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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-23
A Nations RELIGION

1t is most difficult to OBJ
viate at this late date the
Christian orientation Of this
country which has been ira
ditionally emphasized by our
Government. I
Although the United States
treaty with the Barbary
powers in 1895 explicitly
stated that the Govern
ment Of the United States
is not, in any sense, founded
on the Christian religion"
it is most significant that
this statement was. in effect,
virtually repudiated less than
a decade later in the Treaty
Of Peace and Amity signed
in Tripoli June 4, 1905,
wherein the clause In question
was omitted. Particular sig
nificance may be attributed
to this omission in the lat
ter treaty because it was
made during Thomas JEFF
ferson's administration.
President Adams, who sub
mitted the Treaty Of 1895 to
the Senate, expressed in his
inaugural address of March
4, 1897. "a wish to patronize
every rational effort to en-
courage schools and every
institution for propagating
knowledge, virtue, and reli-
gion among all classes of
people as the only means of
preserving our Constitution
from It's natural enemies"
Also he expressed q venera-
ton for the religion Of "a
people who profess and call
themselves Christians, and
a fixed resolution to con-
slider a decent respect for
Christianity among the best
recommendations for public
service"
Further, President Har-
riSon, in his inaugural ad-
dress Of 1841, expressed "a
profound reverence for the
Christian religion" and
President Pierce in his in
augural Of 1857 spoke Of "a
spirit Of Christian benevo-
lence." Finally, Lincoln, in
his 1851 inaugural, recon-
mended: Intelligence, pa
triotism, Christianity, and a
firm reliance on Him who
has never yet forSaken this
favored land"
OF course. the above facts
do not affect the natural
and constitutional right to
the free exercise of religion,
but they do demonstrate
that Christianity was most
influential in the develop
ment of this Nation. The real
question is: What is the ire
ligion" protected by the
First Amendment? Accord
ing to the United States Su-
preme Court in 1878 it was
defined as "the duty which
we owe to our Creator and
our manner of discharging
It," This opinion Reynolds
v. United States) has been
favorably cited by the United
States Supreme Court in its
recent religion opinions.
Paul A. Fisher,
President, Citizens for Ed
ucational Freedom, Mary
land Federation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-23
THE PASSING SCENE
Must Johnson Be Prisoner?
BY WILLIAM S. WHITE

One Of the most difficult
decisions he has made is
back Of President Johnson's
arrangement TO meet Lud-
wig Erhard, the West Ger
man Chancellor, after
Christmas in his ranch home
in Texas rather than here in
Washington.
In q sentence, the decision,
as the President has private
" put it. is this: Il cannot
and I will not become q
prisoner Of the White
House"
Every time Mr.. johnson
has left the total but at
times somewhat cloying Sc
curity of the great mansion
here, there has been a flow
Of anxious messages from all
over the country:
Don't let the President
take any chances" .
please, Mr.. President, Just
stay in the White House, /"
and so on.
Shocked memory Of the
assassination Of President
Kennedy is still fresh in the
Nation. Concern about Mr..
Johnson's air travel In win
ter weather is another factor.
So, too, is the circumstance
that there Is now no Vice
President, though the Presi-
dent has brought fully into
all high national affairs the
man who by law is next in
line Of succession, Speaker
Of the House John W. Nc
Cormack Of Massachusetts,.
Concern for His Safety
Mr.. johnson understands,
sympathizes with and appre-
ciates public concern for his
safety, and he will take all
proper precautions suggested
by the Secret Service. He
feels, however, that no Presi-
dent can expect the country
to come to him in all cir
cumstances; that at times he
must go out to the country,
as at times he must visit
with people outside Washing
ton in order fully to dis
charge his responsibilities.
President Kennedy took q
similar attitude, as did both
President Truman and Pres
ident Eisenhower.
Close to His Heart
And with special reference
to the Texas visit Of Chan
cellor Erhard there was yet
another strong consideration,
This was that Mr.. johnson
as Vice President had not
ably northumberland most
usefully negotiated with-Mr,
Erhard's predecessor, Chan
cellor Konrad Adenaur, al
the ranch.
The Germans made it clear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-23
Indignant Virginion
Jim ArgOdale.

