Official Organ Of The Slavonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas. Founded 1897. HUMANITY
BENEVOLENCE
VOLUME 54 — NO. 37
BROTHERHOOD
Postmaster: Please Send Form 35'79 with Undeliverable Copies to: SUPREME LODGE, SENT, POB 100, TEMPLE, TEX. 76501
SEPTEMBER 14, 1966
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER
THINK IT OVER ...
School days are with us again. The house will be just a little quieter during the day; mother will catch her breath; the TV tube will enjoy a brief respite; home work will have to be done; lunches will have to be packed. A little later, the report cards will have to be signed and returned.
Contentment is the philosopher's stone, which turns all it touches into gold; the poor man is rich with it, the rich man poor without it.
Parents who have children in school know of the extra expense involved getting the youngsters ready for school. Prices of just about everything continue to rise. Sacrifices, of one sort or another, have to be made. Increased value is being placed on education and higher learning, and even in an age of dropouts, most of us are keenly aware of the value of a good education. Life in itself presents enough challenges, and without an education the going can be quite tough. Therefore, all the sacrifices, monetary and otherwise, are well spent. It is a part of our way of life. That's the only way it can be . . • • Speaking of school, most of the action (and the emotions) seem to center around mother, the first-grader, and the first-grade teacher. Like the teacher who walked over and put her hand on the shoulder of the beginner and asked softly: "What's wrong, honey? Homesick?" Blurted the little one: "No, heresick!"
Thinking well is wise; planning well wiser; doing well wisest of all. • Not in the clamor of the crowded street; not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves are triumph and defeat. —Longfellow • Trouble is like a sieve, through which we rub our acquaintances. The big ones who won't go through, we call friends. Then there was the little boy who complained that his mother had told him he would have to go to school until he was 18. Whereupon the teacher counseled, "Lookie, sonny, don't expect sympathy from me. I'm gonna have to be here until I'm 65!" One teacher, who had been having trouble with an unruly one in her class, decided to stop by the home and talk with the parents. The boy came to the door. "They was here," he said, "but now they's gone." Maybe they talk like this where this particular youngster came from, but when the teacher asked him, "Where's your grammar?" he answered tartly, "she's taking a nap."
Finally, there was the teacher who wasn't making any headway whatever with a rowdy little boy. She visited her doctor. "First of all, you must calm down," advised the doctor.He prescribed some tranquilizers. After a couple of weeks had gone by and the teacher had not come back, the doctor telephoned to see how she was doing. "Have you calmed down?" "Yes," she said. "Well, how's the unruly kid?" "Who cares?" came the reply. And so it goes. Happy days are here again! • • With the beginning of school there is a natural tendency to slacken the pace of various activities around the local lodge. There are still a number of interesting things that can be done around a lodge that will hold the interest of the young people, and that will fill the gaps between doing nothing and participating in school activities. There are projects that can be carried out for the benefit of the community. As the weather turns a bit cooler, there are more inside activities to occupy the youngsters' minds. Keep 'em busy. • • Envy and Jealousy When the social history of our times comes to be recorded, it may well emerge as an indictment of the period as one of rampant prejudice, envy and jealousy. In our present sophosticated cul-