NO. 278 BAHA'I YEAR 111 APRIL, 1954

Nina Matthisen, Bahamas ; Carl magnificent victories achieved (in (and) Loretta Scherer, Macao ; Gul­ the) pioneering field, unsurpassed nar Aftabi, Bahiyyih Rowhani, Kay­ (in the) course (of the) eleven dec­ GUARDIAN APPOINTS khosrow Dahmobadi, Diu (Island) ; ades (of) Baha'i history. Jean (and) Tove Deleuran, Char les -SHOGHI HAND OF THE CAUSE Ioas, Baleawic (Islands); Adib Bag­ Haifa, Israel "Announce (to) all National As­ dadi, Hussayn Halabi, Hadhramaut; March 21 , 1954 Kenneth (and) Roberta Christian, semblies elevation (of) Paul Haney C O MM ENTARY: N A TIONA L S PIR I TU A L A SSEM B LY (to) rank (of) Hand of the Cause." Eyneddin (and) Tahereh Alai, Joan --SHOGHI Powis, Southern Rhodesia; Hormoz Beloved Friends: Haifa, Israel Zendeh, Morocco International Zone; The Guardian's cable was re­ March 19, 1954 Howard (and) Joanne Menking, ceived on March 21-Naw-Ruz, the Cape V erde Islands; Elizabeth Bev­ birth of spring. It is a proclamation COMMENTARY : NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY an, Rhodes; Matthew Bullock, of victory, inseparably united with In this message to the Baha'i Dutch West Indies; Lillian Wyss, an appeal for a supreme effort be­ world the revered Guardian adds Samoa ; Dulcie Dive, Cook (Islands); fore Rii;lvan. one more to the body of the Hands Stanley Bolton, Jr., Tonga (Islands) ; We read the names inscribed on of the Cause, reinforcing their work Gretta Jankko, Marquesas (Is­ the Roll of Honor, recognizing many in America, where during the past lands); Jean Sevin, Tuamotu (Ar ­ of them as personal acquaintances few months two Hands of the Cause, chipelago); Alvin (and) Gertrude and Baha'i co-workers, but we know Mr. Siegfried Schopflocher and Mrs. Blum, Solomon (Islands); Bernard that through their response to the Dorothy Beecher Baker, h ave a s­ Guhrke , Kodiak (Island); John Leon­ call of the World Crusade they have cended to the Kingdom. ard, Falkland (Islancls) ; Munir Va­ become historic personages. This is kil, Kuria-Muria (Islands) ; John The Baha'i Community rejoices in the valid title of nobility in the (and) Audrey Robarts, Bechuana­ this announcement from the World Baha'i era: that one has arisen vol­ land; Charles Dayton and wife, Da­ Center. untarily to accept a mission requir­ vid Schreiber, Leeward (Islands); ing a great change of circumstance -NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY Faiborz Roozebehyan, Gambia; Rah­ and condition. mat (and) Iran Muhajer, Mentawei Our prayers are raised that of the (Islands); Gertrud Ankersmit, Fri­ prospective pioneers, enough may PIONEERS INSCRIBED ON sian (Islands); Shamsi Navidi, Mo­ secure their visas and permits to naco ; Roy (and) Elena Fernie, Gil­ ROLL OF HONOR­ assure the settlement of the twenty­ bert (and) Ellice (Islands); Qudra­ TWENTY-FIVE GOAL AREAS five remaining goals. It is not be­ tullah Rowhani, Khodarahm Mojga­ cause pioneers are lacking but be­ TO BE SETTLED ni, Mahe. cause certain areas are so hedged Cable from the Guardian Ninety-one virgin areas (have about with special barriers that set­ been) opened (to the) Faith since (On) occasion Naw-Ruz, marking tlement has so far been impossible in (the) launching (of the) Crusade. many cases. opening (the) second decade (of the) Total number (of) territories (with­ second Baha'i century, inform Na­ in) its pale now raised (to) two hun­ -NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY tional Assemblies (of the) Baha'i dred nineteen.· Remaining unopened world (that the) following pioneers territories, excluding Soviet Repub­ IMMORTAL HEROINE scattered (over) twenty-one virgin lics (and) satellites, twenty-five. areas (have been) inscribed (on Mourn loss (of) immortal heroine, the) Roll (of) Honor since (the) Appeal (to) prospective pioneers whilst (the) opening year (of the) Marion Jack, greatly-loved and deep­ fourth periodic announcement. Otil­ ly-admired by 'Abdu'l-Baha, (a) shin­ Ten Year Crusade (is) speeding (to) lie Rhein, Mauritius; Olga Mills, ing example (to) pioneers (of) pres­ Malta; Peter Lugayula, Ashanti its close, (to) expedite entry (into) ent ,(and) future generations (of) (Protectorate); Virginia Breaks, unopened areas contributing thereby East (and) West, surpassed (in) con­ Caroline (Islands); Dr. Fozdar, An­ (to the) enhancement (of the) cele­ stancy, dedication, self-abnegation daman (Islands); Elly Becking, brations (of the) coming Ric;ivan (and) fearlessness by none except Dutch New Guinea; Andrew (and) rendered memorable (by the) swift, (the) incomparable Martha Root. Her 2 APRIL, 1954 unremitting, highly-meritorious acti­ self-sacrifice . Significant indeed that clear what has been done, what still vities (in the) course (of) almost half among those blessed souls in the remains undone. (a) century, both (in) North America Abda Kingdom are two Baha'is asso­ The World Crusade tasks this year (and) Southeast Europe, attaining ciated with the Ten Year Plan. Thus likewise include many translations (their) climax (in the) darkest, most is witnessed the continuance of of Baha'i literature into new tongues dangerous phase (of the) second spiritual heroism, from the Master's and steps toward the purchase of World War, shed imperishable lustre time down to this very hour. Temple sites in many parts of the (on) contemporary Baha'i history. All Baha'is will hope that a suit­ world. (Her) triumphant soul (is) now able monument may be erected at The assurance of a new Order, gathered (with the) distinguished her grave at no distant date. emanating from the Faith of band (of) co-workers (in the) Abha Announcement of the Memorial Baha'u 'llah, has been confirmed and Kingdom; Martha Root, Lua Get­ Meeting in Temple Foundation Hall strengthened .as we behold the Cru­ singer, May Maxwell, Hyde Dunn, will be made when plans are formu­ sade in actual operation. Our re­ Susan Moody, Keith Ransom-Kehler, lated. ligion, as Baha'is, is transforming Ella Bailey (and) Dorothy Baker, -NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY us as it transforms the conditions of whose remains, lying (in) such wide­ the world. Our own understanding, ly scattered areas (of the) globe as our moral and cultural horizons, Honolulu, Cairo, Buenos Aires, Syd­ NATIONAL have become new. ney, Teheran, Isfahan, Tripoli (and SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY All this mighty movement within the) depths (of the) Mediterranean the Baha'i Community attests the (Sea) attest (to the) magnificence (of • power of the Guardianship to main­ the) pioneer services rendered (by WORLD CRUSADE tain a spiritual and administrative the) North American Baha'i com­ World Center - a new creation in Beloved Baha'i Friends: munity (in the) Apostolic (and) For­ the history of mankind. This process mative Ages (of the) Baha'i Dispen­ As we draw near to the end of the will augment swiftly as the Almighty sation. first year of the World Crusade, let Arm of Baha'u'llah moves humanity Advise arrange (in) association us pause and reflect upon the tre­ along its path of suffering, despair, (with the) Canadian National As­ mendous achievements already regeneration and Universal Peace. sembly (and the) European Teach­ made, and upon the greater tasks Fortunate are we who behold the ing Committee (a) befitting m emorial to be accomplished by 1963. end of this valley from the begin­ gathering (in the) Mafil)riqu'l­ Pioneer settlements .already car­ ning. Steeled to endure, raised above Ai;!bkar. Moved (to) share with (the) ried out, and those assigned to pio­ the re.alms of fear and calamity, we United States (and) Canadian Na­ neers en route or preparing to leave, Baha'is have but to follow our p"eer­ tional Assemblies (the) expenses (of well nigh complete the initial task less Leader, and the victory of man the) erection, (as) soon as circum­ represented by the virgin goals will be won by the victory of the stances permit, (of a) worthy monu­ throughout the world. The final re­ Faith of God. port cannot be made until after ment (at) her grave, destined (to) -NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY confer eternal benediction (on a) RiQ.van, when no doubt the Guardian country already honored (by) its will announce the detailed result. close proximity (to the) sacred city This effort h as sea ttered devoted THE NATIONAL FUND­ associated (with the) proclamation Baha'is to the ends of the e.arth. A BAHA'I INSTITUTION (of the) Faith (of) Baha'u'llah. Each pioneer is experiencing a deep­ Share message all National As­ er and more potent connection with Dearly Beloved Friends : semblies. the Holy Spirit, and at the same As we approach the closing days -SHOGIIl time realizing his or her human re­ of this historic first year of our glori­ Haifa, Israel sponsibility as he or she faces a new ous Crusade, it is fitting that we re­ March 29, 1954 environment, a new race, a new view our achievements on the var­ tongue, and separation from the ious objectives to which we are .all COMMENTARY: NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY Baha'is of his or her former com­ dedicated. Are we all aware that our National Beloved Friends: munity. Th.at the Spirit sustains Fund is a Baha'i Institution, the The Guardian's message concern­ them, and makes possible accom­ character of which must be fully ing Marion Jack is a glorious tribute plishments these believers had nev­ and properly understood if it is to to a pioneer who settled in another er undertaken before, is attested by perform the unique and vital func­ land at an earlier stage of the un­ letters written home by the pioneers. foldment of the Master's Divine Plan. They rely upon us as warriors in tion for which it has been estab­ Her radiant spirit is exalted to the the forefront of battle rely upon the lished? Abha Kingdom, awaited by those main body of troops. We are a vital Are we all aw.are that no single blessed souls who, like her, yielded part of their success, and we must objective, no teaching project, no as­ pect of the Ten Year Crusade can up their lives while teaching in the increase the numbers of Baha'is at foreign field, and were interred far home in order to keep p.ace with be successfully carried forward un­ from home. '· · developments in the new areas. less the Institution of the National Our present pioneer projects, com­ The Homefront Campaign, too, Fund is adequately sustained by ev­ pleting the establishment of the Faith calls for close and continuous scru­ ery devoted believer? in all parts of the world, while great­ tiny, and for many new volunteers. The American Baha'i Community, er in scope and more crucial in rela­ The latest report from the American which h as received such high praise tion to the conditions of society, call National Teaching Committee pub­ from our gracious .and beloved for the ·same intensity of devotion and lished elsewhere in this issue makes Guardian for so many of its achieve- BAHA'I NEWS 3

