Dr. Hyrum L. Andrus instructs Education Week visitors in Church history.
Attend a BYU Education Week in Your Area
SCHEDULE OF 1967 EDUCATION WEEKS
PRESTON
Preston, Ida May 31, June 1,2
DENVER
Denver, Colo. June 1, 2, 3
EASTERN CIRCUIT
Washington, D. C June 1, 2, 3
Gaffney, So. Car June 8, 9, 10
Pittsburgh, Penn. __ June 5, 6
ARIZONA-NEVADA CIRCUIT
Las Vegas June 3, 5, 6
Mesa June 8, 9, 10
Phoenix June 12, 13, 14
IDAHO CIRCUIT
Idaho Falls ...May 31, June 1, 2
Rexburg June 5, 6, 7
Pocatello June 8, 9, 10
Blackfoot June 12, 13, 14
Montpelier lune 15, 16, 17
UTAH PROGRAMS
B.Y.U. Campus lune 6, 7, 8, 9
Ogden June 13, 14, 15
Salt Lake— Downtown
August 21, 22, 23
Salt Lake— Sugar House
August 24, 25, 26
Logan September 5, 6, 7
CANADA-NORTHWEST CIRCUIT
Lethbridge, Can., June 15, 16, 17
Calgary, Can. lune 19, 20, 21
Spokane, Wash., June 23, 24, 26
Moses Lake, Washington
June 29, 30, July 1
SOUTHWEST CIRCUIT
Snowflake, Ariz., June 19, 20, 21
Albuquerque, N. M.
June 24, 26, 27
El Paso, Tex., June 29, 30, July 1
PACIFIC NORTHWEST CIRCUIT
Richland, Wash., June 22, 23, 24
Tacoma, Wash., June 26, 27, 28
Seattle, Wash.,
June 29, 30, July 1
IDAHO CIRCUIT II
Boise June 28, 29, 30
Ontario July 5, 6, 7
Twin Falls July 10, 11, 12
Burley July 13, 14, 15
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Sacramento July 6, 7, 8
Oakland July 10, 11, 12
Palo Alto ...July 13, 14, 15
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT
Fresno July 18, 19, 20
Bakersfield July 21, 22
Santa Barbara luly 24, 25
San Diego July 27, 28, 29
Rialto July 31, Aug. 1,2
LOS ANGELES CIRCUIT
Anaheim ...August 3, 4, 5
Long Beach August 7, 8, 9
Huntington Park, Aug. 10, 11, 12
Santa Monica ....Aug. 14, 15, 16
San Fernando ....Aug. 17, 18, 19
Glendale Aug. 21, 22, 23
West Covina Aug. 24, 25, 26
MEXICO CIRCUIT
Colonia-Juarez ...Oct. 12, 13, 14
Education Weeks will be held
this summer in 48 locations in
United States, Canada and
Mexico. These festivals of learning
bring several days of enjoyable
and profitable classwork to
local audiences from the great
community of scholars at BYU.
Hundreds of classes are offered
in science, religion, social
studies, handicrafts, fine arts,
family living and home science,
business, education, and many other
subjects to assist the visitor in
self improvement. The theme this
year is "Values in a World of
Change," aimed at giving the
participant direction in our age
of upheaval. Plan to attend one
of these vital weeks in your area.
For information, write to Education
Weeks, 122 HRCB, Brigham Young
University, Provo, Utah.
Brigham Young
University
Provo, Utah
Memo to Our Readers:
The Voice of the Church
May 1967
Volume 70, Number 5
Some 40,000 members of the Church
in 48 locations in the United States are
expected to participate in the Brigham
Young University Education Week pro-
grams this year, Beginning on May 31
in some areas, these training sessions,
each held for three days, will feature
condensations of courses offered at
BYU and are taught mostly by BYU
professors.
These education weeks provide
golden opportunities for all who are
able to take advantage of them to re-
ceive professional instruction in a wide
variety of subjects. The courses are
meant to supplement, enrich, and
strengthen the teachings of the priest-
hood and the auxiliary organizations.
Fees are nominal.
Theme of this year's education week
programs is "Values in a World of
Change." This timely and challenging
theme suggested several of the articles
featured in the Era this month.
Our cover is from a transparency by
Carl Byoir and Associates, Inc., for
Hughes Aircraft Company. It shows
Early Bird, the world's first commercial
communications satellite, built for the
Communications Satellite Corporation
by Hughes. For two years this space-
craft has been in synchronous orbit
22,300 miles over the Atlantic to pro-
vide 240 two-way telephone channels
between Europe and North America, or
two-way television between the conti-
nents. The satellite symbolizes the
fast-changing world in which we live —
a world that needs eternal values com-
municated to it with all the inspiration
and challenge we can muster.
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May 1967
"Show
Yourself
a
Man"
Editor's
Page
By President
David 0. McKay
• Many hundreds of years have passed since man-
kind was first taught the value of treasuring a
sincere heart. "As [a man] thinketh in his heart, so
is he" was proclaimed in the days of the wise man
who wrote the Book of Proverbs. So also was the
divine appeal, "My son, give me thine heart, and
let thine eyes observe my ways." Hillel, whose life
ended just a few years after Christ was born, and
in whom Judaism found one of its ablest exponents,
expressed the thought in these noble words : "If you
are where no men are, show yourself a man."
No principle of life was more constantly empha-
sized by the Great Teacher than the necessity of right
thinking. To him, the man was not what he
appeared to be outwardly, nor what he professed
to be by his words: what the man thought deter-
mined in all cases what the man was.
Christ's teachings regarding man's duty to him-
self as well as man's duty to his neighbor are per-
vaded with the truth that thought in all cases
determines the man's right to happiness or his con-
demnation for sin.
In a revelation to the Prophet Joseph Smith the
Lord emphasized adherence to this principle as being
the first duty of the Twelve in going forth to preach
the gospel of Jesus Christ. "But purify your hearts
before men; and then go ye into all the world, and
preach my gospel unto every creature who has not
received it." (D&C 112:28.)
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True, that revelation was given to President Thomas B. Marsh of the Coun-
cil of the Twelve specifically for the Twelve, but it also concerns missionary
activity. We have long said that every member is a missionary. And only
they whose hearts are sincere and whose thoughts are high and noble can influ-
ence others to seek to attain these high ideals.
Fundamental doctrine this, and glorious ! Contentment, complacency, peace
— all that makes life worth living — have their source in the mind of the indi-
vidual. From the same source spring unrest, turbulency, misery — everything
that leads to dissolution and death. It's a life lesson too seldom considered.
People are influenced and moved to action more by what they think other peo-
ple think than by what they themselves think. Too many arrogate to them-
selves the thought that sin may be indulged in with impunity so long as it is not
"found out." They presume that dishonest acts may be committed if kept hidden.
To use just one example, as boys of other generations stealthily hid behind
barns and bushes to smoke, so boys of today find hiding places for such acts,
and they blindly think it is all right if they manage not to be caught.
No matter what the hidden act, whether found out or not, those who trans-
gress pay the penalty of sin and of indiscretion. The intent that precedes the
act leaves its indelible impression upon the character. And though the culprit
might offer a balm to his conscience by saying that he "will not count this
one," yet deep in the inner mind it is counted just the same, and the marks in
his character will stand against him in the day of judgment. No one can hide
from his thoughts nor escape from their inevitable consequences.
In view of the responsibility of leadership that every member carries in
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in the world, it is well
for each of us to pause frequently and to take stock of ourself to ascertain what
we are thinking about when we don't have to think. "For as [a man] thinketh
in his heart, so is he. . . ." (Prov. 23:7), and "what you are," as Emerson says,
"thunders so loud in my ears, I cannot hear what you say." o
May 1967
Dr. Reed H. Bradford, professor of sociology at Brigham
Young University and executive secretary of the adult
committee of Church Correlation, has long been a
popular contributor to Church periodicals.
societies only during the last fifty years. This has
made it possible for the individual to receive knowl-
edge about places, people, and facts in ways that
were completely unknown to his grandfather. The
opportunity to expand his horizons is available to
him. He can know about events happening all over
• We must be concerned with eternity. The Lord has the world almost as soon as they occur,
told us, "For behold, this is my work and my glory—. 3. The basic character of many organizations has
to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of changed. Sociologists refer to such groups as the
man." (Moses 1:39.) family or neighborhood as "primary" groups in which
One of the things that has eternal implications is the relationships of individuals are intimate and face-
change. Change occurs within both individuals and to-face. Such individuals know much about each other
organizations. The twentieth century is characterized and are united by many common bonds,
by some of the most rapid and profound changes in But this century has witnessed the rise of another
the social life of human beings ever experienced in the type of group, often referred to as a "secondary"
history of man. Let us note some of the major ones, group. This group tends to be formal, rather than
1. There has been a great explosion of certain kinds informal. Organized for a limited, specific purpose,
of knowledge. In this century science has truly been it concerns itself with only one aspect of the indi-
exploited as a method for the discovery of truth. viduaFs total life. There are hundreds of such or-
Someone has indicated that approximately ninety per- ganizations. For example, one who buys stock in a
cent of all the scientists of recorded history are now given corporation and attends perhaps one meeting
living. Vast sums of money are being spent for re- a year is personally acquainted with very few of the
search by both private and governmental agencies in other stockholders. Or perhaps one is a member of
many countries. The amount of information being a given occupational or professional organization; the
published daily is staggering. The individual who only time he sees most of the other members is at an
wishes to become an authority in a given discipline annual meeting.
finds himself forced to become more and more of a 4. In many countries there has been a basic change
specialist. from a rural to an urban type of living. In 1790,
2. Systems of transportation and communication when the first census was taken in the United States,
have greatly increased in number and efficiency, over ninety percent of the population lived in towns
The telegraph, telephone, radio, television, automo- of less than 8,000 inhabitants. Today the vast majority
bile, and airplane have become commonplace in many of citizens live in metropolitan areas, and their social
By Reed H. Bradford
Values ,^,
of Change \
Jesus sometimes sought isolation to think, reflect, evaluate, fast, and pray.
"Why shouldn't we?"
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life is characterized by complexity and heterogeneity.
The above changes have produced many problems
for both the individual and his society. The new com-
-*v:;'
plexity of life has produced bewilderment and con-
fusion. As a result, many individuals have turned to
so-called escape mechanisms, such as alcohol, drugs,
lust, and gambling, to mention only a few. In many
nations, crime rates are increasing much more rapidly
than population rates.
This new type of world has brought with it many
changes of values. There has been a relaxing and
letting down of moral standards. Church member-
ship and attendance are low in many nations. Divorce
rates are rising. Giving mediocre effort in one's
daily occupation is common practice.
How can a person adjust to all these changes?
First of all, the ringing message of the Savior should
be heard and understood. "These things have I spoken
unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that
your joy might be full." (John 15:11.)
His atonement and resurrection, the principles that
he taught, and the Church that he organized are all
designed to help each person find divine fulfillment.
He said: "I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who
was crucified for the sins of the world, even as many
as will believe on my name, that they may become
the sons of God, even one in me as I am one in the
Father, as the Father is one in me, that we may be
one." (D&C 35:2.)
To become his son (or daughter) means that one
must understand the principles upon which such at-
tainment is based. This requires a depth kind of
education, an education that is based on thought and
reason.
In obtaining such an education, members of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have a
special blessing. Not only can they consider the ex-
periences of life thoughtfully and reasonably, but they
can also enjoy the influence of the Holy Ghost, or,
more precisely, the gift of the Holy Ghost.
"Yea, repent and be baptized, every one of you, for
a remission of your sins; yea, be baptized even by
water, and then cometh the baptism of fire and of the
Holy Ghost." (D&C 33:11.)
And, "God shall give unto you knowledge by his
Holy Spirit, yea, by the unspeakable gift of the Holy
Ghost, that has not been revealed since the world was
until now." (D&C 121:26.)
An individual living in a complex society often
finds, however, that it is difficult for him to carry out
such a process of education because of the many
demands placed upon him. The only way such an
educational process can be carried out is for the
individual to make a commitment to himself to do it.
One way to accomplish this is to follow the example of
the Savior. He practiced what might be called "the
art of contemplation." He went alone to a place
where he would not be disturbed and where he could
think, reflect, evaluate, fast, and pray. He was thus
able to gain a depth understanding of the principles
of the gospel.
But an understanding of the principles is not enough.
One must also live them. At first, when one's experi-
ences with the living of the principles is limited, he
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may experience strong temptations to behave in ways hold of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts un-
that are not in harmony with the teachings of the ceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the
Lord. The Savior had such temptations in mind when presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood
he said: "I pray not that thou shouldest take them out shall distil upon thy soul as the dews from heaven."
of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from (D&C 121:45. Italics added.)
the evil." (John 17:15.) Our Heavenly Father presides over an eternal fam-
As one discovers the joy that comes from incorporat- ily. If an individual is married by his authority and
ing these teachings into his life, it becomes easier for lives the principles of the gospel, the marriage will be
him to live them. This does not mean that the eternal. Children born to such a marriage may be
temptations will cease, but when they come he must sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise to the parents,
remember that a diamond is of much greater value Such a family and home become a divine sanctuary
than its glass imitation. Also, to be tested is one of for the individual. Husband and wife become mem-
the great purposes of this life. bers of a paired unity wherein they understand,
"Therefore, be not afraid of your enemies, for I encourage, and complement one another. They con-
have decreed in my heart, saith the Lord, that I will sider themselves to be partners with their Heavenly
prove you in all things, whether you will abide in my Father in helping their children to become his sons
covenant, even unto death, that you may be found and daughters. There is a certain kind of spirit that
worthy." (D&C 98:14.) For those who survive this characterizes such a home: the spirit of respect, of
test successfully, ". . . all things are theirs, whether kindness, of understanding, of love itself,
life or death, or things present, or things to come, all Yes, we must be concerned with eternity. The soul
are theirs and they are Christ's, and Christ is God's." is eternal; the priesthood is eternal; the family— the
(D&C 76:59.) Lord's kind of family— is eternal; and his principles are
To further assist the individual to become his son eternal. The Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes,
or daughter, the Lord has provided for him the oppor- and all of his principles are valid in any society and
tunity of being blessed by the priesthood and the in any age. By making a personal commitment to
family, both of which are eternal. The priesthood is him to represent him well in whatever positions one
both authority and power. It provides the authority holds, one can experience the maximum joy in what-
for the individual to participate in such saving ordi- ever kind of society he lives.
nances as baptism and eternal marriage. If one lives And if he gives the last full measure of devotion
the principles of the gospel, he acquires the kind of to the eternal "constants amid change" in this life,
power indicated in the following: "Let thy bowels ... he has the promise of salvation and exaltation in the
be full of charity towards all men, and to the house- life to come, which is the greatest of attainments. O
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Milan D. Smith is president of the Washington [D.C.]
Stake and executive vice president of the National
Canners Association.
• Fundamental laws— eternal truths— do not change,
but customs, habits, hypotheses, standards of living of
various societies, methods of carrying on commerce,
types of government, communication, modes of trans-
portation, and style of dress and fashions do change
over periods of time. In fact, in our era dramatic
alterations and innovations in some of these categories
take place at a highly accelerated rate.
Other changes, many not pleasant to contemplate,
are also taking place. A vocal minority cry, "God is
dead." If they could, they would influence all to
reject the spiritual, moral laws with fixed principles.
Despite the efforts of iconoclasts to ridicule the
profound utterance, George Washington's statement
on the value of religion continues to inspire most of
his countrymen and many beyond our borders: "Of
all the dispositions and habits which lead to political
prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable
supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute
of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great
pillars of human happiness— these firm props of the
duties of men and citizens . . . and let us with caution
indulge the supposition that morality can be main-
tained without religion. Whatever may be conceded
to the influence of refined education on minds of pe-
culiar structure, reason and experience both forbid
us to expect that national morality can prevail in
By Milan D. Smith
exclusion of religious principle."
The annual Federal Bureau of Investigation report
and the National Crime Commission report released
recently underscore the degree to which the American
stability and morality have been affected as a result
of the unrelenting campaign of derision against re-
ligion and high moral values.
The FBI report says that "the organized underworld
has amassed tremendous wealth from the vice opera-
tions it controls. Gambling, narcotics, trafficking,
usury, labor racketeering, even legitimate business
activities pour huge sums into the coffers of the top
men. Of these, gambling is probably the most im-
portant. Profits from gambling are used by the
gangland overlords to finance other lucrative ventures
and to expand their organizations. These funds also
find their way into the hands of corrupt public
officials who are able to provide protection for the
rackets.
"In fiscal year 1966, there were 1,705 violations
committed under the Bank Robberies Statute, includ-
ing 1,077 robberies, 47 burglaries and 161 larcenies.
While the total number of these crimes remains high,
it is encouraging to note that there was a reduction of
71 in the 1966 fiscal year over the record high in
1965. Convictions for these crimes continued to in-
increase, however, with a new peak of 870 recorded
for the year. Over 8,696 years in actual, suspended
and probationary sentences were imposed. Two death
sentences were also levied. Only convictions in federal
courts are included in these totals. . . ." The study
revealed that banking institutions in 36 out of the
World morality has been
seriously affected by those who
have rejected moral law.
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Crime in America accounts for over $20 billion yearly-and is highest in the 15-21
50 states in the United States were victimized.
"Seven convictions for crimes aboard aircraft and
32 for crimes on the high seas were registered in the
1966 fiscal year.
"Investigations of crimes on government and Indian
reservations by the FBI during the year led to a record
high of 1,777 convictions. Sentences exceeded 2,100
years. In addition, a total of 363 fugitives wanted for
such crimes as murder, manslaughter, assault with a
dangerous weapons, rape, burglary, and armed rob-
bery were located in these cases."
A summary of major convictions disclosed: Assault-
ing or killing a federal officer, 42; escaped federal
prisoners, parole, probation, and conditional release
violators, 214; espionage, 2; extortion, 62; Federal
Housing Administration matters, 103; bribery, con-
flict of interest and bond default, 78; interstate trans-
portation of obscene matter, 22; Federal Train Wreck
Statute, 15; fraud against the government, 288; illegal
wearing of uniform and related statutes, 109; imper-
sonation, 71; interstate transmission of wagering
information, 12; interstate transportation in aid of
racketeering, 76; interstate transportation of stolen
motor vehicles or aircraft, 5,141; interstate transporta-
tion of stolen property, 1,096 (21,164 stolen motor
vehicles were recovered); kidnaping, 42; mail
frauds, 13; national bank and federal reserve acts-
banks, federal credit union, savings and loan, 626;
perjury, 19; Selective Service Act, 1948—343; theft,
embezzlement, or illegal possession of government
property, 602; theft from interstate shipment, 834;
Veterans Administration matters, 61; White Slave
Traffic Act, 75. There were 602 convictions for theft
of government property and related violations.
The National Crime Commission report sets the
economic impact of crime in America in excess of $20
billion a year., A breakdown of crime costs follows:
"Crimes against persons, such as homicide and as-
sault, 815 million dollars; crimes against property, 3.9
billion; other crimes, such as drunken driving, tax
fraud and abortion, 2 billion; illegal goods and
services, such as narcotics, loan-sharking, bootlegging
of liquor, prostitution and gambling, 8 billion; public
law enforcement and criminal justice, 4.2 billion;
private costs related to crime, 1.9 billion."
The report notes that "for the nation as a whole,
there is far more crime than ever is reported," and
that crime is highest in the 15 to 21 age group. "What
appears to be happening throughout the country, in
the cities and in the suburbs, among the poor and
among the well-to-do, is that parental, and especially
paternal, authority over the young people is becom-
ing weaker."
The truth of these facts is even more apparent as a
result of a broad survey of 10,000 representative Amer-
ican households. The survey found that "burglaries
occur some three times more often than reported, that
forcible rapes occur some three and a half times more
often, that white-collar offenses are probably the most
underestimated of all crimes and that no one knows
for certain just how many victims of organized crime
keep silent out of fear, or— as in the case of gamblers-
out of disinclination to see the particular criminal
activity stopped."
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age group.
An astounding point made by the commissions sur-
vey is that one boy in every six sooner or later is
referred to juvenile court. Further, it predicts that
"about 40 percent of all male children living in the
United States will be arrested for non-traffic offenses
during their lives."
The FBI report concludes: "Crime and subversion
continue to chip at the bulwark of democracy as laid
down by our forefathers nearly 200 years ago. There
must be a reawakening of the entire citizenry and a
return to the old-fashioned' principles of honesty, re-
spect, high moral standards and patriotism if we are
to survive."
It is interesting to note that only one member of
the Crime Commission, in a minority statement, re-
gretted that the report "neglects to recognize Godless-
ness as the basic cause of crime, and religion as the
basic cure."
