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Too Much Culture

jP°ur domesticated white ducks recently succeeded in causing quite a commotion near Scarsdale, New York. It seems the ducks, which had lost the vigor their wild cousins possess, were frozen in a thin sheet of ice on the surface of a river, where they slept peacefully as the ice solidified. Noting the plight of the ducks, several nearby citizens appealed to the police and the response was an emergency truck equip ped with floodlights and a rowboat on a trailer. The ducks were rescued, wrapped in blankets and carried to living quarters and warmed by a radiator. As most people know, wild ducks, who

must take care of themeselves or perish, avoid such traps by paddling with one foot, even while sleeping But the fat, domesticated ducks have become too soft for such survival and were thus trapped by nature. This must be highly embarrassing in the duck world, even to domesticated ducks. Too much culture, it seems, is no more beneficial to many ducks than to many people. Both seem to lose perspective when the recipients of too much luxury, though the ducks’ plight is usually more easily recognized.

Prevention and Cure

ith a growing population in the mental institutions of the nation it is about time the medical profession and the laymen begin to recognize the necessity of preven tion. Psychiatric treatment in the early stages, can save expensive institutional care of advanced disease. The League of Mental Health in New York City recently announced a new low cost plan to make treatmenLhy well-known psychiatrists relatively inexpensive. Dr. Lewis Wender. honorary president of the League, says the program will permit priv ate treatments from well-known psychi atrists for as little as $5.00 a visit. The League will pay the difference. Arrangements have been worked out with 20 psychiatrists, whose fees usually run four or five times above the $5.00 figure, so they will treat patients being aid ed by social workers for much less than the normal amount. The program is a major step forward in a tield which is often misunderstood, and against a disease which claims more vie

tims than any other one disease in the country. The importance of discovering mental irregularities ea^ly was stressed by Dr. Wender as one of the compelling rea sons for low-cost psychiatric treatment. Said Dr. Wender: "It is important that people be able to get psychiatric help immediately . . . . Anyone who comes to the center will re ceive prompt attention. Psycho-analytic psycho-therapy is the help offered includ ing all types of treatment, in few or many visits. Whatever the patient needs, we will try to help him find.” The effort to get psychiatric treatment on a level with the common man, and to remove the stigma attached to mental ill ness, is certainly a major undertaking. Without some such cooperation, as is being , provided in New York the fight will be a long and often disappointing one. If the, example of the League’s action is copied by those in other communities over the na tion, progress in the battle against mental disease may be speeded up considerably. t

Basic of Knowledge

rjphe basis of knowledge is the printed word. Progress of man began only after moveable type came into general use and the knowledge accumulated by manu scripts and handed down from generation to generation was made available to the average person through the vehicle of the printed word. The monks performed a valuable serv ice by | copying manuscripts and recording the happenings and discoveries of their time, but these recordings were not avail able generally. They were for the use of the privileged, for the scholars and for the intelligentsia. Even the Bible was not available to the people but was read and interpreted by the priests. In fact, so long as the knowledge of centuries was reserved for tlje few, the majority was kept in ig norance, and in a condition of intellectual slavery. The bonds of darkness were broken when moveable type was introduced by Gutenberg, a German, who probably cut the characters into metal and from these made the prints. Gutenberg printed about fifty books during his lifetime, mostly re ligious. He printed two Bibles, the 36 line Bible and the 42 line Bible, the latter known as the Mazarin Bible. Gutenberg, like most printers, was forced to raise capital and he mortgaged his plant to Fust. And, as sometimes hap pens, it was not long before Fust foreclosed and owned the plant. His son-in-law, Shoeffer, a workman with Gutenberg, be came the printer and Fust the salesman. Fust was finally placed in prison in France and died during the plague. William Claxton, ail Englishman, went to Germany when he was thirty years old, learned the art of printing and returned to Westminister, when 60 years old to .set up his printing plant. He is credited with printing the first books in English, "Reeu ycll of the Historyc of Troyc" and later “The Game and Play of Chesse." The first printing done in America was by Stephen Have at Cambridge, Mass., in about 163.8 and oddly enough his publica tions were the “Freeman's Oath," an almanac and a prayer book. It is significant that the first publica