ments, cannot properly lay claim to SUGGESTION TO large mailings do not yet exist, the a mature growth as a Community National Assembly would like to sug­ LOCAL ASSEMBLIES gest that local Assemblies invite until we have all become imbued In the vicinity of many Assemblies with the spirit that finds true joy­ nearby groups and isolated friends to there are groups and isolated Baha'is attend any particular Nineteen Day ousness in sacrifice, and heartily who wish to learn about messages welcomes every opportunity of serv­ Feast where important communica­ from the Guardian and important tions are to be presented. ice to this vital Institution th.at pre­ Baha'i developments before they are sents itself for our attention. reported in BAHA.'f NEWS. This courtesy will help bring the Current figures of receipts from Frequently the National Assembly isolated friends into closer and more contributions indicate that this year is requested to send to all groups the immediate contact with their Guard­ will end with one of the largest defi­ same material which is issued to ian and their administrative body. cits in our history, probably exceed­ communities. Since facilities for such -NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY ing the sum of $100,000. If we are to continue to perform a predominant role in the prosecution of the Cru­ s ade in the years that lie ahead, each of us will wish to give prayer­ ful consideration to a better under­ standing of the Institution of the Na­ tional Fund and the means whereby it can become deeply rooted in a solid financial foundation. Thereby, alone, will there flow from it the life-giving waters of financial sus­ tenance for our heroic pioneers and for every other endeavor which it must sustain. Faithfully yours, -NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY

BAHA'I LAW ON BURIAL The Guardian has advised the Na­ tional Assembly that a law of the Aqdas makes it obligatory for Baha'is to bury their dead within a certain distance from the place where death takes place. The body is not to be transported more than one hour's journey. This is a law which becomes mandatory for Baha'is. The Garden or Ridviin, near Bahji. The bench near the right is where Bahii'u'lliih In view of the wide dispersal of used to sit. Water from the foUI1tain in the distance still flows through the center pioneers throughout the world this channel and down the steps, as in former times. law has great importance. The pio­ neer can provide written instructions which will be binding in event of his National Spiritual Assembly, BA.HA'f or her death, and this applies par­ NEWS will print further excerpts ticularly where the pioneer's nearest which round out the picture of World relations, or executors of his or her Crusade developments in the pioneer will, are not Baha'is. PIONEER LETTERS areas of the globe. The friends in general might well The National Spiritual Assembly, Excerpts from Pioneer Letters consider its application in their own moved by the eloquence of achieve­ to the Asia Teaching Committee case, and take wh atever steps are ment wishes to share with all the necessary to see that th e provision of be l ie~ers the following excerpts, tak­ Edith Danielson, Cook Islands the Aqdas will be carried out. en from letters written by pioneers Aitutaki, October 20, 1953. "When -NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY to the National Assembly or to the I first came here I said nothing about Crusade Committees. The accounts the Faith. However, news travels DEPRIVED OF MEMBERSHI P of their deeds, told in their own like lightning here and the two wires' words, underscore the joy of serving I sent aroused a lot of curiosity, The believers are informed that in the forefront of the World Cru­ especially as there was some discus­ Mr. James Overbeck has been de­ sade, whatever the difficulties to be sion about the one to Haifa, as they prived of membership in the Baha'i surmounted. didn't know how to send it or h ow Community. His attendance at meet­ From time to time, as comm uni­ much to charge. Several days went ings not open to the public is there­ cations from the pioneers are by and I still offered no explanations. fore forbidden. cleared for publication through the Finally th e time was ripe and some­ -NATIONAL S PIRITUAL A SSEMBLY World Crusade Committees ,and the one asked me and I got to talk at 4 APRIL, 1954 length about the Faith. Yesterday Faith in front of quite a few of the speaks English). The women usually afternoon I was most pleased in hav­ people living at the hotel, and som e say 'Hello' or 'Good Morning. ' ing the ch ance to go into considerable knowledge is apparently traveling " I've had no fresh fruit since I've detail to Tui and Barry- the first around the back roads in the village. been here . .. when a ship comes in Maori I have had an opportunity to " I h ave been eating coconut and -which is about once every six mention the Faith to ... I just don't drinking coconut milk. Am lucky. weeks-we get fresh oranges and ap­ want to leave here yet - at all. I like Got six m angoes at the market this ples and cabbage, and perhaps oth­ every place I go. morning. E very Saturd.ay morning er fresh vegetables. The island is " The people are sweet and kind. at the crack of dawn the natives green and beautiful." One is being constantly delighted. gather with their produce on the T ruk, November 27, 1953. " The no­ The other day Tui and I were walk­ lawn strip between the roads and fresh-fruit story is now out of date. ing along the village road up town the beach in the center of things. I have a h and of bananas ripening and caught up with four or five The racket is something. It is a fun in my kitchen, some limes and a Maori women. They all began chat­ time for them-as what time isn't!" sour-sap and two cucumbers. This ting away in Maori. Of course, I Rarotonga, November 27, 1953. is the day wh en the Islander s com e couldn't understand a word, but I "Niu e, the Cook Island not under around with their produce in woven looked at them and smiled ... Tui Cook administration, is over n ear palm baskets." is the perfectly beautiful Maori wife Tonga. A separate visa is required Truk, December 3, 1953. " I expect of one of the men stationed here. to go there. It is som etimes called to leave h ere on the 11th for the She is the kind they use in their Savage Island, due to the truculent Marshalls or Ponape, so won't get publicity photos. Whenever she attitude toward explorers. The back till about the first of the year. comes out to board 'mama' (a t wo­ Baha'i teachings are to be trans­ Then I 'll leave soon after that for seated station wagon m ade of spare lated into the language of this Yap and P alau. parts left by the U.S. arm y, and island.'' " Saturday night the native chiefs wood and canvas) she has a flower Rarotonga, January 27, 1954. " It's who are here for .a conference are behind each ear. The one on the left been wonderful to h ave a Baha'i h ere serving dinner to the base personnel sh e takes out and gives me to wear." as you can all guess. It has given a t one of the houses here-Micro­ Rarotonga, November 21, 1953 . " It me that 'good' feeling and a re­ nesian style. This w ill be fun, I ex­ is 9:30 p.m. and I have been stand­ freshed outlook. I again feel like I pect. At least it will be something ing out on the ver.andah watching could go out and conquer a few little new. " one of those famous tropical rains. old worlds! It is an unnamable Ponape, December 15, 1953. " I re­ It is beating upon the corrugated tin something . . . the advantages of alize that the way of teaching is roof and you have to talk loud in­ two B aha'is instead of one. I don't bound to unfold. I believe that it will deed to make yourself h eard. A cou­ know how to express it but it is very because the Cause is in my mind ple of new arrivals were stalking r eal . . . '' and heart all the time, and I pray something. I went to see what was constantly for guid.a nce." up. They were trailing a big land Virginia Breaks, Caroline Islands Truk, December 29, 1953. " Maybe crab. These crabs burrow into the Truk, November 16, 1953 . " Just a it would be a good thing if every lawns and beaches. With this sort of note to Jet y ou know that one more one on the home front could be in a rain they hurry to a dry place which pioneer has reached h er post. We virgin area for a while - a virgin is generally in the room with you, arrived at Truk at 2:30 this after­ area where they couldn't talk freely where they back up against the wall noon. It is now 3:40 and I have writ­ about the F a ith. Maybe then they and at your slightest move they ten the N.S.A. and asked them to let would begin to appreciate what it wave their big pincers at you. But the Guardian know. m eans being at home where you are if you leave them alone they leave " It took a bout five hours to get so free. you a lone . They only want to sh a r e h ere from Guam. I felt we were on ''The islanders live in a series of a small corner of your roof for a a magic carpet when the first coral small villages scatt ered along the brief time, then they go outside a tolls came into view. Have n ever coast ... They live in frame houses again. One was in my room earlier seen anything to match the color­ with tin roofs for the most part, today. soft azure, turquoise, chalk white, though there are a few of the old " Work here, I realize, is progress­ purple, green-indescribable!'' thatched type. These are much ing, though no big, exciting success Truk, November 20 , 1953. " I sup­ pleasanter to look at than the sort of can be reported . . . The first point pose I should be content that there pseudo-civilized ones built more re­ of wisdom in every one of these is at least one pioneer in the Caro­ cently. islands is the exact knowledge of lines, but I'll be a lot happier when " The Micronesians are courteous, what not to say and when not to say I can see a little progress. seem happy and spontaneous. They it. Never let one critical word be " I have a m aid who works for me are very gregarious . . . No adult said about anything, always smile, every day. She is also teaching m e Trukese is alone if h e can help it­ regardless of your personal opinion, Trukese at noon. Today I showed they go fishing in pairs (at least) and watch wh a t your face is saying. her a picture of the Temple. I told and do all their work cooperatively." " I have been meeting some of the h er a little about it and that I saw Truk, Janu ary 5, 1954. " On Satur­ local women. One here in the hotel it when I had m y vacation. I just day . I had an interesting all day has eagerly read every Baha'i book had to say som ething about the walk- about eight miles of it. It I have with me at the moment and Faith! was something that gradually devel­ discusses it with me frequently .. . " The people (Trukese) are very oped. I started out in the morning Because of her interest I have had friendly and courteous. E very man with a camera, m et a boy- Nor­ the opportunity of mentioning the you meet says 'Hello, mam' (if he from the Intermediate School and BAHA'I NEWS 5 we walked about a mile together to Elaine and Jenabe Caldwell, Aleu­ this point to tell you that my first Thunuk, where Nor was headed. I tian Islands. 