As these facts demonstrate, a great multitude have
either completely rejected religion or have designed
to keep a void between its stabilizing influences and
the conduct of their daily lives.
Satanic powers seem to have prevailed through
men in undermining in millions of lives the recogni-
tion and reverence for and humble submission to God,
whose creative power directed the formation of this
world and innumerable other worlds, With faith in
God gone, these people find it difficult, if not impos-
sible, to have faith in man. They therefore cannot
accept or support human law.
As a result, the following prophecies are being ful-
filled in our years :
"This know also, that in the last days perilous times
shall come.
"For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covet-
ous, boasters, blasphemers, disobedient to parents,
unthankful, unholy,
"Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false ac-
cusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that
are good,
"Traitors, headyy highminded, lovers of pleasures
more than lovers of God." (2 Tim. 3:1-4.)
How grateful all of us should be to focus on the
overriding event of this dispensation— the establish-
ment, within the broad field of religion, of the Church
through revelation. The Lord's Church has been or-
ganized through the Prophet Joseph Smith and pos-
sesses direct authority from God to those of his children
who qualify to act in his name in performance of the
duties, responsibilities, and ordinances of their offices
within the kingdom.
The scriptures indicate that "no man taketh this
honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as
was Aaron." (Heb. 5:4.) Each who has served since
Joseph Smith as Prophet and President of the Church
has served as the only mouthpiece of God in his time
to those people who have entered into the covenant
of baptism and other covenants with the Lord. The
greatest prophet in a given generation is President of
the Church, because he gives counsel that strengthens
the Saints in meeting the problems of their day. Man,
through obedience, can obtain joy and satisfaction in
this life as well as in the world to come. Through
obedience he will develop qualities of character that
cannot be taken from or denied him when he
leaves this life.
Church authorities at all levels— general, stake, ward,
mission, branch, and parental— can in this changing
world guide those over whom they preside, can guide
them to achieve the celestial kingdom of God.
Jesus gave the formula to obtain eternal life: "If
thou will enter into life, keep the commandments."
Looking again at the world about us and its effect
on us, we are impressed that many men who are held
high in the esteem of their fellowmen but who do not
have the priesthood of God are not in the best position
to counsel society on problems of everyday living.
How much more ineffectual they become, then, if
they are dealing in the intangible realms of the
spiritual.
We find that man is generally unable to make
accurate interpretations of his fellow human beings
with whom he has close physical and mental com-
munion.
How, then, can he reasonably follow them in their
counsel in a field that they are patently unquali-
fied to comprehend? By comparison, those men
in the Church who counsel by inspiration are able
to convey truths that are spiritually discerned. With
confidence one can accept such guidance, knowing
that those truths are part of the total truths that ulti-
mately rule life and eternal destiny.
Would that all mankind could appreciate the beau-
ties of the gospel and live for its blessings; then the
problems that now appear to have no solution would
swiftly be solved. O
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Orpha S. Boyden is mother of four, a member of the
Utah State University Board of Trustees, and in the
Yale (Salt Lake City) 2nd Ward Relief Society
presidency.
• "Times have changed. Our home is nothing more
than a hotel, with maid service, where the children
stop long enough to eat, sleep, shower, change their
clothes, and go to their next appointment." Parents
with this attitude are defeated, and their children are
to be pitied.
Times have changed. Man can now cross the conti-
nent in the time he used to drive a team of horses 30
miles. This is the day of the instant breakfast, drip-
dry, and permanent press. But there is one thing that
has not changed: the responsibility of parents to their
children. The counsel given by King Benjamin a long
time ago is just as valid today as it was then:
"And ye will not suffer your children that they go
hungry, or naked; neither will ye suffer that they
trangress the laws of God, and fight and quarrel one
with another, and serve the devil. . . .
"But ye will teach them to walk in the ways of
truth and soberness; ye will teach them to love one
another, and to serve one another." (Mosiah 4:14, 15.)
The role of Latter-day Saint parents has been made
very clear by the Lord in a revelation to Joseph Smith
in 1831:
"And again, inasmuch as parents have children in
Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized,
that teach them not to understand the doctrine of
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repentance, faith in Christ the Son of the living God, to teach children how to sort out and live by those
and of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost by the principles that will bring them happiness. Here are
laying on of the hands, when eight years old, the sin some specific ideas that might be helpful to your
be upon the heads of the parents. . . . family:
"And they shall also teach their children to pray, 1. We must make home a pleasant place. This has
and to walk uprightly before the Lord." (D&C 68:25, nothing to do with architecture or decor. If we expect
28.) to teach proper values to our children, it must be in
If we want our homes to be less like grand hotels an atmosphere of love and understanding, where the
and more like places where we can teach our children Spirit of the Lord can dwell, where ideas are ex-
to pray and to walk uprightly before the Lord, we changed freely, and where each person feels appre-
will have to work at it. We must quit talking about ciated for his own special qualities. Home should be
the "good old days" when life was simpler, and bring a place where children like to be, a haven from the
our thinking down to here and now. Personally, I'm world of conflict and competition, a place where
not sure how good the good old days really were. I good humor abounds and where courtesy is not saved
find the modern highways and automobiles, with all for company.
their hazards, a great improvement on the dusty wash- 2. Keep up with the times! Are we interesting
board roads we used to bounce over. I am likewise persons, not merely dutiful parents to whom the child
grateful for the advances in scientific areas providing feels obligated? We may not be able to do the new
us with vaccines and drugs that now practically math, but we can read enough about it to show that
eliminate diseases that were common in my childhood, we are at least in the twentieth century.
The problem for today's parents is to help their With newspapers, books, magazines, radio, and
children understand that the automobile can be a television, there is no excuse for not being reasonably
wonderful means of transportation or it can be a lethal well informed on current subjects. While we can't
weapon; drugs can save lives or ruin them. So many know all about everything, we can keep abreast of
forces are competing for the time and interest of our things enough to understand the problems that face
children that parents must be real leaders if they are our children today. How can we deal with the sub-
to succeed. jects of miniskirts, LSD, long hair, short hair, pro-
We must help our children meet the onslaught of tests, and pornography unless our discussions are
conflicting ideas. Conscientious parents will not based on accurate information? How can we en-
shield their children from new ideas but will help courage our children to develop cultural and scientific
them evaluate their worth. Experiences can and interests unless we do so ourselves?
should be provided within the framework of the home 3. Quiet, please! Someone has declared that the
A six-point plan for making a house more of a home and less of a hotel.
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"How can we talk to youth about miniskirts, protests, or pornography unless we
communications gap between generations is greater how much times have changed, the home remains
than between languages. It could be that many of us the place where each child starts his life experience,
parents are talking when we should be listening. If and what happens there profoundly affects his fu-
we really want to improve the dialogue between us ture.
and our children, we will listen respectfully when the Latter-day Saint parents have an obligation to guide
children ask questions or when they are in a mood their children in such a way that they may qualify
for a friendly talk. If we are interested listeners, we to return to our Heavenly Fathers presence. This
can learn much about the value systems they are means that we must introduce them to experiences in
encountering. which the eternal values are embedded. If a child
Children's timing- is usually bad (until they become is brought up in a' home where he feels loved and
a little older and know its importance). Even though appreciated, he is more apt to have confidence in
the baby is crying, the phone is ringing, and the gravy himself and faith in others. For the first few years,
the important formative years, home is the entire
world to the child. His whole outlook on life is
affected by what takes place there.
The home and its surroundings provide a natural
laboratory for learning. The assignment of home
about to boil over, the wise parent will actually handle
the matter, not using the confusion as an excuse for
postponement until tomorrow or forever.
On the other hand, parents who are too preoccupied
often lose contact with their children's points of view.
When a touchy subject comes up, these parents often duties should not be merely a device for getting the
"lose their cool," harsh words are exchanged, and the work done; such qualities as dependability, prompt-
line of communication between parent and child is ness, decision-making, and pride in workmanship can
pretty well clogged, if not cut off completely. One be developed in children whose parents will take the
teenager said to her friend: "I wish I could attend time and interest to make it happen. The nagging
your home evenings instead of ours. You and your approach may get the job done but that's about all.
folks have such a good time together, and you can Children whose parents take the time to watch a
talk about anything. At our home I feel that unless sunset with them, or plant a garden with them, will
I answer the questions exactly as my father wants develop an appreciation for the wonders and beauty
them answered, he is disappointed and critical of me. of nature. Children whose parents plan with them and
So I just don't talk." do a good deed for a neighbor are learning the mean-
4. Home as a laboratory. Young parents could be- ing of brotherly love. Parents who give of themselves
come "confused by the barrage of printed material will be remembered in love much longer than those
on the modern approach to child-rearing. But parents who spend their energies providing material
any thoughtful parent must realize that no matter things for their children.
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have accurate information?"
One of the greatest blessings to come to families
through the Church in recent years is the home
evening manual, particularly the sections on applica-
tion of the gospel truths being taught. Every class
we attend— priesthood, MIA, Primary, Sunday School,
Relief Society— teaches gospel principles, but the
home is in the unique position of being able to actually
try these principles out. For example, what better
way could we help children begin to understand
Jesus' sacrifice for us than to give them actual experi-
ence in making sacrifices for each other?
Ann, who was shy and needed more association with
children her own age, was invited to a party. She had
an important family responsibility and declined the
invitation. Her older brother discovered this and
insisted on her going to the party while he did her
assignment. It was learned later that to do this he
had turned down an invitation to attend a basketball
game, and he loved basketball. This experience
helped both children learn what it means to do with-
out something we ourselves want in order to help
someone we love; thus we will come to appreciate
more and more the great sacrifice Jesus made for us.
As Latter-day Saint parents we must put more empha-
sis on living the gospel than on talking about it.
5. Who's in charge here? At times this is not easy
to tell. One too often gets the impression that the
children are making the decisions and giving the
orders. In these cases it may be that since the "par-
ents are either too timid or too lazy to be the leaders,
the children do it for them. Enough has been said
and written on the subject to convince any parent
that children want and need discipline. They often
have neither the background nor the experience to
make proper choices without guidance.
"Consistency, thou art a jewel," could have been
written about child-rearing. When a child is pun-
ished one day for misbehaving and the same action
is ignored on another occasion, it is difficult for him
to understand just what behavior is expected. It is
very tedious work for the parents of young children
to hammer away at what behavior is acceptable and
what is not, but nothing will pay greater dividends in
helping children become stable members of society.
If a child has not been taught by loving parents how
to mind, he is on the road to trouble with all author-
ity—the school, Church teachers and officers, military
and government officials. Respect for law and au-
thority begins in the home. The child whose parents
are wishy-washy about how instructions are followed
has a difficult time adjusting to those who are in au-
thority over him outside the home. If parents allow
their child to do as he pleases when he pleases, they
are failing in their responsibility to prepare him for
life's experiences. Fundamental in Latter-day Saint
teaching is respect for law and authority.
6. The power of example. An English minister of
the seventeenth century stated: "Whatever parent
gives his children good instruction, and sets them at
the same time a bad example, may be considered as
bringing them food in one hand, and poison in the
other."
If we are truly serious about assuming our role
as parents, consistent with Latter-day Saint teachings,
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we must prove through our actions our sincere belief
in the eternal values. We cannot stoop to hypocrisy,
as exemplified by the parent who tells the school his
child is ill at home when in reality he is on the ski
slopes, or the parent who permits a child to drive a
car before he is of legal age. When a parent shows
contempt for regulations, his lessons on respect for
the law are soon forgotten. If a parent only has the
"Christmas and Easter" approach to his religious in-
volvement, the child soon believes that keeping the
commandments may not be so important after all.
These are some of the areas that we might explore
in reviewing our role as Latter-day Saint parents in
a changing world. It must be recognized that a par-
ent is, first of all, a leader, and that he must develop
within himself to the best of his ability those unas-
sailable qualities that enable him to say, as Jesus
has said to all of us, "Come, follow me." O
A Mother's Prayer
By Marjorie K. Reynolds
Thank you for his hands
that he can catch a ball,
And dress himself and hold his cup;
Hang on so he wont fall.
Thank you for his eyes
that he can see to play,
And read his hooks and look for
shells,
To know sunshine is day.
Thank you for his feet
that he can skip and run,
And climb a tree and hop a fence
And march with his toy gun.
Thank you for his ears
that he can hear his name,
And Toby's bark and birds that
sing
And rain tliat falls the same.
Thank you for his thoughts
that he can wonder why,
And watch the stars and feel the
snow,
To dream and plan and try.
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Dr. Quinn G. McKay, dean, school of business and
economics at Weber State College, Ogden, Utah, is
teachers quorum adviser in his ward and a consistent
contributor to personnel management publications.
• What are our attitudes toward people who are
wealthier than we, or those who might be considered
poor? Anyone who attempts to honestly discuss eco-
nomic values often runs the risk of offending either
the rich or the poor or both. The rich frequently
seem to disparage the poor because of their poverty,
and the poor often condemn and are covetous of the
rich because of their accumulation of material goods.
The rich may justify their position by pointing out
such facts as that Peter was a businessman and must
have had some means, while the poor may cite quota-
tions of the Savior condemning the rich.
It seems fairly safe to say that neither prosperity
nor poverty, as such, has any virtue in and of itself.
Unrighteous rich and unrighteous poor are equally
condemned in Doctrine and Covenants 56:16-17. What
poverty or prosperity does to one's relationship to God
and his fellowmen is certainly the important thing.
However, a tabulation of the statements of Christ for
and against wealth and poverty, coupled with the his-
tory recorded in the Book of Mormon, does indeed
seem to indicate that of the two, riches are more to
be feared.
In the scriptures, practically every period of pros-
perity led to unrighteousness. Measured by almost
any standard, the Saints are now living in a period
of prosperity and enjoy the luxury of material posses-
sions unequalled in any other period of man's history.
The oft-repeated statement attributed to one of the
latter-day prophets, "The Saints can endure poverty
much better than they can handle prosperity," should
serve to encourage us all to raise questions about our
economic values and make sure we are not going
astray.
Neither wealth nor poverty is an indication of
worthiness. It is somewhat disturbing to hear more
and more frequently the idea that if a person lives
righteously, he will gain economically. This implies
that if one is poor, he is not obeying God's command-
ments. If it is argued that righteousness brings pros-
perity, then those in poverty should be able to
overcome their lot by repenting; hence, such reason-
ing implies that their economic condition is evidence
of failure to live a God-like life. Likewise, it also
implies that accumulation of material goods is evi-
dence of a more Christian way of life. But surely
God does not equate righteousness with riches, nor
use poverty as evidence of sinful living.
Some people believe that accumulation of worldly
goods is evidence of their having lived a good life.
One author notes that many of the early founders of
America were highly motivated by such a belief. They
reasoned that if one lives God's laws, he will be
blessed materially; thus if one has gained many
material things, this must be verification of a God-like
life. Two factors indicate that this reasoning cannot
be valid:
1. If wealth follows righteous living, it would then
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appear that people who have no wealth are unrigh-
teous—but wasn't Christ himself poor?
2. If wealth follows righteous living, those who
are most wealthy should be the most righteous. But
wealth and poverty have little causal relationship to
either righteousness or sinful living.
We live in an age of great materialism, and at times
we all tend to get caught up in the urge to get more
money. In former days people lived in small towns
and could get to know their neighbors on a close,
personal basis that allowed them to evaluate others
more honestly.
Today, in our highly urbanized society, we come
to know our neighbors less intimately, and the value
of a man is often determined by fleeting glimpses
of the make of his car, the clothing he wears, the size
and location of his home, and a rumored amount of
his income. This relative personal remoteness,
coupled with the materialism of our society, tends
to increase the urge of many to become more
acquisitive.
To help provide a basis for sound economic values
in this world of change, it should be useful to discuss
some of the reasons people may be poor or rich.
First, why are people poor? Here are some possible
reasons:
1. Laziness. Yes, some people are poor because
they are lazy. However, those who are wealthy are
sometimes prone to judge this to be the major or sole
reason for poverty. Evidence proves that the wealthy
have no monopoly on hard work. We all know of poor
people who work hard, and wealthy people who are
quite lacking in industry. There must be other causes
for poverty.
2. Poor management, or lack of skills. This is prob-
ably a more frequent cause of poverty than laziness.
Many people just do not have the skills to make and
manage money. Wealth is accumulated by following
economic (material) principles, not spiritual princi-
ples. Some people never learn these principles. Some
perhaps don't feel that money is important, and thus
they have not been motivated to develop necessary
economic skills.
3. Misfortune. Such things as ill health, death of
the income earner, drought, fire, or an accident might
also cause people to be poor.
4. Poverty that is inherited. Children usually adopt
the attitudes of their parents, and so the attitudes that
made the parents poor are often passed on to their
offspring.
Why are people rich? Consider the following:
1. Wealth that is inherited. Today there are few
Horatio Algers who worked up the ladder from janitor
to president of the company; many wealthy people of
today inherited their wealth from their parents.
2. Good management. We usually do well what
we set our hearts on; thus, ". . . where your treasure
is, there will your heart be also." (Matt. 6:21.) If a
man thinks worldly wealth is important, he may set
his goals toward attaining such wealth, develop the
necessary skills, and concentrate his efforts, and often
he will make money.
3. Dishonesty. Regardless of the slogan "Honesty
is the best policy," many people become wealthy
indication of worthiness."
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through dishonest and even illegal practices. This
does not mean that all rich people are dishonest; it
does mean that wealth cannot be used as an indication
of righteousness.
4. Good fortune. Being in the right place at the
right time or being involved in some unforeseen hap-
pening has made more than one man. rich.
5. Hard work. This is another contribution to
wealth, but usually it must be accompanied by good
management.
Suffice it to say, there are many other reasons for
wealth and poverty than living or not living spiritual
commandments. Worldly riches usually come to those
who obey economic laws, and poverty to those who
disobey economic laws.
Since the words of scriptures and latter-day prophets
seem to indicate the possession of riches to be the
greater problem, our concern should be even height-
ened in this day of bounteous material goods.
Our motives are far more important than whether
we have or have not. Years ago a young member of
the Church set a goal to make a million dollars by
the time he was 40 so he could then do as he wished.
He reached this goal, and as far as can be discerned,
he has used his wealth wisely. However, many others
have attempted the same thing, and in the course of
events their attitudes have changed. Avarice, greed,
a desire for prestige, power, and ostentation have
crept in, and they have completely forgotten Jacob's
admonition in the Book of Mormon:
". . . because some of you have obtained more
abundantly than that of your brethren, ye are lifted
up in the pride of your hearts, and wear stiff necks
and high heads because of the costliness of your ap-
parel, and persecute your brethren because ye suppose
that ye are better than they.
"But before ye seek for riches, seek ye for the king-
dom of God.
"And after ye have obtained a hope in Christ ye
shall obtain riches, if ye seek them; and ye will seek
them for the intent to do good— to clothe the naked,
and to feed the hungry, and to liberate the captive,
and administer relief to the sick and the afflicted."
(Jac. 2:13, 18-19.)
In most western societies today, money represents
a certain degree of power and influence. Indeed, this
is one of the prime motives for some who seek wealth.
While this can be a real blessing, caution should be
practiced to heed continually the warning:
"We have learned by sad experience that it is the
nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon as
they get a little authority [power], as they suppose,
they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous
dominion." (D&C 121:39.)
Society today often equates success with money.
When people refer to a man with means as success-
ful, it doesn't take others long to determine that
money may also win them the same title, and thus they
often seek for success as measured by society.
On the other hand, those who might be considered
poor should assess their motives and make sure that
justifying poverty by quoting scriptures is not just a
salve to cover an indolent attitude. Each man should
do all he is capable to provide his own support.
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sider to help us maintain sound economic values in a
hectic world of change:
1. Periodically I will have a frank talk with myself
about my attitudes toward those who are poorer and
those who are richer than I. Does my behavior to-
ward these people demonstrate that I regard each of
them as my brother? Or do I attempt to avoid the
poor because they are not "in my class"? Am I con-
descending toward those who are poor? Do I curry a
certain man's favor because he is rich? When I see
a man who is poor, do I make a mental note that
he must be lazy and irresponsible, not realizing that
there may be valid reasons for his economic condition?
Do I regard all rich as being dishonest or greedy?
2. I will regularly ask myself searching questions
and be tough-minded in my answers to check my
feelings toward worldly wealth. Do I avoid avarice
and greed? How much of my seeking after worldly
wealth is honestly prompted by my wanting to pay
more tithing or to give to the poor, and how much by
wanting more recognition, power, influence, and
prestige? .
Do I give only of my surplus, or do I share also
my necessities? How much does a keeping-up-with-
the-Joneses attitude direct my attempts to get more
money? Am I a "publican" who loves to be seen of
men?
How do I spell $ucce$$? If I have little worldly
wealth, am I poor because I have not accepted
my responsibility to my family? Have I made an
honest effort to learn the skills necessary to provide
my family with the economic necessities of life?
