HERALD Official Organ Of The Sla vonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas. Founded 1897. BENEVOLENCE
HUMANITY
VOLUME 53 — NO. 31
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BROTHERHOOD
AUGUST 4 1965
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER .. .
FRATERNALISM . . .
American college and university campuses under the present day acceleration of higher education are generally visualized as places of intense intellectual activity pursued by students chosen for excellence from among the nation's high school graduates. A dean of students on a large Midwestern campus has a somewhat different view of the matter. "Most students today," he declared recently in an interview, "are apathetic. The great unsolved problem is the student who doesn't do anything except go to class and go, home." He said he had visited a campus in California where a warm issue was whether the faculty had a right to attempt to evaluate student taste. The students maintained they did not want to be cultured, just trained. If that is a growing attitude under conditions in which a college degree too often is considered solely a ticket for a job, higher education in the midsixties may not be exactly an improvement over what it Was a generation or so ago. The American society increasingly needs trained men and women, but it also needs educated persons, and persons with culture. If this phase of university life is to become submerged
Fraternalism is brotherhood in action. It is the kindly thought, the warmth of friendship, the comfort of an understanding outlook, and the radiance of a heart that has compassion and love for mankind. No king ever wielded a scepter more powerful than a 5-cent pencil in the hands of an American citizen when he sits down to write his Representative. • "Liberty is a boisterous sea. Timid men prefer the calm of despotism." —Thomas Jefferson under the masse of enrollments and the press of economic considerations our colleges and universities need perhaps to be re-examined for their aims and purposes. ♦ ♦ The• proportion of life insurance policyholder deaths due to heart disease during 1964 dropped to the lowest level in 15 years, but the proportion of cancer death showed the largest increase in the past decade. The Institute of Life Insurance reports that 41.0 per cent of all ordinary life insurance policyholder deaths last year were due to heart disease, compared with, 41.4 per cent in 1963 and 43.3 per cent in 1956 (the highest on
record). However, heart disease continues to be by far the worst killer. Cancer Deaths Cancer caused 18.8 per cent of policyholder deaths last year compared with 18.4 per cent in 1963. The 1964 ratio was the third highest on record. The proportion of deaths due to motro vehicle accidents climbed to 3.5 per cent in 1964 from 3.2 per cent in 1963. The 1964 ratio was the highest in history. These ratios do not necessarily reflect death rates. For example, among every 1,000 Americans who have ordinary life insurance, the actual number of deaths due to heart dsiease has shown little change in recent years. But the proportion of deaths due to heart disease has been dropping.
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Most of us love to give. But how good are you at accepting favors from oth ers? It is a virtue and al true sign of greatness to be able to receive. There is nothing that can hurt more than to give something right from the heart and have it received with an indifferent attitude. There is no reason why you should not be able to accept a faller graciously as you give one. When you feel hesitant or uncomfortable about accepting* some favor or kindness, just remem-
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