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THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1961
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
Some Looks
At Books
By LOCKIE PARKER
LET US BEGIN, The First 100
Days of the Kennedy Adminis-
tralion. (Simon -r- Schuster $1.95).
Reading this before and after
the President’s urgent message
to Congress of May 25th, I was
struck by how long he had been
preparing for that message. Even
before his election, he was de
fining in his mind the areas of
national interest where he felt
prompt action was needed and,
before his inauguration, begin
ning to pick men for “task
forces” to investigate and report
on these areas swiftly and dis
cuss with him the proper course
to take.
His message of last week was
the culmination of weeks of
study, fact-gathering, consider
ation of possible courses of ac
tion. The story is told by Martin
Agronsky and Sidney Hyman in
one of the articles of this col
lection. It is further dramatized
by skillful photographers who
catch the participants in charac
teristic poses or, in some cases,
photograph effectively the situ
ations with which they have to
deal—unemployed miners in
West Virginia, student sit-ins in
the South, starving children in
Kasai.
Necessarily this book was rath
er hastily prepared. Much of it is
devoted to photographs and the
essays are uneven in quality and
quantity. The first, by Eric Gold
man, professor of history at
Princeton, describes the erhotion-
al mood and intellectual climate
of the present regime in Wash
ington, finding it quite different
not only from the group around
Eisenhower but also from the
Liberals of the Roosevelt admin
istration. The new men around
Kennedy are relatively young
men, born in the twentieth cen
tury, whose “first real experi
ences were fighting World War
II and living and thinking during
the East-West clash.” Goldman
believes they are tougher, more
hard-headed than the old tirne
Liberal and will be more effec
tive at getting things done and
more realistic in dealing with
Russia and other foreign prob
lems.
Barbara Ward writes on the
state of international affairs to
day and the challenge they offer
to America. She says that the
Kenhedy Administration has
shown “a new imaginative per
ception of the policies involved”
and bears out her statement by
citing four innovations in ap
proach already made.
Ira Wolfert briefly but effec
tively analyzes changes in our
farm and industrial economies
since 1900 and the necessity for
fresh thinking in the govern
ment’s regulation for our domes
tic economy. He is convinced
that the new group in Washing
ton is equipped to provide this.
Briefer articles deal with the
Peace Corps, war in Laos and
Civil Rights. All in all we get a
useful summary of the first
strenuous, hopeful days of this
administration and an overall
view of aims, methods and per
sonalities.
■mE CHATEAU by William
Maxwell (Knopf $4,95). Here is
a book that shows rare qualities
of perception and a felicitous
talent for expressing shades of
feeling. Perhaps there should be
some other word for books of this
sort than “novel”; for plot is
practically . non-existent and ac
tion of the mildest. Yet the au
thor captured and held my in
terest completely by the slow un
folding of humsm personalities
getting acquainted with each
other, wfarmed or chilled by each
other’s responses.
Harold and Barbara Rhodes, a
young American couple, are
making their first trip to France
in 1948. They are friendly, inter
ested in people, pleased when
strangers seem to like them.
After some preliminary sight
seeing, they go to live for two
w&sks in a chateau near Tours.
It is there that they become most
interested and most baffled by
the French. The landlady, an im
poverished aristocrat, alternate
ly charms and exasperates them,
and the maze of her family rela
tions intrigues them. How they
make tenuous connections with
other guests, some of which de
velop and some of which disap
point, forms a strangely absorb
ing narrative.
Page THREE
Mrs. Ladu Given
Grant For Study
Through the Superintendent of
Moore County Schools, Robert E.
Lee, Mrs. Lena B. Ladu has re
ceived a grant at Western Caro
lina College, CuUowhee for study
this summer.
She will spend five weeks,
June 12-July 14, observing, at
tending seminars, and doing re
search on the superior child, at
the junior high school level.
Mrs. Ladu did some pioneer
work in this area of learning
when she taught in the Greens
boro City Schools. This year, at
West End, she has taught a group
of “above average” seventh
graders.
The North Carolina State
Board of Education, recognizing
■the values of such a program,
has included it in its biennial
budget for 1961-1963. This is now
being considered by the General
Assembly.
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pen if their range was restricted,'
by the proposed boundaries of
the Park. In a low-flying ain
plane they counted the animals
—367,000—and studied their mi
grations.