3. I will make a self-evaluation to see if I have
tended to lose sight of the purpose for which I was
placed on earth— i.e., to develop God-like qualities.
Brigham Young has said, "The Latter-day Saints who
turn their attention to money-making soon become cold
in their feelings toward the ordinances of the house
of God." Does my behavior demonstrate that seeking
the kingdom of God is my primary goal? Do I find
it easier to forego my duties toward furthering the
Lord's work in favor of things that will bring me either
more money or worldly recognition? Do I really keep
first things first?
4. I will avoid debt. "Let us all be happy and live
within our means, even if we have to borrow the
money to do it with," said Artemus Ward. In a way,
Mr. Ward's comment epitomizes our day. Con-
sumer debt, along with bankruptcy, has been rising
at an alarming rate. It is relatively easy for one to
say, "I am different. Only those who don't know how
to handle money go bankrupt." This may be true,
but an alarming number of people who thought they
knew how to handle debt have gone bankrupt. A key
to avoiding debt is to save a portion of everything
earned. With rare exception, only three things justify
personal debt: buying a house, starting a business,
and obtaining an education.
5. I will pay my obligations. "A man who will not
pay his honest debts is no Latter-day Saint, if he has
the means to pay them," said Brigham Young. Too
frequently we hear about people who are careless,
neglectful, or even deceitful about their financial
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and honest in money matters.
6. I will return to the Lord his tithing, one-tenth
of my increase. This is the nearest the Lord has
come to giving us an economic law. However, even
this is primarily a spiritual law.
"We do too many right things for too many wrong
reasons" is an oft-repeated statement. No one should
pay tithing with as his main motivation the belief
that by so doing he will become wealthy in worldly
things. There is no doubt that a man will be blessed
abundantly for paying tithing— perhaps- even with
worldly goods. However, man should not obey the
commandment just because he hopes it will return
more money to satisfy his desire for material gain.
Tithe payers should return the tenth because it is
the right thing to do; they should obtain the personal
development and strength that come from doing the
right thing for the right reason.
Continual vigil must be maintained to make certain
we are not engulfed by the materialistic mindedness
of our society. Each of us should cultivate, as prime
virtues, industry, thrift, and a willingness to make his
own way in life. O
Two in a Garden
By Webb Dycus
Haze-muted, in the west the sinking sun
Slipped dreamily below the ridge's rim,
While mockingbirds and quail and warblers spun
Sweet fabrications, and the light grew dim.
A toad forsook his station by a plant,
Fleeing the doom of an approaching hoe;<
Above, a jet trailed plumes rose-radiant;
And dusk obscured the far end of the row.
Day music stilled, and whippoorwills charged in
With ringing notes of pastoral renown.
I watched the fireflies' mystic show begin.
While we were gardening, night put gently down.
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• In identifying ancestors,
genealogical researchers
need the answers to four
key questions regarding
record sources:
1. What types of records
exist that will aid in the
identification of ances-
tors ?
2. What periods of time
do the existing records
cover?
3. What genealogical in-
formation appears in the
existing records?
4. What is the avail-
ability of existing records
for searching?
The chart and table that
follow contain answers to
the above questions for the
major genealogical record
sources of Ireland. The
major sources are listed,
together with type of rec-
ord, period covered, type
of information given, and
source availability.
Table A shows at a
glance the record sources
available for a research
problem in a particular
century.
Table B provides more
detailed information about
the major records avail-
able. For example, if a
pedigree problem is in the
seventeenth century, a
quick indication can be
obtained from Table A of
the sources available for
that period. Reference to
Table B will then provide
more complete informa-
tion.
Major Genealogical Record Sources
MAJOR SOURCE AVAILABILITY
BY CENTURY
CENTURY
TYPE OF RECORD
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
1. Civil Registration
2. Griffith's Valuation Lists
3. Protestant Marriages
4. Tithe Applotment Books
5. Census Records
6. Marriages in Dublin
7. Roman Catholic Registers
8. Presbyterian Registers
9. County Militia Records
10. Deeds & Land Records
11. Anglican Church Registers
12. Quaker Registers
13. Probates
MAJOR
SOURCES CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED
TYPE OF
RECORD
PERIOD
COVERED
TYPE OF INFORMATION
GIVEN
AVAILABILITY
1. CIVIL
REGISTRA-
TION
1864 to
present
Births and deaths. Catholic mar-
riages: names, dates, places, ages,
occupations, parentage, residence
Registrar General, Custom House, Dublin;
index 1864-1957 on film (Genealogical So-
ciety); original certificates, births 1864-1955,
marriages 1864-1870; deaths 1864-1870, on
film (GS)
North of
Ireland
1922 to
present
Births, marriages, deaths: names,
dates, places, ages, occupations,
parentage, residence
Central Registry Ofc. Fermanagh House,
Ormeau Ave, Belfast; index and original
certificates 1922-1959 on film (GS)
Births
at sea
1864-1921
Births at sea on British vessels
when at least one parent is Irish:
names, dates, parentage
Registrar General, Custom House, Dublin
Deaths
at sea
1864-1921
Deaths at sea on British vessels
of Irish persons: names, dates,
ages, sometimes additional data
Registrar General, Custom House, Dublin
Births
abroad
1864-1921
Births of children to Irish parents
abroad certified by British consul:
names, dates, parentage, sometimes
additional data
Registrar General, Custom House, Dublin
Deaths
abroad
1864-1921
Deaths of Irish persons abroad cer-
tified by British consul: names,
dates, parentage, sometimes addi-
tional data
On film (GS) ; Registrar General, Custom
House, Dublin
2. GRIFFITH'S
VALUATION
LISTS
1850-1855
Compiled for valuation and rating
purposes, houses, tenements, lands:
names of tenants, leasees, owners;
name of parish
Southern Ireland in print (GS) , Public Re-
cords Office, Dublin, National Library of
Ireland, Dublin; Northern Ireland on film
(GS), Public Rec Ofc, Belfast
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TYPE OF
RECORD
PERIOD
COVERED
TYPE OF INFORMATION
GIVEN
AVAILABILITY
3. PROTES-
TANT
MARRI-
AGES
(Civil
Registration)
1845-1864
Names, dates, ages, occupations,
fathers' names and occupations,
place of residence
Registrar General, Custom House, Dublin;
index and originals on film (GS)
4. TITHE
APPLOT-
MENT
BOOKS
1824
Lists all land holders, incl tenant
farmers and leasees. Gives name
of owner, tenant, or joint tenant,
rate of tithe payable, the townland,
parish, barony, and county
Southern Ireland on film (GS)
North of
Ireland
approx
1822-1835
Northern Ireland on film (GS)
5. CENSUS
RECORDS
1821
Names of all members of family,
ages, occupations, relationships
On film (GS), Public Rec Ofc, Dublin. Ma-
jority destroyed. Extant are parishes begin-
ning with A through T in County Meath,
A-L in Co Galway, A-D in Co Offaly (Kings
Co), A-R in Co Fermanagh, and A-M in Co
Cavan
1831
Name of head of family, residence,
number of males and number of
females in family, number of ser-
vants, religion
On film (GS), Pub Rec Ofc, Dublin. Only
one county preserved, Londonderry
1841
Names of all members of family,
ages, occupations, relationships,
year of marriage, education-
On film (GS), Pub Rec Ofc, Dublin. Only
one parish preserved, Killeshandra Parish,
County Cavan
1851
Same as 1841
On film (GS), Pub Rec Ofc, Dublin. All
destroyed except Drumkerran Parish, Fer-
managh, and the following parishes in An-
trim: Carncastle, Kilwaughter, Rasharkin,
Tickmarcrevan, Craigs (Ahoghill), Killead,
Ballymoney, Aghagallon, Lame, Dunaghy,
Aghalee, Ballinderry, Grange of Killyglen
1901
Complete identifying data
Census returns of 1861, 1871, 1881, and 1891
not preserved. The 1901 census is at the Pub
Rec Ofc in Dublin but not available for
searches
6. MARRI-
AGES
IN
DUBLIN
1806-1837
Registers of marriages in Dublin
performed by the Rev. J. G. F.
Schulze, minister of the German
Protestant Church: names, dates,
places, sometimes christenings and
additional information
On film (GS) ; Registrar General, Custom
House, Dublin
7. ROMAN
CATHOLIC
REGISTERS
approx
1800 to
present,
some
earlier
(In Latin) christenings, marriages,
a few burials; christenings list
names, dates, parentage, usually
incl mother's maiden surname,
names of godparents
Local parish custody; microfilmed by Na-
tional Library of Ireland (the staff does not
search — it is necessary to have someone
in Dublin search for you)
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TYPE OP
RECORD
PERIOD
COVERED
TYPE OF INFORMATION
GIVEN
AVAILABILITY
8. PRESBY-
TERIAN
REGISTERS
approx
1800 to
present,
some earlier
1674 ff
Christenings: names of father and
child, very rarely mother's name,
dates, residence
Marriages: names, dates, residence
Local parish custody; earliest registers at
the Presbyterian Historical Society, Belfast
9. COUNTY
MILITIA
RECORDS
approx
1730-1920
Usually name, birthplace, date of
enlistment
Public Record Office, London
10. DEEDS &
LAND
RECORDS
1708 to
present
Deeds of sale, trust mortgages,
transfer leases, etc.: genealogical
data varies
Marriage settlements, transfer of
property to bride and groom: often
gives two and even three genera-
tions of genealogical data
Surname index and land index on film (GS) ;
original deeds at Registry of Deeds, Henri-
etta Street, Dublin
11. ANGLICAN
CHURCH
REGISTERS
approx
18th C
to present
Christenings, marriages, burials:
names, dates, ages, parentage, resi-
dences, relationships, information
varies
Local parish custody; few in print (GS)
many destroyed — for details of registers ex-
tant see Deputy Keepers Reports (GS)
12. QUAKER
REGISTERS
1655 to
present
Monthly meeting records contain
births, marriages, deaths: names,
dates, places, relationships, infor-
mation varies — often quite detailed
Society of Friends, 9 Eustace Street, Dublir
(the staff does not search, need agent)
Friends Meeting House, Lisburn, Antrim
13. PROBATES
1536 to
present
Names, dates, places, relationships,
information varies
Index of most, 1536-1917, on film (GS); few
originals on film (GS); all Prerogative Couri
wills prior to 1810 copied into pedigrees in
"Betham MSS" (GS); originals scattered —
Public Record Ofc, Dublin; Public Record
Ofc, Belfast; Soc of Genealogists, London
NOTE: In 1922 a civil war
took place in the course of
which the Public Records Of-
fice, then called the Four
Courts, was burned and the
majority of the records
therein were destroyed. That
year a separate parliament
and government were estab-
lished at Belfast for North-
ern Ireland, comprised of
the counties of Antrim, Ar-
magh, Down, Fermanagh,
Londonderry, and Tyrone.
The remainder of Ireland (26
counties) set up a parliament
and government in Dublin,
first known as the Irish Free
State, later as Eire, and since
1948 as the Republic of Ire-
land. This partition affected
the keeping of vital statistics,
and dating from 1922 the
records pertaining to the six
separate counties are kept in
Belfast. Prior to 1920, Irish-
men served in the British
armed forces, since there was
no official army or navy of
Ireland. °
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I gave you life
Those years ago,
My middle child,
And watched you grow
A lovely child of God.
You oft would say to me:
"Mother,
I've found some flowers
In a tree.
Come with me."
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New beauty
Living there,
Untouched by
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I knew that God
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Head with the
Gift of the Holy Ghost.
All these things
You brought to
Me, my child.
And I only
Gave you
Life! "
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The Era Asks
How Are We Using Electronic
Mast Media to Spread the Gospel?
Few persons are better qualified to discuss Church electronic communi-
cations than Brother Arch L. Madsen, president of Bonneville Interna-
tional Corporation (the firm that directs all of the broadcasting interests
of the Church ) and member of the boards of the National Association of
Broadcasters and the Radio Advertising Bureau.
Arch L. Madsen
Q — Why are electronic mass media
so important to the Church?
A — Because they are such effective
communication tools. In the United
States, people spend more time
with television and radio than with
all other types of mass communica-
tions combined. This pattern is
spreading worldwide. For example,
94 percent of U.S. homes have
television, and nearly one-third
have two or more sets. The average
set is on an average of five and a
half hours daily. Some 98 percent
of U.S. homes have radios— a total
of 258 million sets— and have them
on an average of 2.8 hours daily.
There are now more TV and radio
sets abroad than in the U.S., and
the number is growing rapidly.
The answer concerning the new
media's importance also lies in an
understanding of the world's rising
population figures. Experts esti-
mate that one billion people lived
at the time of the Restoration, three
and a half billion are now living,
and seven billion will be living by
the year 2000. As a Church, our
task is to fulfill the Lord's purposes
and carry the truth forward until,
as the Prophet Joseph Smith said,
". . . it has penetrated every conti-
nent, and sounded in every ear. . . ."
Q — What are the main tools of
electronic mass communication?
A — Standard AM radio, FM radio,
television, shortwave radio, direct
telephone lines, and cable. There
are over 4,100 AM and 1,500 FM
broadcasting stations in the United
States and over 6,000 AM-FM sta-
tions abroad. Standard AM radio,
once thought to be dead under the
threat of TV, has now boomed
back, thanks to the invention of
the transistor.
Q — How has the transistor altered
world communications?
A — It has opened the doors of
knowledge to literally millions.
Some claim the invention of the
transistor will be recorded by fu-
ture historians as a miracle greater
than the invention of the printing
press. One basis for such a state-
ment is that approximately half of
the world's population is illiterate.
A great behavioral scientist has
said that unless unexpected condi-
tions develop, more than half of
the world's children between the
ages of five and 19 will never see
a schoolroom. The only way we
can reach hundreds of millions of
people is by speaking to them in
their language. People in even
TV director follows score , selects
camera angles for choir broadcast.
Newsman addresses Latin American audiences.
KSL engineer oversees four TV camera mon-
itors of general conference broadcast.
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Artist's rendering of new KIRO broadcasting complex, Seattle.
VJNYW announcer in broadcast to Africa , Latin Americ;
KIRO remote studio is in Seattle's World's Fair Space Needle.
Production of English LDS programming for shortwave transmission.
the most poverty-stricken villages
around the world now listen daily
to either a privately owned or a
village-owned transistor radio.
Q — What communication facilities
does the Church have?
A — The Church presently has fi-
WRFM antennas atop Empire State building
beam to metropolitan New York.
Spanish-speaking announcer of WNYW.
nancial interest in a grouping of
television and AM and FM radio
stations in four U.S. cities: Salt
Lake City, Seattle, Boise, and
Idaho Falls. In addition, an appli-
cation is pending before the
Federal Communications Commis-
sion ( FCC ) to approve the Church
purchase of an AM-FM radio sta-
tion in Kansas City, Missouri. The
Church owns WNYW, which is a
complex of five international short-
wave transmitters, plus a powerful
FM station, WRFM, New York
City, which just moved its trans-
mitter and antenna to the top of
the Empire State Building. Two ad-
ditional stations, KBYU-TV and
KBYU-FM, are operated by Brig-
ham Young University.
Q — What programs does the
Church make available for broad-
casting?
A — The oldest program the Church
uses in standard AM radio is the
weekly Tabernacle Choir broadcast
with Elder Richard L. Evans. This
is broadcast over the CBS Radio
Network, by tape over an addi-
tional 100 radio stations in the U.S.
and Canada, and over Voice of
America, Armed Forces Network,
and WNYW. This program is also
broadcast weekly over nearly 100
radio stations in South America
with translated commentary.
Special programs by the choir
are also released in beautiful stereo-
phonic sound by a growing number
of FM stereo stations, including
our own family of FM stereo sta-
tions: KIRO-FM, Seattle; KSL-FM,
Salt Lake City; WRFM, New York;
KID-FM, Idaho Falls; KBOI-FM,
Boise; and soon, we hope, KMBR-
FM, Kansas City.
Hundreds of stations provide
large daily audiences for the choir's
music through recordings. In fact,
management in a leading station in
the East requires the playing of
four choir numbers per day as sta-
tion policy.
Another popular standard radio
series is Elder Sterling W. Sill's
talks, which are taped and used
weekly by approximately 400 sta-
tions in the United States and
Canada.
We also have a six-hour program
from midnight to 6 a.m. Sunday,
"Prelude to the Sabbath," which is
heard over KSL and KIRO and in
which we have invited many faiths
to participate with us. It is an un-
derstatement to say that we have
learned much from other churches
and faiths in the use of radio and
TV.
General conference is heard over
50 radio stations in the U.S., Can-
ada, and Mexico and released over
five stations in South America in
Spanish and Portuguese. Over KSL
and KIRO we have three four-hour
rebroadcasts of general conference,
beginning at 1 a.m., local time.
Q — What has been the response to
these rebroadcasts?
A — From one rebroadcast we re-
ceived responses from 40 states, 27
countries, and three ships at sea.
A Relief Society president in Sa-
moa, with her radio antenna tied
to a palm tree, reported good re-
ception. A Latter-day Saint woman
in Canada awoke one morning at
3 a.m. to the voice of President
Improvement Era
David O. McKay on her radio and
soon gathered her entire family,
who listened nightly thereafter.
Q — Church members have read
much in the past few years about
our involvement in international
or shortwave radio. Why are we so
extensively committed to it?
A — To most Americans, interna-
tional or shortwave radio is just a
hobby. But for most of the world
it is a great lifeline that blankets
the globe. There are over 3,000
shortwave transmitters and 100
million shortwave receivers in op-
eration worldwide. Of the seven
privately owned international short-
wave transmitters licensed in the
U.S. by the FCC, the Church owns
five. Our transmitters operate
under the WNYW call letters, with
transmitters near Boston and stu-
dios in New York City.
Using all five transmitters, we
broadcast daily 56 hours in English
and 24 hours in Spanish. We plan,
in the near future, to broadcast also
in Portuguese, French, and Ger-
man. One of the conditions upon
which our license is granted is that
we reflect the culture and princi-
ples of America. Although 95 per-
cent of the WNYW programming is
not Church material, we have 15
programs weekly in English and
another 15 in Spanish presenting
Church news, doctrine, and culture.
We also broadcast the Tabernacle
Choir and sessions of general con-
ference over these facilities.
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Q — What is the potential audience
of these facilities?
A — Over one billion people (about
one-third of the world's popula-
May 1967
tion) and about one-half of the
world's surface are within the
WNYW signal coverage. Recently
the FCC gave us authorization to
increase the power of our WNYW
stations by many times their pres-
ent level. We hope to start con-
struction of this powerful new
plant very soon on 800 acres of
land in New Jersey.
Q — What has been the response to
these shortwave broadcasts?
A — From one shortwave conference
broadcast we received more than
900 letters from 37 states, 61 coun-
tries, and eight ships at sea. Surveys
show that international radio audi-
ences are a younger audience, pre-
dominately young men who are
college-educated. A letter came
from one in Mexico, saying, "Last
Sunday afternoon I was listening
to the shortwave and heard the
mighty organ from the Salt Lake
City Temple and I heard the ser-
mons in Spanish. Will you please
tell the missionaries to come and
find me?" A student in Bogota,
Colombia, wrote, "I have never
heard of your church before. Are
there any people in the country of
Colombia that could help me un-
derstand more of your religion?"
Q — How extensively does the
Church use telephone lines and
direct oceanic cable in broad-
casting?
A — We have used telephone lines
for some years for closed system
broadcasts of general conference
priesthood sessions and reached by
this method over 500 chapels in
the U.S. and Canada for our re-
cent conference. Fifty-five chapels
K/RO executive giving TV editorial.
Records and taped music play an important
part in radio broadcasting.
WNYW "hit parade" disc jockey.
The Promise
By Elizabeth Shafer
"What is it, David?"
"Laura, come with me.
There's something out here I want you to see."
"Wait till I fetch my bonnet. Is it far?"
"No, just beyond the ridge. Not very far."
They left the cabin-. David took her hand.
The sun that morning lay hot upon the land
Where, only iveeks before, the snow had lain
So deep it seemed that winter must remain
Forever in that remote and barren place.
All winter long they seldom saw a face
Save Indians, a Mexican or two,
Or a wild, bearded trapper passing through.
If spring should ever come, that very day
She'd pack, Laura declared, and go away!
Then, close in David's arms, "Oh, David, dear,
If you can show me one thing lovely here,
One single flower, even in this place,
I'll stay."
"You are," he said, and kissed her face.
And she had stayed. The winter left at last,
And spring and summer came. The hot days passed.
"What is it, David? Are we almost there?"
"Almost. Beyond the ridge." He pointed where
Vast virgin meadow stretched before their eyes.