'contact' was a young man dying started on, and he asked if he could from leukemia ... at least that is Unalaska, Alaska, August 21, 1953: go with me and carry my bag. I what he was told and was given two " We chose Unalaska (population was glad to have him - he acted as years to live ... The friendship with interpreter and told me a little about about 125) as it is the only incor­ this young man and the change of out­ porated city on the chain. There is local customs. He was interested in look and attitude affected many peo­ absolutely no work in any field; the my plans to get pictures of the peo­ ple. We talked about the 'open door' ple and their daily activities, and natives subsist by summer fishing and he read many pamphlets and homes, etc. He got practice talking and cannery work. However, with saw the slides of the Shrines and the help of God we plan on stayin g English, which made him happy, Gardens, etc. People of course saw and together we walked through sev­ here. this transformation and knew it was "Everyone knows we are Baha'is. eral villages - Missou, Thunuk, the Baha'i Teachings ... God willing, At the last 19 Day Feast we mapped Penicilia, Pennia and Sabuk. We he will live and be a flame in that out a course of action. For the pres­ were close to the ocean part of the village!" time - it was a cool day for Truk ent we felt it best to win their con­ ''I learned so much on this trip fidence through association, etc. Al­ and clear - the water was brilliant all alone ... the greatest being that ready people are wondering why we in color and the views unbelievably one never 'walks alone' when serv­ have not pressed them or tried to beautiful. ing the Lord. I 'll never fear again. 'save' them, so are becoming more "We talked a bout religion a little, Doors opened for me all the way, all congenial . . . some people are be­ I along Baha'i lines but without men­ I had to do was walk through. Mrs. ginning to ask what a Baha'i is." tioning the word as this was the first A. lost her son in Korea and was a October 22, 1953; " . . . Am also time I had seen him." very sad lady when we met. She going to learn the Aleut language said, 'Why I never saw the great Truk, January 11, 1954. "I am al­ for there are more than were first beauty of this lovely island until you most ashamed to mention my first supposed who do not speak English. came here and brought me these fireside to you, because it wasn't Aleut chanting is beautiful. Baha'i wonderful Teachings! I'm grateful.' with a Micronesian. It was with a prayers should be extraordinarily young married woman from - Oak­ beautiful. Please advise require­ " Dear Friends when I started to land, California! . . . It happened ments for translating. I have a book write you I told myself it must be Sunday morning when she came to on the language. This is another brief as you are all so busy. I am return a flashlight and stayed over good strong ground for contact.'' afraid I get carried away with joy, three hours to talk about the Faith. remembering the great beauty of Neither of us had any idea of the Miss Christine McKay, Puerto Rico. these people and their country. It lapse of time. I was amazed and is a grand and glorious experience San Juan. Puerto Rico. November shocked when I looked at the clock and I wish the Friends would 27, 1953: " Of one thing I am in­ an and saw it was after 2 p.m. I had pioneer alone without fear." only given her some coffee and can­ creasingly certain and that is that just a willingness to pick up and go dy, and realized after she had left Bob and Elinor Wolff, Latin America elsewhere is not all that is to be that lunch time had come and gone! "We had our Feast on Thursday. She asked lots of good questions and exacted from us. Little by little, our an is going to go into the enter­ It was wonderful to feel so in need went home with Renewal of CiviLi­ of praying. There is a great power zation and Prescription for Liv­ prise-and I'm afraid that I mean very literally our an as Baha'u'llah in feeling such a real dependence ing. When I saw her today she still on God and His help. We thought of looked happy and shining." and the Guardian both say, over and over again." all the other pioneers . . . and the Palau, January 23, 1954. " I feel Guardian receiving reports from the spread too thin. How can I get ac­ Mrs. Helen Robinson, Baranof Island India Conference and the completion quainted well enough to talk about Sitka, Alaska, October 6, 1953 : of the Shrine. What a wonderful time the Faith on these one-week hops! " .. . To explain about the spiritual we live in! Certainly this is all challenging." beauty, the breathtaking loveliness "If it is important elsewhere to of the islands is impossible. To see live the life, here it is doubly im­ Excerpts from Pione er Letters t o the W estern Hemisphere is to believe. It is heavenly. The portant. I am not boasting if I say people must be very fine living in that everybody knows us, or knows Teaching Committee such surroundings! Because of the who we are, and everything we do is One of the most precious recom­ many large institutions here for known immediately ... It is a con­ penses for the constant work of the Indians-especially youth-it is a stant challenge, but a pleasant one Intercontinental Teaching Commit­ priceless opportunity ...... And to many people who have tees is the thrill of reading letters " . . . Sitka is an Indian Village read about the United States the from the pioneers. Looking over the and we are the outsiders. They are fact that Elinor is so completely letters, we find it is difficult to give very friendly and a joy to work with. without race prejudice is extremely a clear picture of their wonderful ... The native and Eskimo come intriguing ... Jan, of course, is a spirit through excerpts, because it here from 124 villages in Alaska. wonderful drawing card. He is such is from the total letters themselves, What a privilege. They come to you a happy baby, our little boy. He is though they are practical reports on from all over the territory and will very blonde and blue eyed, and when conditions and activities, that the return remembering you were a we take him for a walk he greets breath of complete and sincere de­ Baha'i if nothing more .. . everybody on the street, regardless votion emanates. " ... It might be interestin g at of color, size, shape, costume, etc. 6 APRIL, 1954 in a mixture of English, Dutch and Ningre. Our pioneering is really a family project, and such a blessing. "We need your continued prayers ... We are truly pioneering, I in my job and Elinor in our home and social relations, as well as telling people about the Cause. How easy it is to teach the Baha'i Faith in a country like America which is open to new ideas and where people are free and reasonably responsible for their own acts!'' Hart Friedland, Latin America "My journey went according to plans ... At the airport (en route) after taking one look at the waiting crowd of spectators, I noticed one couple with a child: Dr. R. J . and Mrs. Wolff (whom I had never met before). They had come to retrieve First Local Spiritual Assembly of Goteborg, Sweden some luggage. To meet these lovely souls toward the end of a happy jour­ ceded their arrival. " Nassau in ney was a great spiritual bounty be­ TRANSLATION AND PRINTING fore my arrival. . . .Although I h.ad many respects is like a small town OF LITERATURE IN INDIA - they have a regular grapevine by wired ahead for a room at the hotel, which information flows and every­ A Baha'i pamphlet in Manipuri has the only one in town, and that with one knows what is happening ...By been printed, the first to be pub­ 15 rooms- no room was avail­ now enough people knew about us lished of 40 languages assigned to able anywhere. After one hour of that we were even getting phone the National Spiritual Assembly of seeking, the driver arranged to have calls from people who would say the Baha'is of India, Pakistan and me and another one stay in the class­ they had heard that we were Baha'is Burma. room of a local school that had and that they had heard of the Faith Translations of pamphlets in Sia­ been converted into temporary quar­ at one time or another ... " mese, Javanese, Balochi and Pashto ters to accommodate a dozen native are complete. football-players . . . '' Andrew and Nina Matthisen, Nassau Translators have been found and " It looks promising, but the ar­ "With the arrival of these pioneers, work is proceeding on literature in rival of the French New Eras will a group has been formed in Nassau, Nicobarese, Lepcha, Annamese, speed things along. which is holding firesides. One was Panjabi, Tibetan, Pali and Tho. " Eight of the· New Er.as are in addressed by Mr. Matthisen ... he ··- · · ··-~·- · - -~ ·~-·· -~,. ---··y 7 circulation. These people seem to be started by saying that we had a INTERNATIONAL interested readers." very precious gift for the people of Gerald and Gail Curwin, The Nassau and that they stood in the NEWS Bahamas place of being the first to receive it. We all felt the wonderful power BRITISH ISLES These pioneers had most unusual which permeated the room when h e During the week-end of J anuary 9- experiences when they first arrived. said