With what preSumptuous-
ness does Darius v. Phillips,
in a recent letter to The
Star, dare hold up in ridicule
two Of Virginia's most time
honored and respected gen.
tlemen-Senator Byrd and
Representative Smith,
In one breath he mentions
George Washington, Thomas
jefferson, Patrick Henry and
Woodrow Wilson, and In the
next decries Harry F. Byrd
and Howard w. Smith. Does
he not know they are Of the
same heritage? These pa
triotS Of older times surely
met disagreement, but with
rational men. The same
cannot be said Of today.
Witness the frantic attempts
Of the so-called liberals to
use the death Of our ex-
President as a means Of
ramming through Congress
ill-c onceived, ill-founded
legislation, the delay in
enactment Of. which some
find 50 irritating.
Yes, Virginia's able rep
resentatives in the Senate
and House, finding them
selves among a sane minori-
ty, will use TO their utmost
skill any and all political
weapons to protect their
country from hasty and
irrevocable legislation, the
damage from which will hurt
not only the present genera
ton, but which will lay
foundations for simplifying
these pending restrictive
laws to plague unborn gen.
erations.
naxyil Enn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-23

MUSIC0L0GY. BY Frank L.
Harrison, Mantle Hood and
Claude v. Palisca. (Human-
istic Scholarship in America
The Princeton Studies.
General editor: Richard
Schlatter.) Illus, 1877 pp.
(Prentice-H Hall, Inc; 1856. }
The word "muSicology' re-
mains alien to all but a
relative few. Harvard's cele-
brated President Lowell be-
longed to the majority. "Non-
sense the word doesn't
exist" he is supposed to have
said. "You might as well
speak of grandmotherology."
But muSicology is not
grandmotherology, and no one
in Lowells position would
make such a remark today.
The discipline is the subject
Of one Of the first three vol
umes in a new series, Human
iStic Scholarship in Amer
ica-The Princeton Studies,
Commissioned by the Coun-
Gil Of the Humanities, Whit
ney j. Oates, chairman, of
Princeton University, and
made possible by a
grant from the Ford Founda-
ton" Two further books in
the series will be reviewed
tomorrow and Wednesday,
and a brochure describing the
project is available from
Prentice hall, Englewood
Cliffs, N. j.
What 1t Is
But what is muSicoIogy?
Claude Palisca, associate pro
lessor of the History of Music
at Yale and author of the
second Of the three essays in
the book, avoids a simple, di-
rect answer. Finally he asks:
why not simply call muSicol-
ogy history of music?"
And he answers: Because
there is much in the discipline
that is not properly history.
There is criticism and analyis,
lexicography, photography,
photography, philology, ar
chaeology and sociology"
And all these allied disci-
pines are only those used by
what is now frequently called
historical musicology, a re-
stricted branch Of the field.
This is the study that con-
Germs itself essentially with
Western art music. It is a
relatively new discipline. It's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-23
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G1Ilf NJ Mnvi0a9 An

@. Is salt mined from the
Gulf of Mexico? AID.
A. The oldest rock salt
mine in America, at Avery
Island, Louisiana, extends
deep under the waters of the
Gulf. The shaft entrance is
81 feet above sea level, and
the mining level is $50 feet
below this entrance-hence
salt is being mined about 500
feet below sea level.
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ton comparing puns to.
coins.@.A.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-23
Questions and Answers
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

reader can g an snsger By man question
efaddressed STAMPED enVeIope
The frontiersman., 1963-08-29
Questions About
 Business Answered

Internal Revenue Service has announced that copies of an eight-page reprint of "Ques- tions and Answers for the Businessman" on travel, en- tertainment and gifts, are available at the Government Printing Office.
 The questions and answers explain in simple non-legal terms, provisions of the reg ulations originally published in the Internal Revenue Bull etin of July 29.
 The Questions and Answers for the Businessman" is label ed Document No. 5495 G-30- 63), and costs 5 cents per copy and may be obtained by writ ing to Superintendent of Doc uments, Washington 25, DC. There is 25 per cent discount on quantities of 100 or more.
 The booklet was widely dis tributed to trade and profes sional associations by the Anne rican Society of Trade Execu- tiVeS.
The frontiersman., 1963-08-29
RAINBOW GIRLS GIVE TO DRIVE

