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CHURCH AND STAT R JN RARU/Y
EDUCATION
Rev. E. A. Shugart, Blue field, Va.
MAY f
5, 1942
T HERE is a persistent effort being
made by a small, earnest group of
people in many communities to have
the Bible taught in our public free
schools. These groups are supported
by some ministers, laymen, and per¬
haps job seekers. They are zealous
ami misguided in their efforts to shift
responsibility and expense from the
Church to the State to pay some per¬
sons to do the work for which the
Church was appointed. Should this
succeed, it well might become the un¬
intentional initial effort to unite the
Church and State in this field. No,
perhaps that is not in the mind of the
promoters now, but it could easily grow
into such consequences.
This should be resisted mutually by
botli Church and State. By the Church
because she cannot “farm out” her re¬
sponsibility nor shun her God-given
task. “Go ye (to the Church) into all
nations and teach.” This responsi¬
bility of the Church was not given for
the sake of the pupil alone, but for
the education and deeper conviction of
the Church-adult life—as well. The
Church needs for her own development
to accept this God-given responsi¬
bility and opportunity and to perform
it well. But will the Church seek to
hire someone to do the work God says
she must do? Must the Church pay
taxes to the State to be her judge of
what shall be taught, by whom, and
the qualifications of the teacher? Is
not this an admission of her own im-
potency? Shame on the Church of the
living God that would shun this re¬
sponsibility and privilege. Of course,
if she can hire someone to do her work
during the week, she can sleep late on
Sunday morning, load the family into a
cal’, hie away to some place to swim,
picnic, and sleep. But it will be a bad
day for this country when she does no
longer “Remember the Sabbath day to
keep it holy.” One way to keep it
.°ly is to accept this teaching respon¬
sibility and not shift it from parent
an d Church to the State.
The State should be very cautious
about entering a field not her own and
which she is not qualified to cultivate.
The goal of the State in her educa¬
tional effort is to make better citizens,
and while nothing will contribute more
to good citizenship than Christianity,
that field is the peculiar responsibility
of the Church. The field of the State
in education is mental, not spiritual,
and that of the Church is spiritual.
There is some overlapping there, it is
true, for the mind is the medium
through which the soul acts, but the
work of the State is temporal and that
of the Church eternal. If the denomi¬
nations in any community wish to
unite to form a class, select a cur¬
riculum, employ a teacher, pay their
money, direct the work, to supplement
the work of the Sunday school, preach¬
ing and other educational processes,
well and good; but let religious educa¬
tion be under the auspices of the
Church, not the State. Would it be any
better to pay a teacher state tax money
than to set an assessment on the
churches? Does the Church seek to
force or beg the State into the support
of her program?
These are two distinct fields. One
would oppose the Church making at¬
tempts to usurp State prerogative, or
the State usurping Church prerogative,
and for precisely the same reason. The
State cannot do the spiritual work of
the Church. When one denies there is
a spiritual work to which God calls his
Church, he flies in the face of all his¬
tory, for all men, everywhere, have
been and are religious.
They argue, “The Church needs all
the help she can get.” To which one
replies: “The Church needs to do all she
can to help herself, and should not
shirk her responsibility or seek to force
the State to pay her freight.”
employ a THE LIBRARY high
:hool. The teacher was chosen according to
regular requirements of the school board,
and the courses, one on the Old Testament
and the other on the New Testament, are
credited toward a diploma. It is nonsec¬
tarian.
“During the summer the priest of the local
Roman Catholic Church obtained permission
of the school board to teach a course in re¬
ligion. Almost no one outside of the school
board and the superintendent knew about this
until just before school opened on September
4th, when it was announced in a routine an¬
nouncement of the school that Father Wil¬
liams would teach a course on Dogma and
Morals. Our ministerial association pro¬
tested and wrote a letter, a copy of which was
sent to each member of the school board
and to the superintendent.”
Of course, the Catholics have just as much
right to employ a teacher of the Bible to
teach in the public schools according to
their belief as have the Protestants. The
best way to preserve peace and harmony
among the citizens of any community or
state is to keep the matters of Church and
State entirely separate. It was a wise pro¬
vision of the fundamentals upon which the
government of this country was based.]
INFLUENCE OF NAZIS IN FRANCE
Since German occupation of France,
juvenile delinquency has frightfully in¬
creased at a time when the nation
counted entirely on the contribution of
its youth. The figures published in
Vichy, during these last days, show
40,000 cases in the juvenile courts in
1941, compared with 15,000 before the
war. The number for Paris alone was
10,000 against 3,000 in 1937.
To remedy this alarming increase of
delinquency, the Government will pro¬
mulgate a law to abandon the repres¬
sive action against persons under the
age of eighteen. All minors arraigned
will be kept under observation in medi¬
cal centers attached to the courts, which
will prescribe re-educational courses for
the correction of this delinquency.
[Editor’s Note: The above article calls to
mind a letter received recently from another
minister of the gospel, from which we ex¬
tract the following:
“Last year our town, like many others,
raised by public subscription enough money
If any recipient does not de¬
sire to receive this publication,
it would be appreciated if a
card were sent to that effect.
This request is made in the in¬
terest of conservation of paper,
time and mailing facilities.
