsibility is now transferred
to school because experienced men
and women know this is not so.
Indeed it was not meant to be.
The primary right and duty of edu-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-08-31

That fine monthly magazine, The
L~iguorian, carried an article sometime
back, now released in pamphlet form,
which sets forth some sensible rules
for schooling as drawn up by Father
D. F. Miller, C.SS.R.
We think they are worth sum-
ming up for the benefit of our readers
as a refresher course in parental
school responsibility.
1. THE CHILD should be in
structed before it begins school and
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-08-31

cation is the responsibility of the par
ents as is evident from the law of
nature. When a child is sent to school
the parent is simply delegating some
of his teaching authority to the teach
erS.
The operative word here is
some, because the parents still have
the main responsibility for education
and must back up the school authori-
ties. This is not the case because it
proves more effective, but because it
is ordained by God.
The frontiersman., 1962-12-13
A& Expssis
 Reeerd Nsllil|,sr u !! 0 Holiday Calls

The Air Forces 1929 Con- munication Group, which oper- ates the Alaska Communication System, announced this week that they expect a record vol ume of telephone calls to and from Alaska during the com ing holidays.
 Additional stateside circuits will be activated for the holi- day period in order to handle the heavy traffic load.
 To speed service, the Air Force suggests that persons planning to make long distance calls during the Holiday secure in advance the telephone num- bers 10 be called.
 When exchange of telephone numbers by personal cores pondence is not possible, the Air Force will secure in ad- vance the requested telephone numbers with no charge 10 the customer. This service is avail able by contacting the long dis tance operator and asking for the telephone number of the person to be called.
The frontiersman., 1962-12-13
Corpus Christi Rifes Planned

A holiday wedding is plan ned for Saturday, December 29, by Miss Barbara Anne Smiley, daughter of MT. and Mrs. John Smiley of St. Albans, West Virginia, and MT. Bythel J. Compton, son of Rev. and Mrs. A. B. Compton of Palmer.
 The ceremony will be per- formed by Rev. Compton in the Christian Triumph Mission in Corpus Christi, Texas, at seven o'clock in the evening.
 Miss Smiley is a sophomore at Anderson College in Ander- son, Indiana, and the groom-to- be is a senior at Ball State Teachers College in Muncie, Indiana.
 The young people have plan ned the ceremony to coincide
The frontiersman., 1962-12-13

"Optimum living depends up on food eaten in proper kinds and amounts at regular inter- vals. The school lunch makes an important contribution to- ward meeting these require ments by providing one-third of the child's total daily nutri- tional needs. Children are en- couraged to acquire the habit of accepting all foods, in order to obtain maximum benefits" To realize the purposes of the school lunch program, it is the responsibility of parents as well as teachers to guide chil- dren in the development of good food habits and attitudes, Mrs. Cope emphasizeeA !
 School Lunch Menu Dec. IT F." :. Spaghetti with meat sauce Garlic bread, buttered
 Chilled fruit cup
 Milk Dec. l8
 Ham and scalloped potatoes Cheese squares
 Tomatoes
 Hot rolls with butter
 Pudding Milk Dec. IS
 Hamburger Gravy
 Mashed potatoes
 Buttered spinach
 Carrot sticks
 Buttered French bread
 Fruit jello Milk Dec. 20
 Juicy meat loaf
 Tomato sauce
 Parsley potatoes
 Hot rolls Butter
 Milk Pie Dec. 2l
 Creamed turkey
 Dressing and gravy
 Snappy green beans
 Hot rolls and butter
 Cranberries Milk Frosties for Santa
The frontiersman., 1962-12-13
Nutriticn is Basic Consideration
 In Present-Day Educational Program

The school lunch is an i'm portant part of the total edu- cational experience of every child, according to Mrs. Thel- ma Cope, manager of the Pal mer school lunch program.
 Since the basic consideration in any school program is the maximum growth and develop ment of the child, one of the first needs is to meet the child's nutritional requirements, Mrs. Cope said.
The frontiersman., 1962-12-13

of Mrs. Compton, and where they will meet Barbara and Bythel about Dec. 27.
 Wedding arrangements were made Tuesday in telephone conversation between Bythel and his father. A number of classmates from both Ander- son and Muncie plan to attend the ceremony in Corpus Christi.
The frontiersman., 1962-12-13

with a trip the elder Comp tons have arranged for the Christmas season. Together with younger son Theron, they will leave Palmer Dec. 2l, and will visit briefly with brothers of Rev. Compton in Costa Mesa and San Diego, California be- fore going on to Corpus Christi, to visit with parents and sisters
The frontiersman., 1962-12-13
The Froniiersman = Page 2 Thursday. December l3. lS6Z

In 1927 a disabled Japanese sailing junk with crew ot dead men drifted to Cape Flat tefy.
The frontiersman., 1962-12-13

VERY SELDOM
 Men who bank on the.future seldom carry a large savings account.
The frontiersman., 1962-12-20

and may vary according to To- cation, incentive, demand, availability, local economy, inn provements, services provided, investment, fair market values, and additional maintenance and operation responsibilities.
 When airmen challenged what appeared to be arbitrary action on the part of the divi- sion in setting up the lease schedule, Roguszka explained that public hearings had been held early in August, and that notices of the hearings had been sent to IT newspapers throughout the state.
 The airmen raised a number of objections to the new rules, saying that the plan taxes only property owners and those oc- cupying space at the airport; that many others use the air port in various ways without being charged; that property owners are already paying a school tax, and this will add to
The frontiersman., 1962-12-20

their burden; that private and commercial fliers will find 1t too expensive to keep going, and that thus Alaskan aviation will suffer; that persons who might be interested in property close to the airport will be dis couraged from buying it; and that the airmen have for years maintained the airport at their own expense, and now are fac ed with paying rentals for its use.
 Division officials pointed out that in return for the lease fee, plane and property owners have the privilege of using every other state-owned air. field; that new strips are con- tinually being constructed, op- ening up areas previously inac- cessible; that under the new arrangement the state will pay for all maintenance, including that of the lighting system if the one-half cent fee is being charged for it by the state; and
The frontiersman., 1962-12-20
Roouszka Describes State Lease Plan

that through payment of the fuel tax, there are very few airport users who are not pay ing in some way for their priv ileges.
 In answer to a question from Councilman Hermann, Rogus- zka said that it would be en- tirely possible for commun- ity such as Palmer to take over the operation of the airport from the state, and that 50 per cent of gas tax collec- tions at the airport would be returned to the city for operation an d maintenance. After one airman urged the council to consider such a pro- ject, Councilman Hermann ex- pressed the opinion that the city would find operation of the air port so costly that there would be no advantage to the airmen over the new leasing rules set up by the state.
 Airmen estimated that leas-
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