Palmer Assembly No. 7, Or der of Rainbow for Girls, gave the Matanuska Valley ambu- lance drive a vital and wei come boost recently, according to William Hermann, chair man.
 No doubt, the girls had oth- CT important plans for their money. However, they chose to assist in this vital community project Hermann said. Their thoughtfulness exemplifies the spirit and character of tn Order of Rainbow"
 Hermann also thanked the Golddusters homemakers' club for their contribution to tn drive.
 He noted individual dona- tions from MT. and Mrs. Will ard Johnson, MT. and Mrs. Ro- land Snodgrass, and Lewis J. Mcdonald. Also, a $25 contri button was received from an Experiment Station family who wish to remain anony- nous.
The frontiersman., 1963-08-29
Explorer Scouts, Leaders Convert Bus; Make Trip 10 BYU Conference

Twelve Explorer scouts and three adult leaders left Palmer on Aug. Is on a trip to Brig ham Young University, Provo, Utah, where they attended the first annual international Ex- plorer conference of tn e Church of Jesus Christ of Lat ter-Day Saints, Aug. 23-28.
 Sound like routine trip? Not this one. The boys not only earned the money to make the trip; their mode of transpor- tion was probably the m t unique of any bringing scouts to the BYU campus.
 They converted a 40-passen- ger bus for the trip, building triple-deck hunks and tables. They worked out menus n d rearried enough food to cook one meal a day.
The frontiersman., 1963-08-29

They earned funds for h e trip by holding car washes, cutting wood, doing general cleanup work at a trailer court in Anchorage, and handling the pop concession at the Pal mer Grand Prix in May.
 En route, the boys were en- tertained at a watermelon and canteloupe party in Idaho Falls at the home of Mrs. K. D. Bohman's parents, and spent a day in Yellowstone Park. In Salt Lake City, they visited all the tourist attrac- tions and went swimming in the Great Salt Lake. They were housed in the BYU resi- dence halls and dined in the University cafeterias.
 During the weeks confer ence which was attended by $500 boys from % states, the District of Columbia and five foreign countries, the youths received instructions in citi- zenship, physical and personal fitness and exploring. T h ey also took part in group discus sions on a wide range of world issues, and held their own tall ent show.
 The boys conducted the ses- sions with a minimum of adult supervision. One phase of the program included competition in more than 100 skills n d arts, ranging from public speaking to rope climbing.
 Palmer area boys who at tended the conference were Dennis Spendlove, Michael Wetherbee, Terry Lee Beal, Richard D. Bohman, Bill Boh- man, Dennis Campbell, Neville Keith Downes, Terry Lee Hol- lembaek, Ralph Hubert, and Gary LaRose. Two Anchorage boys also joined the group.
 Adult leaders were Joe A. Lentz, Jr., Clyde Oberg, and an unnamed Anchorage man.
 The tourists are expected to be back in Palmer about Sept 2. in time for school opening.
The frontiersman., 1963-08-29

Several Palmer area resi- dents watched dedication cere- monies near Kenai last Satur- day when Standard Oil Go. of California opened its new $l0 million refinery.
 H. G. Vesper, president of Standards Western Opera tions, Inc, announced during the dedication ceremony that Standard will reduce it's prices on gasoline and other petrol cum products sold on the Alas kan market by one cent a gal lon.
 Alaskan consumers are be- ing given the benefit of trans portation savings, made pos sible by the location of the re- finery at Nikiski Beach, Yes per said.
 The reduction on motor fuel, diesel, furnace and stove oil will go into effect on Sept. 1 and will be applicable through out Alaska, he added.
 Standard Oil began service to Alaska 78 years ago, in 1885. The company pioneered tanker service of bulk oil products to Alaska before 1900, and now has storage facilities in coastal areas throughout the state.
 Although Standard began oi exploration in Alaska in 1913 success was not achieved unti 1857, when Richfield Oil Corp discovered the first commer cial field and began it's devel opment with Standard as partner.
 This oil field, located on th' Kenai peninsula about so mile southwest of Anchorage, vii supply oil for the Nikiski re finery about 20 miles west 0 the field. The refinery will pro cess 10000 barrels of oil a day Special provision had to b made to protect equipment particularly instruments, fror
The frontiersman., 1963-08-29
Local Residents See Refinery Dedication

the cold. Although the Kenai peninsula boasts milder eli mate than much of Alaska, it is one of the coldest refinery locations in the world.
 The plant will employ 2o persons on year-around basis and will operate 24 hours a day.
 A number of dignitaries, in- cluding Alaska's Gov. William Egan, were present at the cere- monies. About 500 spectators watched the proceedings.
 The refinery is the first modern crude oil distillation plant in Alaska.
The frontiersman., 1963-08-29
LOTS OF WOOD

States comprising old Ore gon Territory produce 85 per cent of USA's softwood ply wood, IF per cent of pulp.
The frontiersman., 1963-08-29
W many ways is electricity used in this picture!