The book is beautifully writ
ten with dramatic stories of the
animals and is illustrated with
excellent photographs, some in
color and some in black and
white. We get an unforgettable
view of these wild, free crea
tures and the magnificent coun
try through which they roam.
Dr. Grzimek makes it clear that
he is pleading not only for the
animals but for what the preser
vation of such areas means to
the spirit of man.
SERENGETI SHALL NOT
DIE by Bernhard and Michael
Grzimek (Dutlon $6.95). This is
an impassioned plea for the pres
ervation of wild life in Africa.
It was general knowledge that
there were thousands of animals
and birds in the Serengeti Na
tional Park in Tanganyika, and
that the Masai tribesmen, who
also live . there, were making
serious inroads. Dr. Grzimek of
the Frankfurt Zoo and his son,
Michael, set out to find out just
how many animals there were
and to estimate what would hap-
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THE WILDERNESS STONE
by Robert Nathan (Knopf $3.59).
Robert Nathan has written this
one in an autumnal mood. There
IS nostalgia for the fine days of
his youth and his friends of that
era—the poets, writers, artists
who were in their glory in the
twenties. To be sure, this is fic
tion and the man who knew
these people is “Edward,” but
they are the same people Nathan
knew and they frequented the
same places Nathan did in New
York, Cape Cod, Paris.
Edward talks of those times to
Miranda, a young woman who
has an apartment next to his in
southern California. Most of all
he talks of his best friend. Bee,
a poet w'ho died young, until
Bee becomes to Miranda the man
she could leally have loved.
From then on the story becomes
that special mixture of the fa
miliar and the fantastic that only
Nathan can brew. We see the
past become daily more real and
desirable to Miranda, until she
seems able to go into it now
and then. Mingled with this we
get Edward’s —or Nathan’s—per
sonal reflections on life and love,
reality and imagination.
June 5-8
Monday, June 5, Doubs Chap
el Route—John Willard, 9:35-
9:40; Frank Cox, 9:45-9:50; F. L.
Sutphin, 9:55-10; John ’Thomp
son, 10:05-10:151 Clyde Auman,
10:20-10:30; W. E. Jackson, 10:35-
10:45; R. L. Blake, 10:50-10:55;
Elmer Vest, 11-11:10; Arnold
Thomas, 11:15-11:25; Mrs. Joyce
Haywood, 11:30-11:40; Mrs. Pearl
Pry.s, 12:20-12:30; S. E. Hannon,
12:35-12:40; Coy Richardson,
12:50-1; Vernon Lisk, 1:05-1:20;
V. L. Wilson, 1:25-1:40; Mrs. Her
bert Harris, 1:50-2.
Tuesday, June 6,” Murdocks-
Iville Route—R. F. Clapp, 9:35-
'9:40; Mrs. P. B. Moon, 9:45-9:50;
Edwin Black, 9:55-10:05; Mrs.
Finney Black, 10:10-10:20; W. R.
Dunlop, 10:25-10:40; Dan Lewis,
10:45-10:55; Miss Margaret Mc
Kenzie, 11-11:10; Earl Monroe,
11:15-11:20; Mrs. Helen Neff,
11:25-11:40; the Rev. W. K. Fitch,
12:20-12:30; J. V. Cole, 12:35-
12:45; Art Zenns, 12:50-1; Sandy
Black, 1:05-1:15; E. F. Whitaker,
1:20-1:30; H. A. Freeman, 1:35-
1:45; John Lewis, 1:50-2.
Wednesday, Juhe 7, Cameron
Route—Sam Taylor, 9:30-9:35;
James Hardy, 9:40-9:50; M. M.
Routh, 9:55-10:05; T. K. Holmes,
10:10-10:20; Mrs. J. A. McPher-
Gov. Sanford to Speak
At PJC Commencement
Gov. Terry Sanford, an alum
nus of Presbyterian Junior Col
lege, Class of 1934, wiU deliver
th.9 commencement address at
Presbyterian Junior College at
its final commencement exer
cises, before merging its program
into that of St. Andrews Pres
byterian College in Laurinburg.