CHILDREN AND THE RADIO
The statement has been made by an
observer of school-age children that
they spend more hours listening to the
radio than they do in attending school,
this contention, if true, presents sev-
eral angJes. In the first place, there
Jf! th ™j “ onth s in the summer when
thi, Si 1 l ?0t ln s , ch ° o1 at a11 and
d -?- lng up t,le avera ge Of his
said ’ the rac iio receives,
is program that a child
thlranVe t0 18 ° ne that is wi thin
and thf« K f * 11S e . x P enence or interest,
and this brings in pretty much the
hterlP v Ut ()f outdoor sports. Drama
interests him, too, and here, as with the
nf”Ji C S j ri E’ there i? that strange trio
ta 3 t he and ’
Dr. B alter Damrosch, millions of chil
come part of school curricula in nri
V The P tYm C e hial PUb,ic Schoo, «
., be s P e nt before the radio hv
thfnYcYiitv af o7"t Ch0 , 01 h ° Urs refute *
^Threefold 2& 1 £V? ^ “
SSa* ™ ”,^ u a
classed■ Tt I,w"if the £
for religious instruction wouhfail he
school" h ° r emaitd fa
i tf children can spend a half
Hne r in t e C v m "f *? th T e «Ploits o‘aS£
-jap.'s-AS^.rj
s.s's.r.ft
pt« 2 *Jrs? ss
s “s 'fAsin
ents insist^ k ’ f f— ciergy and P ar “
fwhirh S? °,? religious instruction
(winch generally means instruction in
a denommatmnal catechism), why up-
set the school curricula by using re¬
leased time when ample time can be
found after school hours?
. of ,, tl ] e glories of the United
s is that, however much men and
Zn n th may difTer on ”atte“ of re.
hgion they can all manage to be one
olfi 0 ™ T,? 1 "'* or 11 baseball game
afe taught b an'i ‘T™; in dem ocracy
^i'parttete^
compe o ttijirocai relationship
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SPIRITUAL VALUES
H. R. Fisher, K.T., 32 °,
Los Angeles, Calif.
H A J E ?P iritual values been re-
seems tn,c d in y a m i terial things? Ti,is
terns true in a glance at the world’s
race. VVbt C T h '“ t0n ?'.«* human
Temnlp? w * 11s con ^ Us l°n in our
emnlifv 7 tn i !. aVe 'm f<irgotten to cx-
our lives instead? S
Whether a we°like“t “ no“ if we h®*'
m Hsti
grant us this light. *
tiod. may the still voice of Thv
sp.nt whisper in our cars ?he words
oWsdom that we may be led out of
this wilderness of darkness and dlu
understanding' 8l ' ter day ° f peace and
thuwar^/rt’dutrisr af r
ha™ "ri ° 0d: in doing we ^11
(l*c future *¥? Und + to , stand oa for
that winf must be remembered
, at ^nat a man sows, that will h»
«ea c a^t£HS
r„ TT . UKrtWU LUUGE
South 6 wM<T? d L ° d f ,° f N "«
1^7 JS 6 Gowric d waf^i
Ps°;„ 446 , 8 . m , the total destnjetionof
551 g of Toi 8 ^iso, Lodge Melanesian No
«pIL IV i 1 ’ Solomon Islands. The
Senior Warden of the latter Lodge
AWSOt};
Grand P T at, y vvas expressed to the
rand Lodge of Queensland for the
N:wGutr ,lndCri,S i ur ' sd ’ ct *onin
Master fnTtmTs"®
Secretary of the Grand Lodge. d
An appeal to raise £50,000 for the
Legacy Club of Sydney was given full
cooperation and support by the mem
CM>° f Th e ? 6W S ° Uth Wfde8 Masonic
P . , TIi F Legacy Club is a nonsec-
tanan institution and many of its prin.
r°^“» “re members of P the
which’ is i ! Cy a , re carrying on a work
hood embodiment of brother-
tak°e ri ± ally r’ i he c, - ub was formed to
„f, , “rc of the widows and orphans
Of World War I. Now its servicTs arc
tWs n< war t0 Th W r d0WS and “rphans of
thZ„ 8 T ¥. Legacy Club serves
those cases which are ineligible for
help from the Department of R e -
p tnation as they are cases that do
not come within its province. A«sis-
lYL? l b V he Legacy CIub c °vcrs extra
legal, but necessary, aid.
cvcNTS VINDICATE JUDGMENT OF
E LATE ADMIRAL WILLIAM S. SIMS
Within the past decade there have
been writers of prominence who have
nilpd attention to the fact that every
. ■ _ 1 1- —U«*
nation, our own included, have what
termed their “sacred cows,” by
former governor honored
iq A L* m f, etin ? of 0,athe (Kans.) Lodue No
HodL ° ent V ’ formcr Governor George H
Hodges \vjis presented with the 50-year but-'
ter Cline a r D P m r mb<? « h * P by Grand Mas-
ofC^U ^° Ut ^ 7 ’ ^aXrS^be^
DEATH OF J. c. F. TOWER, 33°
sTSII«i
attack on Cavite Nnw v “J 5 . e enemy
harbor. a ' y Yards ,n Manila
which they meant that the people hold,
with a fanatical zeal, to certain beliefs
about men, institutions and slogans no
matter how events, in a rapidly chang¬
ing world, might justify thoughtful
and informed individuals in feeling
that at least some of these notions had
become outmoded.
One of these “sacred cows” was that
our Navy was so superior to any other
in the world that, class for class, any
one of our ships could easily defeat any
two ships of any other navy, and that
the battleship as an institution was a
permanent bulwark of the navies of
the world. Elting E. Morrison has just
brought out a book telling the life
story of Admiral William Sowden
Sims in which he points out the im¬
portant role which that distinguished
member of our sea forces had in de¬
bunking several of these cherished, but
unwarranted memorabilia.
When a young officer, Admiral Sims
was transferred to the USS Charleston,
being made ship’s intelligence officer,
and that was the beginning of a long
career in collecting data about our own
and other navies. He not only pointed
out faults, but he accompanied his
criticisms with constructive sugges¬
tions for remedying them. When
Theodore Roosevelt came to Washing¬
ton, he sensed the importance of what
Sims had to say and results were ob¬
tained quickly.
