Once Over the Diocese
A farewell party for Father Joachim Benson in Farmville
brought out the State Representative, the Mayor, the Post
master, the Chief of Police and his Officers, five denomination
al ministers and their wives and over 200 townspeople.
It was quite a tribute to the pastor as he left for a new as
signment in Mississippi. Priests from the neighboring towns
came, together with the new pastor, Father Cajetan McDyre.
The reception was held in the home of the Nassif Cannons.
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St. Paul’s NCCLA, New Bern has officers: president is
Larry W. Galloway. The unit is well organized with chairmen
named for each of the CCD phases. Laymen have also been
appointed hosts for the open house which every parish will have
October 14, with refreshments served in the auditorium.
In Tryon, St. John’s Church has Sunday Mass at 8:30 a.m.,
weekday Mass at 7:05. Father Francis McCourt, pastor, as
sisted by Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart from Charlotte
and lay teachers conducts a School of Religion Monday after
noon 3:30-5:00.
A directory of Catholic Colleges and Universities can be
had free. Address is Catholic College Bureau, 109 N. Dearborn
Street, Chicago 2, 111.
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Important in the life of Our Lady of Lourdes parish in
Sanford was the first baptism recorded in the parish’s history.
The recipient of God’s life was Everleen Creacy, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Creacy. The new pastor, Father James
White baptized; Mr. and Mrs. Nichola Gray were godparents.
In Concord, Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart are in
structing some 20 people each Monday evening 7:-9:00. The
fourteen-week course will prepare some as lay teachers, will in
crease the knowledge of the Faith for all.
The young people pictured above are the substantial CYO
of St. Lawrence’ in Asheville, enjoying an all-day Septem
ber picnic at Our Lady of the Hills Camp near Hendersonville.
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Singer Bing Crosby, at right, turns the first spadeful of soil in
the ground breaking ceremonies for the Crosby Memorial Library,
which is establishing at his alma mater, Gonzaga University,
Spokane, Wash.
Holding the bucket , is Father Clifford Carroll, S.J., University
librarian; next to Bing is the Very Rev..Francis E. Corkery, S.J., uni
versity president.
‘World Report’ Article
Draws Scholars’ Denial
WASHINGTON—Four Catholic
University of America professors
have taken exception to a state
ment by a Vlllanova University
professor that psychological-test
performances have shown that Ne
groes as a group do not possess
as much capacity for education as
do white people.
The four issued a statement dis
agreeing with the conclusions of
Dr. Frank C. J. McGurk, associate
professor of psychology at Villa
nova, who received his Ph.D. in
1951 from Catholic University. He
expressed his views in a copy
righted article in “U.S. News &
World Report,” an independent
weekly news magazine published
here.
“. . . As far as psychological
test performance is a measure of
capacity for education, Negroes as
a group do not possess as much of
it as whites as' a group. This has
been demonstrated over and over,”
Dr. McGurk wrote.
Father John LaFarge, a pioneer
in Catholic interracial work, also
gave a statement to the N.C.W.C.
News Service disagreeing with Dr.
McGurk.
The four professors pointed out
that in the 03 studies to which Dr.
McGurk referred in his article,
only in six ^did the two^ jrrQpng
have presumably equal 'socio-eco
nomic backgrounds.
"As was pointed out in criticism
of World War I test performance,
socio-economic conditions are only
some of the possible factors in ex
plaining score differences.
Other Factors
“It is well recognized that other
factors such as previous exper
ience, education, familiarity with
the text subject, motivations, rela
tionship between tester and tested,
knowledge of the language and
native abilities are all contributing
factors.
“Only if all these factors are
paired in two populations is there
any hope of arriving at an explan
ation of the difference. This has
not been done,” the statement said.
It was signed by Father (Dr.)
Bernard G. Mulvaney, associate
professor of sociology; Dr. William
D. Commins, associate professor of
psychology, Dr. Regina F. Herz
feld, professor of anthropology,
and Dr. Gottfried Lang, assistant
professor of anthropology.
Father LaFarge said that “no
scientist really knows what an
American Negro could do in a ful
ly integrated American nation.”
“The most that has been shown
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