Atop the waving grass gay butterflies
Appeared to float: lavender, yellow, white.
"David! How beautiful!" Her eyes were bright.
"Don't cry. That Spanish fellow up the draw
Says they're called mariposa. When I saw
Them blooming here, I thought of you. See how
They sway so light and lovely? Laura, now
Remember your promise? Don't ever go away."
Smiling, she put her hand in his. "I'll stay."
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in England, Austria, and Germany
received conference by direct
oceanic cable.
Q — Is TV significant outside the
United States?
A — Yes. Television is a popular
and rapidly growing means of com-
munication throughout the world.
Even tiny Samoa has more than
500 operating sets; Japan has
nearly 20 million TV sets; but no
other nation equals the U.S. total
of over 69 million sets.
Q — How is the Church using the
medium of television?
A — Recent innovations in TV and
its film reproduction are remark-
able. It is now possible to televise
an event live and to simultaneously
feed the electronic signal into a
device called a kinescope (film
recorder) and receive 90 seconds
later a ready-to-project 16 mm.
sound-on-film. With the use of
the machine we film general con-
ference and the Tabernacle Choir
broadcasts for use in other nations.
One of the advantages of this film
recording machine is that we can
attach a sound track in any lan-
guage we desire, with reasonably
good synchronization of sound and
lips. Utilizing these techniques, we
have prepared Church TV and film
programs in Spanish, Portuguese,
French, German, and Mandarin
Chinese.
The Tabernacle Choir broadcast
is presently on 12 U.S. TV stations,
including KTLA in Los Angeles.
We are presently preparing a 13-
week youth Sunday School tele-
vision series, using illustrated Bible
stories. We also commenced an-
other TV series that acquaints
viewers with interesting Latter-day
Saints and our way of life. Elder
Sill's 15-minute programs are also
being readied for a 13-week TV
series.
Perhaps the most amazing
Church story of TV, however, is
its use for general conference. In
Improvement Era
October 1961, 21 TV stations car-
ried conference. At the April
conference just passed, over 240 TV
stations carried all or part of con-
ference.
Q — What do you think the future
holds for broadcasting of the
gospel?
A — All of the various media of
communication will continue to
grow in popularity and maturity,
and the Church's use of these mar-
velous tools will become an ever
more meaningful way of spreading
the gospel. In fact, in a few years
we may have a monumental break-
through with the use of relay satel-
lites that have been thrust 22,000
miles into space. Through these
satellites we will be able to relay
our programs with excellent pic-
tures and sound quality to radio
and TV stations around the world.
We feel that our Father in heaven
has given the world radio and TV
to help all of his children come to a
better understanding of truth. Our
challenge is to find out what we
should say and how we should say
it to be. most effective.
Q — Do you envision that the new
media will outmode personal mis-
sionary contact?
A — Never. Important as mass elec-
tronic communications are, we must
always remember that broadcasts
have never baptized a single per-
son. Mass media can help erase
prejudice and ignorance, create a
desire in people to know more,
cause strangers to ponder questions,
give answers to friends, build faith
among members, and give oppor-
tunities to missionaries (which all
of us are ) . Its major function is to
prepare the way. There is no sub-
stitute for personal communica-
tion, and it's obvious that if we are
to fulfill the Lord's commandment
to carry the gospel to every nation,
kindred, tongue, and people, we
have a tremendous amount of com-
municating to do. O
Richard L. Evans
The Spoken Word
The Humor That Offends
We have perhaps all known people who didn't seem able to pass
up a bad joke or a cutting comment, no matter how poor in
taste it was, no matter who was hurt. "Anything for a laugh,"
as a vernacular saying says it—but often a laugh at a very high price.
"The unpolite, impulsive man," said Samuel Smiles, "will sometimes
rather lose his friend than his joke. He may surely be pronounced a
very foolish person who secures another's hatred at the price of a
moment's gratification. . . . Spite and ill-nature [and bad humor] are
among the most expensive luxuries of life."1 The uses and abuses of
humor are many: good and bad humor, kind and unkind humor, clean
and unclean humor— even ill humor, which is, indeed, "among the most
expensive luxuries of life." "No mind is thoroughly well organized," said
Samuel Coleridge, "that is deficient in a sense of humour."2 "The best
humor," as Thackeray observed, "is that which contains most humanity,
that which is flavored throughout with tenderness and kindness."3 "The
essence of humour," Carlyle added, "is sensibility; warm tender fellow-
feeling."4 If it is clean and kindly, humor relieves and lubricates life
and draws people closer and warms the heart. The sincere smile and
gentle laughter are a blessing without which the days would be dreary—
but not giddy, light-minded laughter; not loud, harsh laughter; not
laughter that is unkind, crude, and cruel; not laughter that has evil
overtones. There is a merciless kind of humor, humor based on distress-
ing and unsympathetic situations. And there is humor that is altogether
evil in essence, false humor founded on immoral suggestiveness, on
embarrassment; humor that would offend the mind of a clean man,
contrived to be funny, but basically filthy. Kindly humor and gentle
laughter do much to relieve the tensions of life, but there is no proper
place for humor at the expense of hurt hearts, or humor that emerges
from debased minds and morals. He who would "rather lose his friend
than his joke," as Samuel Smiles said, "may surely be pronounced a
very foolish person"— for no man can afford the humor that offends.
•X- "The Spoken Word" from Temple
Square, presented over KSL and the Columbia Broad-
casting System February 19, 1967. Copyright 1967.
1Samuel Smiles, Character: Manner— Art, Ch. 9. 2Samuel
T. Coleridge, Table Talk. sWilliam M. Thackeray,
Lecture: Charity, and Humor. ^Thomas
Carlyle, Essays: Richter.
These Changeless Verities
By Mary L Lusk
Were I to orbit through infinity,
These changeless verities would go with me
Faith in the Maker of our universe,
Love for my loved ones, a need to be
Always and ever — an entity.
May 1967
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By Barbara T. Jacobs
• "For where two or three are
gathered together in my name,
there am I in the midst of them."
(Matt. 18:20.)
During the three months my hus-
band and I and our four children
drove a camper from Rotterdam to
Jerusalem, then back to Austria, we
sought out many groups of Saints
who were gathered together in one
of our Heavenly Father's houses of
worship and experienced the great
truth of this scripture. Always we
found the room filled with his
Spirit. It made little difference
whether our familiar hymns were
being sung in Dutch, German, or
English, or whether we could un-
derstand the message presented in
Sunday School lessons or sacrament
meeting talks; the important truth
was that almost everywhere we
went we were able to find at least
a few Mormons, and when we
joined with them in their services,
we felt strengthened and renewed
and ready to venture once more
into the unknown.
We had not expected to enjoy
such church connections once we
reached the Middle East, and it
was quite by accident that we
learned of the small servicemen's
groups that are faithfully function-
ing there. This is how it all
happened.
Driving into Frankfurt, Germany,
one Saturday evening at dusk, we
began our search for the Church so
that we might attend Sunday
School the following morning. Re-
peated telephone calls to the num-
bers listed in the telephone directory
for the chapel and the mission
home brought no answer, and we
settled into slumber greatly dis-
appointed. The let-down feeling
persisted the following morning,
and we resolved to locate a tele-
phone booth and try once more
before admitting defeat. This time,
a missionary at the mission home
answered the phone. He told us if
we could be there in 15 minutes,
he would direct us to the chapel.
By dressing as we drove, we made
the deadline, met him as planned,
and were present when services
began.
Surprisingly enough, the chapel
was the same one we had visited
seven years before, and sitting in
the audience was Deon Greer, a
native Utahn, whom we had not
Barbara Tietjen Jacobs is a BYU Education Week instructor, an accomplished
string musician, and Laurel leader in the Oak Hills (Provo) 4th Ward.
Roma, the interpreter.
Tiny chapel is in this home.
The Snaideros, Brother Pittina, Roma, author.
Brother Pittina, Snaideros in home-chapel.
seen since the last time we entered
this room and found him leading
the discussion in the Gospel Doc-
trine class. Deon and his wife had
just driven from England most of
the night in order to be present for
church that morning.
When Deon learned that we
were contemplating driving through
Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Syria,
Lebanon, and Jordan in a camper
with no planned itinerary or con-
nections, he took us to meet a friend
of his, Capt. Dave Weiland, pilot
in the United States Air Force,
chorister of the Frankfurt Branch,
and a recent convert to the Church.
Dave had flown on many missions
to the Middle East. Not only did
he give us sound advice about road
conditions and things to do and see,
but he also offered us the names
and addresses of friends along the
way.
"But these are your friends. We
would be total strangers. How
could we possibly knock on their
doors and ask for help?" we asked.
"You are Mormons, aren't you?"
"Of course," I replied.
"Well, so are they. And if you
need help, whether it be to locate
a doctor or take a bath in their
tub or wash some clothes in their
washing machine or locate safe
food and water, you'll be taken
care of. Wouldn't you do the same
for any of your brothers and sisters
in the gospel?"
"Of course," I once more replied.
And it was just as Dave said it
would be. The Saints shared their
homes and themselves with us
whenever we gave them an oppor-
tunity to do so. And always these
groups of Saints were carrying on
their church responsibilities in spite
of hardships and handicaps. The
six families living at Yalova, Tur-
key, for instance, drove 30 minutes
over treacherous roads in order to
reach their meeting place at Kara-
musel, while the seven Latter-day
Saint families in Adana, Turkey,
The branch at Aviano, Italy. The Saints of Vicenza, Italy.
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couldn't begin any of their Sunday
meetings until 1 p.m., for they
shared the military chapel with
other denominations on the base.
In Italy we found that our
Church binds Latter-day Saints to-
gether by giving meaning, warmth,
and security to their existence. In
Vicenza, as elsewhere, the service-
men's group was small; yet all of
the organizations met regularly and
were fully staffed, even though it
meant that the president of the Re-
lief Society was also counselor in
the Primary and a teacher in the
Sunday School. Typical of this
group's enthusiasm and devotion
was the monthly trip by Branch
President Clinton Gillespie to do
his home teaching to the one couple
living at Verona, 30 miles away.
Furthermore, one night a month the
entire Relief Society membership
boarded the train and went to
Verona to enable one lone sister to
participate in their Relief Society
meeting.
The first Saturday night after we
arrived in Vicenza, we attended a
district conference of the Vicenza-
Verona-Aviano Saints. All together
we did not fill many benches in the
military chapel, and as Elder Ezra
Taft Benson stood behind the pul-
pit surveying his eager audience,
he began his remarks with the quo-
tation from Matthew: "For where
two or three are gathered together
in my name, there am I in the midst
of them."
At the conclusion of his inspiring
address, he announced that he
would like to hear from one of the
Italian members present. Quickly
all eyes shifted to three elderly
people sitting on a bench midway
back. John M. Russon, then serv-
ing as president of the Swiss Mis-
sion, arose and called Brother
Pittina to the stand. For the next
ten minutes, with an interpreter
translating for us, we listened to
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From the moment of this first
meeting I felt a great desire to
know more about these three con-
verts to the Church who had trav-
eled nearly four hours from
their village near the Yugoslavian
border to attend this conference.
Thus I was delighted when our
family was invited to join the
Aviano Saints in their pilgrimage to
Comerzo to take Christmas gifts
to these Italian Saints. Since the
Italian members spoke no English
and we knew only a dozen or so
Italian words, we took with us an
interpreter, Roma Bortotto, a
charming Italian girl who was
corresponding secretary for the
Italian members in the Swiss Mis-
sion.
As we headed north through the
lovely Italian countryside, we asked
Roma to tell us about her own con-
version to the Church. For more
than an hour her story held us
spellbound. Her mother died when
she was five years old and her
father and sisters had reared her as
a Catholic. Upon completing the
fifth grade she went to work in a
factory that prepared silk thread
from the cocoons of silkworms.
Every morning, six days a week, she
left her home in Susegana and
walked for an hour to reach the fac-
tory where she worked for nine
more hours.
By the time she was nineteen
years old she was suffering from
rheumatism, which had grown so
acute that her doctor recommended
she leave her home and family to
seek domestic service in England.
After working eight months in Eng-
lish homes, she found a better-
paying position in a hospital and
moved into one of its dormitories.
One night, feeling quite discour-
aged, she began to smoke; suddenly
she felt guilty about the cigarette
in her hand. Offering a secret
prayer, she told her Heavenly
Father that she would quit smoking
if he really wanted her to do so.
Once a month an entire Relief Society
entrains to visit one lone sister.
Soon thereafter a French girl
who had been baptized a member
of the Church by the missionaries
in France moved into the dormitory
room next to Roma's. She had
previously worked at the hospital
for a year and a half in order to
learn English and then had gone
back to France and applied for a
visa to come to the United States.
For reasons unknown to herself,
she had decided to return to the
hospital in England and wait her
last three months there before
sailing. Thus Roma first heard
about the Church and received her
inspiration as to its truthfulness
from this French friend.
After her baptism Roma felt such
an urgent desire to fulfill a mission
for her new church that before
long she was an active proselyting
missionary in the Swiss Mission. At
the end of two years she returned
to Italy and tried in every way pos-
sible to help with the spreading of
the gospel in her native country.
After driving three hours through
drizzling rain with Roma, we
reached Pordenone, where the
Aviano Saints were waiting for us.
Here we formed a five-car caravan
and drove first to Buia to leave
some of our gaily wrapped gifts
with Brother and Sister Pittina.
Stealthily we slid out of our cars
and grouped ourselves in a semi-
circle outside their home; then,
when the signal was given, high-
pitched children's voices blended
with mature mellow ones in singing
with great gusto, "We Wish You a
Merry Christmas!"
The Pittinas opened their door,
and the look of happy surprise on
their faces was one not soon to be
forgotten. Their daughter scurried
about the neighborhood borrowing
extra chairs for us to sit on, but it
was not possible to bring them in,
for there was hardly space enough
for us even to stand. We sang all
the Christmas carols we could re-
member, and then, after many
handshakes and "buon natales" we
headed for Comerzo to call on the
Snaideros. Again we were warmly
welcomed, and once more we re-
joiced that we could bring a bit
of brightness into the lives of these
loyal but lonely members of the
Church.
After being served cookies by
Sister Snaidero and suffering
through an awkward pause waiting
for one of the children in our group
to recite a Christmas poem he had
learned in Italian especially for
this occasion, the Aviano Saints
began their homeward trek. Brother
Pittina had peddled several miles
down the rolling foothills on his
bicycle to join us at the Snaidero
home, and so my husband and I
remained behind for answers to
some of the questions racing
through our minds.
"How old are you and your wife,
and when did you become members
of the Church?" we asked Brother
Snaidero.
"I am 80 years old and my wife
is 70. We first heard about the
Church when we went to France to
visit our daughter, but we were
converted later in Bologna by an
Italian who had received our name
from the French missionaries. It
has been 14 years since Brother
Cagli baptized us in a swimming
pool."
"Did your daughter ever join the
Church?"
"Oh, yes. Actually, she joined be-
fore we did, and she is now living
in Salt Lake City and has a son on
a mission in Switzerland," he proud-
ly added.
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"What about you, Brother Pit-
tina? How did you become
converted to the Church?"
"I have been a member since
1956. I chanced to hear about Mor-
monism one night after I had been
to the hospital to visit a friend. As
I was walking home, a gentleman
named Santo Beltrame joined me
and we began talking about re-
ligion, even though we were total
strangers. A year and a half later,
Brother Snaidero baptized me. My
wife is not a member," he added
wistfully, "but I hope some day
she will join."
"It is a long way to Pordenone
where the Aviano Saints meet," I
remarked. "Without a car, how do
you three ever manage to get to
Church?"
"We have our own chapel right
here in this house. Would you
like to see it?"
Sister Snaidero opened a door
leading from her kitchen-living
room and we entered the tiniest
chapel we had ever seen. The
room could not have been more
than 8' x 14' in size. Glancing
quickly around the room, I noticed
four little wicker chairs with coral
seat cushions and a bare wooden
floor. There was a potted fern in
one corner of the room and a pink
iron stove in another. The inside
of the door was painted bright yel-
low, and from a blue and gold light
fixture dangled a bare light globe.
At the lone window hung crisp
white organdy curtains speckled
with pink and blue polka dots. At
the north end of the room stood a
cloth-draped table on top of which
was a smaller lace cloth, a vase
filled with fragrant roses, and a
little blue pulpit. But what in-
trigued me the most was the un-
usual assortment of items hanging
on the white plaster walls. Besides
coat pegs, a small blackboard, and
a poster listing in French seven
keys to eternal salvation, there was
a picture of the Salt Lake Temple,
another of a house in the Alps, and
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one of Joseph Smith, Oliver Cow-
dery, and John the Baptist with a
quotation from John 11:40 under-
neath: "Said I not unto thee, that,
if thou wouldest believe, thou
shouldest see the glory of God?"
Another picture, showing a sail-
boat on a lake, was inscribed with
a quotation from Matthew 28:20:
"Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have com-
manded you: and, lo, I am with you
alway, even unto the end of the
world. Amen."
And framed by themselves were
the fourth and fifth verses of the
twenty-fifth Psalm: "Shew me thy
ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.
"Lead me in thy truth, and teach
me: for thou art the God of my
salvation; on thee do I wait all the
day."
"How long have you been using
this little chapel?" I asked Sister
Snaidero.
"For thirteen years now. It used
to be my kitchen," she confided.
"I noticed that it is three or four
miles from Brother Pittina's home
to here. Surely he doesn't try to
come down when the weather is
bad, does he?"
"Brother Pittina is 73 years old,
but his faith is so great that every
Sunday morning he peddles down
on his bicycle, whether in snow or
rain. We have almost a hundred
percent attendance, for in eight
years he has only missed coming
once!
"What a marvelous record. But
surely he doesn't try to make the
trip twice every Sunday. Do you
have just one meeting?"
"No, Brother Pittina comes Sun-
day morning and stays all day with
us. We have a meeting when he
arrives, during which we partake
of the sacrament, and another short
meeting in the afternoon, but with
no sacrament this time."
"Tell me what else you do during
your meetings."
"After an opening hymn and
prayer, we take turns reading out
of the Book of Mormon and the
Bible and discussing what we have
read. Then we conclude with a
closing hymn and another prayer."
The same thought struck my
husband and me simultaneously,
and while he hurried out to the car
to get the tape recorder, I asked
Sister Snaidero if she and her hus-
band and Brother Pittina would
please sing one of their hymns for
us.
We handed Brother Snaidero the
small microphone without realizing
that he had never seen a tape re-
corder before. He did what seemed
natural to him— he placed the mike
next to his ear. Gently we moved
his mike-holding hand from his ear
to his lips.
Still he seemed to be confused,
for he began putting the mike into
his opened mouth. After a quick
demonstration, Brother Snaidero
finally understood that he was to
speak into this strange object, and
he proceeded to give his name and
bear a fervent testimony.
When he had finished, we re-
wound the tape and played it back
for him. Complete disbelief and
astonishment flooded his face. He
simply couldn't imagine what had
happened.
However, after the surprise and
shock had worn off, he found it
all delightfully amusing, and he
had to hold his sides to keep from
exploding in laughter. Jis we left
Brother and Sister Snaidero and
Brother Pittina standing in the
doorway and began walking toward
our car, Brother Snaidero called
out to us, and Roma turned to
answer, "Si."
"What did he say, Roma?"
"He wants to know if his voice
is still inside your little box," she
replied.
Great flakes of snow were gently
falling from a darkened sky as we
hurried into our camper and settled
ourselves for the long journey
home.
None of us spoke or even seemed
to want to, as we sped along,
clicking off the miles, for each was
occupied with his own thoughts.
Uppermost in mine was the prom-
ise of the Lord that where two or
three are gathered in his name there
shall he surely be also. Once again
we had been given evidence of the
truthfulness of this particular scrip-
ture, for no one could meet these
three stalwart Saints without know-
ing that they and their little chapel
were abundantly blessed with his
Spirit.
During the course of our travels,
we drove through five different
countries behind the Iron Curtain.
On one occasion, we were fortunate
enough to make contact with sev-
eral members of the Church. While
mass is still being said in Com-
munist-controlled countries for the
few who attend the Roman Catholic
churches, participating in a religion
restored through revelation to
prophets in capitalistic America is,
of course, strictly prohibited. Con-
sequently, these truly devoted and
loyal members of our Church are
staying close to its teachings with-
out being able to meet either
openly or secretly.
I wanted so desperately to do
something for these courageous
Saints, but what? My offer to mail
copies of Church literature was
valueless because all such litera-
ture, they told me, is confiscated;
boxes of clothing or food sent
through the mail would cost the
Saints more in duty than they could
afford to pay. As I rolled down the
car window to wave a last goodbye,
she whispered, "Pray for us."