[ions related to religion and freedom. ! Printing first broke the bonds of intel lectual slavery and gave hope for individual freedom and liberty. It has continued down through the succeeding centuries. The un believable number of books, newspapers, periodicals available to the general public today keeps them informed not only of current happenings, but saves in its vast storehouse of the printed word the record of centuries past and makes available the accumulated knowledge. The contribution of printing to the development of civiliza tion during the past few centuries possibly out ranks in importance any other field. Technical advance in the printing in dustry has added to its public service, mak ing it possible to produce the millions of volumes of books, newspapers and other periodicals. Fast presses, typesetting machines and other equipment for repro duction have made possible publication of manuscripts generally. Yet, relatively little advance has been made in the basic prin ciples of printing within a half a century. However, research is in progress which promises to revolutionize printing methods through the use of photographic and elec tronic principles. No person who has lived in this century would think anything to be impossible, therefore, we anticipate radical developments in this field within the for secable future. Benjamin Franklin, w hose birthday w ill be celebrated Saturday, January 17, was a foremost American advocate of printing and publishing. He is the patron saint of the printing industry and though he was an inventor, diplomat, statesman and famous lover, first, last, and always, he was a printer and that is the word he requested to be carved on his tombstqnc. The printing industry celebrates this week as national printing week and points with pride to the importance of the industry. In Virginia, printing is 'he third largest industry with respect to the number of individual pro prietorships and the fourth largest industry in ■value added after manufacture. It has more than an economic value, printing is the basis of knowledge, the guardian of freedom and the champion of liberty.

The (rouble will; most of the expert opinion is that the experts seldom a^ree.

I nfortunately the man with tin* loud est mouth often gets the most attention.

Scripture: Matthew 17. Devotional Heading: 11 Peter 1:3-8. 10-18. Mountain; Valley Lesson for January 18, 1953 GENERAL Braxton Bragg was a hard-working brainy officer: but there was one thing he would not do. He would not climb a mountain to look for himself. One of the generals in his command. Nathan Bedford Forrest, had been up. From the summit of Lookout Mountain. Forrest could see with his own eyes what was going on, he could see the enemy's move ments and what it would take to Stop them. He pleaded with Gen eral Bragg to come and look too; but in vain. General Bragg was too busy; and so he missed an opportunity that never came again. • • •

The Rhythm of’C.ife A Sunday school superintendent used to boast that he had never missed » single Sunday in close to 40 years. An ob- ._

server remarked that it might have been a good idea for him to miss a few Sundays, to take tome time off to visit other schools and tee how they did it. It it possible to keep your nose so close to the grindstone

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that you can't really see what you are doing. It is possible "not to see the forest for the trees.” To put it in another way: Life has a rhythm of mountain and valley. In life we have to do two things: get up now and again on a moun tain where we can see high and far; and also to walk in the valley where we cannot see beyond the next bend in the dusty road. To put it in still plainer words: Most of our life consists of every day duties, of ordinary days, with their problems, discouragements, weariness and difficulties. But in rare moments we "get a lift" as we say, when we can rise above the petty round of the usual routine and somehow see life, its meaning and direction, as we never did be fore. The mountain-top experience we may call the best of life; but ;he valley is the most of life. The good life will have both mountain and valley.

WWW Vision and Service These high moments are rare hut Important. We read of one of the most memorable of these in the familiar story of the Transfig uration, and what followed it. There was the great vision on Mt. Her men's snows; and there was the tough situation down in the valley. Tough situations were common: that vision came only once. It is the way of life always. Paul s vision on the Damascus road did not last long, yet it controlled and inspired his whole life afterwards. Moses saw but one burning bush; yet that day's vision drove him through many a year of toil and trouble. It is the high moments that give power to the low days. Life cannot be all vision, yet it should not be all service. Or as we should rather say. the vision is for the sake of the service, and the service translates the vision into action. Vision illumines serv ice; service obeys vision. High moments come to us in various ways. We have our high moments of faith when doubt drops away and we rise to a certainty that never quite leaves us again. We have high moments of hope, when the distant dream comes over the horizon toward us and we see the "alabaster cities gleam'' as if they were across the street; and high moments of love, so certain, so profound, that ever after, under all the trivial and troubling currents of everyday necessity the deeper love flows steady, ever sure. ft ft ft Trust Your Best Moods Life has two temptations here. One is to make the mountain's vision last without ceasing. We do not want the glory to vanish in the cloud. But this is a temptation. Not even heaven is like that. There will be vision in heaven, more glorious than any here: but there will be service too, and more faith ful than any here. If there are any beings whom God has destined for vision only, and not for service, they are angels, not men.