this. There were five non-Baha'is 10, believers gathered from all over Gerald, seeking information on how present at this meeting and out of the British Isles in the City of Liver­ to get to Eleuthera, one of the islands, this group we hope to build the basic pool for a National Teaching Confer­ was introduced from one person to group amongst the Negro people." ence. Conference sessions were held another until he met a newspaper in the same hotel where, forty-two Earle Render, the Virgin Islands man. " I received my surprise when years ago, 'Abdu'l-Baha stayed. Con­ he led me into an inner office to " Be assured that there are many sultation centered around teaching show me a Baha'i library." beautiful, graceful, and charming plans for the Ten Year Crusade, both conditions here too ... A true Baha'i for virgin areas and on the home Because of strange events, they spirit should and will prevail over front. wrote, any ephemeral conditions here, if "We have searched ourselves for promulg.ation of the Cause is the CANADA motives for pioneering and feel as­ basic reason for coming h2re. National Spiritual Assembly Elections sured our only wish is to serve the " There is much in the way of Three members of the National Faith, and hope and pray always spiritual progress and growth, I Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Baha'u'llah will guide us since we must realize, and the discipline of Canada having retired to pioneer, are not old in the Faith and perhaps self needed here in the course of election of replacements became at times become over-zealous ... " expressing the Faith may well do necessary. The Canadian Baha'i Through a non-Baha'i friend of a the job. The Cause is Most Power­ News has announced the names of Baha'i, word of their going had pre- ful!" the new members: Mrs. Peggy Ross, BAHA'I NEWS 7

Mr. Angus Cowan and Mr. Alan Cantonment Board Hall on " A Di­ Manmad, Poona, Panchganu, Bom­ Raynor. vine Plan for Universal Peace." She bay and Karachi. also visited Banas school and spoke At Calcutta, besides meetings with C anadiitn Nat io nal C onvention there. believers during which he drew the Tqe C'anadian National Convention At Baroda, Baha'i Hall was packed world picture of the Divine Plan as is to be held in Victoria Hall, West­ to hear Mrs. Baker speak on "Vic­ unfolded during the four Interconti­ mount, Ontario. The Feast of Hi<;l­ torious Living." nental Conferences, Mr. Remey was van, to be held in connection with At Jaipur, four lectures were invited to deliver a public lecture in the Convention, will be celebrated given, two at the Girl's College. Brahma Sa maj Temple. At a public on April 30. On May 1 a Public Con­ At Ajmer, Mrs. Baker arr ived at reception arranged in his honor and gress will be presented. night and stayed in the station wait­ attended by many distinguished Baha'i on the Air ing room. Next day she spoke at guests, he presented the Baha'i prin­ In Canada, radio time has been Sophia Girl's College and, in the aft­ ciples for the spiritual regeneration obtained in London, Calgary, Osha­ ernoon, a t Savitri College. The staff of mankind. This m eeting w as r eport­ wa, and Hamilton. Winnipeg tape­ of the College gave a party in her ed in the Statesman and the Hindu­ recorded Baha'i talks for broadcast honor. In the evening she spoke in stan Standard, leading English daily over the radio station in Churchill. the Government College. Autograph n ewspapers of Calcutta. To advertise public meetings, Osha­ hunters surrounded her after the At Rangoon, Burma, Mr. Remey wa presents fifteen-minute drama­ meeting. addressed many m eetings. His talk tized radio programs. At Surat a public lecture entitled given at the Theosophical Hall, " The "This Earth One Country" was given Relation of Baha'i Teachings to Oth­ INDIA at Naginchand Hall. This led to a er R eligions," was translated into long conference with representatives Burmese. Through Mr. Remey, the In his cable of October 11, 1953, of the local Press. believer s of Rangoon sent a silver to the Fourth Intercontinental Con­ At Agra, extensive advance publi­ vase to the Guardian as a token of ference in New Delhi, India, the city brought a capacity audience to their love and devotion. Guardian recommended that the Agra College Hall to hear Mrs. At Dacca, Pakistan, a meeting was Hands of the Cause travel through Baker. held at the Green Hotel. At the ra­ designated lands " for the purpose of At Aligarh, the University Union dio station, Mr. Remey recorded a establishing close contact with the arranged for Mrs. Baker's reception. talk, ' 'Religious Architecture of the National Assemblies, advising and She arrived on Founder's Day, an World", in which he described the assisting Local Assemblies and in­ important occasion at the Univer­ architecture of places of worship of dividuals to attain the goals of the the world's various faiths, closing globe-girdling Plan." sity, was invited to the meeting and with descriptions of the Baha'i House Baha'i News Letter, published by met the University officials. That afternoon Mrs. Baker addressed the of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois and the National Spiritual Assembly of Bar Association. At a morning meet­ the Shrine of the Bab on Mount Car­ the Baha'is of India, Pakistan and ing, Mrs. Baker spoke before the mel, Israel. This r ecording was r e­ Burma, has announced the itinerar­ broadcast on the Birthday of ies and some of the bounties from the Muslim University Students in Union Hall and, later, addressed the stu­ Baha'u'llah by the Pakistan Radio. trips taken by Mrs. Dorothy Baker, dents at the Muslim Girl's College. At Chittagong, Mr. Remey present­ Mr. Charles Mason Remey and Mr. ed the history of the Baha'i Faith to Horace Holley, Hands of the Cause , Although only a few have been a group of the town's leading citi­ through those regions. mentioned, in all of the centers Mrs. Baker's visits resulted, not only in zens, gathered in the Chittagong Mrs. Dorothy Baker public declaration of the Faith and Rest House. A partial itinerary of Mrs. Dor­ meetings with officials and dignitar­ Factual recital of meetings, the othy Baker's trip includes : Delhi, ies, but also in consultation with the titles of talks or the names of emin­ Bombay, Poona, Miraj, Kolhapur, Baha'i communities. In these more ent members of audiences can­ Belgaum, Nasik, Manmad, Jalna, intimate gatherings, through stories not communicate the response Aurangabad, Deolali, Surat, Baroda, of 'Abdu'l-Baha, by telling the be­ throughout these three countries to Ahmedabad, Ajmer , Jaipur, Agra, lievers of the significances of the the lucid explanations of the charac­ Firozabad, Gwalior, Aligarh, Bareil­ World Center and speaking of the ter and import of the Baha'i Faith, ly, Lucknow, Cawnpore, Allahabad, Guardian, Dorothy Baker, Hand of given by Mr. Charles Mason Remey, Benares, Patna, Calcutta, Nagpur, the Cause, knit the hearts of these Hand of the Cause. Indore and Karachi. friends on the Indian sub-contin­ Mr. Horace Holley ent more closely to the Center of the A partial itinerary of Mr. Horace At Belgaum, Mrs. Baker spoke on World Faith of Baha'u'llah and kin­ " World Peace Through World Reli­ Holley's trip includes: Delhi, Bom­ dled anew their devotion to His bay, Poona, Panchgani, Sholapur, gion" before a large audience at Lin­ Cause. garaj College. The Rajasahib of Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mysore, Tri­ Swantwadi, chairman of the meet­ Mr. Charles Mason Remey vandrum, Madras, Colombo and ing, " was completely won over by A partial itinerary of Mr. Charles Kalutara . Mrs. Baker's lucid exposition of the Mason Remey's trip includes: Delhi, At Bombay, Mr. Holley , Dr. 'Ali­ aims and objects of the Baha'i Calcutta, Rangoon, Dacca, Chitta­ Akbar Furutan and Mrs. Mildred Faith." The next day Mrs. Baker gong, Bagdogra, Darjeeling, Mad­ Mottahedeh spoke on "The World spoke at the Social Club on "Spirit­ ras, Colombo, Kandy, Trichinopoly, Order of Baha'u'llah" before a pub­ ual Solution of Economic Problems." Madura, Bangalore, Mysore, Hyder­ lic meeting at Cama Hall. A Press At Deolali, Mrs. Baker spoke in abad, Ajanta, Ellora, Aurangabad, conference was held at Taj Mahal 8 APRIL, 1954

Hotel and reports appeared in Times of India, Free Press Journal, Indian Express and the Navbharat Times. At Sholapur, a Press Conference was held with representatives of the Sholapur Sarnachar and the Sakal. At a public talk, Mr. Holley's ad­ dress was translated into Marathi by the Principal of the Government Col­ lege of Commerce and Accountancy. In Hyderabad, Mr. Holley talked with officials of the Salar Jung Mu­ seum and Osmania University. A Press conference resulted in the pre­ sentation of the Faith through the Deccan Chronicle, the Daily N ews, the Hyderabad Bulletin, the Ham­ ara, The Ekdam, the Rahnumae Deccan, the Angara and the Paisa Akhbar. These are but three of the locali­ ties visited by Mr. Horace Holley, Hand of the Cause. Other reports may appear later but, from these, the effect of Mr. Holley's visits is apparent. In every case, a new inter­ Bah{t'i Community of Singapore, Malay States est in the Faith was awakened, ques­ tions elicited and brilliantly an­ Chester, Pennsylvania Medford, Oregon swered and, among the believers, Mrs. Marybelle Hammond, Mrs. Kathryn Frankland, a new sense of unity aroused. 616 E. 14th Street Medford Hotel SOUTH AMERICA Emporia, Kansas Michigan City, Indiana An article describing contempor­ Mr. Don Newby, 1423 Merchants Mrs. Stella Menifee, 418 Spring St. ary developments of the Baha'i Faith Globe, Arizona Paterson, New Jersey has been published in 0 Globo, the Mrs. Norma Lewis--Heron Apts 7 Mr. and Mrs. Fred (Jeanne) Sud­ most widely circulated newspaper in Grand Forks, North Dakota hop, 94 Chadwick St. Rio de Janeiro. A previous article Mr. and Mrs. G. G . Boutin, J r. Provo, Utah had referred only to the origins and Wm. R. Lacey, Jr. Miss Barbara Keast, early history of the Faith. 402 Walnut St. Bldg. 14, Apt. 146 Dover, Delaware Family Units [NA~TION- AL NEWS Mr. and Mrs. William (Dorothy) Mrs. Margaret Mansfield, Apt. 3, Frey 284 N. 5th St. \ AMERICAN NATIONAL 340 Kings Highway Raleigh, North Carolina i TEACHING COMMITTEE Elizabeth, New Jersey Mrs. Frances Falvey, Box 5083 Miss Dorothy Champ, (919 W. Johnson St.) ( H ome Front Pi oneering Goals Filled % Mrs. A. A. Wilson Rapid City, South Dakota The following virgin goal cities on 1019 William Street Mr. William Keith Denison, the home front h ave been settled as Hayward, California 623 St. Louis St. of the middle of March by the pio­ Miss Winifred E. Bennell, Redding, California neers here listed: 230 Prospect Terrace Mrs. Alice B. Mays, 1237 Willis St. Allentown, Pennsylvania Mrs. Muriel Ferguson, Savannah, Georgia Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wiener 26913 Gatling Road Mrs. Ivalu Reagan, 405 W. 37th St. 435 North 6th St. Ithaca, New York Stockton, California Bay City, Michigan Miss Marjorie Stee, Mrs. Sadie Ellis Mr. and Mrs. H a rry (Eve. F) 408 N . Tioga St. Mr. Wm. Hathorn Eriksen, Lewiston, Idaho · 2430 E . Market St. 404 West Midland St. Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Niss, Warren, Ohio Bridgeport, Connecticut Box 483 Mr. and Mrs. John (Madalyn) Miss Jean Silver Lynn, Massachusetts Byers Mrs. Christine Ivanoff Mr. and Mrs. Chester (Helen 225 Tod Street, S.W. Mrs. Caroline Stewart Miller) Curtis, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1978 North Ave. 112 Chatham St. Mrs. Betty Koyl, Chattanooga, Tennessee Manchester, New Hampshire 111 North Spruce St. Mr. and Mrs. Robert (Roystine) Mrs. Dorothy Morrell, Yuma, Arizona Hart 333 Kimball Street, Apt. 6, Mr. Robert Powers, Mrs. Mildred 615 S. Boynton Terrace Rimmon Heights Powers, 118 Madison St. BAHA'I NEWS 9