Yes, that I can and will do, as
will others, and we shall all hope
that one day these persecuted
members of the Church will be
free to worship according to their
heartfelt desires. In the meantime,
there is no doubt that our Heavenly
Father's spirit is indeed with these
steadfast Saints, for they have his
promise to sustain them and to be
with them always. O
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Teens oft Wis page arc: Peter P. Mendel, Barbara Perry. David
Erakson, SUSan Nibley, Pat Stoddard, Westchester. New York.
Marion D. Hanks, Editor** Elaine Cannon, Associate Editor • May 1967
If You Don't
Know Anything
About Mormons,
Follow Someone
Who Does
Follow them through windy
cities . . . desert trails . . . campus
corridors . . . libraries and
music halls . . . galleries of
art . . . country towns . . . red-rock canyons , . . surf the world
over . . . fields of wheat and corn
and tulips and welfare farms.
Follow them in and out of battle-
fields . . . laboratories . . . alps and valleys . . . rice paddies . . .
Indian huts . . . skyscrapers . . .
family-living centers . . . class-
rooms . . . temples and
tabernacles and meetings all day Sunday;
Mormons on the move on these
pages include Richard Smith, Dan-
ny Steadman, Richard Peterson,
Brent Miner, Kenneth HolBert,
Dean Collingwood, Gay Smith,
Mimi Smith, Virginia Namias,
Shane Smith, Lyrtn Gubler, Lana
SteWart, Sandy Gubler, and Mar-
lene Peterson, all of Southern
California stakes.
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Follow them around historic sights
like pioneer wagon crossings,
peace monuments, water wheels,
sports cars, exhibits and displays,
tennis courts, and the buffet table at a festive youth function.
Follow them to church . . . their
place of worship, of meeting and
learning, of bolstering one
another's faith, of sharing gladness in gospel principles . . .
their place of mutual improve-
ment, of finding the meaning
in life and the promise in self.
Follow them . . . follow . . .
follow . . . follow.
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Follow Someone Who Does continued
Mormons on the move on these
pages include Delores Boyle, Law-
rence Wright, Long Beach, Cali-
fornia; Ken Renshaw, Sylvia Ed-
wards, David Colwell, Dave Fraser,
Aubrey Fielden, Halifax, Nova Sco-
tia; Nancy Price, David Peterson,
Phoenix, Arizona.
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May 1967
45
Greater Love Hath No Man
By Marion D. Hanks
*l^A^?, Illustrated by
Dale Kilbourn
• When Jim Childers turned 12, he received a
choice letter from his big brother, Steve, who was a
cadet at West Point. We learned of the letter and
were privileged to print it in the "Era of Youth"
in January 1961. That article is reproduced on
the adjoining page.
On January 19, 1967, two days before Jim's 19th
birthday, his brother Steve — Captain Stephen A.
Childers, United States Army — died heroically
while attempting to save the lives of women and
children held as hostages by enemy troops in a
cave in the central highlands of South Viet Nam.
Captain Childers, an infantry company com-
mander, volunteered for duty in Viet Nam after
service in Europe. When some of his men were
wounded while seeking to evacuate the hostages,
Captain Childers himself went into the cave to try
to free them and was killed by enemy fire.
Steve Childers' departure from this world was
entirely consistent with the way he lived in it dur-
ing his short but brimful and overflowing 26 years.
His was a balanced and productive life, marked by
success and honor as a student, athlete, leader, out-
standing soldier, and an unswering devotion to
God, to the Church, and to his fellowmen. At
West Point, from which he was graduated in 1963,
he was group leader of the Latter-day Saint cadets.
One closely connected with the Academy for many
years wrote this of Steve's activities at the Point:
"In the four years he was at West Point we came
to know him well. We have never known one of
'our boys' who radiated so much good or inspired
so much confidence as Steve. Every cadet, and
especially every LDS cadet, whose spirit needed
bolstering was a better, stronger person for having
known Steve. His testimony and faith were con-
tagious and all the more inspiring because they
came from a man who was an all-round person."
Letter after letter received by Captain Childers'
parents from many parts of the world spoke of his
unusual love for children and of their great love
for him, of his deep religious convictions, whole-
some life, and selfless service.
Many choice LDS men have given their lives
in the cause of freedom. Some of them have
received our humble homage in these pages before.
It is well that young members of the Church, and
all others who may read, soberly consider the noble
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Dear Jim : Happy Birthday ! How does it feel to be twelve ? If I were home, it would
feel painful in a certain spot . . . understand ? By the time you get this you will be twelve. This is
an important time in your life because you will be able to hold the priesthood now. I wish I
could be there when you are ordained. You must always remember that holding the priesthood
is a great honor and privilege. You must always be true to it even if you see others who
, aren't honoring theirs. The office of deacon in the Aaronic Priesthood gives you more power
and authority in God's kingdom than do the offices of President of the United States, Prime
Minister of Great Britain, and leaders of all the other countries combined. It
may be hard to realize, but it does. Don't think the seriousness of the priesthood will make
holding it unpleasant, for you will find that the priesthood will give you great
opportunities for service. Love of God and service to him, combined with love and service
to people is the best road to happiness. You have a wonderful opportunity
unfolding before you5 make the most of it. Honor and magnify your priesthood.
If you are in doubt whether something is right or wrong, ask yourself,
"Would Jesus do it ?" If he wouldn't, don't you, and you won't be wrong.
I hope you have a Happy Birthday. Don't bother your sister
too much. Write me and tell me what you are doing.
Your brother, Steve
sacrifice of Elder Stephen A. Childers, who gave who lay their lives on the altar that others may live
his life in defense of freedom and in an effort to in freedom and in peace.
preserve the lives of innocent women and children. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man
He serves as an appropriate example of the men lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13.)0
May 1967
47
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By John Randolph Ayre
Photograph by Lorin Wiggins & Ernst Wittke
Wow
iecj
tose action-packed yc
men in today's MIA. Seems like the best way
to describe them is by likening them to
one of these new Fastback sports cars. The
boys might not appreciate being likened
to a car, but they sure have a lot in
common-they're both supercharged, power-
ful, and can be a bit destructive if out
of control.
What are our Fast backs like? Well, like
all good cars, our MIA Fastbacks need
a fine body. But, instead of a body by
Fisher, our Fastbacks come outfitted with
the finest bodies available-bodies that
result of having goodly parents.
Needless to say, a body isn't everything.
Our Fastbacks need a finished, functional
interior. This is the job of home and
school-to carefully outfit our young
Fastbacks with the type of interior that
can take the bumps and jars along the
road of life.
Of course, having the most stylish body
and best-designed interior in the world
isn't much good unless you have a power
plant up in the hood capable of separating
our Fastbacks from the popular sports cars
on today's highways.
The Church has solved this by tooling
the power of the priesthood into our young
Fastbacks. We also feature Word of
Wisdom filters and seminary suspension.
Standard safety equipment includes
heavy-duty parental support with
bishop and teacher reinforcers to take
the pressure off overhead valves
and cams. It's no wonder that with
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Pictured are Marcos Dean, DeRay Jensen, Sherrie Wallin, Mike HatHday, John Clements, Ellen Linton, Dennis Gutke.
this quality-built church motor we're able
to give an unconditional warranty in
place of the usual 5-year, 50,000-
mile ones.
Trouble with our quality-built Fastbacks
at this point is that they lack one
thing-they haven't been thoroughly tested.
This is where MIA comes in. Here's the
Church's proving ground. MIA takes
these spanking new Fastbacks off the
assembly line and runs them over one of
the best practical experience courses in
the world. Here is a course that lets
our Fastbacks test themselves. The bonus
feature on the course is that we have
our own tow trucks and pit men stationed
along the way to help iron out any final
factory bugs. (A lot of other proving
grounds, such as school buddies or
fraternity men, don't help out when a bug
develops ; they just leave you for the
wrecker or salvage heap. )
MIA challenges our young Fastbacks to
give this tough course a real try. Start
out by tackling Scout valley. You can
zip through this while building up steam
for Explorer-Ensign summit . Just watch out
for some of the hairpin turns along the way.
Then there's M Man pass. Don't let your
motor idle now, for soon you will be
heading down mission straightaway.
As you can see, MIA is a great course
for today's young men. Here's a first-rate
proving and testing ground geared to
handle all the action that Fastbacks
can dish out. If you don't believe it, go
on down to your local MIA this week
for a free test run.
May 1967
49
<5F
M here is much more to getting and holding a
job than just saying that you will do so!
Before even venturing out for a job interview,
you should carefully weigh many factors about
yourself and the job you seek. Give thorough
consideration to the job you have in mind for
yourself and your specific reasons for wanting it.
1. Review your job assets and liabilities for the
work you would like and could do. Keep in mind
that you have the best chance for job success if
you select a job that is the right one for you.
2. Register for employment at the local office
of your state employment service. Check with
your relatives, friends, and neighbors about pos-
sible job openings or leads they may know about.
Read the help-wanted ads in the newspapers. Go
to the appropriate union office if hiring for the
occupation in which you are interested is generally
done through a union.
3. Get in touch with companies that use work-
ers in the field of your choice. You can find their
names in the classified telephone directory or by
consulting local or state industrial directories.
4. To make your job interview count, prepare your-
self well in advance. Have all factual information
and papers, such as Social Security card, health
certificate, driver's license (if needed), proof of age,
military records (if needed).
Take along samples of your work if appropriate
or requested; for example, samples of work for
artist or designer; outline of training and experi-
ence for professional jobs ; copies of recommenda-
tions for personal-selective jobs.
5. Learn all you can about the firm to which
you are applying — its products or services, for ex-
ample. Be prepared to indicate why you wish to
work for that company.
6. Don't underestimate the importance of a neat
appearance and a courteous, alert manner. The
way you are dressed, the way you walk and sit,
the way you talk — all will make an impression.
Strive to make a good one.
7. Let the employer take the lead in conversa-
tion. Pick up clues given you by the employer's
questions and statements and use them to con-
vince him that you fit his requirements. It is
usually better to indicate a specific type of job
rather than saying, "I'll take anything." Be
flexible and willing, but do indicate a preference,
for your own good.
®K
and Your Job Interview "By Lucille J. Goodyear
:^*£**»»^*&3$g&*tt
"~4"— ~-
0^, ""W ' Y" by Darlene Korpi, age 15
<H&
Walking in a field on a windy day.
Sleeping in till noon.
Friday night and no homework.
Getting a present
for no special reason. 3
Knowing that you are wanted.
May 1967
Having lots of phone calls.
A drawer full of nylons
with no runs.
Finding money when
you clean your room.
Riding in a red sports car.
51
Crestwood
Camp
By Morris and
Donna Reid
The trip to Woodland, Utah, is
a beautiful drive, and the
Crestwood campsite, nestled in
the majestic Wasatch mountains
with the Provo River running
nearby, gives one a feeling of
awe and inspiration.
Arriving at Crestwood Camp from
the various stakes of the Church,
we are given instructions as to
our duties and activities. There
are four bunk cabins with two
units to a cabin and an office for
the supervisors. A supervisor is
assigned to each unit, and each
unit is expected to carry out the
activities and camp capers for
each day we are at the camp.
Each morning before breakfast
the supervisors meet together
in the office to plan the day's
activity. While they are doing this,
the girls prepare for breakfast —
which means making beds,
sweeping floors, and tidying up
the cabins, since each unit is
inspected during breakfast.
The hike to the lodge takes us
through the archery course and
past the first-aid instruction
area and compass-reading range.
Before entering the lodge we
sing a spiritual hymn. This sets
a wonderful mood for the rest of
the day — to see the tall, majestic
oak trees shimmering in the
early morning sunlight, to hear
strains of beautiful words and
music in the air, to feel the spirit
of the Lord. We pause for a
prayer of thanksgiving and
gratitude.
After the prayer we have a
flag-raising ceremony. Now we
are ready for breakfast. When all
is quiet, the supervisor asks
one of the girls to give thanks
for the food.
Each morning one of the units
goes outside for a cookout
instead of going into the lodge to
eat. This means building a
fire, carrying water, and cooking
scrambled eggs, bacon, and
scones. Scones are made by
rolling dough onto a stick and
roasting it over the hot coals.
When the scone is cooked, it
is pulled off the stick and stuffed
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with butter and jam. What
a treat!
After breakfast each unit gets
involved in the day's activities.
A long hike is everyone's favorite.
After last-minute instructions
and checking the gear, food,
packs, water, and rain shelters,
we're off to find a new delight
over each hill.
Interesting strains of conversation
may be heard among the hikers.
One group of girls asks the
supervisor the requirements for
training to follow in her footsteps
as a camp leader. Another
group talks about requirements
for entering the temple. Still
another group talks about beaver
dams built along the south fork
of the Provo River.
And when we finally find the
dams, we have reached our goal.
We turn to go back to the
crossing of the river, but rain
and the rising river have covered
our steppingstones. River or
rain, it is all the same — wet! We
are seasoned waders by the
time we reach the lodge and rush
to hot showers, clean clothes,
and a warm meal.
All in all we enjoy every step of
the hike and every moment of
our stay at Crestwood, the girls'
camp in Woodland, Utah.
May 1967
53
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Faith,.."
By Ann Bedford Williams
Illustrated by Jeanne Lindorff
May 1967
(Based on the Sermon on the Mount found in Matthew 5, 6, 7,
and 3 Nephi 12.)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Be humble
Keep your mind open, your
energies properly focused.
Be courteous
Not only in the social graces
but spiritual courtesy as well.
Be merciful, tolerant
"Do unto others" — the
golden rule.
"Greater love hath no man
than this."
Be honest
Not only with others and the
world but with yourselves.
Be practical, balanced
In all things — your home, your
school, your business and church.
Be courageous
In your religion as well as in the
face of fear and danger.
Live helpfully
Love your neighbor as yourself.
Civic and community
responsibilities.
Help others to find peace
Spiritual as well as mental
and physical.
Control your temper
In all things.
Be pure
In mind as well as in body.
Be righteous
Live your religion all 24 hours
of the day.
Have faith and trust in God
Testify of Christ and of the
Church.
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We're helping to develop a national resource
(with names like Sam, Russ, Steve)
We met these young men on one of
our student refinery tours last fall.
They learned quite a few things about
Catalytic Crackers and Residuum
Strippers that day.
We learned a few things about them, too.
About their curiosity and their ambitions.
Why our interest in these bright young
men? Because young people are our
greatest national resource.
They deserve all the help they can get
toward realizing their potentials.
Refinery tours and geology tours,
scholarships and fellowships, and teaching
materials for schools, are just some of the
ways our Company shows its active interest
in today's young men and women.
Standard Oil is trying to help young people
discover more about themselves . . .
and the world they live in.
Standard Oil Company of California
and its worldwide family of Chevron Companies
The Chevron —
Sign of excellence
May 1967
57
A Run of Gray*
By Brian Kelly
• The valley begins at the south end of Utah Lake.
In the northeast corner of the valley stands an un-
usual mountain, alone and unattached. In the south-
east end of the valley both warm and cold springs
rise, making the area around them a flat marsh pushed
tight against the dry, brush-covered hills.
The first white settlers came to the valley in 1860.
Before that, trappers and prospectors occasionally
passed through.
Jasson Evans trapped in the valley during the win-
ter of 1885. He named it Warm Springs when he
saw the clouds of steam that continually rose off
the ponds in the south end of the valley.
Five years later he returned, bringing others. He
built a one-room adobe house and helped to dig a
canal. Cottonwood shoots were put out in front of
the house for shade. He planted a long row of pop-
lar trees along the south side of the farm to soften
the harsh winds from the desert.
# # » » #
I walked down the lane, caught in the spell of the
past as memories of my childhood came in a
torrent. I had thought of them before, but
now, under the old cottonwoods, they were
more poignant. My childhood was close.
Savoring each moment, I looked past the
house down into the meadow, then back
to the canal. Yes, it was all still here—
the adobe house, the barn, the chicken
coop. Everything looked the same
except for the cottonwoods. They
were crowded along
the ditch
bank now because of their bigness. Their trunks had
turned from the chalky-green color of my youth to
rough, scarred, gray supports for the tumbled foliage
above them. My mind wouldn't stay in the present;
it kept drifting, going back, remembering my ninth
spring in the valley. .
The buds on the cottonwoods were beginning to
show. It was early spring, and the canal was still
dry from the winter. Father told me that now that
I was nine, I was old enough to help clean the canal.
The dry moss and old brown weeds had to be cut
from the banks so the water could run smooth and
easy when it was turned into the ditch.
That first day's work was hard, and my arms and
back were sore and aching. After work Dad said,
"I've heard that back East they keep tame ducks to
live on the ponds and slow streams. The ducks eat
the moss and a lot of other water vegetation."
The talk of tame ducks made my tired mind race.
I'd never thought of tame ducks before, but I knew
that there were wild ones in the meadow behind the
house. If I could just find and tame some, I wouldn't
have to hack at these canal banks.
Every day as we worked on the ditch I watched the
meadow. It was only half a mile away, and many
times I could see ducks landing in the reeds. The
edge of the cow shed sighted with the corner fence-
post gave a straight line to the rushes where the ducks
landed most frequently. I watched every day, and
finally when the ditch was cleaned I was sure I could
go straight to the rushes where I'd seen the ducks
land.
The Saturday after the second week of ditch clean-
"I didn't notice the swooping gulls,
or hear their shrill cries. I stumbled,
fell. Heart-broken, convulsive
sobs racked my body."
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ing was over, I got up early and started chores by
myself. By the time Dad got to the barn I had the
heifer half milked. After chores and breakfast I said
that I wanted to go to the meadow to look for frogs.
Dad didn't usually care for me doing useless things,
but this morning he said okay.
At first I didn't know what to look for. I followed
the line from the side of the cow shed to the corner
post, straight toward the big clump of rushes I had
picked out before. When I got to the rushes I couldn't
see anything except tangles of reeds lying every way
in the water. On one tangle of rushes I did see a
white and tan pile of fluff that was dry and out of
water. I searched back and forth between the several
springs in the meadow until noon, and still I didn't
see a nest.
On the way back to the house I saw another pile
of down. This one was on dry ground, nestled in the
salt grass. I put my hand on the fluff, and underneath
the softness I felt something hard. Warily reaching
in the softness, I brushed some of the down away and
counted nine eggs. They were bigger than chicken
eggs, and olive green in color. Whipping off my
shirt, I tied knots in the sleeves and neck. Then one
by one I placed the eggs carefully in it. On the way
back to the house I waded out to the first pile of
fluff I had seen. In this nest were ten eggs.
It was hard to walk evenly. Nineteen eggs made
"A Run of Gray" won for its author, Brian Kelly, first
place in last year's Vera Hinckley Mayhew short story
contest at Brigham Young University and will appear
in Out of the Best Books, Vol. Ill, where it will be one
of the few selections written by a Latter-day Saint.
Brother Kelly, an editor with Battelle-Northwest in Rich-
land, Washington, is a Sunday School teacher.