Admiral Sims insisted that the air¬
plane had sealed the fate of the bat¬
tleship and that the airplane carrier
would be the battleship of the future.
His attitude was not welcomed by his
fellow officers and he had almost as
tough going as did the late Brig. Gen.
William Mitchell in the Army. But
events have vindicated the judgment of
both men.
One of Admiral Sims’ favorite re¬
marks was: “We ought to stand in the
light and not be afraid of the truth, no
matter how disagreeable.” It was in
1921, when in command of the Naval
War College, that he advocated the
building of 22 aircraft carriers. Fol¬
lowing the. bombing experiments off the
Virginia Capes, which experts refused
to take seriously, Admiral Sims de¬
clared: “The battleship is dead.” His
biographer states that to him belongs
a great deal of the credit for moderniz¬
ing our Navy.
It is likely that a great many have
forgotten how well Admiral Sims, who
was in command of our Navy during
World War I, handled the situation
when a number of American sailors and
marines w’ere landed at Queenstown,
Ireland, and were attacked by De
Valera’s followers who resented their
presence in Ireland.
A recent Associated Press dispatch
from Dublin stated that Cardinal
MacRory was very much wrought up
over the American soldiers being in
Ulster, and he said that he found it
very difficult to be patient when he
thought of his own part of the country
being overrun by British and United
States soldiers against the will of the
nation, as he thought the war -was
being fought to safeguard the liberties
of small nations. Evidently, the Car¬
dinal overlooks the fact that the
soldiers are all in Ulster, which is a
part of the British Government.
He is hardly justified in his state¬
ment that the division of Ireland is an
intolerable condition as Catholics must
live under the narrow and unjust
dominaton of the Belfast Parliament
and executive. In other words, if
Ulster were a part of Eire and the
Protestants in Ulster were dominated
by the Eire Government and executive,
that w T ould be all right. The Cardinal
had an opportunity to become im¬
patient and indignant over the treat¬
ment of Ethiopia by a large nation, in
which his superior, the Pope, has his
headquarters, and this is not the only
ease that might be cited.
THE TRIENNIALS OF AMERICAN
RITE GENERAL GRAND BODIES
ADMIRAL ADOLPHUS ANDREWS
Library
University of Texas
THE G. W. U. VICTORY C<§l!?l!}c?IL '****
DISCUSSES THE AXIS AND WAR
The George Washington Victory
Council, sponsored by The George
Washington University, Washington,
D. C., dedicates its September Bulletin
■ to Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin who, in his
fifteen years as president, has brought
that university to its present high
standing among Amerca’s great educa¬
tional institutions.
The leading article, discussing the
war in Asia, is by Dr. William C.
Johnstone, Jr., Professor of Political
Science and Dean of the Junior Col¬
lege. After emphasizing the necessity
for having bases in India, Russia and
Alaska, he makes some telling com¬
ments on controversial issues. He
points out that while we are treating
the Chinese as political equals, we
have yet to grant them social and racial
equality and that we have not so far
regarded them as full-fledged allies in
mapping strategy.
Regarding India, he holds that this
is no longer a question merely between
India and Britain, that its solution is
of vital concern to all the United Na¬
tions and affects both the war effort
and the peace.
Among possible futures are listed the
use of lightweight Diesel engines for
automobiles; that lend-lease today is
making over the economic world of to¬
morrow; and that commodity ration¬
ing now may be followed with ration¬
ing of our expenditures.
The Triennial Assembly of the General
Grand Council, Royal and Select Masters,
U.S.A., held at Salt Lake City, Utah, in Au¬
gust, was presided over by General Grand
Master Charles H. Johnson of New York. In
the election of officers for the three-year term
W. Frank Wells of Georgia was elevated to
the Grand Mastership and O. Frank Hart of
South Carolina was reelecteed General
Grand Recorder, an office he has very
capably held since 1930.
Following this two-day session, the Gen¬
eral Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons,
U.S.A., held its Triennial Assembly under
the leadership of General Grand High Priest
John II. Anderson of North Carolina. When
the election of officers began, William E.
Goff of Michigan, who was in line for elec¬
tion as General Grand High Priest, declined
the office due to serious illness in his family
that would prevent his attending to his
duties. Ray V. Dcnslow of Missouri was
elevated to this office, and the next place of
meeting will be New Orleans, La.
MAJOR PECK GIVES TALKS TO
SOLDIERS
Major Sedley Peck, 33°, member of the
Supreme Council of France, although an
American citizen, is visiting the various army
camps and posts throughout the country and
delivering addresses to the men in the
service.
Ho escaped from France immediately after
the Germans had overrun Paris, and the
topic of one of his lectures is “The Last
Thirty-nine Days of France.”
MASONIC LODGE PRESENTS FLAG
Waveland Park Lodge No. 654 of Des
Moines, Iowa, presented a United States flag
to the Waveland community, and the cere¬
mony was preceded by a parade in which the
Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Marines were
represented as well as the civilian units.
Grand Master F. L. Van Hoesen, 33°, and
other Masonic leaders were present, and the
flag was presented by Lieut. Col. Robert L.
Fulton of the Iowa Selective Service, with
appropriate remarks.
Vice Admiral Adolphus Andrews, present
Commander of the Eastern Sea Frontier, re¬
ceived the Master Mason Degree on July 13,
1911, in Temple Noj r es Lodge No. 32, Wash¬
ington, D. C. The late Admiral Cary T
Grayson, then a Lieutenant, was made a
Master Mason at the same time, and pres¬
ent in the Lodge was Major Archibald Butt,
Aide to President William H. Taft, then
a Captain in the U. S. Army, who had been
raised in Temple Noyes Lodge the year bc-
bore, January 27, 1910.