The public is invited to hear the
Governor at 11 a. m. Monday,
June 5, in the Presbyterian
Junior College auditorium at
Maxton. Sixty-four graduates
are scheduled to receive diplo
mas or certificates.
son, 10:25-10:35; Mrs. H. D. Tally,
10:40-10:45; Mrs. Archie Mc-
Keithen, 10:50-11:05; Mrs. Kate
Phillips, 11:10-11:25; Mrs. James
Lane, 11:35-11:45; Jesse Maples,
11:55-12:05; Walter McDon
ald, 12:45-12:55; Mrs. Ellen
Gilchrist, 1-1:10; Wade Collins,
1:15-1:25; Lewis Marion, 1:30-
1:45; Lynn Thomas, 1:55-2.
Thursday, June 8, Mineral
Springs, Sandhills Route—^A. J.
Hanner, 9:45-9:55; T. L. Branson,
10-10:05; W. E. Munn, 10:10-
10:20; Ed Smith, 10:50-11; Rich
ard Garner, 11:10-11:25; Pine-
hurst Nursing Home, 11:35-11:50;
J. W. Greer, 12:45-1:05; the Rev.
W. C. Neill, 1:10-1:55; W. R.
ViaU, 2:10-2:25.
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Blbl* Material: Nehemlah 8 through
10; Eccleslastea 1:13-18; 3:1-14; 9.
S.Totl.nal Beading: Psalm 43:1-9.
What’s It About?
Lesson for June 4, 1961
W HAT’S it all about? Once in
a while we sit down and ask
ourselves that question. It’s the
biggest question there is,—or It,
can be, depending on what you
mean by the little word “it.” A
football stadium with 22 men run
ning this way and
that, in the mid-
t die of it, and with
100,000 plainly
crazy people fill-
> V .a ■ ing all the seats—
you can explain
the game and you
can maybe ex
plain why the
viewers act crazy.
Dr. Foreman ^ supermarket, a'
school, a hospital, and so forth,
you can understand them after a
fashion. They fit in, they make
sense.
But does life make sense? Bits
and pieces of it do. But what’s
life all about? Does life, my life,:
your life, the life of mankind, fit i
into any conceivable pattern, or
is it a meaningless madness in the
midst of an empty universe?
A Strange Book
The strangest book in the Bible
was written by a man who was
haunted by this question. Does
life make sense, and if so, what?
The book called Ecclesiastes tells
of this man’s search for the mean
ing of life, and of his conclusions.
What makes the book strange is
not the question. It Is the answers
that are strange, or rather the an
swer. For his main conclusion is
that we don’t know. The writer of
Ecclesiastes is what might be
called a tired cynic. He had tasted
the cup of life and found it bitter,
or rather he had tried to drink
and found the cup empty. One
mournful refrain comes over and
over,—“all is vanity and a striv
ing after wind.” Vanity —not
meaning to say pride, but empti
ness. Life is like a man trying to
catch the wind. He can’t do it
and even If he could, he would still
have—nothing. TJie wheel of life
goes around and around, till “all
things are full of weariness.”
A F6it C6rtaiiiti6t
And yet life, even for this strange
old man, is not entirely a swamp.
As it is in a real swamp, so it is
with life, here and there in the
bog are small solid islands. Some
of these islets of certainty he
names. (At least for him they are
certain.) One is the fact, which
he feels he has to accept, that this
life, for aU its good, has evil to
match. Light and dark—good and
evil—cause for rejoicing and cause
for mourning—seem to have their
settled places. There is a time for
everything, he says, and then he
lines up good-and-bad pairs, such
as weeping and laughing, killing
and healing, losing and seeking,
hate and love, war and peace.
This is one of the certainties of
life, that not ^ of it is good. Ec
clesiastes more than hints that
we might as well admit this and
make the best of it. Man cannot
figure out what God has done; so
the thing for men to do is to en
joy themselves as long as they
live. If sorrow is real, so is joy.
Furthermore, it is possible to
work at something, and to enjoy
what one has done. In short, this
tired old cynic is not altogether a
cynic, because he does believe in
a few things. One bit of wisdom
we can take from him at this point
is that there are unpleasant fea
tures of life that ' cannot be
changed. Waste no time quarrel
ing with life; accept it!
Fear God!
One of the strange features
about Ecclesiastes is that the
author, who believed so little that
was good, stm did believe in God.
It was not a high faith) that he had.
It was nothing like the faith (for
example) of a Saint Paul. God for
Ecclesiastes is not a Companion,
he knows nothing of God’s love.