Illustrated by Ted Nagata
May 1967
"Son, they can't be blamed for killing your ducks. They did what they did
the shirt heavy, and it kept swinging back and forth, God made some things to be good when they're
but I made it home without a mishap. Dad was sur- natural and some naturally bad. "Well, Son," Dad
prised when I told him about the eggs. Together we answered, "a lot of it depends on the point of view,
fixed two nesting boxes with fresh straw, put them Before the pioneers settled out here the Indians waited
in the corner of the coop, and placed ten eggs in one every year for the coming of the grasshoppers. They
nest and nine in the other one. We weren't sure thought God sent the grasshoppers to them for their
whether we could get a hen to sit on the strange eggs, food supply. When I was a boy in Salt Lake that
but we left a pan of wheat on the floor and went to first summer after we came west, we were depending
the house. After supper Dad went back to the coop on our meager crops to carry us through the coming
with a lantern. Sure enough, two hens had adopted winter.
the nests. "Then one day the sky became black with another
I kept a close watch on the nests during the next kind of grasshopper, noisy ones that we called crickets,
three weeks. I didn't need to worry, because the They moved down from the hills toward the crops,
hens seemed to treat the eggs like their own. Every eating every green thing in their path. We tried to
day or two they would slide back and forth on them drown them in ditches; we burned them; and still
and roll them with their beaks. Dad said that eggs they kept coming. The sky was black with them,
had to be turned every day or so if they were going Every morning your uncle and I would get up at
to hatch. dawn and walk back and forth through the grain,
The eggs started to hatch on the 28th day after I holding a thirty-foot rope between us, flipping the
found them in the meadow. The hens didn't seem to stalks of wheat so the crickets would fall off before
know the difference. They treated the little yellow they could eat the heads of grain,
flat-billed balls of fluff as if they were baby chicks. "Finally, when many people were ready to give
It was amusing to watch the hens scratching in the up, the Lord sent the seagulls to help us. For weeks
dirt around the coop for food for the ducks and the they filled the sky, eating the crickets until the crops
ducks not even paying attention. were saved. Son, those gulls were naturally good for
The most comical thing was when the ducks first us. God sent them to help us.
took to water. The hens were trying to lead their "Now there were some good men who grumbled
new charges along the bank of the canal in search for against the leaders. So they were sort of naturally
food. As soon as the little ducks got near the water, good and bad at the same time. This is what free
they scrambled down the bank and slid into the canal, agency means. Everyone has to choose, and we are
The hens were frantic and ran back and forth trying not all good or all bad as some people think."
to call the ducklings back. The little ducks lived in The conversation was interrupted as we drove down
the water a lot of the time from then on. the lane to the farm. Gulls were circling and diving
A hawk tried to get the ducklings one day, but they along the canal. We weren't alarmed until we got
escaped by diving. This made us feel good; we knew close enough to see that the canal was almost dry.
we didn't have to worry about the ducks as long as I scrambled over the side of the wagon and ran
the water was kept over a foot deep. up the ditch to where the gulls were diving, just in
The following Sunday was Conference Sunday. This time to scare a gull out of the bottom of the canal,
meant we had to make a five-mile trip to the stake Its mouth was open wide with a ball of yellow fluff
tabernacle. in it. The gull swallowed the duckling alive and
All I remember from conference that day was that whole, just as I had seen birds eat mice,
there is a natural and an unnatural man. I had never Dad came walking along in the muddy ditch with
noticed the difference before; I just figured that all his head down, searching along the banks for the
men were good. I liked the part about children being ducks. Together we found three. Three out of
pure and naturally good. I couldn't see how a natural nineteen. "I guess only these are left, Son," Dad
child was good and a natural man was bad, but by said. With my chest throbbing and eyes burning,
this time I quit trying to figure it out and leaned I ran to the haystack where no one could see me
against Dad and fell asleep. and cried.
On the way home from conference I asked Dad why I didn't see Dad again until it was time to do chores.
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because of their nature."
I started milking before he explained about the
ducks. I was grateful for the delay. Somehow it was
easier to listen with the cow's body between us.
Dad said, "The reason the canal was dry was because
Brother Wright had the whole stream turned on his
farm. He opened all his headgates so he could let
the water run on all of his fields."
For me the blame wasn't on Brother Wright as
much as the gulls. I didn't want to know reasons
why; I wanted more direct action. I had to find a
way to release the awful hurt inside me.
When I awoke the next morning I knew exactly
what I wanted to do. Somehow I would get even
with those gulls. After chores I headed for the point
in the distance where the lone mountain meets the
lake. This is where the gulls seemed to come from
and also to disappear.
When I got to the foothills along the lake I couldn't
help running. Caught in the combined force of
gravity and hate, I ran and stomped, in an erratic
pattern, back and forth along the ledges and rocks
above the water, stomping and kicking at the gull
nests in my path. I didn't notice the shrill cries of a
cloud of shrieking gulls above me. I didn't shy when
they swooped at me. I was caught up in my frenzied
act.
The buff-green, brown-speckled eggs were easy to
see along the ledges and among the rocks— sometimes
bunched around a few sticks and bits of debris but
mostly alone and bare on the ground.
A sickle-shaped horde of gulls shrieked and cried
as they beat up and down in the air above the slashed
path along the hillside. I wasn't conscious of fatigue,
but gradually I stumbled more and hated less. Sud-
denly, as I lashed at a nest knee high above me, I fell
on the rocks. I struggled to get up but I couldn't. The
pent-up hate and anger was leaving in its place exhaus-
tion. Heart-broken, convulsive sobs racked my body.
I don't know how long I lay like this, but when I
got up pieces of speckled shell and yolk-mixed blood
had hardened on me. Slowly I made my way back up
the foothill away from the water and the gull nests
until I topped the slight crest of the hill. In front of
me the whole valley was visible. I could see the
glinting ribbon of the canal that would lead me home.
Turning my back on this, I faced toward the lake.
I didn't hate anything now.
Then, weak and unsure on my feet, I stumbled
down the hill toward the canal and home. About
four miles from home I plunged into the canal and
waded in the waist-high cool water The cool water
made me suddenly conscious of my senses— the bright
sun, breeze from the hills, my tired muscles.
The sun was down when I got home. Dad had
already finished the chores, but he didn't say anything
about it. Mother made me change clothes before
supper. She had cooked the big meal at noon, but
there was bread and milk and honey left for supper.
She didn't say anything when I passed the honey by
and ate bread and milk and onions along with Dad.
Then I excused myself and went to bed. I couldn't
look them in the eye any longer. I was alone and
miserable.
Next morning started the same as others. Dad
shook me so we could milk and do chores together.
On the way back to the house a few seagulls flew
over, and Dad saw me intently watching them. He
spoke quietly beside me, "Son, they can't be blamed
for killing your ducks, and they do eat a lot of mice
and insects."
I couldn't hold it any longer and began to tell him
where I had been yesterday. I tried to make it not
sound so bad by telling how the gulls didn't even
build a nest. They just laid their eggs on the bare
ground. They didn't leave a cover of down over their
eggs like the ducks did.
Dad interrupted and began one of his sermon an-
swers: "The gulls did what they did because of their
nature. The seagulls killed your ducks so they could
live.
"I guess compared to a duck a gull doesn't build a
very good nest, but they do live and raise their young
the same way. I've already told why the gulls are
special to me. This summer I'd like you to watch
them as they hatch and grow. Learn about them.
When they are little they are about as ugly as you
were when you were born. But they change. Look
up at them now and see how they circle and glide. I
guess that next to a sailing ship, a gull wing in flight
is the most graceful shape I've ever seen.
"Watch their color. They get whiter and whiter as
they grow older. They start a motley brown and gray
color and every year come closer to pure white."
That summer I began to watch the gulls as they
changed from ugly chicks to brown, then gray,
fledglings and then on to a purer shade of white. That
summer I began to watch men age also. Many times
since I have envied the white gulls. O
May 1967
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The teacher's first responsibility is to set a proper example.
Teaching
Conducted by the
Church School System
Church
Teacher:
Classroom
Diagnostician
"And Jesus answering said
unto them, They that are whole
need not a physician; hut they
that are sick."
(Luke 5:31.)
By Dr. Sterling R. Provost
Director, Institute of Religion
Boulder, Colorado
• Often when a physician arrives
at his office he finds it crowded
with patients suffering from various
ailments. He talks with each in-
dividually and, as part of the
examination period, may bring
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in order that he might arrive at a
complete and precise diagnosis.
Once the results are obtained from
examinations and tests, the pa-
tient can be wisely treated.
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to be called in to diagnose the
ills of a group, and the only means
by which he could determine their
problems would be through ob-
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Five symptoms of ineffective teaching — and what to do about them.
Obviously, a medical practitioner
would never willingly place him-
self in a situation where he would
be without the advantage of pri-
vate consultation. However, this
situation is substantially the di-
lemma that constantly challenges
lay teachers in the Church as they
meet their classes.
The common didactical procedure
of both the physician and the
church teacher should be that of
understanding people as they are
and then helping them to make the
greatest possible use of their God-
given potential. To accomplish
such an ambition requires an intel-
ligent interpretation of "danger
signals" that may be present. In
this connection, the teacher be-
comes a classroom diagnostician.
Let us investigate five of the
significant symptoms of ineffective
teaching and prescribe a treatment
for each.
I. Do you have frequent discipline
problems?
Discipline is inherent in good
teaching. It is not a matter of cor-
rection so much as it is a matter
of prevention. The good disci-
plinarian anticipates disorder and
directs the energies of his pupils
so that the disorder is made im-
possible by attention to legitimate
interests.
Dr. Adam S. Bennion categorized
the securing of discipline into five
methods: (1) rewards and punish-
ments; (2) being good for the sake
of pleasing parents, teachers, and
other adults; (3) compulsion; (4)
gaining social appeal; and (5) cre-
ating interest.1 Thus, before a
teacher can exercise any form of
discipline effectively, he must
know to what end he is striving.
Stoops and Dunworth have de-
veloped a booklet of considerable
value in this area. Among their
conclusions are:
1. There is no simple answer.
2. Behavior is caused.
3. Work on the causes as well
as on the behavior.
4. Don't work alone; get others
on your team.
5. Don't expect change all at
once; it will take time.
6. Know yourself and your own
feelings.
7. Constantly reevaluate your
classroom techniques.
8. If you had the same experi-
ences and background as those mis-
behaving, would you act any dif-
ferently?2
Discipline or classroom control
is the joint effort of both teacher
and student. Because self-disci-
pline is the ideal, student responsi-
bility for classroom order is
desirable. However, the teacher's
seasoned experience for added con-
trol is also of major importance.
II. Do you suffer from a feeling
of inadequacy in the classroom?
Dr. Asahel D. Woodruff says that
"teaching assignments must be
taken seriously. ... A full com-
mitment to the gospel and the as-
signment is essential. No half-way
acceptance of the task will do. The
commitment requires right-of-way
in two forms: time to prepare for
teaching, and time to do the
teaching."3
A teacher's real obligation starts
at the point at which he begins to
contribute to others. The teacher
who truly senses the tremendous re-
sponsibility that is his will have
moments when he feels incapable
of fulfilling his commission. Such
times of despondency are natural
and, if used advantageously, can
assist the teacher immeasurably in
reaching greater heights.
To help individuals improve both
their quality and success in teach-
ing, Woodruff outlines the major
parts of the teaching job as:
1. Your commitment to your
calling.
2. Your cooperation with the
Church's plan for teaching the
gospel.
3. Your basic qualities for teach-
ing: your personality and personal
relationship with class members,
the quality of the thoughts you
take to your class, and your ability
in teaching those thoughts.
4. Your stewardship over those
you should be teaching.
5. Your progress in developing
a supply of teaching materials.4
Constant self-evaluation by the
teacher, in light of classroom de-
velopments, will insure a healthy
teacher image, both for himself
and the student.
III. Do you avoid personal in-
volvement with your students?
A class consists of persons, and
persons are individuals. Learning
is an individual experience and is
necessarily based on a personal
need. To further understand this
concept, certain generalizations can
be made.
Eva May Green suggests:
1. Each learner is unique.
2. Many things are learned
simultaneously.
3. People's interests are broad
and varied.
4. Different class members will
learn different things from identi-
cal experiences.
5. The development of the
learner is a continuous process.5
Consequently, the group learns
only as the individual learns.
There are various ways of learn-
ing about a person: (1) listen to him
and observe his behavior; (2) find
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Teachers need to ask themselves: "If I were a
student, would I act differently?"
out what he values and how he
feels about things; and (3) study
his personal qualities as these are
revealed through his behavior.
How can data regarding a stu-
dent's background, values, and
reaction to various things be ob<
tained? This may be done by using
a simple interest questionnaire with
items geared to the age group con-
cerned, or having students write
biographies or compositions that
reveal the desired information. In
some areas, a simple test or quiz
can be a helpful technique to ac-
quire valuable information, such as
a sentence-completion exercise.
Always remember to keep confi-
dential information that warrants
trust.
Teachers may well work upon
these six suggestions:
1. Be aware of pupil responses—
of all kinds.
2. Be interested in them and in
what lies behind them.
3. How have they been appealed
to heretofore?
4. Watch for the natural re-
action of your pupils as you proceed
with the various steps of your
lesson.
5. Take pains to keep pupils
busy.
6. Try to anticipate the develop-
ing interests of your pupils by
keeping out in front far enough
that they are kept busy following
you.6
IV. Are you losing a sense of di-
rection in your teaching?
How does the teacher acquire
and maintain his sense of direction?
It has been said that an objective
is where one is going, and a pur-
pose is why one is going there.
There is more than one kind of
objective. For example, the gen-
eral objective of all Church classes
is to develop devout Latter-day
Saints by helping them gain testi-
monies pursuant to eternal life. This
obviously cannot be achieved in
any single year's work or course of
study, so it must be divided and
then subdivided. However, it is
the guiding star to which other
objectives are subject.
In addition to the long-range ob-
jective, the author of each year's
course of study, regardless of the
organization (priesthood class, aux-
iliary, seminary), provides objec-
tives that are applicable to the
subject matter under consideration.
There is a kind of objective that
applies to an individual lesson. As
given by the writer, this may not
always be in workable form for
the teacher. If this is the case, he
must restate or otherwise adapt it
for his group.
Now let us briefly turn to the
place of purpose in developing a
lesson. With the appropriate ob-
jectives determined and properly
implemented, the teacher must then
give attention to why he is going
in a particular direction. The ma-
terials that the teacher proposes to
use in class should clearly illus-
trate why he is trying to reach that
goal. In addition, students may ask
"why?" concerning certain ideas
presented, and the teacher must
be able to respond intelligently.
Therefore, all methods and tech-
niques used in reaching a given
objective must be first subjected
to the purpose. When this is con-
sistently done, much superfluous
material can be profitably avoided
and the mind of the student will be
more apt to remember the vitality
of the message.
Once both objectives and pur-
poses have been realistically estab-
lished, the teacher should make a
written plan for each lesson. As
someone has said, "Find a plan that
works, and then work that plan."
V. Have you failed to provide a
favorable classroom learning
environment?
Practical lessons of lasting value
are constantly being presented in
various conditions and places. It
is true that effective teaching may
be carried on anywhere at any time.
However, the main scene of teach-
ing is the classroom. It is impor-
tant that the classroom setting be
right. Teaching can go on despite
unfavorable conditions; yet, why
should it? We will assume, for the
sake of this discussion, that the
room is adequately ventilated and
at the proper temperature, clean
and orderly, physically attractive,
and modestly equipped. What
roles do the student and teacher
then have in completing the de-
sirable classroom scene?
First, a teacher must of necessity
deal with the individual as part of
the group. Redl and Wattenburg7
say that in each classroom group
are found many role players-
leaders, advocates, clowns, "fall
guys," and instigators. These roles
are not constant and often change
with each new situation. A teacher
should be prepared to deal with
each role change and strive to main-
tain a continuing healthy classroom
climate.
Teachers must insure that the
basic psychological needs of each
class member are met, an atmos-
phere exists in which students feel
that they can participate without
fear of how the teacher will react,
group morale is strengthened by
thinking in terms of "we" instead
of "me," and a classroom climate
exists that sets the stage for real
learning and discovery by remov-
ing any existing social barrier.
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To guide and inspire the church
teacher in his assignment, Presi-
dent McKay, the Lord's living
prophet today and a noted educator
in his own right, penned the fol-
lowing, which might serve as the
basis of a personal commitment
for all Church teachers:
"To the teachers of the Church,
the best way to achieve this [to
bring to pass the immortality and
eternal life of man] is to discharge
at least three great responsibilities.
The first is the responsibility to set
a proper example. . . .
"Second, is the responsibility of
guardianship, of being shep-
herds. . . .
"The third obligation is so to
live that we may merit the com-
panionship and guidance of the
Holy Spirit. . . "8
The mission of a teacher in the
Church is one of the most impor-
tant in life. It is a holy and
responsible calling. It calls for
the finest effort one can give to
transmit the truths of the gospel
to the children of God. To do this
work properly requires that Church
teachers become indeed classroom
diagnosticians. O
FOOTNOTES
iAdam S. Bennion, Principles of Teaching
(Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1958),
pp. 152-55.
2Emery Stoops and John Dunworth, Classroom
Discipline (Montclair, N. J.: The Economics
Press, Inc.), p. 41.
3Asahel D. Woodruff, Teaching the Gospel
(Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1961),
p. 5.
*Ibid., pp. 242-47. (See also John T. Wahl-
quist, Teaching As the Direction of Activities
[Salt Lake City: Deseret Sunday School Union,
1936].)
6Eva May Green, "Teaching— A Learner-
Centered Process," The Instructor, Vol. 84,
August 1949, p. 405.
6Don A. Orton, "Study Your Students, Too,"
A Reader for the Teacher, ed., A. Hamer Reiser
(Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1960),
pp. 112-13.
TFritz Redl and William W. Wattenberg,
Mental Hygiene in Teaching (New York: Har-
court, Brace and Company, Inc., 1959), pp.
271-77.
8David O. McKay, Treasures of Life, comp.
Clare Middlemiss (Salt Lake City: Deseret
Book Company, 1962), pp. 489-90.
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Sister Kimball was presented with a bouquet of roses.
The tribute was in recognition of Elder Kimball's
"long years of service to the youth of the Church and
his wise counsel."
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We arose, and swinging
our hats three times over
our heads, shouted: * Hurrah,
hurrah for Israel,9 "
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"Therefore, go ye into all the world; and unto whatsoever place ye cannot go ye shall
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• "And as I said unto mine apostles, even so I say unto
you, for you are mine apostles, even God's high
priests; ye are they whom my Father hath given me;
ye are my friends;
"Therefore, as I said unto mine apostles I say unto
you again, that every soul who belie veth on your
words, and is baptized by water for the remission of
sins, shall receive the Holy Ghost." (D&C 84:62-64.)
"September 14th [1839], President Brigham Young
left his home at Montrose [Iowa] to start on the mis-
sion to England. He was so sick that he was unable
to go to the Mississippi, a distance of thirty rods,
without assistance. After he had crossed the river
he rode behind Israel Barlow on his horse to my
house, where he continued sick until the 18th. He
left his wife sick with a babe only three weeks old,
and all his other children were sick and unable to wait
upon each other. Not one soul of them was able to
go to the well for a pail of water, and they were with-
out a second suit to their backs, for the mob in Mis-
souri had taken nearly all he had. On the 17th,
Sister Mary Ann Young got a boy to carry her up in
his wagon to my house, that she might nurse and
comfort Brother Brigham to the hour of starting.
"September 18th, Charles Hubbard sent his boy
with a wagon and span of horses to my house; our
trunks were put into the wagon by some brethren;
I went to my bed and shook hands with my wife who
was then shaking with a chill, having two children
lying sick by her side; I embraced her and my children,
and bade them farewell. My only well child was
Heber P., and it was with difficulty he could carry
a couple of quarts of water at a time, to assist in
quenching their thirst.
"It was with difficulty we got into the wagon, and
started down the hill about ten rods; it appeared to
me as though my very inmost parts would melt within
me at leaving my family in such a condition, as it were
almost in the arms of death. I felt as though I could
not endure it. I asked the teamster to stop, and said
to Brother Brigham, 'This is pretty tough, isn't it; let's
rise up and give them a cheer.' We arose, and swing-
ing our hats three times over our heads, shouted:
'Hurrah, hurrah for Israel.' Vilate, hearing the noise,
arose from her bed and came to the door. She had a
smile on her face. Vilate and Mary Ann Young cried
out to us: 'Goodbye, God bless you.' We returned the
compliment, and then told the driver to go ahead.
After this I felt a spirit of joy and gratitude, having
had the satisfaction of seeing my wife standing upon
her feet, instead of leaving her in bed, knowing well
that I should not see them again for two or three
years." (Journal of Heber C. Kimball, quoted in Orson
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Two Mothers
By Randall L. Green
My thoughts traverse
five times five hundred miles,
And take me back
ten times a dozen years,
To place and age
where Light forsook the wiles
Of life, and brought great souls,
through toil and tears,
Across a continent
as pioneers
And planted them
in this once desert land
That progeny might live
beyond the fears
Of ignorance,
and in the sunlight stand.
Among those noble souls
Light did expand
Was one fair mother*
who illumed her son
And led him,
without help of husband's hand,
To be a beacon
for tfie Holy One.
How rare such mothers!
Yet rare, too, is mine,
Who, but for mortal blood,
would be divine.
°Mary Fielding Smith
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about the stake president's words: the time had finally
arrived to build the new ward house. The property
was now purchased, the title clear, and groundbreak-
ing would be scheduled as soon as his ward raised
its share of the required cost for starting construction.
"The other ward already has the money to start,"
said the president. "As you know, we originally in-
tended having them merely remodel the old building.
They started gathering funds a year ago, and Bishop
Barton tells me they now have over thirty thousand
dollars. So they're just waiting for you."
That certainly put the pressure on his ward— and on
him. This is why he had made an appointment to
see the president again. As a bishop, he was
anxious for the president's counsel. How does one
go about raising thousands of dollars from a small
ward full of young families struggling to pay for new
homes and furniture, families with many little
children?
"In addition to being made up mostly of young
families, President, my people aren't all that active.
Oh, they're wonderful people, but tithing is a genuine
problem for some of them. In fact, now that I've had
a chance to dig into the records a bit, I was going to
start calling on those who I feel need some encourage-
ment. But how can I go to them with a big building
project, too? I mean, their income can only stretch
so far!"
This last remark came as an honest lament. The
bishop, new and eager, had spent a week going over
names and lists, jotting down figures. It appeared
a little unrealistic to him to have to raise all that
money in such a limited time.