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MASONIC PUBLICATION FOR SALE
The American Tyler-Keyslone, claimed to
be the oldest Masonic publication in the
world, is for sale. This arises by reason of
(he death of Brother James G. Frey, who
edited it for a couple of decades, and it
would seein that a live, energetic Mason
could do well with it. Address communica¬
tions to Ira A. Beck, 504-7 Michigan National
Bank Building, Battle Creek, Mich.
ECONOMIC AND MORA! Fnurnc
OF UNIVERSE AR° R LINKED^
-- hre UWRbU
on T v= e ri' Var h ? s brou £ ht new thinking
on various subjects, and not the least
of these is economics. It used to be
entered ep i e t <h 2E Um that three factors
wealth^ , “‘5 h , e Production of all
wealth—-land, labor and capital In
ure'of the?r S ^ "' Cnt the even *en-
supnosed to h?™’ and the resu 't was
“° ugb - Proved'
thrift, attention to detail, loss of inter-
to disho h ne.rty n Ttee e u Ua Vhe t s e e grity and
about *8 S to °■ Cond j tions which brought
about a business depression.
enough 6 1 „ T dlti ° ns P ere isted long
enough to force men into seeing +bn
« ara SrS
»assfstK
if 7? Ie ln econ omics, as in life
itself, and it runs about like this in
^ty industry, decency
decay, decline, depression t 1 ! ^
forces of +Ko , ut T ression - The mora
ton-use anA - UD1Verse dema nd ‘heir
011 use and improve, or lose. S. W.
caT Z but ?lZ Part r y be “icroscopi-
becau^ p b ' g .i?“ d ,m P° rt ant to them
oecause it is their world, and their
o? U them a as d d ,f CU,tieS ? re i ust as ^
I -K-r?- em as °^ ier worries and resnnn
sjbilitics are for their elders. P
nguages, mathematics, engineering
chemistry, and so on through anar™
rnSu 4 nj v# ** >•-
This brings us to the natural corah
a p of the problem. Why should it
-Z Government ZX&Zf™
necessity in wartime? from
•p-S JSSMSS^KST
SCHOOL A TASK OR OPPORTUNITY?
of „ 1 ,U reo Pcning of school many
do a ill! are " 0 doubt inclined to
j* «.ffistfaW-r
f L Drn 1 admit, if we are candid that
leffp tr> r, i e *= araea R a rare pnvi-
thrilled. 0 Wh ° Se Wunities P t hey
Making full allowance for diversity
£SfrAS*.Sr£KK
SSi'setMaa
vpar- tb ft^ le experience of after
asSSS
™f M ' ssoul » lodge of research
uew tC „^Si L °^s 0, t o R Ce rch - " Me 5
very .satisfactorily and exceed t« PI i? greSSed
Thi P 8 U Lod a t ti0 “n ° ff K the nrei ?oom haVe ' tS
C. Chiles, CLe/eled™! Hemy
a Major in the Ti.Z *7° the service as
Department and Kp/w ^ dv General’s
has been orderprl into W illis J. Brav
in the Bftji
V. Denslow Senior w®L Gran j. d , Master Ray
Research, has become A^fin L °dge of
has appointed District Acting Master and
James M. DeWi' t of Kirt^in ^w Dfl faster
ing Secretary Klrksv,,le - Mo., as Act-
WISC receive?^^/olindation
Noyes, 33°. m7 L V L 1 1 Iate Frank E -
m Masonic and comm^nif^^fff- actlv ® part
°ne of the directors of *2? affai rs, and was
was a Past Gran? w *5 fou ndation. He
Lodge and f? r “ore t han n ° f the Grand
century, wm a regl 1of a
nual communications. ‘ ndant at its an-
yUWUON
coming from Russia emphasise 1
tells*how"* 1 However ' an °ther report
giSSsS
There were losses, to be sure hut rmi
hZl hM Z Dot «i-d°t
proved of great help to^Ifr Soviet AHy
look t ^ ' ma ”y P«>Ple over-
bearing Ia posse , ?slon of all the facts
cisio! Fvn S 1 rh an im P0>-tant de-
cision. Experts are agreed that «
scconci front started without suffi-
, at equipment, manpower and re¬
placements would bo doing Russia .
it° S1 no V t e t dlsservi . c .e instead of helping
that u u ? len ^ 10n ^he heavy price
s s£.f,nu■
started before having all the essen-
tmls^neccssary for such an under-
that Prosid™°/°£ 6hly s i* fe P f ediction
Mini tn? Roosevelt and Prime
sssztjs
r i^ a fStburtra^r" og
s°“ "L f m z lit
re The S n the - gCne [ al p " blic cannot be
n « 6 . I l Usslans bave fought a mag-
months, b and° for That” J°£*
r h at r d wiil lcc a ord Theri
Chief bU hT eI>S ?• ° U [ Commander-in-
n bl . ef , b V making him feci we are
behind him heart and soul. s w
GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND
Grand Master tribuL aarcw0 ?d. «* Acting
Grand Master’ H R H to r be i afe
who met an nnttodv ind 0 ^/^ Kcnt ’
while in line ol dntt^ivith^d, 8 "^™ dcath
*SSd fo° HM° Kiel ^ a 'i- r
oved. and is founded^ upon th. . ^ h “ H R H - The Duche^ of VI and
~d b f^smsuss^t M ke r^ pre -
Lodge of Masons * y the Mark Grand
{of a mann-
It expresses thp nnrJo i ^ a new revelation.