The opposite temptation is to stick at our work, never looking up to see the stars; plodding in the valley, too busy to climb the hills. Suppose the disciples had been too busy to go up to the mountain top with Jesus? Trust your best moods, j They do not deceive you, if they cOme in his company Down in the valley, in the tough situation, they may seem to have been only dreams; but they are not. «a aallla** • aayrlfbfre b» tb« Blrlalaa af Cbrlatlaa Fe««all®a. Na lltail Caaarlt af tb* fb«r»b« af rbrlit la tb* USA. Rtliuii by RM Ftataraa.) STRIKES More man-days of labor were lost because of strikes during 1952 than in any previous year except 1946. the Labor Department re pur Ui.

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Hoarded Treasures

Thru life I’ve hoarded treasures up Like some old misers store up gold ; I filled my mind with memories To cheer my heart when I grew old. I stored them in a place apart Deep in the chambers of my heart. The scene of roses on the breeze, Sheep and lambs on a grassy hill, Sun and shadows upon a road, The turning wheel of an old mill. A winding road that curves and dips, The boyhood joys of camping trips. A pretty child with lovely hair Swinging her dollie by the arm, A laughing boy without a care Who played upon a near by farm. Each scene a treasure stored in me Recalling days that used to be. Within my mind I piled up joy By hoarding there these odds and ends; And now of them at times I write In simple verse for old time friends. In my old age I live again Scenes stored up in memory lane. These treasures hoarded up like gold Warm up my heart when 1 am old. L. D. Whitaker

SNUB MEJB By Ted Kestmg Do fishing contests aid or injure angling as a sport? Bill Wolf, the foremost iconoclast among out door writers, is again them. He says there is a commercial or cainglorious motive behind all of them, even in their most innocent forms, and it is impossible to see how any contest furthers fishing as a sport. No one needs the lure of a possible prize to find fishing Interesting. Such competitive events foster cheating, lying and other unscru pulous practices. They breed bit terness and quarrels. They dis courage sportsmanship. They pat the fish killer and the fish hog on the back, because contests musti have dead entries. They make a mockery of conservation, and turn the quiet, contemplative non-competitive sport of angling into a crass, commercial competi tion. Let's look at children's contests, surely the most innocuous kind— or are they? Wolf tells of such a contest held annually near his home. Merchants and individuals donate prizes and there are so many that the officials had to invent categories. There were prizes for the fattest boy angler, the prettiest girl, the smallest child, the one who came the greatest distance. All a child had to do was catch a fish to win something.

The event was held at a dam across a creek flowing through a park. It had been stocked with 800 bluegills and 100 carp for the occasion. It was a big event and a good time was had by all. es pecially the self-congratulatory adults—but have you ever watch ed such a kids' event? The entire emphasis was on catching some thing somehow, and not on teach ing the children anything about fishing or sportsmanship. It was a greedy race to see who rould kill a fish to win a baseball bat or a wagon. Hsh and fishing be came a means to an end. rather than an end in themselves, and it would be a. smart child, indeed, who learned about sportsmanship from such an event. And another thing—it is illegal to plant carp ill that state. Yet the persons who ran the contest, knowing nothing of fishing or such laws, slocked flic creek with carp Such contests, unfortunately, are becoming very common across the nation. It is almost sacrilege ! to say. as Wolf docs, that such | contests arc so much bumcombe 1 and should be abolished. They do not teach a child anything about fishing. They do learn a | bit about cheating and poor sportsmanship, and regard fish as I some tiling to be caught to win a priae.

I believe a child should be taken fishing and instructed individually —when it is old enough to take care of itself along a stream or on water, when it is capable enough not to be a nuisance to the adult, and when it can take care of its own tackle. Anything else is misery for the adult, as the contest managers often learn. RECKLESS DRIVER. 2 Detroit — A reckless driver, without a driver's license, sent his car careening across a lawn and right into a house. The driver was Anthony Widby. 2. who had been left in the famiy car by his lather for Just a moment.