How many ways is electricity used in this picture?
 many it used in home? Do wonder happens you wall outlet? Where does the power You usually can't unless it is in light Why blow! Why should NEVER touch electrical you They found them while working in the All program Through the Cooperative Extension Service sponsoring young people have of guidance and informative literature in the field and girls interested in electricity should see he county extension agent
The frontiersman., 1963-08-29

Lewis was 29 and Clark was B years old when they were selected for their western ex- pedition.
The frontiersman., 1963-08-29

Discovered in 1877, Dinosaur Graveyard n ear Como Bluff. Wyo., is one of U.S.'s major fossil beds.
The frontiersman., 1963-08-29

Vancouver Island, is 13,000 square miles in size.
The frontiersman., 1963-08-29
Handicap Trio Stalis Play

The Women's Handicap Trio will begin the winter sched- ule of bowling on Sunday, Sept. 8, at 1:30 pm. at { h Palmer Bowling Center.
The frontiersman., 1963-08-29

A few boWlers are still need ed to complete the teams Any one interested is urged to con- tact Irma Leibing at P1 5-3220 after 5 pm. The league will
The frontiersman., 1963-08-29

especially welcome just learning to bowl.
The frontiersman., 1963-08-29

The Frontiersman - Page l7
 Thursday. August 29. 1863
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anyone
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26
Freedom OF The Press Essay

mon the belief that the citizen, ii
he knows the facts, will make wise
and generous decisions. But to pro-
tect democracy the individual must
learn the facts: as it has been said
that the rule of an ignorant and un-
Informed majority a be the worst
form of tyranny.
AS long as there has been a
press, there have been people who
have tried to suppress free publlca-
ton. Laws were passed to this eff
feet and severe punishment melted
out to offenders.
The struggle has not been an
easy one. A steady battle was waged
for centuries, and it was not until
1913 in England that a publisher
charged with criminal libel could de-
fend himself by proving that what
he printed was true. Many nations
were involved in the struggle. The
works of such famed writer's as Vol
taire and Rousseau were banned by
the French government.
The first American newspaper
published only seventy years after
the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth
was quickly suppressed because it
did not have a license from the Bri-
fish government.
The struggle for a free press
became part Of the struggle for
American independence. The first
amendment to the Constitution of
the United States gave assurance to
the people that the national govern
ment could not deliberately keep the
people from finding out the truth.
But after the attainment of
freedom, the people and the press
became charged with greater re.
sponsibility. For power and freedom
in u democracy always impose on
those who enjoy them, a far heavier
responsibility than can be enforced
by law.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26
Pickens Youth Scores

Freedom of the press is a sub
iect near to our heart, as readers OF
this newspaper know = not so much
our own freedom to print as the
right of our readers to know.
The traditional freedoms priced
by most Americans would be lost if
we, for any reason, lost a free press.
Only an informed people may take
the necessary measures to guard
their other freedoms - and a free,
responsible press will help them do it.
So it is we are interested in the
annual Freedom of the Press essay
contest sponsored by the Department
of Journalism of the University of
Mississippi.
The contest, now in its second
wear. is held to attract the interest
of bright young high school stu
dents in Mississippi to journalism
as a career.
It was a distinct honor that a
Holmes County student, Bill Atkin-
son Of Pickens, a student at Holmes
Agricultural High School, won first
place in the Mississippi contest last
year.
We take great pleasure in pub
fishing herewith the essay OF this
outstanding young man.
'sWhat Freedom of the Press
Means to Me"
BY William E. Atkinson
Holmes Agricultural High School
Pickens, Mississippi
To me, a free press is not a
passing goal Of human society; it is
a necessary goal. For the press taken
in sum, is the swift, self-expression
of the experience of each moment of
history. The press must be free be-
cause its freedom is a condition of
its veracity and its v~eracity is its
good faith with the total record of
the human spirit.
Government by free men rests
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26
Galztomal Qo9e
The True Spirit OF Christmas