& m . al ! rehglnL y whirK?^. w \ lch
WORLD WAR’S THIRD ANNIVERSARY
The summer of 1939 was particularly
1 ot Europe was on vacation at the
beaches and the mountains. Viennese
waltzes on the Prater were lovely, the
waters of the Neva were calm, and
Paris was full of tourists. No one
thought that the joy of living, the easy
life, the pleasures could come to such
an unexpected and sudden end on the
first day of September, 1939. No one
expected, in August, 1939, that the old
regime had only one more month to
live. It ended with the general mobili¬
zation in Europe. Before the dawn of
that fatal morning in Europe, the Ger¬
man armies, without war declaration,
crossed the Polish frontiers; tho Luft¬
waffe hammered ruthlessly the Polish
aerodromes and the communication
lines. All the German newspapers in
Berlin published, with big headlines,
that morning of September first that
the Poles had begun the war.
Hitler, in a proclamation to the
Army, declared that Poland had re¬
fused his proposals and, therefore, Ger¬
many was forced to fight. In Berlin,
silent crowds moved that morning to¬
ward KralTs Opera House, which is
used as the Reichstag building since the
burning of the genuine one, where Hit¬
ler said that “he had been forced to
take up arms for the defense of the
Reich.”
September 3, 1939, the two western
democracies, Great Britain, at 11 a.m.,
and France, at 5 p.m., were in a state
of war with Germany. Since that fatal
date, three long and dreary years full
of misery, tears and sorrow have passed
and, as Prime Minister Winston
Churchill and President Roosevelt both
have said: “The road is long and the
end still not visible.”
Why is it that the democracies of the
world, in the lapse of 100 years or so,
have been obliged to take up arms to
defend the landmarks of the civiliza¬
tion which has always been stabbed by
Germany or its satellites? It is inter¬
esting to examine and worth while to
study carefully the German mind on
this third anniversary of World War II.
In the world’s history, the Teutons
are first mentioned about 113 B.C., by
the Latin historian Marius. Until Cae¬
sar’s period these Teutons are simply
recorded as barbaric foes, or as unruly
troops of soldiers in the Roman Im¬
perial Guards. From this time on, they
have been recorded for their military
achievements, but never for their cul¬
ture. They contributed nothing to the
culture of the surrounding populations
of the Mediterranean Sea; on the con¬
trary, they learned from them.
The Roman historian, Tacitus, dur¬
ing the reign of Trajan, about 110
B.C., represents these Teutons as liv¬
ing in a very rudimentary state of
life, such as the primitive tribes in
Equatorial Africa or the Hurons at the
dawn of the 17th century. They are
referred to as good fighters, but greedy,
and plunderers. To their credit we
find no libraries, no archives, as were
found in ancient Egypt, Babylonia or
Assyria; no industry whatever, no
dwelling abodes, no homes, no assem¬
blage to form a city.
The first German city comes into
being in the 10th century of our era.
Therefore, what a striking difference
between these warlike and unruly
hordes and those peoples of ancient
Egypt, Mesopotamia. Asia Minor,
India and China! These had their
cities, their splendid temples, their
aristocracies, their economic centers
since 3,000 years B.C. Under these
circumstances, these primitive Teutonic
tribes carried terror and plundering
wherever they went. Imbued, for
generations, with the idea of battling
and conquering, in the last two cen¬
turies they became so ambitious, so
aggressive as to attempt to impose, by
sheer force, their own “kultur” on the
world. But too late, they came on the
stage of a civilization already rich in
progress, in experience and Christian
culture.
Having nothing original in them for
creation, they only copied or imitated
the Mediterranean civilization. Thus
their abortive “kultur” led them into
their hideous Pan-Germanism which,
for a century or so, they have tried to
impose on their neighbors.
This it is that they are trying now
to impose on the civilized democratic
peoples. They want to destroy com¬
pletely a true, human, honest civiliza¬
tion, which they have not created,
never contributed to, never served,
never helped to propagate.
The spirit of the Germanic “kultur”
works to destroy, under false cover of
principles, what centuries of human toil
have built. They are trying to turn
the clock of progress and Christian
civilization back to the ages of violence,
tyranny and savagery. A. F.
LONG RECORD OF MASONIC
LODGE IN ARGENTINA
Eureka Lodge No. 106 is one of the livest
lodges on the register of the Grand Lodge of
Argentina, Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite. It holds its meetings in the same
Temple as the Grand Lodge. The Worship¬
ful Master is Alfred Albert Bradford, and
William Henry Woodyatt is Secretary.
As an indication of how far Buenos Aires
is from the United States, the notice of the
lodge, issued on July 21, 19-12, for a meeting
to be held on August 4th was received in
Washington, D. C., on September 17th.
This was the 984th regular meeting of the
lodge and they were to ballot on the petition
of a gentleman, aged 65 years, and confer the
Fellow Craft Degree on another.
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STORIES OF HEROISM BLAZON
SINKING OF YORKTOWN
Stories which have come to public atten¬
tion regarding the career of the aircraft car¬
rier Yorktown, simk after the battle of Mid¬
way, show that United States soldiers, sailors
and airmen of 19-12 are fighting in complete
harmony with the traditions handed down
from 1776.
In this war, as in World War I, the Amer¬
ican soldier has a sense of humor even in an
hour of great danger. Second Class Petty
Officer Hawey Wilder of Moultrie, Ga., told
of colleagues paddling about in the Pacific,
calling “Taxi! Taxi I”, and thumbing passing
objects.
Coxswain Howard Sites, who hails from
Austin, Tex., and recently arrived in San
Francisco, Calif., related to newspapermen
how two carpenter’s mates were trapped
five stories below decks on the Yorktown.