Pioneer Letters from the Home Front many prayers. In fact, they demand whom we think might be interested it. . . . " from all the neighboring cities. Also, The American National Teaching I am attending an Institute of World Committee wishes to share with the From Mrs. Betty Koyl, Winston Affairs . . . And I have my first believers everywhere the following Salem, North Carolina. study class starting next week! excerpts taken from letters written " Arrived on Sept. 20, and with His Isn't it wonderful? I went last night by pioneers on the home front. The Guidance, the glorious Message of to see my n ew-found friend, and she story they tell of devotion to the Baha'u 'llah will be accepted and pro­ had three others there whom she Faith of Baha'u'llah and of deter­ claimed from this truly lovely city. had been telling about her new mined service in the Ten Year Cru­ A regular study class is now being friend who was a Baha'i and be­ sade is but a reflection of that spirit held, and many are receiving litera­ lieved in the unity of the races; and which has prompted all of the pio­ ture .... we just talked and talked and talked. neers to take their posts for the " When we read our BA.HA'I NEWS One woman in particular just couldn't spiritual copquest of the planet. and see the names of those who are hear enough , and wanted some of From a volunteer born in 1878 now in lands and islands throughout Baha'u'llah's writings to read; and Area desired - "anywhere you the world, how very humble we now they all want to study, starting want to send me." When can you feel-but oh, so proud to be living next week. I 'm so grateful and happy. leave?-"At once." Any health prob­ in this Wonderful Day! The Home " I went to a dinner given by lems?-"Doctors say a nervous Front pioneers will not be pro­ YWCA World Fellowship, and dur­ heart, but I would say perfect claimed, neither will our names be ing the question period (after the health." (And she adds, parentheti­ mentioned in history, except per­ speaker had told of his experiences cally, " Do have broken knee and hip haps that we went forth and obeyed in and around the Holy Land) I and am on crutches''.) our beloved Guardian." asked if he had encountered the From Mr. and Mrs. Robert Niss and Baha'i World Faith in his travels From Mr. and Mrs. Robert Powers, and then he gave a beautiful ac­ Yuma, Arizona. Family, Lewiston, Idaho " ... although only the prelimin­ count of his visit to the Baha'i Gar­ " To us the Dispersal-Crusade dens, on Mt. Carmel." came to mean : since you are in a aries have been done for our settle­ community of more than 15 Baha'is, ment, the Baha'i work has started From John and Madalyne Byers, it is the Guardian's wish that you off at such a pace we feel we have Warren, Ohio. move out ..... We spent much time been here a month already. We con­ " As of January 22 , 1954, we'll be in consultation, and decided on our tacted the Boy Scout Executive, and, at the above address. We're so goal, which was approved by the through him, attended a meeting of happy! Baha'u'llah has been so Teaching Committee. Obviously we the scout leaders in town and are Generous, so Merciful to us during hoped to settle ourselves comfort­ busy now in that field, meeting peo­ these weeks of trying to find our ably, but since our decision was to ple, and getting to be known as right spot, and it is perfect, of go to Yuma and teach, whatever Baha'is. Yesterday at noon, we met course: excellent job for my hus­ the condition, we found it unneces­ with the Rotary club, and again met band-ideal apartment for the chil­ sary to make inquiries about the many townsfolk. The newspaper is dren as well as for us. Now, we're city. None of us had ever been in very friendly, and of all the amazing going to strive daily to purify these Yuma. Our attitude may be put in things, the reporter who interviewed channels of ours so that we may at­ words, as follows: us was a girl who was a Unitarian. tract! attract! Only seven more 1. We function as if our project With no church in town, she is in­ Baha'is to be found and we'll have a were to end tomorrow at noon. terested in coming to our fire­ Community! There's quite a trend 2. We shall continue to teach re­ sides . .. . And she wrote a fine article here among the citizens to ask: gardless of what happens. for th e Faith." 'What church do you attend?' Happy 3. Teaching will come ahead of From a pioneer, new to "teaching Day! ... " on her own" who settled a virgin rest, food, or health. lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltll "We have come to the conclusion goal city, without assistance, start­ that, for us, teaching is effective ing Baha'i work, and securing em­ BULLETINS FOR BAHA'I NEWS only when we put it foremost in our ployment, simultaneously: All National and Area Committees lives and permit nothing whatsoever "I visited another class on Tues­ are urged to send copies of any jour­ to interfere with it.... day night, at Shaw University, and nals or bulletins they may publish to "We feel that one who is teaching told another group about Baha'i, BAHA'I NEws, as well as other items must immerse himself in America's along with the teacher, who knows or photographs of national or inter­ Spiritual Mission; that he must something about the Faith and has national interest which have not ap­ sleep with it by his bed-side, that he seen the Temple, and the response peared in their publications. must underline passages, and in fact was very warm. "My contacts are Local communities are also in­ wear it out with reading .... We growing slowly in numbers, but I am vited to send their bulletins and cannot feel any possible continuance surely enjoying them. One is a young news reports to BAHA'I NEJws. Al-: in teaching which brings confirma­ minister who is culminating his sev­ though it is not always possible to tions without many, many prayers en years of training at Shaw ... he use every good item, due to space each day. Certainly we put in a min­ wants to read all the Baha'i books he or other limitations, it frequently is imum of an hour a day at reading can. We are planning a public meet­ possible to make an article of in­ prayers. And we never meet with the ing in the University, at Chapel Hill, terest by showing how some anni­ newly declared Baha'is or with those to which we will invite the educa­ versary, for example, was cele­ we are teaching without reading tors, the students and anyone else brated in different areas. 10 APRIL, 1954 WESTERN HEMISPHERE TEACHING COMMITTEE YOU AND THE WORLD CRUSADE 4. Our Crusade is one of action. 6. Let us break from our imprison­ Each of us must resolve to do ed selves and go forth to build a 1. The Crusade is everyone's priv­ as well as to be - to become finer civilization. The response ilege and responsibility. The active agents of the Divine Will. to the challenge is the very core trumpet has been sounded. The We must come out of our closets and mainspring to the success call is made upon the humble as of apathy into a world of action. of this epoch-making Crusade. well as the great. 5. Baha'u'llah needs us now. Our As each m eets the challenge, we 2. The noble example can be set responsibility cannot be shirked will all be travellers journeying on by each of us, whether on the nor shifted. the road to victory, a victory that home front or abroad. marks the conquest of social and moral ills, war, poverty and igno­ 3. Our attitude is: "Baha'u'llah HOW TO PIONEER rance. And throughout our journey needs m e for the establishment we will be guided and assisted by the Q . How should I go a bout pio­ of His Kingdom." Hosts of the Supreme Concourse. neering? A. 1. Write to the National YOU NEED THE CRUSADE Spiritual Assembly. THE CRUSADE NEEDS YOU 2. Fill out the pioneer ap­ Q. Have I a part in the Cru­ Q. What is new about the Cru­ plication blank which they sade? sade? will send you. 3. Consult with the Crusade A. The Guardian summoned A. The entire Baha'i World Committee handling your the entire Baha'i Com­ Community is working to­ goal. munity. This means you. gether on a common Plan, Q. Should I make my plans be­ Q. How can I take part? under the leadership of the fore volunteering? A. 1. Pioneer. Guardian, for goals far A. No. This is a costly duplica­ 2. Win new souls at home. greater than any ever be­ tion of effort. Increase your capacity fore achieved. 1. The Committees know and effectiveness in where the needs are ; th ey teaching. Q. How does this affect me? want to know your desires. 3. Give more to the Fund. A. The Cause is moving swiftly 2. The Committees already Q. Is there still a need for pio­ forward. By joining the Cru­ have information you might neers? sade you move with it. This spend months in gathering A . Victorie_s already won are is the measure of your de­ -and your goal may al­ but a prelude to still greater votion, the method of your ready be filled by that time. victories. The field is vast. growth, the means of at­ Do not contact foreign consul­ Both at home and abroad there are many, many vir­ tracting divine confirma­ a tes or authorities without con­ gin cities. The need is press­ tions. sulting the Committees. ing.

