Human Spirit •In Rebellion
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Fall River, Mass., Thursday, March ]3, 1969 Yom. 13, No. 11 © 1969 The Anchor PRICE 10¢ $4.00 per Year
Train New Policemen In Human Relations NOTRE DAME (NC)-Young policemen here are gaining an understanding of minority group feelings, a sense of how prejudices are formed, and the basis for a human relations approach to problem solving. They are attending sessions conductBella avoids the lecture aped by Dr. Salvatore J. Bella, Jesse Jones professor of proach .He employs a role-playmanagement at the Univer- ing device, <Jne of which insHy <Jf Notre Dame. Saddened by the riots of 1967, Bella wondered what he could do and then walked into the South Bend, Ind., police station to volunteer ,his services in human relations training. The police took Bella up on his <Jffer and ,put him t<J work organizing six hours of instruction during rookie tooining. . "My first question before every class," Bella said, "is 'how many in this room feel they have prejudices? Raise your hand.' Every hand goes up-including mine'and the basis for dialogue is established."
cluded an abrasive dialogue involving a whi,te police' officer stopping a car driven by a black. "Let's see your license, boy," the cop growls. "If you 'WIant to see my license, call me 'sir,'" the Negro responds with anger. "If you act like a boy, I'll call you one. Let's see you license," the officer repeats. "If you want t<J see my license, call me sir,'" the Negro says again. The scene is realistic, but Iboth roles in this case are played by rookies attending Bella's course. Turn to Page Fourteen
Overseas Relief
Bishop Says Poor People Ones Helping Neighbors Expressing gratitude to Pope Paul VI for his endorsement of the Overseas Relief Collection, Bishop James L. Connolly strongly urged the generous and Lent-inspired support of the U.S. Bishops' efforts to alleviate suffering in war and natural disaster torn countries the world has always made us more reover. The Bishop expressed sponsive to neighbors in need his thoughts in a pastoral whether on local or internaletter addressed to all the churches and chapels of the Fall River Diocese. The letter follows: "Whatsoever you did for one of these my least brethren, you did for Me." St. Matthew, 25:40. Beloved in Christ, Even though we have slums and poverty stricken people, we in the United States have more money to dispose of than any other nation. This is not to pretend that we are all millionaires. Very little patronage of the very wealthy trickles down to the needy. These people prefer sponsoring scientific r~earch, the restoration of historical towns, or the endowment of universities and hospitals as subjects of support. So the ever widening field of concern with problems of poverty continues to rest on the middle-class, and the working class. The fact that we are all nearer to the ,poor than the very rich
tional scene. That is particularly true of the Fall Ri ver Diocese. Mission collections, and the Turn to Page Six
Blames Secular Society For Rioting Students SAN ANTONIO (NC)A political science professor and former consultant to the U.S. Department <;>f Defense and State said here that student riots should not 'be blamed on any "conspiracy." They are,' he said, part of a protest movement aimed at the conditions of modern life. Dr. Hans Morgenthau, author and educator, spelled out what he thinks are the causes of the current student unrest during a speaking engagement at Incarnate Word College here. At ,the same time, he emphasized he is unaltera'bly opposed to such rebellion. Dr. Morgenthau, who is on the faculties of both the Univer-
Students Up In Seminary WASHINGTON (NC) Contrary to current assumptions, there are 499 more new seminarians this school year than last, but the general drop-out rate is continuing. This is disclosed by the Center for Applied Search in the Apostolate (CARA) in its "u. S. Catholic Institutions for the Training of Candidat1!s for the Priesthood: A Sourcebook for Seminary Renewal, 1969." It ex·presses an optimistic outlook. New college seminarians number 460 more than last year and theology students numbEir 207 more, according to data compiled by CARA. But on the high school level, 160 fewer students started seminary studies. The continuing drop-out rate saw an overall decrease of 4,937 or 12.4 per cent. The de'crease on the high school level has been estimated at 2,202 (13.9 per' cent); on the college level, 1,806 (13.5 per cent); on the theology level, 310 (3.8 per cent). The greatest drop. in general enrollment occurred in clerical novitiates, with 525 fewer novices than last year. This was a 25.9 per cent decrease. The Sourcebook, noting that "seminarie's across the nation are in a state of fermelllt," is optimistic of its outlook of the future of seminary training.
sity of' Chicago and the City University of New York, said the basic question is "What has happened in our society that has caused students who come most-· ly from middle-clas&' homes to rebel against the authority of the university - an institution that was established to serve them?" . The answer, he said, lies in a deep-seated alienation of youth toward society. , . "The meaning of life is not clearly defined (to them) anymore," he observed. "This is a secular society in which an increase in the gross national product has come to represent the ultimate goal of human endeavor-and the by-product has been a higher, but too materialistic standard of living • • ." Dr. Morgenthau said "here we have one root of the alienation of the younger generation. Society has not given them any meaning of life, and a material explanation does not satisfy their aspirations."
Another point Qf alienahon, he went on, has been the effects of the technological revolution. "Society has created highly advanced forms of technology in which it not only can destroy itself, ,bu't all humanity as well," he said. Referring to the development of unprecedented nuclear power "which can lead. to the destruction <Jf, society a!:(weknow it," DIr. Morgenthau said ,this has profoundly impressed some students. The "self-destructive tendencies in our society" as seen in the spiraling arms race, ,the professor continued, have had bad side effects on some youths who have developed "nihilistic" attitudes. Man, he added, has tended to become lost in the face of the rapid technological transformation which society has undergone in recent decades. Man has become an almost "isolated, helpless element within society, as more emphasis has ~urn to Page Three
Catholic Schools Aid All Types of Poor SAN ANTONIO (NC)-Archbishop Robert E. Lucey of San Antonio, in a pastoral letter reaffirming the need for Catholic schools, said sacrifices must be made to preserve Christian education. The solution, he said, is "not to suppress the school or abandon it, but rather to em- to finance a parish school," phasize Christian education Archbishop Lucey said." But he added, "An educational ana strengthen it." "Even with improved financing," he added, "there can -be no doubt that, with the ever mounting costs of education, we will need money from the state and federal levels if Catholic education is to continue." He urged Catholics to become more politically sophisticated and cited Citizens for Educational Freedom, a private nondenominational group, as a useful instrument for securing equitable treatment of nonpublic education. A CEF chapter is being organized here. "Laymen are hearing a message that since the public schools today are -totally neutral, and since everyone pays taxes for their support, there is no need
CATHOLIC CHARITIES APPEAL: Steering Committee members from the No. and So. Attleboro area assisting in preparations for the annual Catholic Charitie Appeal, are: Edward McCrory, John J. Land, Mrs. Adrien Piette, William R. Conroy and Norman G. Brissette.
system that removes religion from the curriculum enthrones the god of secular humanism and can hardly ,be called neutral. "Hearing or reading these statements must cause the dedtcated Religious to wonder if their apostolate is to continue in the Catholic schools, or if they Turn to Page Twelve
State Pays ~f Schools Close WILMINGTON (NC) The state may have to assume responsibility for the education of children in nonpublic schools if state or federal aid is not forthcoming, the Wilmington diocesan superintendent of schools said here. Father Howard T. Clark said the Wilmington diocese is faced with the same problems as many others across the country where financial pressures are forcing the closing of schools, thus placing a greater burden on already overcrowded public school systems. The fund squeeze has led to new attempts to gain governmental support for non-public schools and in some instances has renewed debate over the question of separatio'n of church and state. Father Clark said increased Turn to .Page Six