“God is in heaven and-you upon
earth,” he says, “therefore let
your words be few,” that is, God
is so far away that you’d better
not say too much about him, he
lives in a different world. Never
theless, though God cannot (this
man thought) be known or loved,
he can be feared. You can make
vows to him, you can do some
service for him. God has no pleas
ure in fools; so don’t be one.
Empty words grow many; don’t
pour out more talk. Just live the
best you can in the world as it is.
If this seems too dark a world, re
member Ecclesiastes hasn’t the
last word in the Bible!
(Based on outlines eop^rlfhted by
the Division of Christian fidueatlon,
National Couneil of the Churches of
Christ In the U. S. A. Released by
Community Press Service.)
Attend The Church of Your Choice
Next Sunday
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCB
New York Ave. at South Aaho St.
Maynard Mansrum, Minister
Bible School* 9:45 a.m. Worship 11 a.n.
ST. ANTHONY’S CATHOLIC
Vermont Ave. at Asha
Sunday Masses: 8 and 10:30 a.m.; Dallf
Mass 8:10 a.m. Holy Day Masses. 7 A '
o-.*o a.ai. worsnip ii a.m. mass »:iu a.m. Holy Day Masses. 7*1
Iraming Union, 6:30 p.m. Bvenin* Wor- a.m.; Confessions. Saturday, 6:00 to 5:80
ship. 7;30 p.m. nm • 7.«a q «
ship, 7 ;30 p.m.
Youth Fellowship. 8:80 p.m.
Scout Troop 224, Monday. 7:30 p.m.;
mid-week worship, Wednesday 7:80 p.m.;
choir practice Wednesday 8:15 p.m.
Missionary meeting, first and third Tues
days. 8 p.m. Church and family suppers,
second Thursday, 7 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
New Hampshire Avenue
Sunday Service, IT'a.m.
Sunday School, 11 a.m.
Wednesday Service, 8 p.m.
Reading Room in Church Building open
Wednesday, 2-4 p.m.
MANLY PRESBYTERIAN tBURCH
Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Serv
ice 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. W.omen of the
Church meeting, 8 p.m. second Tuesday,
Mid-week service Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
Choir Rehearsal, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
EMMANUEL CHURCH (Episcopal)
East Massachusetts Ave,
Martin Caldwell. Rector
Holy Communion, 8 a.m. (First Sundays
and Holy Days, 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.)
Family Service, 9:30 a.m.
Church School. 10 a.m.
Morning Service, 11 a.m.
Young Peoples' Service League, 6 p.m.
Holy Communion, Wednesdays and Holy
Days, 16 a.m. and Mday, 9:30.
Saturday—6 p.m. Penance.
LUTHERAN CHURCH SERVICE
Civic Club Building
Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and Ashe St.
Jack Deal, Pastor
Worship Servic, 11 a.m.
Sunday School. 10 a.m.
p.m.: 7 :80 to 8 p.m.
Men’s Club Meetings: Ist * 3rd Fridays
8 p m.
Women’s Club meetings: 1st Monday.
8 p.m.
Boy Scout Troop No. 873, Wednesday.
7:30 p.m.
Girl Scout Troop No. 118, Monday, 8
p.m.
THE CHURCH OF WIDE FELLOW8HD
(Congregational)
Cor. Bennett and New Hatnpshirs
Carl E. Wallacoi Minister
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday, 6:80 p.m., Pilgrim Fellowshif
(Young People).
Sunday, 8:00 p.m., The Fomm.
BROWNSON MEMORIAL CHURCH
(Presbyterian)
Cheves K. Ligon, Minister
Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship sery-
ice, 11 a.m. Women of the Church meet
ing, 8 p.m. Monday following third Sunday.
The Youth Fellowships meet at 7 o’eloek
each Sunday evening.
Mid-week service, Wednesday. 7:16 p.m.
METHODIST CHURCH'
Midland Road
Robert C. Mooney, Jr., Minister
Church School 9:45 A. M.
Worship Service 11:00 A. M.
Youth Fellowship 6:30 P. M.
Junior Fellowship 6:80 P, M.
WSCS meets each third Monday at 8
P. M.
Methodist Men meet each third Thure-
day at 6:30 P. M.
Choir Rehearsal each Wednesday
7:30 P. M.
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