AMERICAN INDIAN study, study, study! There is so welcome if you speak of yourself SERVICE COMMITTEE much of h is own culture that is fine as a missionary. There is real and good, and that our culture will beauty and fine ethical teaching in Pioneer Letters destroy if he isn't given help. Under­ m uch of the Indian religion, and In order to present a picture of stand his problems, and go to him respect towards it will go far to­ some aspects of the task of carrying with knowledge as well as sympathy. ward making you acceptable to both Baha'u'llah's Message to the Ameri­ He is torn between real hate bred of Indians and government admin­ can Indians, the American Indian centuries of mistreatment by the istrators. These are alert, tough, Service Committee wishes to sh are white people, and his great need for humorous, warm, sparkling people. the following excerpts from letters and eager response to real love and L earn to enjoy them and b e pre­ from pioneers in the various Indian sympathy; but that sympathy must pared in turn to be enjoyed by them. territories. not be ignorant or sentimental. He is They will laugh at you, so you can From Kit Goldstein at a Navajo cynical of the good intentions of laugh too, and enjoy life with them. reservation school Tuba City, those who come to the reservation to Don't be stuffy or sensitive. Answer Arizona: help him, and this is a real hin­ their question, even the personal drance to well-intentioned people. "There is tremendous need and ones. If you are warm and friendly tremendous confusion in the Indian The government is establishing and show them genuine liking, you mind. In his own environment, he is sweeping reforms in the Indian serv­ will get further than if you 'talk a a superb figure, morally, emotion­ ice, and on the whole these good feeling' to them. They have to ally mature, but contact with our are good and intelligent ideas and be s'hown. This you can be sure of, civilization does tragic things to practices. They are hampered by when they come to the Faith with him. To understand his needs and to well-meaning and fanatical mis­ the equipm ent they have, they're go­ try to help him in his sad confusion, sionaries who have done real harm; ing to make m u ch better Baha'is I would say to the new pioneer, so you may not find yourself too than we are!'' B·AHA'I NEWS 11

From Grace Dean, Bylas, Arizona teach morality, courage, patience, part. We feel that the Indian will be (Apache Reservation), Day School: self-control, dignity, generosity, reached through the heart, rather "My idea is that a sewing club charity, reverence and worship of than through the intellect, and hope might have a strong drawing power one God. They have stories of the and pray constantly for guidance in among the Indian women. They creation of the first man and have bringing the message to him at the would probably love to attend such had many prophets . . . right time, and in the right way." ''I think the best way to win them a gathering. Quite contrary to popu­ From James Stone, Jr., Gallup, New is to show them that we are not aim­ lar opinion, I am finding the Indians Mexico (called the "Indian Capital ing to exploit them, but to be their are fun-loving and quick to return a of the world" ) smile. The two teachers and resi­ true friends. I already have many " I think that we will like Gallup. dent nurse assured me that the plans but I know that only results will count.'' The surrounding red sand stone Apaches would absolutely not ac­ buttes make it beautiful especially cept me for at least a year, but may­ From Mr. and Mrs. Edvard Lind­ now since they are covered with a be my year' s probation can be cut strom, Yakima, Washington little white snow. The land is sand­ down if I can make a good start. " Of late we have been tempted stone without much vegetation and " I love it here. Even on a hot day toward impatience, as we are so anx­ reminds you of Mt. Carmel before there is always a nice cool breeze ious to get started on some Indian the present time. In town the most sweeping the valley, and the nights teaching, but we know that the slow­ outstanding thing is, of course, the are out of this world. er way is the better way, and that people. It is very difficult to distin­ "My new Indian friend ap­ the groundwork we are laying is guish between Indian, Mexican and proached me today in regard to dis­ all to the good. We watch the local the few negroes here. Apparently tributing clothing among the In­ paper for Indian news, and save all there is total lack of prejudice. All dians. I explained frankly our posi­ the clippings. This enables us to read work and eat together. Some of the tion on it, and we got on the subject any important decisions of the In­ older Indian men wear their hair of self-sufficiency. I explained to her dian Tribal Council and to become long and in either braids or bun that we put more time in on helping familiar with the names of the lead­ style. The Indian women, especially others to help themselves so they ing Council members. When we saw Navajo, hold a blanket around the would not need the help of others. that they had decided to ban the sale shoulders and -som€ti.m-es .. o:v.er-- tha.ir.. It developed that the tribal store of liquor on the Reservation we head. The Indians that I have met seldom bothers to handle local prod­ wrote a letter to th e secretary of the are very friendly . . . the point is ucts, baskets and such. I suggested Tribal Council, commending the de­ now to get acquainted and become a roadside market catering to pass­ c1s10n, (identifying ourselves as known. . . . The Indians seem to be ersby, and displaying anything any­ Baha'is). Last evening we had the a happy lot, and are smiling a great body could put out-water color great bounty of attending an annual deal more than people seen in the paintings, baskets, quilts, etc., and celebration at the Toppenish Long­ eastern states. This is to me very make it a nice attractive place. It house, and although there was no promising. then developed that there is a va­ opportunity to actually give the "Gallup is the base from which the cant store building- a little way be­ Message, the occasion gave us the new Indian tribal council operates low the trading post. If I can work chance to observe a large number of . . . I want to make friends with up enough interest among the wom­ Yakima Indians, together with many those who realize that what helps en, and have the approval of the Indian families from other reserva­ Gallup helps them and theirs, and tribal council, we migh t start a proj­ tions, and also to see and be able to I can truthfully say that I do not ect that will bring in some money identify the members of the Tribal know of any place or person that and at the same time awaken their Council as they stood and were in­ has cooperated with the Faith even great inventive and artistic ability. troduced to the audience . . . the in the least bit that has not been I have offered to start their books celebration consisted largely of In­ helped materially thereby." and train someone into a book-keep­ dian dances on the dirt floor. The ing job and to help in any way pos­ costumes showe.d great variety, each Teaching Suggestions sible in setting up the store ... it's one different, and - the elaborate A new brochure entitled Teaching the first real opportunity that has beadwork, t)1 pical of the Yakimas, Suggestions has been compiled by presented itself since I came . . .. was beautiful. The men and boys the Baha'i American Indian Service . . . " In regard to seeking reserva­ wore bells around their ankles, many Committee. It includes: tion employment, I still think it is feathered "wheels'', and the girls A. Objectives and Goals for the sound to take a job for a while in wore fringed deerskin dresses, cov­ Ten Year Crusade order to get acquainted. I hav.e a ered with beadwork, and moccasins B. Indian Teaching Problems feeling it is the quickest way to es­ like suede socks, completely covered C. The Teacher tablish at least a speaking acquaint­ with varied bead designs. While the D. What Has Been Done-Surveys ance with the Indians. And then dances were going on, twelve Indian and Individual Programs when the job has accomplished its men sat around a large drum, the E. Youth Program - Colleges and purpose, let it go". size of a table, and beat the drums Universities near Indian Cen­ and sang. A few speeches were made ters From Mrs. Ethel Murray, Bri}'son by an Indian chief, in the native E. Thumbnail Sketches of the. City, North Carolina (near the Cher­ tongue, some being translated into Tribes okee Indian reservation) English. We were greatly impressed G. Bibliography "In my study of the Indians I have with the dignity and sincerity of the A copy of a map of the Indian Res­ found that in their own religion they elders, in fact, of all those taking ervations will be sent without charge 12 APRIL, 1954 with each order until the limited Teaching Committee assisted on one