"Last night my counselors and I figured there might
be an easier way to do this, to make the burden a little
lighter for our families." The bishop shifted uneasily.
(He still didn't feel good about his building fund
plan. But then, that was why he was here talking
to the stake president.)
"First off, we feel that rather than give a blanket
assignment to all families, we should use a percentage
figure, like we do with tithing. Only this one would
be their pledge of one month's income to be paid out
over three years." The president winced inwardly,
but held his pleasant expression and allowed the
bishop to go on.
"To supplement this— since obviously we can't give
this one-month assignment to inactive families— we
propose a series of building fund projects. We've
been working on a list, and there is really quite a
remarkable variety of things we can do: weekly bake
sales, ward movies, carnivals, and the like. We plan
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It Is A
Day of
Sacrifice
The problem of
fund raising
— and how
to solve it.
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till
to use all the auxiliaries on these. For example,
there's a cookbook the Relief Society could. . . ."
But he stopped in mid- sentence; the president had
tilted back in his chair, smiling. He rubbed his nose
a minute. Then slowly he leaned forward and began
to speak:
"Bishop, let me say how much I appreciate your
coming to me, allowing me to give you the benefit
of whatever experience I've had in raising money for
Church projects over the years. Just now your com-
ments sounded like some of my own, long, long ago.
So let's touch on these things one point at a time.
First, you say your ward is very young, in the throes
of buying houses and feeding children. Just like
Bishop Barton's ward! Then you indicate that you
feel a percentage of income from all your active
families would be the most equitable. But I suggest
that not every family has the same financial problems;
where a month's salary paid out over three years
might be all right for some, it might also be a crush-
ing burden for others. Don't you feel that to make a
fair judgment of each family's ability to pay, you
almost have to sit down with each family?"
The bishop found himself relaxing. This was what
he wanted. The president went on:
"Only the bishop has the mantle of judgment in
these matters. Only you can wisely make a deter-
mination of how much each family should be asked
to pay. But you must have their counsel and confi-
dence to set this figure. And you must not hesitate
to make it a challenging figure. You see, Bishop, I'm
convinced that people are happy for the opportunity
to sacrifice if they're convinced it's for a needful
purpose, for the Lord.
"I like that statement in the Doctrine and Covenants
that says : 'Verily it is a day of sacrifice.' And, frankly,
I don't feel that any sacrifice you might, in your
bishop's judgment, wish to ask of your families is going
to bring them anything but happiness."
The bishop broke in: "Then you don't think we
should have all the fund-raising projects, nor neglect
asking money from non-tithe payers?" And the presi-
dent chuckled openly.
"I think I've worked on as many fund-raising projects
as the next man— had a lot of fun doing it. But you'll
create more problems than you'll solve by trying to
build your building with carnivals and bake sales.
You see, your auxiliaries and quorums already have
their programs and projects. They don't need any
added fund-raising tasks from you. Solve everything
through your wise and equitable request from each
family. And don't neglect the man who's never paid
tithing. Of course, there will be lots of wonderful
opportunities for everyone to work with a shovel or
a hammer. You'll be able to make some tremendous
cash savings there." The president tilted back again,
pausing reflectively.
"Yes, don't neglect asking your inactive brethren
to make a sacrifice of their time as well as of their
money."
The bishop sensed the president had struck a nos-
talgic note and withheld his questions while the
president went on:
"You know, Bishop, this conversation reminds me of
a young man I once knew— and you might have some-
one just like him in your ward. He had a good job,
a splendid wife, and three little children. He had
plenty of places to put his money, and there was never
enough to go around. But he had enough for his
own personal vices, and breaking the Word of Wis-
dom drove him further from the Church.
"When his ward started to build a new building, he
was visited by his bishop. When he complained that
he didn't really believe in tithing, the bishop asked
him if he believed in the Primary his children went to
or the Relief Society his wife attended. The bishop
began talking in terms of bricks and mortar. They
cost money, he pointed out, and then he challenged
this inactive brother with the opportunity of making a
personal sacrifice of cash to pay for the new building
his wife and children might be using.
"The bishop's approach had just the right touch.
The young man made an important decision: he
would scrape up the money the bishop had asked
for. He would make a sacrifice. At first it wasn't
intended for the Lord but for his wife and children,
for the bishop. But it didn't end there. Once he put
his money into the project, he found himself more and
more interested. He volunteered to do some hammer-
ing, and he spent many hours toiling with his brethren
to build what he came to call 'the house of the
Lord.' Eventually he gave up his bad habits. He
even attended a meeting or two with his family. And
finally, one Sunday he appeared at priesthood
meeting."
By now the president was misty-eyed and a little
embarrassed. He chuckled again, relieving the mood
he'd created.
"Yes, Bishop, I guess I owe more than I can say—
those many years ago when I was young and most
unwise— to the need to sacrifice for building 'the
house of the Lord.' And the key then, the thing that
caused me to make the right decision, was a good
bishop who came to me in kindliness and love, but
who didn't hesitate to tell me: 'Verily it is a day of
sacrifice.' " O
money into the project, he found himself more and more interested,
to do some hammering. ..."
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Today's Family
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Grandmothers
Mothers are wonderful, but
they are even more precious
if they are great mothers or
true grandmothers.
'Grandmother" is an honorary
title until it is earned. Anyone
whose child has a child is called a
grandmother. This can happen at
quite an early age. It isn't unusual
for a 38-year-old woman to become
a grandmother, but still that
"grandness" in the title isn't hers
until she affects for the better the
lives of her grandchildren. This is
done act by act, hour by hour, as
she builds a good solid bridge be-
tween herself and each little one.
Thus, when their eyes meet hers,
there is understanding. To these
children here is a person who adds
to their security; she is the second
line of defense for them against the
world. She's there, and she cares
what they are today and what they
- will become. All of us know grand-
mothers who are truly grand hu-
man beings.
A woman gives birth to a baby or
extends , her love to a child and
adopts it, and in doing so becomes
a mother. Songs aire sung about
her, books are written in her praise,
and nations are stronger because
of her influence. It is a wonder-
ful thing to be a mother but a far
superior thing to be a great mother.
As we look around, we see women
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There are many degrees between a mother and a
"great" mother, a grandmother and a "grand" mother.
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and Great Mothers
who could well be called "great-
mothers," if there were such a title.
There are many degrees between
a mother and a great mother. The
wisdom of the ages, the capacity
to truly love, an understanding
spirit, laughter that springs easily,
and the courage to say "no" to a
child when it is necessary— all add
up to greatness in a mother. This
can happen to you even if your first
baby was just born yesterday.
Wisdom comes from being able
to sift the valuable from each situa-
tion and discard the chaff. A wise
mother seldom holds a Ph.D. de-
gree, but she has learned to use
yesterday and the day before as
stepping-stones to today. This wise
woman knows good from evil and
teaches her children to distinguish
between the two. She guides her
small sons and daughters to choose
the good. This mother, who is to be
called great someday, nourishes
conscience within each of her chil-
Jren to direct them always. A wise
mother teaches her children that
they have a Heavenly Father who
loves them and wants them to live
so that they can return to him some-
day, They learn from her how to
pray and how to depend on his
help.
The capacity to love varies within
each of us. Some love themselves
so much that there isn't room in
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their hearts for anyone else. An-
other has a heart so big it can en-
fold her own brood and any child
anywhere. Many claim to have a
heart this big, but their actions
prove differently. To truly love
shows on the outside in every act.
Love shines in doing. Showering
gifts upon a child does not show
love. True love gives the gift of
self.
An understanding spirit is a
warm, tolerant spirit. When a
woman can look into a child's eyes
and see their depths, that is under-
standing. She sees the reason for
the child's act, not just the act. She
clearly sees the consequence and is
able to transfer its meaning to her
child. She understands him by
walking in his shoes, and in so
doing she guides him into her foot-
steps.
A little girl said to her mother
one day, "Eddie has a funny
mother." The admiration in her
voice belied the thought that
Eddie's mother was strange. It said,
"She's fun; she's cheerful. I like to
be with her." Laughter should
spring easily and quickly from a
mother. There is a lilt to a great
person. Someone rightly said, "A
deep person has a light, happy
touch; a shallow person is pom-
pous." A great mother never cries
over spilt milk. Understanding the
humor in life makes living enjoy-
able.
There are many kinds of courage,
but one of the greatest and the most
difficult is the courage of a mother
to say "no" to her child when the
need for such an answer arises. This
strong "no" can mean the difference
to a boy or a girl between a happy,
successful life and a dismal, sad
failure. It takes courage for a
mother to say "no" when all the
other mothers are saying "yes."
With this "no," if a mother is truly
great, a child feels understanding
and love. It is a talent to be able to
say "no" and keep a happy climate
in a home. This talent can be devel-
oped if a mother is wise, truly
loves, is understanding, has a light
touch, and prays constantly to her
Heavenly Father. Living will be
great as long as there are "great
mothers" and grandmothers in this
world.
Some Dishes Mother Made
Over and Over Again
Walnut Cookies
% cup butter or margarine
XU teaspoon salt
2 cups white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
4 eggs, well beaten.
3y2 cups flour
iy2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup nuts, finely chopped
Combine the butter, salt, and sugars;
cream until light. Add the beaten eggs;
mix. Sift the flour and baking powder
and add. Then add the vanilla and the
nuts. DroD by teaspoons, flatten, and
bake at 375° F. until light brown.
Old-Fashioned Two-Egg
Chiffon Cake
2 eggs, separated
iyz cups sugar
2Vi cups sifted cake flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
y3 cup salad oil
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
Beat the egg whites until frothy. Grad-
ually beat in V4 cup sugar. Beat until
stiff and glossy. Sift remaining sugar,
flour, baking powder,, and salt into
another bowl. Add the oil, half the
milk, and the vanilla. Beat one minute
at medium speed. Scrape sides of bowl
constantly. Add the remaining milk and
beaten egg yolks. Beat 1 more minute.
Fold in the meringue. Pour into a
13x9x2-inch pan. Bake about 40 min-
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The Best Fudge Cake
2/3 cup butter or margarine
1% cups sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 1-ounce squares unsweetened
chocolate, melted
2y2 cups sifted cake flour
1V4 teaspoons soda
y2 teaspoon salt
114 cups ice water
Cream together the butter, sugar, eggs,
and vanilla until light and fluffy. Blend
in the cooled chocolate. Sift together
the flour, salt, and soda; add to the
creamed mixture alternately with the
ice water, beating well after each addi-
tion. Line two 9-inch-layer cake pans
with wax paper, grease, and pour in
cake mixture. Bake at 350 degrees F.
for about 30 minutes or until done. Let
cake cool, then frost with chocolate
frosting and trim with walnuts.
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1 pint vanilla ice cream
1 can (#2) crushed pineapple,
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Home, Sweet Home
• Fair and warmer, unsettled, sud-
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Each must light the torch and carry
it high. If they think of this night
as something special, so will the
children. It will then be a happy,
enjoyable time. Children react to
their parent's moods. Enthusiastic
expectation should begin early in
the day, and the weather report
will then be fair and warmer.
There should be no clouds of
discontent, such as, "Let's get this
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Let us jump over the mistakes of
others, learn from them, and do it
right the first time ourselves.
Why chop onions the hard, cry-
ing way? All you need to do is put
a quarter of an onion and one or
two tablespoons of water into the
blender and turn on the switch.
If you use only part of an onion
in a recipe, there is no need to
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The Spoken Word
Courtesy and Character
Often where people live and move so crowded, so closely, of utmost
importance are courtesy and character. "Manner[s] [are] not so
frivolous or unimportant as some may think, . . ." said Samuel
Smiles. "A manner at once gracious and cordial is among the greatest
aids to success, and many . . . fail for want of it; . . . rudeness and
gruff ness bar doors and shut hearts. ... A man's manner, to a certain
extent, indicates his character ... his taste, his feelings, and his temper.
. . . Artificial rules of politeness are of very little use. What passes by
the name of 'Etiquette' is often of the essence of . . . untruthfulness.
It consists in a great measure of posture-making, and is easily seen
through. . . . but the natural manner . . . signifies a great deal. . . . Good
manners consist, for the most part, in courteousness and kindness. . . .
The truest politeness comes of sincerity. . . . No amount of polish can
dispense with truthfulness. . . . True courtesy is kind. It . . . contribute [s]
to the happiness of others, and in refraining from all that may annoy
them. . . . Want of respect for the feelings of others usually originates
in selfishness, . . . want of sympathy and want of delicacy— a want of
. . . perception and [neglect of] attention to those little and apparently
trifling things [that are so essential in courteous and kindly living of
life]. . . . Without some degree of self-restraint in society a man may
be . . . insufferable. . . . [And] for want of self-restraint many men
are . . . rendering success impossible by their own cross-grained un-
gentleness; while others, . . . much less gifted, make their way and
achieve success by simple patience, . . . and self-control."1 True courtesy
and true kindness and thoughtfulness are increasingly essential to the
successful living of life, and true courtesy never comes without true
character. ". . . good manners are thoughts filled with kindness and
refinement and then translated into behavior."2
* "The Spoken Word" from Temple
Square, presented over KSL and the Columbia Broad-
casting System March 5, 1967. Copyright 1967.
Samuel Smiles, Character: Manner—Art, Ch. 9.
2Author unknown.
Better than Sunlight
Every man is privileged to
believe all his life that his own
mother is the best and dearest
that a child ever had. By some
strange instinct of taciturnity
and repression, most of us lack
utterance to say our thoughts
in this close matter. A man's
mother is so tissued and woven
into his life and brain that he
can no more describe her than
describe the air and sunlight
that bless his day. — Christopher
Morley, Mince Pie
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Richard L. Evans
The Spoken Word
The Dotted Line
Signing on "the dotted line" has come to be a symbol of entering
into obligations — a symbol sometimes of getting into things that
are not easy to get out of. Many have discovered that it is much
easier to get into things than it is to get out of them. Sometimes we
seem to set our hearts on opening certain doors, on entering into certain
situations, and we knock and pry and push and almost insist on getting
inside. Then we may find that being inside isn't quite what we thought
it was. And often we find that the exits aren't so easily accessible. This
question of getting into what is hard to get out of applies to many
matters: to borrowing, to signing notes, to contracts of many kinds,
to joining things, to accepting things, to mortgages, to marriages. It is
so easy to sign, so easy to accept, so easy to say "yes," so easy to make
commitments — and so hard to fulfill, so hard to pay back, so long to
regret, so long to repent — so easy to get into and so hard to get out of.
Often we pursue mirages. We follow fashions; we cling to pride; we
stubbornly set ourselves, and make commitments and shortsighted de-
cisions. But before we do, we should see ourselves on the paying side
as well as on the receiving side. We should read the fine print; we
should take a long look, consider consequences, and not commit ourselves
to any course that would impair our peace, our solvency, our self-respect,
our credit, our character, our conscience. It isn't only the moment that
matters. It is the morning after, the month after, the year after, the
long years ahead, the whole of life — and everlasting life. We must
look beyond the moment, through all the days there are, to the day the
debt is due. We must look beyond the limits of time, even into eternity,
and keep ourselves as free as we can from questionable compromise,
questionable company, questionable commitments. We should read the
fine print, take a long look at life (and not trust the moonlight too much),
and consider all commitments carefully in the clear light of day, and
proceed slowly before assenting, before signing.
# "The Spoken Word" from Temple
Square, presented over KSL and the Columbia Broad-
casting System March 12, 1967. Copyright 1967.
"But How Do
The teacher asked the students
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except one little girl, who sat
I Draw This?"
quietly holding her pad and
pencil in hand.
"Don't you know what
you want to be when you grow
up?" asked the teacher. "Yes,
I know," she replied, "but I don't
know how to draw it. I want
to be married."
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Janis Hutchinson, mother of three, is Gospel Doctrine teacher
in the Wendover (Utah) Ward, and is presently finishing her
first book for an East Coast publisher.
I remember that I took off my shoes and socks, rolled up
my slacks, and stepped in. I can still remember how good that mud felt.
Mommy Likes Mud Too!
By Janis P. Hutchinson
• The back door opened quietly. Then a voice called,
"Mommy, promise fyou won't get mad?"
I sighed to myself. "What now? I'll try not to,"
I replied.
Bobby's head peered around the corner apprehen-
sively. "Let's see the rest of you," I gasped.
As he inched himself around the corner of the door-
way, I screamed inside. Bobby was (as usual) cov-
ered with mud. I pictured my nice clean bathroom
and the inevitable job of cleaning up after Bobby.
But, instead, I managed to say, "Hi, there. Looks like
you're really having some fun."
The expression on Bobby's face changed. "It's okay,
then?"
"Sure. Just be sure to clean up the basin after you
get through." I smiled reassuringly, then sighed. I
heard the basin fill up and visualized the muddy foot-
marks that would be all along the top edge of the
tub, where he would have to stand; the muddy ring;
the gooeyed-up soap; the muddy drips that would run
from his hands down his elbows and onto the floor
(which, of course, he would then step in); the dirty
towel. . . .
Bobby reappeared in the doorway. "Hey, Mom,
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come on out and see what we're making!"
Out we went, to the yard, where his sister Patty was
playing. Observing the tall dirt mountain, neatly
shaped roads, secret tunnels, and one huge lake in
the middle— full of mud— I said, "Boy, Bobby, that's
really swell!"
Bobby plunged into the dirt again and asked, "You
wanna play cars with us? Look how neat they go
through these tunnels."
Patty, looking quite disgusted, turned to Bobby and
said, "Honestly, Bobby, don't you know anything?
Mommies don't play in dirt. They don't like it!"
"Well," I said, smiling, "mommies don't usually play
in the dirt, but I can remember how good all that
mud feels." They looked at me as if they hadn't
heard right. "Yes," I continued, "I remember the time
when I got a great big bucket and filled it with the
nicest, gooey est mud you ever did see. Then I took
off my shoes and stockings, rolled up my slacks, and
stepped in. I can still feel how good that mud felt
oozing up between my toes. Then I washed my hands
and arms in it."
"You mean you really like mud? Golly." Patty
looked at Bobby with an I-guess-mommies-aren't-so-
bad-after-all look.
Later, on one occasion when the oldest boy, Gordon,
accused me of not knowing exactly how he felt about
something, Patty interrupted with "Oh, yes, she does.
Remember, she likes mud!"
Strangely enough, this was the beginning of real
communication and understanding between us.
I found other occasions to gain the children's con-
fidence by letting them know that I understood exactly
how they felt.
"Mom, I can't swallow this asparagus ... it just
won't go down. It's nasty!" Then, "I just can't! I'll
never like it!"
I felt like saying, "It's good for you— full of vita-
mins. You're just acting silly, and it's all in your
mind!" But instead I managed a sympathetic look.
"Yes, I can remember when I thought my mother was
the worst monster in the world to make me eat my
asparagus. And I always used to sit and pick all the
bits of onions out of the dishes she'd fix, just as you
do. I know children don't like certain foods, but
when you grow up you'll like them."
At the next dinner, I had to smile as Patty, shud-
dering as she did, put a forkful of meat loaf (with
onion) into her mouth.
"Ugh . . . but I'll like them when I grow up."
What does all this have to do with communication?
The main complaint of older children when they
won't go to their parents is, "They don't know how I
really feel. They just won't understand. Nothing I
say or do is important."
Achieving communication is the big factor in de-
veloping happy family relationships. I want to help
my children and have them feel free to come and
talk with me. But at times I've been guilty of giving
the impression that I'm too busy to be bothered with
listening to them. I have the deepest love for my
children, as I'm sure all parents have. I'd give my
life for them. But I wisely decided that instead of
my life, how about 15 minutes regularly?
Bobby was so excited about his birthday party. He
had opened all his presents but one. This was an
envelope that he knew was from me. When he opened
it, it read, "Dear Bobby: Starting tomorrow, my pres-
ent to you is 15 minutes a day. This will be your
special time. I'll do anything you want to do . . .
even get down on the floor and play cars. Love,
Mommy."
"You mean it?" he exclaimed excitedly. But then a
little apprehensively, "What if someone calls and wants
you to do something?"
"Then," I replied, "they'll just have to wait. Nothing
is going to interfere with your special time."
Another time, Bobby wasn't feeling well and was
lying on the couch.
"Mommy?" he called.
"What do you want this time? Do you want some-
thing?"
"No. . . . Mommy?"
"What on earth do you want me for?"
"I just want you," Bobby answered.
At this point I melted somewhat and said, "Do you
want me to hold you, Bobby?"
Nodding his head, he snuggled into my lap. After
five minutes of just sitting, I began to think of the
cake I wanted to get into the oven, of the floor I
wanted to get waxed before the other children came
swarming home from school.
"I love you, Bobby," I said, giving him an extra
squeeze.
