HERALD Official Organ Of The Slavonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas. Founded 1897. HUMANITY
'BENEVOLENCE
VOLUME 55 — NO. 17
BROTHERHOOD
Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable Copies to: SUPREME LODGE, SPJST, P03 100, TEMPLE, TEX. 76501
APRIL 26, 1967
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER
THOUGHTS
District Meetings. On the whole, our spring district meetings so far have been fairly well attended. In some instances, however, we have fallen back into the old habit of "business, or conversation-as-usual." Very little attention is paid to what is going on up front. There is disregard for protocol and good order. Refreshment stands should be closed during all business sessions. At times, it would almost seem that the business to be transacted is incidental to socializing and having refreshments. It should be the other way around. And presiding officers should not hesitate using the gavel to restore order and quiet because the ones who really came to get the most from the business session are deprived of this opportunity. We need to be reminded of these things from time to time. Generally speaking, however, it involves common courtesy and tact. I'm reminded of the incident in a darkened theatre where two people were sdeeply engrossed in frenzied conversation. After several minutes of putting up with this distraction, the man behind them said to the couple, "Are you sure the movie isn't interferina with your conversation?"
"Maturity is that point in life where, having found it's only half of what we hoped for, we nevertheless realize it is twice what we expected." • • "Work without protest; it is the only way to make life endurable." —Voltaire
Mr. L. F. McCollum, president of the Continental Oil Co., recently stated in
"A bag of silver and gold is soon emptied; the purse of an artisan is —Talmud ever filled." • ♦ "These then are my last words to you: be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact." —William James an interview that imagination and the willingness to take a chance are one and the same. The two are very important. You can't build without it. You have to have imagination to envision the possibilities of future change. Imagination is building. A dreamer can be way ahead of his time, but you have to have the man to make it work.
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The caretaker will never build anything; he is the guy who husbands what he has. "I think I have combined a reasonable amount, an adequate amount, of imagination and discipline. Because there is no excuse for failure, once you start something, you'd better make it work. And that requires discipline and lots of it," stated Mr. McCollum. o • In Love With. Your Work People spend millions of dollars annually for medicines which they hope will bring relief from headaches, stomachaches, muscle pains, and many other kinds of ills and pains. But what about fear? One of the oldest — but always new — prescriptions for ridding oneself of fear has been tried and tested down through the years. It has stood the test of time. Samuel Goldwyn puts it this way: "No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life. All the opportunities in the world — and they are as plentiful today as ever before, despite what people say — are waiting to be grasped by people who are in love with what they are doing." • • Funerals and Life Insurance During and after the funeral of a close friend or relative, there always arises the inevitable question of whether the deceased had adequate