NAW RUZ CELEBRATIONS supply is exhausted. Send orders, en­ occasion in securing a Baha'i speak­ closing fifty cents for each copy, to : er to fill an engagem ent offered by the The Feast of Naw-Ruz, ushering in Mrs. Nancy Phillips, Secy. NAACP for a m eeting held in Charles­ the Baha'i year 111 , was celebrated 736 Encanto Drive, S.E. ton, West Virginia. The meeting was throughout the world. From com­ Phoenix, Arizona well attended and copies were dis­ munities across the United States, the following reports have been tributed of 'Abdu'l-Baha 's t alk to this gathered: sam e organization, made in 1912. An­ INTER-RACIAL TEACHING At the r equest of the National COMMITTEE other meeting was arranged a t Insti­ tute College, West Virginia. Both of Spiritual Assembly, a Naw-Ruz gathering at the B aha'i House of these were practically r eady-made The Baha'i Inter-Racial Teaching Worship in Wilmette was arranged. opportunities just waiting for a Baha'i Committee would like to report The Evanston, Illinois, Baha'i Com­ progress on their assignment in the speaker. munity, assisted by the Chicago, Ten Year Crusade. This committee will be glad to Elmhurst , Maywood, Oak Park, Wil­ cooperate with any assembly or All local Spiritual Assemblies wer e m ette and Winnetka communities, group having such opportunities requested to a ppoint a local believer arranged the complete program. to reach the colored population. to select the negro leaders in their Foundation Hall was filled with be­ Please let us know if, wh ere and communities and furnish names and lievers and their friends who heard when such h elp is needed . addresses for such leaders to our readings on the reality of the spirit­ committee . To date 53 assemblies ual springtime, taken from the writ­ have responded, giving information ings of Baha'u 'llah and 'Abdu'l-Baha on 1,264 such leader s in over 225 and a short explanation of some of cities in 28 different states. During the significances of the Baha'i New January and February a mailing was Year. After this introduction, the sent to each of these leaders in­ entire gathering, quietly and with cluding three pa mphlets, A Pat ­ deep reverence, went up to the audi­ tern for F1lture Society, Baha'i torium for a service of worship. Teachings for a World F aith, and The Anchorage R ecording District Man One Family. and Anchorage Alaska, Baha'i Com· In one community, an official of munities joined in giving a dinner the Urban League was designated to for Baha'is and guests, followed by receive this mailing. Our latest in­ a Naw-Ruz program. formation reveals that this person Baha'is of Sparks, Fallon and Reno, has since becom e a believer. While N;evada, gave a New Year party for this program is intended for the most their Naw-Ruz guests. part as a means to " Foster wider un­ The Los Angeles, California, Baha'i derstanding of the teachings on the Community h eld an all-day Naw-Ruz principle of th e oneness of man­ Open House Festival. Classes for kind", it is very heartening to have seekers of all ages were held in the this further confirmation. morning. At noon a buffet lunch was A second mailing will be sent to served. During the afternoon there these same leaders by Auril 15. were showings of color pictures of Pamphlets to b e sent are Reality Above is a r eproduction of a citatio;1 the Baha'i Gardens on Mount Carmel of Brotherhood, Loyalty to G ov­ in H aifa and of the Bah a'i House of ernment, and Baha'i D eclaration presented at a Brotherhood Week dinner in Evanston, Illinois . The North Shor~ Worship in Wilmette. Various dis­ of H uman Rights and Obligations. Citizen's Committee, honoring outstand­ plays by Committees. designed to Both of these m ailings include a ing work in furthering good human rela­ explain Baha'i activities. made tours letter from our National Committee tions, gave the award to the Naf.iona l through the Los Angeles center which should add further prestige Spiritua l Assembly of the Raha' is of the interesting both for Baha'is and their to the faith in the minds of those re­ United States for " unequivocal recogni­ tion of the equality of man under God." gu ests. The center was bright with ceiving this attention. flowers, and during the afternoon Obviously with only 53 local as­ 1111111 11 11 1111 1111 1111 11 11 111 11111111 1111 111 1111 1111 111 11 11 11 111 11 11 11 1111 1111 1111 1111 111 11 111111 111;1111 1111111 the children sang songs. A throng of semblies giving their cooperation, 500 people visited the center during the success of this effort has been BAHA'I NEWS SERVICE the day, making it n ecessary to unduly limited. Therefore it is re­ The Baha'i News Service an­ present the program three times. quested that each assembly recon­ nounces that two new pictures of the .. Although reports are incomplete, it sider this project. Please appoint a Baha'i House of Worship in Wil­ seems apparent that the celebration person to report the names and ad­ m ette, Illinois, are now available as of Naw-Ruz is carrying the spirit of dresses of local leaders among the one-column or two-column mats. the Baha'i Faith to larger numbers negro people. This work has just These matrices are suitable for through public hospitality keyed to started and offers much hope for newspaper reproduction only. Order the inner meaning of the return of the New Year. Send data to: directly from Baha'i News Service, spring. In many communities, adver­ Miss Lydia J. Martin, Secretary, Richard C. Thomas, 6543 N. Camp­ tisements announced to the world at 11529 K elton Ave., bell Avenue, Chicago 45 , Illinois, en­ large the reasons why Baha'i's cele­ Cleveland 6, Ohio. closing $.25 for each mat and in­ brate Naw-Ruz and invited investi­ In addition, the Inter - Racial dicating the column size desired. gation of the Baha'i World Faith. BAHA'I NEWS 13

BAHA'I ON THE CAMPUS Georgia, Herald, and Chronicle, Pine by the chairman, a college pro­ In North Carolina, on two differ- Castle News of Orlando, Florida, and fessor, as representing "a group in 2nt university campuses, Baha'i other papers carried accounts of our city that not only talks about talks were presented to students and meetings and gave information brotherhood, but practices it." faculty members, recently. about the significances of the Baha'i Ponce, Puerto Rico, also has its A pioneer to the Home Front goal House of Worship. first resident Baha'i. of Winston-Salem spoke to 25 stu­ The book review section of Afro­ dents of the senior class of the North American Newspapers in Baltimore, DEVOTIONAL PROGRAMS Carolina State Teachers College in Maryland, said, in part, "The Spell of the Temple is a narrative, an AT HOUSE OF WORSHIP that city. The evening of the same The Baha'i House of Worship at day, two Baha'i speakers developed absorbing story full of human in­ terest infused with human faith. Wilmette, Illinois is dedicated to the the theme "A New World Religion" Unity of God, the Unity of His before an audience of about 40 stu­ "There is also something more­ the inexplicable power which so-call­ Prophets, the Unity of Mankind. In dents assembled in Gerrard Hall at this spirit, public worship is con­ the University of North Carolina, ed spiritual truth and enlightenment offer the thoughts and actions of men. ducted each Sund.ay at 3:30 P.M. in Chapel Hill. A single Baha'i student the auditorium. Readers at these de­ had prepared the meeting, using "Until one reads The Spell of the Te.mple, the structure itself, with votional programs include Baha'is posters throughout the campus, ra­ and guests. Choral selections are by dio notices and newspaper stories. its nine gardens and nine pools, is just another tribute of man to God, the Baha'i House of Worship A Cap­ The morning following the meet­ pella Choir. ing, an article "A Revelation of but after one reads McDaniel's book, Baha'u'llah" filled two columns on the Temple becomes a symbol of BAliA'i NEWS will publish regularly the front page of The Daily Tar Heel, Man's aspiration towards God." the weekly references of readings the college paper. used. The programs for the month of March follow: The student planning this cam­ NATIONAL NEWS BRIEFS paign worked in close cooperation Members of the Anchorage, Alas­ with the Area Teaching Committee ka, Baha'i Community were the Order of Devotions--March 7, 1954 and, through careful .attention to de­ guests of the Anchorage Recording tails, assured the success of the Man should know his own self and kn010 District Community at an Intercal­ those things which lead to loftiness or to base­ meeting and the publicity. ary Days party. ness, to shame or to honor, to affluence or to poverty.