"Me too, Mommy."
Ten minutes went by.
"Mommy," he began, very seriously, "I love you as
much ... as much as . . ."—his brows knitted together
— ". . . as much as all the mountains in the whole world
stuck together."
I chuckled to myself, "Who cares about the floors!"
Sometimes I have thought that I spend a great deal
of time with my children because I have them around
me all day. But it isn't the right kind of time. Emo-
tionally, the children don't need me to iron their
clothes; they need me to spend that special time that
May 1967
85
shows them that I love them, not their clothes.
Eight-year-old Patty once said, "You know, I think
I'd miss you if I were killed. Know why?"
"Why?" I asked, surprised.
"Well, I'd miss my warm bed, and you to snuggle
with."
I observed that she didn't say, "I'd miss all the ways
you love me by sewing on buttons, washing my clothes,
cleaning my bedroom." But she would miss the spe-
cial time of direct physical nearness— not the time spent
in correcting or teaching, but in just being loved.
Preparing the family night lesson on repentance, I
came to the part where the parent is supposed to im-
press upon the child that whenever he or she has any
problems, the child should feel free to come and seek
advice and help from the parent. With all the hustle
and bustle during the day, where was the opportunity
that I could provide for this? Taking three clothes-
pins, I colored on each one the1 name of a child.
"Now," I explained to the children, "whenever you
have a problem— or perhaps it may not be a problem,
but just something you want to talk about— come and
get your clothespin from the flower dish on the piano
and quietly clip it to the door handle of the freezer.
When I see it, I won't say anything; but after you are
all tucked in at night, that person and I will get to-
gether, without any interference from the others, and
talk about his problem."
This worked out very well, especially as I realized
that bedtime seemed to be a different time. It was
a time when the cockiness and pretending dissolved,
and the children's true feelings would come to the
surface.
One time Patty leaned over to me as she was going
out the door to school and whispered, "Look on the
freezer!" Then, giggling, she left.
That night Patty told me her problem. We talked a
long time and worked out a solution.
As we said goodnight Patty hesitated for a moment.
"You know something? That clothespin sure makes
things easier." Then happily she hopped off to bed
with, "I love you, Mommy!"
Another example of frustrating the older child is
by not letting him be himself.
"Ma!" Gordon dashed in wildly. "I'm in the school
play! It's about this here guy . . ."
"This boy," I said gently.
"Well, this boy moves in with this uncle, and he
don't know . . ."
"Doesn't know . . ."
"He doesn't know that his uncle is the real murderer.
And he finally finds out from snooping around, but
he don't know what . . ."
"Doesn't know, Gordon."
"Doesn't know what, Ma?" Gordon looked puzzled.
"You were saying ..." I said.
Slowing down, with a somewhat less excited expres-
sion on his face, Gordon continued, "Oh, yeah. He
don't know what to do 'cause his uncle's been good
to him, and yet he seen him do . . ."
"He saw him," I said, patiently suffering.
Gordon sighed and shoved his hands into his pockets.
"Oh, never mind, Ma."
"But Gordon, I'm interested," I said, looking sur-
prised at his sudden change.
"Oh, it's really not too exciting anyway. It's just
sorta a dumb story, I guess." With a frustrated shrug,
he sauntered off outside.
It goes without saying that raising children takes a
huge amount of patience. Children react angrily,
and we as parents tend to do the same. Irritations of
the day can make our tempers rise sharply.
Whatever success I have achieved in my relation-
ships with my children is based, I'm certain, on my
letting them know that I know how they feel; giving
them sufficient time and attention to assure them that
their personal hopes, dreams, and problems are most
important to me; and making certain they have ample
opportunity to express themselves. This approach has
worked for us, and for this reason I pass it along for
the consideration of other parents. O
Bluebird
By Naomi Stevens Smith
On trembling wings you lift your body high
And waft it effortlessly into flight.
One moment you are poised against the sky,
Then gone beyond the limits of my sight.
Not lost, that I should grieve or will you here
To match the pace my clumsy feet must move.
Not changed, that I should spend myself in fear,
Nor ever moved beyond the reach of love.
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To Kathy
By Maureen Cannon
How vulnerable. .... For all your Alone, and very brave. All that
shoulders squared, you're feeling
Your careful public face, your Is my pain, too. But we've a mu-
smile revealing tual task:
No private thought at all, I see you I will not offer help. You will not
scared, ask.
*
Richard L. Evans
The Spoken Word
Uninvited Events
No man ever lived his life exactly as he planned it. There are things
all of us want that we don't get. There are plans all of us make
that never move beyond the hopes in our hearts. There are
reverses that upset our fondest dreams. Unforeseen events are always
in the offing. Countless people who have had their careers carefully
planned have seen them swept aside by a single sudden circumstance.
Accidents, ill health, misfortune in money matters, the loss of loved ones,
the faithlessness of friends, the tragedies of a troubled world, the missing
of time and tide, and many other untoward events can, in a moment,
take from any of us the plans and pleasures and purposes we have long
pursued. And when events take a turn we haven't anticipated and upset
our plans and purposes, we sometimes give way to hopelessness or to
fatalistic fear or to bitter rebellion— rebellion against life, rebellion
against our inability to control it according to our own ideas. And often
we rail against facts that cannot be refuted, and bruise our heads and our
hearts in fighting irrevocable realities. But when some unlooked-for
accident or some uninvited event does enter in, there is no peace
or purpose in letting rebellion rankle within us. There are many things
in life beyond the present power of anyone to alter or to answer or to
understand. And what we cannot understand we shall have to accept
on faith— until we do understand. In any case, rebellion isn't the answer.
But neither is hopeless resignation. Resignation may retreat too far.
But somewhere between bitter rebellion and beaten resignation there
is an effective fighting ground where a man can make the most of
whatever is, where he can still face each day and do with it whatever
can be done. And when life rides roughly over our best laid plans, the
way to personal peace, to faith and effectiveness, to accomplishment and
reconciliation is to change what should be changed, if we can, and to
make the most of whatever is, when we can't for the moment change
the facts we face.
*"The Spoken Word" from Templey
Square, presented over KSL and the Columbia Broad-
casting System February 26, 1967. Copyright 1967.
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• Up the Down Staircase, based on
a best-selling book by Bel Kaufman,
spotlights the behavior of some
students and educators in schools
in certain underprivileged areas in
America today.
It does this by concentrating on
one young, idealistic teacher who
confronts the realities of her first
assignment. The characters pre-
sented in this powerful and honest
portrayal are typical of those to be
found in many schools today. Some
of them make the headlines with
their defiant behavior; some are
pompous, pushy types— even their
fellow students see through them;
others just want to learn.
There aren't enough of the latter
type of students to counterbalance
the bad, but that would negate the
purpose of the story. Even the
school administrators have their
problems, because theirs is a poor
school in a poor district with poor
students. But without flamboy-
ancy, without preaching, the light
of the idealistic teacher shines
through. Her problems and those
of her colleagues are • presented in
straightforward fashion.
Near the film's end she stages a
mock trial from a classical story.
A boy who has been in and out of
courts, who has been considered
a bad student, comes through with
flying colors. He discovers who
he is after searching for his iden-
tity, and in his triumph the young
teacher finds her own identity. The
film could furnish a vehicle for
many discussions with worthwhile
aims. Broadway star Sandy Dennis
leads the splendid New York cast,
which includes some young peo-
ple who have never before acted.
Latter-day Saints with a sports
bent should find interest in Goal,
a beautifully photographed account
of the world soccer finals held in
England last summer. The long
playoffs, the games leading to the
finals, and the championship com-
petition between England and
West Germany make a thrilling
movie experience. Interesting shots
of the crowds and music by the
Royal Grenadiers supply worthy
side effects in a picture suitable
for the whole family.
Three Walt Disney movies that
offer enjoyable fare for all family
members will be playing at theaters
and drive-ins through the summer.
Included are Folloio Me, Boys, the
heart-warming story of Scouting
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that won the Family Movie of the
Year award; Bullwhip Griffin, a
spoof on westerns of the gold-rush
period; and Monkeys, Go Home,
a delightful comedy about monkeys
that pick olives.
A Man for All Seasons, the
splendid picturization of the Broad-
way play about the clash between
Henry VIII and Sir Thomas More
because of the latter's refusal to
compromise his conscience, also
continues as one of the finest pic-
tures of the season.
In the category of adventure
pictures, older members of the
family should enjoy Grand Prix,
which concentrates on auto racing
on the tracks of Europe, but one
or two scenes make this film un-
suitable for the young. Funeral
in Berlin is a secret agent story
with many suspenseful moments
and, since it was filmed along the
Berlin wall, the added feature of
an educational angle.
The Mikado, new film version of
the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta,
filmed during an actual perfor-
mance of the operetta in a London
theater, is being released to some
theaters on a reserved-seat basis.
Also in the classical category are
Romeo and Juliet, featuring the
London Ballet, and Bolshoi Ballet
of 1967, which is just going into
general release in a few selected
theaters, and which turns the spot-
light on the Bolshoi and its won-
derful dancers and music.
For the very young, there are
not many films. Two stand out:
Brighty of the Grand Canyon, story
of a freedom-loving burro who
lived in the canyon 50 years ago
and became part of canyon history,
and Do You Keep a Lion at Home?
in which two little brothers have a
fantastic adventure with talking
animals, playful lions, non-frighten-
ing ghosts, and a magic fountain. O
Motion pictures reviewed on this page are
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Church or the Era. They are, however, in
the judgment of the reviewer, among the
least objectionable of the current films.
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The Church
A/loves On
February 1967
New stake presidencies sus-
tained: Julian C. Lowe, presi-
dent, and Byron F. Dixon and Ira
L. Somers, counselors, Potomac
Stake; Derek J. Plumbley, presi-
dent, and Archibald M. McCormack
and John H. Weightman, counse-
lors, Manchester (England) Stake.
The 80-team all-Church bas-
ketball tournament began this
afternoon in eight Salt Lake City
gymnasiums, with three divisions:
junior, senior, and college.
Van Nuys First Ward won
the all-Church senior division
basketball tournament by defeat-
ing fellow Californians, Mar Vista,
89-87. Holladay Third won the
consolation from Spanish Fork 13th,
80-59. Pleasant Grove Third placed
third, defeating Clearfield Second,
56-52. Corvallis won the senior
sportsmanship trophy.
Centerville Third won the junior
division, defeating Garden Park,
51-42. West Hills defeated Moun-
tain View 45-51 for the consolation,
while Holladay 24th won over
Yoomeenchoopeetes 68-61 for third
place. The Yoomeenchoopeetes
team, from a Navajo Indian branch
in Sevier Stake, won the junior
division sportsmanship trophy.
BYU 47th won the college divi-
sion over their nearby campus
rivals, BYU 43rd, 43-32. Utah
State University Sixth took the con-
solation from Idaho State Univer-
sity Third, 56-52. Oregon took
third by defeating Utah Third,
51-34.
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The appointment of Samuel
L. Holmes, Lafayette, Cali-
fornia, to the general board of the
Deseret Sunday School Union was
announced.
March 1967
The First Presidency an-
nounced the appointment of
Howard C. Badger of Salt Lake
City to preside in the South African
Mission, succeeding President J.
Golden Snow.
The appointment of Frank W.
Gay, Encino, California, to the
Deseret Sunday School Union gen-
eral board was announced.
The First Presidency issued a
statement endorsing the current
fund drive of the American Red
Cross.
New stake presidency: Butler
(Salt Lake County) Stake,
President William James Mortimer
and counselors, Don H. Brighton
and Alvin D. Nydegger.
The First Presidency an-
nounced the appointment of
William N. Jones of Salt Lake City
as a mission president.
New stake presidency: Wich-
ita (Kansas) Stake, President
John K. Lawson and counselors,
Gerald P. Langton and Phil R.
Young.
Relief Societies throughout
the Church were celebrating
this month the 125th anniversary
of the founding of the organization
at Nauvoo, Illinois, on March 17,
1842.
The Salt Lake Tabernacle
Choir sang before a capacity
audience in the Arizona Veterans
Memorial Coliseum at Phoenix,
under the sponsorship of the ten
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I am very interested in your article
on Joseph Smith (December) and
would like to note that my mother,
Margaret Ann Hill White, lived with
her family in Nauvoo and experienced
the hardships of the Saints. Her
father served as bodyguard for the
Prophet Joseph. My mother distinctly
remembered seeking the lifeless bodies
of the Prophet and Hyrum when they
were taken from Carthage.
A friend of our mother's family, a
Brother Cahoon, had in his possession
a tintype of Joseph and Hyrum, identi-
cal to picture "D" on page 1076. He
had six pictures taken from this tin-
type and gave my mother one of them,
which I remember well. I can testify
that the picture in the Era is a true
copy of the picture my mother had,
and we all knew it was the Prophet
Joseph Smith.
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Home Evening
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College enjoyed the articles on home
evening (January) and would like to
read suggestions for conducting a
home evening in a student apartment.
Our favorite section, by the way, is"
the "Era of Youth."
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Rexburg, Idaho
The New Format
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Trona, California
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"The Uncertain Promise"
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Orem, Utah
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No Need for Panic
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Turkish Conference
Era readers throughout the world
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held a district conference here in
Samsun, Turkey, on January 8, under
the direction of the East Mediter-
ranean District presidency. It was
here in Northern Turkey that the
Nicean Creed was formulated in 325
A.D.
Sgt. Kenneth G. Colyar, USAF
Samsun, Turkey
May 1967
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These Times
By Dr. G. Homer Durham
President, Arizona State University
Education and
religion ivill provide
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of shrinking
neighborhoods.
International Law:
Prospects and Developments
# A characteristic of this generation
of Americans, not greatly noted, is
the absence of spirited discussion
about the prospects and the need
for the development of interna-
tional law.
This may be due to other prob-
lems: our own nationalism, pre-
occupation with civil rights, and
other internal developments.
However, it is also possible that
there has been more substantial de-
velopment of international law in
the past twenty years than in the
preceding generations combined.
There has been a ground swell of
the ingredients that constitute ef-
fective elements of an international
legal system. Thus there may have
been less talk about international
law, per se, but more development
of it in fact.
Prior to 1850, international law
consisted largely of the influences
of custom, religion, and adjudica-
tion by each nation of its own
rights and interests. There were
some treaties, some primitive diplo-
matic machinery, and, of course,
talk and scientifc discussion. The
ingredients that make for law in
the fuller sense— legislative, admin-
istrative, and judicial—were largely
missing. Such organs began to
emerge about 1850, in the inter-
national sense. The Universal
Postal Union and the International
Bureau of Weights and Measures
are examples.
The development of many such
organs in the last twenty years has
almost escaped attention. The list
is large. It includes the Inter-
national Monetary Fund, the
International Telecommunications
Union, the International Atomic
Energy Agency, International Seed
Testing Association, and so on.
These organs embody and serve the
needs of fundamental economic and
social interests nurtured by the
scientific and technological revolu-
tions. Notable examples are the
International Civil Aviation Orga-
nization and the International Air
Transport Association (IATA),
whose operations underlie tariffs,
services, and privileges of the
world's jet fleets, and which involve
the home governments of every na-
tion so served. The health certifi-
cates accompanying the passports
carried abroad by all who travel
symbolize one small phase of the
work of the World Health Orga-
nization, meshed with national and
local health agencies.
A feature of our times is the fact
that nominal "hot" war between
approximately equal nations ap-
pears to have been replaced by
softer names, such as "police ac-
tions" or "cold wars." Such wars
that flame out into the open are no
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longer "declared" wars. Congress,
for example, has not declared war
since World War II. Wars of "ag-
gression," openly acknowledged as
late as 1939, no longer "exist." All
such are now wars of "defense" or
"liberation."
Something more than subtlety
attaches itself to these phenomena.
The changed terminology reflects
dawning recognition of the limited
utility of warfare as an instrument
of national policy, as heretofore
understood. Wars of "liberation"
rather than of "aggression" appeal
to both domestic and external pub-
lic opinion, including what has
come to be called "the world com-
munity." Instantaneous communi-
cation, by satellite, radio, telephone,
or cable, serves this "world com-
munity" and those who influence
and arc influenced by it.
The coming of the missile, the
laser beam, the globe-circling satel-
lites, jet aircraft, the 747 (due in
1969), and the SST (due there-
after)—all foreshadow even greater
developments. There are now
about 125 billion passenger miles
flown per year. In 1980, accord-
ing to Fortune (February 1967,
"The $4 Billion Machine That Re-
shapes Geography"), there will be
nearly 720 billion passenger miles
flown. The world's communica-
tions and information systems, fed
by satellite and personal travel, will
have produced more change by that
time than we can today possibly
imagine.
But we can forecast the problems
these developments pose.
Problem Number 1 is the crowd-
ing together, in less time and space,
of the enormous cultural and politi-
cal differences that exist. The
USA, which has five percent of the
world's people, nearly 50 percent
of the world's telephones and ma-
chines, and all forms of wealth,
including an adequate food supply,
is within a few travel hours of
China.
Problem Number 2 is the outlook
for this situation. Based on past
experience— the crowding of cul-
tural groups in New York City, for
example— the future is stormy. The
ever-crowding world neighborhood
will be rife with conflicts. The
people of the USA, placed under
severe strain in shifting from iso-
lation to world involvement in the
recent past, will be (1) subjected
to more severe internal stresses and
strains, and (2) challenged to de-
velop new means of conflict
resolution.
Problem Number 3 is the neces-
sity of reckoning with the chal-
lenge. What avenues lie open to
optimism, hope, and creative effort?
The hope lies largely in future
attitudes among men toward each
other.
Education— education at home,
and education everywhere in the
world— can serve this end. Edu-
cation is needed to build human
manpower resources to ( 1 ) support
and maintain life and health, and
(2) build the capacity in indi-
viduals and the communities of
the world to somehow, in orderly
ways, thrive and develop, while in-
habiting a shrinking neighborhood
filled with new and strange neigh-
bors. Religion can help. The issues
really get down to bedrock with
the doctrine of the Fatherhood of
God and the brotherhood of man.
Therefore, there will have to be
much more than education as we
normally view it. There will have
to be more than an upsurge in
technical exchange and service, so
broadly launched by so many
countries and agencies since 1945.
(For example, sixty-five percent of
the faculty at Michigan State Uni-
versity have spent a year or more
abroad in some form of technical
or scientific service. Some 60,000
scholars, scientists, engineers have
been exchanged between the U.S.
and other nations under the Ful-
bright program since 1946, and
other nations have similar pro-
grams.) There must also come a
change in attitudes. O
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The day was hot and humid,
making the morning session of
stake conference seem rather
long.
Two men paused to visit
between sessions, and one asked
the other, "Are you planning
to stay until the bitter end?"
The other, who was scheduled
to speak in the afternoon session,
replied, "Brother, I am the
bitter end!"
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Life Among the Mormons
My aunt attended a Relief
Society meeting at which a
recording was played about
a woman who had become active
in the Church after years of
inactivity. At a dramatic point
in the story, the voice on the
recording had just said, "Now
that I am active in the Church
I . . ." when the needle stuck in
a groove, "go to meetings . . .
go to meetings
meetings. . .
. go to
— Submitted by
Myrle Phelps,
Montpelier, Idaho
Ward Picnic
By Virginia Maughan Kammeyer
A party, a party, we're having a party;
The entire ward we'll include.
Hooray, hooray for picnic day!
But who is bringing the food?
The bishopric's getting the ice cream cones;
The elders are bringing the punch;
The high priests are laying the barbecue stones;
Oh, we'll have a wonderful lunch.
A party, a party, we're having a party,
And all of us would fain
Go to the park for a summer lark,
That is, if it doesn't rain.
If the bishop remembers the ice cream cones,
And the ladies remember the salad,
And the high priests remember the barbecue stones,
And our reservation is valid,
And the seventies bring the volleyball nets,
And we all remember to pray
That the children won't get the chicken pox,
We'll see you a week from today.
Next Month: Genealogy
V.
One night after a family home
evening lesson, Father asked his
three-year-old son, "Robert,
are you going on a mission?"
Robert, in all seriousness, replied,
"I can't. I'm in my pajamas!"
— Submitted by Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Byrnes, Pleasant
Grove, Utah
The Pharaoh, a man with a good,
curious and out-reaching mind,
summoned his great mathematics
teacher, Euripides. He wanted
to learn mathematics, particularly
geometry, so he was taught
from the beginning. But he grew
impatient with the long, torturous
effort and asked if there was
not a shorter way. He was assured
there was not. "Ah," he said,
"but I am the Pharaoh." "Yes,
sire," said Euripides. "But there
is no royal road to geometry."
So far as I have been able to
learn in my lifetime, there is no
royal road to anything worth
achieving. — President Marion
D. Hanks
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