While their particular compartment was dry,
there was water all around them and their
rescue was impossible, but the telephones
were working. They were asked over the
phone if they understood their situation.
They calmly replied that they certainly did,
but they were having a lively “acey-deucey”
game at that very moment, and then added
that when they were ready to sink the ship,
“put the torpedoes up forward" as they
wanted it over quickly.
A CIRCUS FOR SHRINE CHARITIES
Mona, the trick elephant, was dolled up for
the Shrine Circus held in Los Angeles, Calif.,
by A1 Malaikah Shrine Temple. Potentate
C. Don Field declared that this year’s funds
for Shrine charities and underprivileged
youngsters must be raised by this annual
circus because the annual Charity Day at
Santa Anita was postponed for the duration
of the war.
All of A1 Malaikah’s 12,000 Nobles were
volunteer ticket sellers, headed by Harold
Lloyd, well-known Hollywood producer-
comedian, Past Potentate of A1 Malaikah
and Imperial Marshal of the Shrine of North
America. He was also aided by many film¬
land celebrities.
REUNIONS IN NORTHERN
MASONIC JURISDICTION
The Scottish Rite Bodies in Indianapolis,
Ind., planned a semi-annual reunion in two
sections, the first being held from October
21st to November 11th, inclusive, and the
second from November 17th to the 20th, in¬
clusive. Next year, on March 23rd to 26th,
inclusive, their 78th annual reunion will be
held. ,
The fall reunion of the Scottish Rite Bod¬
ies at Chicago, Ill., will be celebrated on
November 9th to 12th, inclusive.
Many petitions have been received for the
degrees to be conferred by the Scottish Rite
Bodies at Columbus, Ohio, on November
18th to 20th, inclusive.
In New York City, the Scottish Rite
Bodies will confer the degrees, beginning
October 9th and ending November 27th, in
the Grand Lodge Room of the Masonic Hall.
LUTHERAN BROADCAST RESUMED
The Lutheran Hour will resume on the
radio, beginning Sunday, October 25th, over
the Mutual Broadcasting System. This will
mark the start of its tenth season, and it will
come on the air at 1:30 p.m., E.W.T.
The Lutheran Laymen’s League is sponsor¬
ing the series of broadcasts, and Dr. Walter
A. Maier of Concordia Seminary, who has
been the regular speaker since 1931, will again
have that role. A chorus of thirty male
voices will be heard.
OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES
Deceased Brethren
JAMES BOSWELL, Depute Grand Master
of the Grand Lodge of Scotland (1776-78)
and biographer of Dr. Samuel Johnson, was
bom at Edinburgh, Scotland, October 29,
1740.
FRANCIS RAWN SHUNK, Governor of
Pennsylvania (1845-48); Master of Perso-
verence Lodge No. 21, Harrisburg, Pa., and
a strong supporter of the public school sys¬
tem, was bom at Trappe, Pa., October 7,
MAJ. GEN. LEONARD WOOD, an offi¬
cer in the Spanish-American War and Gov¬
ernor of Cuba and the Philippine Islands,
was bom at Winchester, N. H., October 9,
1860. He was a member of the American
and Scottish Rites and of the Mystic Shrine.
MAJ. ROBERT ANDERSON, who was
acclaimed the hero of Fort Sumter at the
beginning of the Civil War, was a member of
Mercer Lodge No. 50, Trenton, N. J. His
death occurred at Nice, France, October 27,
1871.
FREDERICK WEBBER, 33°, Active
Member in Kentucky of the Supreme Coun¬
cil, 33°, Southern Jurisdiction, was Treasurer
General of that Body (1871-86) and, in
October, 1886, was elected Secretary Gen¬
eral, serving in that office until his death in
1907.
HENRY L. FUQUA, Governor of Louisi¬
ana (1924-26) and a member of the Ameri¬
can Rite, died at Baton Rouge, La., October
11, 1926.
THEODORE E. BURTON, Representative
in Congress from Ohio for twelve terms and
U. S. Senator for two terms, died at Wash¬
ington, D. C., October 28, 1929. He was a
Knight Templar and Shriner.
WALLACE R. FARRINGTON, Governor
of Hawaii (1921-29) and a member of the
Scottish Rite at Honolulu, died in that city,
October 6, 1933.
MARVEL M. LOGAN, twice elected U. S.
Senator from Kentucky and a member of
Washington Meredith Lodge No. 355,
Brownsville, Ky., died at Washington, D. C.,
October 3, 1939.
ROSWELL K. COLCORD, the oldest liv¬
ing Governor of any state and the oldest
Mason in Nevada, died at Carson City, Nev.,
October 30, 1939. He was a Past Master of
Carson Lodge No. 1, Carson City, and a
Royal Arch Mason.
HENRY HORNER, 33°, Governor of
Illinois (1933-40), Knight Templar and
Shriner, died at Chicago, Ill., October 6, 1940.
Living Brethren
ADMIRAL ADOLPHUS ANDREWS,
who was appointed Commander of the
Eastern Sea Frontier in May, 1942, is a
Mason. He was born at Galveston, Texas,
October 7, 1879.
ROBERT L. WILLIAMS, Governor of
Oklahoma (1915-19), received the 32nd De¬
gree, Scottish Rite, at McAlester, Okla , Oc¬
tober 25, 1906.
EARL C. MILLS, Past Imperial Potentate
of the Mystic Shrine and a Knight Templar,
received the 33rd Degree Honorary, October
c’ dedication class at the House
of the Temple, Washington, D. C
THOMAS J. HARKINS, Grand Chancellor
of the Supreme Council, 33°, Southern Juris¬
diction, received the 33rd Degree Honorary,
October 22, 1915, and was made Active Mem¬
ber in North Carolina, October 22, 1921.