will find it only in honest, unselflsh
service for our fellowman, in feed
ing His sheep.
And crumbs of bread or even
whole loaves is not all that is meant.
Love and understanding are the
golden KEYS which unlock the doors
of darkness in the world and let
Gods sunshine in. This is true in to-
davis space age just as it was when
Christ was born.
There was no room for Him that
nioht in the inn. He was a nonen-
titv. His parents did not wear fine
raim,nt. They were "nobodies."
What gross ignorance the inn
keeper displayed! How little under
standing he possessed Of the great
event that was about to take place
in the lowly stable.
Yet we today, who share the en-
Tightening message of Gods love and
Gift, are prone to be just as igno-
rant and display the same lack of
understanding as did the innkeeper
in Bethlehem. We reject Him today
lust as surely as the innkeeper did
then.
We close our minds and hearts
to compassionate understanding and
love of u fellowman. We fill them
instead with selfishness and greed.
prejudice and big0try, even with
hate. VIZ quickly judge on outer ap-
pearance and do not care enough to
probe the depths of the human
heart, to seek and find the aspira-
tions and longings shared by all men,
the common denomination of all
humanity.
So in this glad Season may we
be moved by something greater than
the glitter of the Christmas tree and
holiday gifts. May we find the glow
that comes from the true Christ
mas spirit of love and sacrifice,
know the radiance, beauty and JOY
that comes only from giving and
sharing and putting Christ first in
our own hearts and lives.
This is our fondest wish for all
of our readers and friends.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26
Contributors To
Mizpoh Cemetery
Thanked By Roy

President Charlie M. Ray
of the Mizpah Cemetery As
ISOLATION wishes to thank
everyone who gave SO gener-
ously to provide a cyclone
fence for the cemetery.
The fence has been installed
and represents a great i'm
provement in the general ap-
pearance of the Durant ceme-
terry. Those who have loved
ones buried there or anyone
interested is invited to see
this latest Of a number of inn
provements.
Mrs. Ray is secretary-trea-
surer of the Association.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26
" "
XII ~

Another American Christmas image that took 100
years of Evolution is our present day ~roly-poly, rosey-
checked, twinkly-eyed Santa Claus. From the early
1800's Santa was pictured as a tiny pixie-like midget,
a beardless giant, a black beared bucaneer, and a
twirly-moustached dude. Even Clement Moores "The
Night Before Christmas published in 1882, picturing
st. Nick as plump, merry "a right jolly old elf failed
to change the drawn image of our seasonal visitor.
Finally, in the 1905 when famed caricaturist, Thomas
Mast, began drawing Santa Claus on magazine covers,
the idea took hold, and Santa became his present-day
wonderful self
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26
Put Christ First
Love And Sacrifice
Christmas. 1863.

1llI lSliildSs 1JVos
Christmas is a time to calm the
troubled spirits of men, ease ten
sions and Illustrations which plague
most people in a world seemingly
gone mad.
In nations everywhere the birth
of Christ is fraught with meaning,
ever new, yet n of the oldest and
dearest stories ever told.
Though modern man is close to
conquering space in this Nuclear
Age, he has not yet conquered HIM
self. He is still a slave to greed and
se~lfishness, lusts for power over
other men and their destinies.
So the world and we mortals in
it urgently need Christmas to place
us in proper perspective, to help us
focus our minds and hearts on the
things that really count in this fren-
zied age.
What is the true spirit of Christ
mas?
1t is a spirit of real love and
sacrifice. It commentaries the
greatest love and gift ever given,
Gods love and the gift of His only
son, Jesus Christ our Lord and
Saviour, to a world which was lost
so that all mankind through Him
might be saved.
If we accept Gods love and His
gift, we will not be perpleXed about
finding our own place in the scheme
of things in this complicated age.
With true knowledge of Him we will
be filled with compassionate under
standing, concern and love for all
men. We will want to give and serve,
rather than receive and be waited
on.
We will put Christ first in Christ
mas and in every day of u lives.
"Inasmuch as We have done 1T
unto the least of these my brethren.
We have done it unto me-"
Jesus said those words and they
were spoken for everyone. They APP
ply not only at Christmas but every
day in the year.
IF it is happiness we seek, we