Double Check The Burlington Liars Club ,'tarted as a gag now has 90.000 j members, and there ain't no way of telling how many fully eligible members could be had without scraping the Nation Just one good whopper will get you full membership — its the worlds greatest pastime. The one that hit the tops on 1952 was the one told by a Clevelander; "It rained so hard the creek ran backwards, hit the dam. turned it around, re versed the mill wheel and un ground 1,000 sacks of flour so fast that when the bags were opened the wheat wasn't even ripe enough to harvest." Mr. Robert C Allen tells me one ab'ut the wind blowing so, hard that it turned a hen wrong side out and she laid the same egg six times before she got straight. Haven't seen Mr. J. A. Moyer yet. but when he gets in. the top tall story will be laid. There is always room for new entries and if you know one let 'er rip. This fabulous pa.^ime has made politicians and salesmen famous and merchants poDr for all these many years. Many news papers have been a comDlete fail ure because of the cracker barrel wit and liars combination, they never read the paper. We really need a separate hall of fame for those who have made top grade ! at one time or another. Thanks for reading. Yours. J. Marvin Brown

MOVIE GUIDE Prepared by the Motion Pic tures Committee of the Wom an's Club. STATE THEATER ONE MINUlE TO ZERO—A documentary - type film portray ing episodes of courage and en durance during the eaily horror of the Korean conflict. Robert Mitchum. as an American army colonel in charge of evacuation operations, and Ann Blyth. as a young war widow, provide a love interest woven into the action. For adults and young people. APRIL IN PARIS—A techni [ color musical extravaganza with ■ Doris Day and Ray Bolger. Be I cause of a diplomatic bungle, an American chorus girl is sent as a 1 epresentative to an international fine arts conferei ce. Settings on a French liner and in Paris. For adults and young people. THE STEEL TRAP — A sus pense-full thriller involving a million dollar bank lobbery and ! Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright. For adults and mature you .g 1 people.

LEE THEATER ROCKY MOUNTAIN — Typical Western settings and adventure lifted above the ordinary by Errol Flynn and Patrice Wyniore. For adults and young peupel. THE BLAZING FOREST — A technicolor saga of firefighters and modern forestry with John Payne and a strong supporting cast. For adults, young people, and children. THE ROSE BOWL STORY— Laughs and thrills abound in a technicolor football classic in \olving a young gridiron hero and some plain and zany family i characters. Filmed in Pasadena

VETS NEWS For veterans who will apply for education cr training under the K >rean GI Bill, Veterans Admin istration offered advice cn two important items that must be listed in their applications. The first is a listing of the veteran's educational or vocation al goal, and the second is a statement of how he proposes to reach the goal. A careful consideration of both the goal and the means of reach ing it is vital. VA said, because tne Korean GI Bill provides that a veteran may make one change in his course'after he has start ed it. but no more than one. Examples of goals would be law or medicine as professional aims: high school or college diplomas as educational aims: or carpentry or plumbing as vocational aims. Examples of the listing for methods of reaching the goal would be a statement of the high est degree to be gotten, if a col lege or university course in in 1 volved. If the veteran does not i aim lor a degree in his education al training, he should list the ac tual subjects which will be taken under his plan. In vocational training, a description of the kind of work should be given. Korean veterans wishing to ato ply for education or training who are not sure of their goal or method of reaching it may re ceive special vocational guidance from VA. On the application form, they should check the box which requests guidance.

j For benefits under the GT Bill, veterans who have served in the armed forces anywhere in the world may be eligible. There are now approximately 1,500.000 such veterans, YA said, many of whom are expected to apply for educa ; tion or training for the coming spring term. Q—How much mav I borrow on my permanent National Service Life Insurance policy'5 Also, what's the interest rate charged on such loans? A—You may borrow up to 94 per cent of the reserve value of your insurance. Interest is charg ed at the rate of four percent per year. The YA office to which you pay premiums will be glad to tell j you what the reserve value of your policy is. _ PUBLIC BUBBLE BATH ! London — A prankster turned Trfalgar Square's famous foun tain at the foot of Nelson's Col umn into a frothy bubble bath— to the delight of passers-by but i the consternation of public offi cials. The joker poured detergent into strategic spots around the pool and water from the foun tainheads churned it into snowy lather. I and starring Marshall Thompson | an 1 Vera Miles. For adults, young people, and children. HIGHLY DANGEROUS — A tense and exciting drama of human conflicts starring Dane Clark. Margaret Lockwood, and Marius Goring, the latter of "Red Shoes' fame. For adults and young people. BAD MEN OF TOMBSTONE— The return of • famous action packed Western epic of badlands and bandit kings. A strong cast stars Barry Sullivan. Marjorie Reynolds, and Broderick Craw ford. For adults and young peo ple. • ___

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