HUBERT M. POTEAT, Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge of North Carolina (1923),
received the 33rd Degree Honorary, October
LLEWELLYN L. CALLAWAY, former
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mon¬
tana, received the 33rd Degree Honorary,
October 20, 1933, and was made Active Mem¬
ber in Montana of the Supreme Council, 33°,
Southern Jurisdiction, October 21, 1937.
CHARLES NELSON received the 33rd
Degree Honorary, October 20, 1933, and was
made Active Member in Tennessee of the
Supreme Council, 33°, Southern Jurisdiction
October 24, 1941.
LEON C. PHILLIPS, Governor of Okla¬
homa, received the 33rd Degree Honorary.
Southern Jurisdiction, October 20 1939
JOSEPH BENTONELLI, grand opera
singer, received the 32nd Degree, Scottish
Rite, at Guthrie, Olda., October 24 1940.
SPESSARD L. HOLLAND, SR., Governor
of Florida, received the 32nd Degree, Scot¬
tish Rite, at Tampa, Fla., October 16 1941.
TOM CONNALLY, U. S. Senator from
lexas since 1929, received the 33rd Degree
Honorary, October 24. 1941.
OMAHA MASONIC HOME FOR BOYS
JUSTLY PROUD OF ITS FINE WORK
The Omaha (Nebr.) Masonic Home for
Boys is at work on its campaign to raise
funds for its 1913 budget. During the twenty-
two years of the Home’s existence, nearly
one thousand boys have received food, cloth¬
ing, shelter, education and social contacts in
a homelike atmosphere which, taken all to¬
gether, has sent them out into the world to
live lives of usefulness. There are at present
thirty-one Home boys in the Armed Forces
of our country.
The Home cares for boys from five to
fifteen years of age, and the annual cost of
running it is about $28,500. This is provided
by voluntary gifts from Omaha Masons of
all degrees, as well as by outsiders who admire
the work the Home has done and want to
assist it. It is administered by a Board of
Trustees, consisting of a representative from
each Masonic Body in Omaha and other rep¬
resentative citizens. The Administrative
Office is in Room 608 Omaha National Bank
Building, Omaha.
In 1941, the Home acquired fifty-nine acres
of land within the city limits. On this
beautiful site, overlooking the city’s Fonte-
nelle Park, will be built the future Omaha
Masonic Home for Boys.
NEWS FROM NAZI-OCCUPIED GREECE
The arrival of. food ships in Greece has
been a real blessing to this unfortunate and
half-starving people. The distribution of
supplies was made by the delegates of the
International Red Cross to the Greek popu¬
lation only.
It is learned from reliable sources that
the present daily death-rate from starvation
^Athens and Piraeus is now reduced to
The legless soldiers of the Greek Army
tiy to get a bit of bread by selling matches
in the streets of Athens. People are not
allowed to shift from one place to another
and must live as best they can.
Articles of necessity are very high. A pair
of shoes bought in November, 1941, for $60
now costs $200. The prices of foodstuff have
soared to really astronomical figures. A
pound ot potatoes is sold at $2, a pound of
“ ?°Z™ rth “d two pounds of
beans at $28, if you can find them There
are 7 meatless days in a week for every
consecutive week during the year, for all the
available dogs and horses have been con¬
sumed.
The record of the would-be-world con¬
queror, Adolf Hitler, and his New Order in
Europe is indeed an enviable one!
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SWITZERLAND
The Swiss Red Cross, according to
information under date of May 29
1942, undertook to bring 40,000 foreign
children into Switzerland for a stay of
three months. An appeal was made to
the Swiss people for contributions to
pay the expenses of these little guests.
Hostels were to be opened to take care
of the children whose languages were
not familiar to the Swiss people and
others would be cared for in private
homes.
During the last few years, thousands
of people—men, women and children—
have been forced, by war conditions, to
leave their countries and have crossed
the border into Switzerland, where the
Swiss people have treated them with a
great deal of courtesy and kindness,
but this has been a heavy burden for
them to bear. An emigration service
was instituted by the Federal Depart¬
ment for Justice and Police, which in¬
formed these people that Switzerland
could only serve them as a transition
stage on their way to new homes. Dur¬
ing last year 1,200 were helped to pass
through France, Spain and Portugal to
such seaports as their visas called for on
their way to establish homes in other
countries, and 5,800 were waiting the
same opportunity.
The Swiss citizens who are in other
countries call themselves the “Fourth
Switzerland” and their numbers have
been greatly reduced, from 346,000 in
1928 to 266,400 in 1940. This is prin¬
cipally in Europe and North America,
the greatest drop being in France, from
144,000 to 80,000. In Germany the
number dropped from 55,800 to 52,500,
while an increase of 2,000 occurred in
England. The change in the United
States was from 49,000 to 44,000, but
there were increases in some Central
and South American States, Asia, Aus¬
tralia and Africa.
ONE OF AUSTRIA’S GREAT MASONS
Dr Richard Schlesinger was the first and
last Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of
Austria which was organized after the first
World War. ne was born in Vienna, De¬
cember 19, 1861, and joined the Masonic
Fraternity in 1909. His death occurred in
a hospital, June 5, 1938, after having been
imprisoned by the Nazis, and no member of
his family was permitted to see him.
Doctor Schlesinger was a great man and
an outstanding character of Central Europe.
As Grand Master of Masons he was respon¬
sible for having the new Grand Lodge of
Austria recognized by many Grand Lodges
throughout the world, with which representa¬
tives were exchanged.
The Grand Lodge of the District of Co¬
lumbia, as a Body, visits all the forty-seven
Lodges m its jurisdiction annually. These
Grand Visitations begin on October 6th
this year, and end on November 30th In
most instances two or more Lodges com¬
bine in a joint visitation.
The Supreme Council Favors
1 The American public school, non-partisan, non-sec¬
tarian’, efficient, democratic, for all of the children of all the
people.
2. The inculcation of patriotism, respect for law and
order, and undying loyalty to the Constitution of the United
States of America.
3. The compulsory use of English as the language of
instruction in the grammar grades of our public schools.
4 Adequate provision in the American public schools
for the education of the alien populations in the principles of
American institutions and ideals of citizenship.
5 The entire separation of Church and State, and oppo¬
sition to every attempt to appropriate public moneys-federal,
state or local directly or indirectly, for the support of sec-
tarian or private institutions.
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CIVILIAN INTERNMENT
IN MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS •—
PLANES
r HERE are about 3,500 men, women
and children in the Santo Tomas
ntemment Camp, in Manila. Of
‘ese over 2,500 are American and
lost’ of the rest British and Dutch,
ibout 1,000 Americans are living in
/Ianila outside the camp, including a
timber of women with small babies
zho are staying in the Holy Ghost
Convent. Some women with babies, as
yell as some older people and those
yho are sick, are permitted to remain
n their homes or in the homes of
riends in Manila, but are closely re¬
acted in their movements. Internees
ire sometimes permitted leave to visit
amilies living outside the camp.
The administration of the camp is
entirely in the hands of the internees,
including prominent business execu¬
tives, engineers, doctors, dentists and
educators. While the rooms are
crowded, with 30 to 40 people sleeping
in an average university classroom, and
bathing and toilet facilities somewhat
less than adequate, internees do not
complain of discomfort on that score
The university grounds are large and
give plenty of room for recreation.
Scrupulous cleanliness is observed
throughout the camp and prizes are
given in the weekly room cleanliness
contest. There are school classes and
dances for children and lectures and
entertainments for adults. Children
under six years of age live with their
mothers in a special building, where
they are less crowded and are given
extra food. ,
The food used in the camp has so far
been supplied by the Philippine Chap¬
ter of the American Red Cross, from
funds at its disposal. The diet, planned
by doctors of the Rockefeller Founda¬
tion, is monotonous but adequate. In¬
ternees with funds are able to supple¬
ment it at a very moderate cost by
purchases of fresh fruits and vege¬
tables. The health of the internees has
so far been very good and the morale
is excellent. .
The foregoing unofficial information
is based on statements made by private
individuals who recently returned from
Manila. , . a , ,
Department of State,
Washington, D. C.
September 1, 1942
NAZI BRUTALITIES IN POLAND
CONTINUE TO SHOCK WORLD
There have been so many heartrend-
ng stories of Nazi brutalities in Poland
hat one hardly knows where to begin
n telling about them. Indeed, some
ire so shocking that one quivers at the
bought of recording them.
People have been carried long dis¬
tances in locked trucks to concentra¬
tion camps, when temperatures have
0 een many degrees below zero When
the trucks had reached their destina¬
tion and were opened, many children
were found dead from cold and hunger.
Hundreds of thousands of persons
have been taken for forced labor in
Germany. Agricultural workers alone
numbered more than 700,000. Polish
children between the ages of seven and
fourteen were brutally seized from their
parents and taken away to be German-
The Nazis work on the theory that if
persons are depressed from cold and
hunger, their spirits can be the more
easily broken and the harvest of deaths
will be larger. Hitler’s plan is obvious¬
ly intended to reduce, if not com¬
pletely annihilate, the Polish popula¬
tion. The Polish lands that were made
part of the Reich had a population ol
10 740 000 and 9,500,000 of these were
Poles/ It is estimated that the Nazis
plan to get rid of at least 5,000,000 of
these. Sometimes the parents are
taken away and the children left. Ihen
at other times it is the children who are
taken away and the parents left. Po¬
lish girls in their teens have been mis¬
treated by German soldiers, left preg¬
nant and abandoned. .
The fate of the Catholic Church is a
dark one, the aim of the Nazis being
to exterminate that church and force
cnmrnnn labor.
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7rrr . ..Vi] n r ?°i ag _ v 1 el1 as of
the men who fly them ana make them.
There has been a great deal of dis¬
cussion in recent weeks about the
respective merits of the planes of the
various nations of the United Nations
and the Axis. Allowance must be made
in such discussion for those in each
country who allow a mistaken sense of
patriotism to run away with their judg¬
ment and who turn what ought to be
dispassionate assessment of values into
vain boasting.
The problem in relation to planes
appears to resolve itself into a condi¬
tion that in order to get one advantage
here, you must lose some other ad¬
vantage there. To obtain higher alti¬
tude in flying, you sacrifice essential
armament; if you want maneuver¬
ability above everything else, then you
must be prepared to sacrifice distance.
A so-called perfect plane would em¬
body all these various qualities in one
and the same plane, and that becomes
a contradiction in terms. Planes are
designed for a specific purpose and as
there are many and different uses for
them, various types must be made, and
that, as was brought out, is the prac¬
tical answer to the problem so far.
The record of American planes in
the Southwestern Pacific shows that in
August our fliers brought down five
Japanese planes to every one that we
lost, surely a brilliant achievement for
fliers and planes alike.
REMEMBER!
Christmas packages to members
of the armed forces abroad should
be mailed by November 1st. Di¬
rections for wrapping may be ob¬
tained at any post office.
The Post Office Department has
requested that the mailing of such
packages within the United States
begin by December 1st in order to
lessen the congestion later on.