-Baha'u'llah. The Ann Arbor, Michigan, Baha'i CHORAL SELECTION BAHA'I ON THE AIR Community were hosts at the Lou­ Almighty God of Our Fathers-Will James Buffalo, New York, reports a five­ helen Baha'i School for the fourth BAHA'I SACRED WRITINGS Baha'i Prayers, p. 84 minute talk, given over station WGR in a series of monthly meetings held Baha'i World Faith, pp. 167-168 and regular announcements of Baha'i in that area. Students from the Uni­ Gleanings, pp. 65-66; p. 143 OLD TESTAMENT meetings and firesides over station versity of Michigan conducted a Psalm 8 WEER. symposium and the audience in­ NEW TESTAMENT Matthew 5:1-16 Reno, Nevada, reports a 15-min­ cluded many exchange students QUR'AN ute talk given over station KOLO. from other lands. Sura XXXV:l6-19; II:286 CHORAL SELECTION In Miami, Florida, a radio inter­ Arecibo, Puerto Rico, has its first Now We Sing Thy Praise-Tschesnokoff view on station WQAM and a 15- settler, an instructor in the School BAHA'I SACRED WRITINGS minute talk over station WKAT were Gleanings, pp. 259-260; pp. 77-78 of Nursing, who has her own home Prayers and Meditations, CLXXIII, p. 264 given. Also, station WIOD presents as a center for teaching activities. CHORAL SELECTION a regular program called, " Let's Over two hundred guests wit­ Lo, in the Time Appointed-Healey Willan Look it Up". A question, "What is nessed the first Baha'i wedding to the Baha'i Faith", sent to this pro­ be held in the Hamilton, Massachu­ Order of Devotions-March 14, 1954 gram, was answered by the director setts, Baha'i Center. The ceremony of the Miami Public Library. In al! Dispensations the law of prayer hath took place in the center gardens and constituted a fundamental element of the The Park Falls, Wisconsin, sta­ was the occasion for fro.nt-page no­ Revelation of a!! the Prophets of God. tion, WPFP, has . carried 18 Baha'i tices in the leading newspaper. -Baha'u'll:ih broadcasts and an eight-month con­ CHORAL SELECTION Peoria, Illinois, Baha'is have car­ Almighty God of our Fathers-James tract assures continuance of the pro­ BAHA'I SACRED WRITINGS grams. ried forward a three-fold public re­ Baha'i Prayers, p . 48 lations program throughout the past OLD TESTAMENT The Milwaukee Baha'i Community JoJ?i 33:26. Psalms 50:14-15; 34:1-8; 117; 100; broadcast on the Inter-Faith radio winter: accepted invitations to pre­ program over station WTMJ. sent the Baha'i Faith before a class NEW TESTAMENT in Religion conducted at Bradley Mark 11:22-26. Luke 11:5-13. Matthew 6:5-13 CHORAL SELECTION University, provided speakers for A!!e!uia-Randall Thompson THE SPELL OF THE TEMPLE classes and a sorority group during QUR'AN the University Inter-Faith Commis­ Sura II:147-148; Sura XI:ll6·117; Sura I Widespread publicity for the Faith BAHA' I SACRED WRITINGS has resulted from a recent trip sion's Religious Emphasis Week, Hidden Words of Bahil'u'llah (from the Arabic), No. 16, 43 through the South by Mr. Allen B. and arranged a very successful Kitab-i-Iqan (The Book of Certitude), p. 311 McDaniel, author of The Spell of Brotherhood Week program and tea Gleanings, pp. 294, 265, 266, 243 295 Advent of Divine .Justice, p. 70 ' the Temple. The High Point, North which was attended by people of Baha'i Prayers, p. 46 Carolina, Enterprise; Columbia, many races. At Bradley University, CHORAL SELECTION From the Sweet-Scented Stream8 (Prayer of South Carolina, State ; Augusta, one Baha'i speaker was presented Baha'u 'llah)-Charles Wolcott 14 APRIL, 1954

Order of Devotions-March 21, 1954 The Baha'i Co m munity. A summary of its foundation and organization. 0 men! This is a matchless Day. Matchless .r UBL I C· A TI 0 NS must, likewise, be the tongue that celebrateth A new edition with an attractively the praise of the Desire of all nations, and matchless the deed that aspireth to be ac­ designed cover, red stamping on ceptable in His sight. The whole human race grey morocco cover paper, is in the hath longed for this Day, that perchance it NEW PUBLICATI ONS may fulfil that which well beseemeth its sta­ process of being printed and will be tion, and is worthy of its destiny. World Crusade Chart. Compiled by -Baha 'u 'llah available about May 1. This book is Beatrice Ashton from letters of the CHORAL SELECTION essential to every Baha'i to orient Give Ear Unto My Prayer-Arcadelt Guardian to the twelve National him to administrative functioning in BAHA'I SACRED WRITINGS Spiritual Assemblies and their an­ Prayers and Meditations, LXXI, p. 117 the Baha'i Community. OLD TESTAMENT nual conventions of April and May, Psalms 24; Micah 4: 1-5 1953 , and from the Guardian's Sta­ Each ...... $ .50 NEW TESTAMENT Ten copies ...... $4.50 Revelation 21 : 1-5 tistical Information and Supplement QUE'AN on the Ten Year Te aching Plan. The Sura LXXV, 1-12 tasks and objectives are arranged Specia l Quantity Pri ces CHORAL SELECTION Bless the Lord, 0 My Soul-Ippolitof-Ivanof by continents and related to each Communion With Gud. The small BAHA'I SACRED WRITINGS National Assembly. Column head­ prayer book in tan, simulated leather Gleanings, CVI, p. 213; XVI, p. 39; VII, p . 10; IV. p. 6; V, p . 7 ings designating National Assem­ cover is now offered at a special The World Order of Baha'u'llah, pp. 106-107 Prnyers and Meditations, CLV, p . 248 blies may be colored with crayon to price to m eet the growing demand of CHORAL SELECTION match colors u sed in the Guardian's communities who wish to distribute Cherubim Song-Bortniansky map. This valuable aid in following these to contacts in large quantities. the progress of the World Crusade 100 copies ...... $13.75 Order of Devotions--March 28, 1954 includes a statistical summary of 0 My servants! Deprive not yourselves of the goals. Excellent for use in local Chicago Sunday Tribune Reurint. the unfading and resplendent Light that shin­ eth within the Lamp of Divine glory. Let the study classes, Area Conference dis­ This reprint, containing colored illus­ flame of the Love of God burn brightly within cussions, and for summer schools. trations of the Temple floodlighted your radiant hearts.-Baha'u'llah 22 x 34, folded to 8 x 11 for mailing. during the 1944 Centenary, is now CHORAL SELECTION offered at a greatly reduced price. Let. all. the . .Natians._.Praise ..the. Lor.d-Volck­ Each ...... $ .20 mer Leisring A special large lot price is also of­ B.AHA'I f'ACRED WRITINGS Twelve for . . ... $2.00 Baha'i Prayers, p. 50 fered, valuable to committees plan­ OLD TESTAMENT Color Magazine Reprint. Reprint of ning for state and county fair booths Micah 4: 1-7; Malachi 3: 1-9,14-16 later this year. Reduced price : QUR."AN article on the Baha'i Faith entitled Sura I; Sura XXIII; 44-54 " Baha'i Faith Symbolizes Unity", 50 copies ...... _. - .. $1.00 CFORAL SELECTION 500 copies ...... $8.50 Hear My Cry, 0 God-Alexander Kopyloff appearing in September, 1953 issue NEW TESTAMENT of Color Magazine. Contains eight The Baha'i House of Worship. (Yel­ Matthew 13 :3-2.1 photographs showing views of the BAHA'I !'ACRED WRITINGS low edition) This Temple papiphlet r.1ea n i'lgs. op. 3?.5-326 Baha'i House of Worship interior and is now available in lots of 100 at five P\'gers and Meditation~. LXXIV, pp. 121 exterior, 'Abdu 'l-Baha dedicating the cents each. The price, two copies CJ-!')RAL SELECTION Temple grounds, the National As­ The Lord's My Shepherd-arr. Gordon Jacob sembly, and other Baha'i groups. for fifteen cents, still prevails on smaller quantities. New price: Four pages, 8V:!xll, black on white. llllllllllllllllltllllllltllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllll llllll!lllllltltlllllllllllltllllllllllllllll!llll 100 copies .. . .. _...... $5.00 Five copies ...... $ .50 The Touchstone of Triumph Fifty copies ...... $4.25 Destiny of the American Nation. "Not by the force of numbers, not Listed on page 15 of the current by the mere exposition of a set of New Editions literature catalog, has been reduced in price. new and noble principles, not by an Hidden Words, fabrikoid. A new edi­ organized campaign of teaching-no tion it} hard cover is now being Single copies ...... $ .05 matter how world-wide and elabo­ printed and will be available ap­ 100 copies ...... $4.50 rate in its character-not even by proximately April 24. Meanwhile, we Temporarily Out of Stock the staunchness of our faith or the are recording all orders and will ship exaltation of our enthusiasm, can we when available. This new fabrikoid Baha'i Prayers. The Publishing Com­ ultimately hope to vindicate in the edition will be in deep red binding mittee is awaiting material for eyes of a critical and sceptical age with gold stamping and is designed a new edition of the prayer book. the supreme claim of the Abha reve­ to be a companion volume to the This will contain many prayers not lation. One thing and only one thing recent fabrikoid edition of The Seven in the present edition. Please watch will unfailingly and alone secure Valleys. for announcem ent in this section of the undoubted triumph of this sacred BAHA.'f NEWS and order then. Price Price will continue to be ...... $1.25 Cause, namely, the extent to which not yet available. our own inner life and private char­ acter mirror forth in their manifold New Ed ition of Ba ha'f Prayers Out of Stock aspects the splendor of those to be Published Words for the World. The supply eternal principles proclaimed by A revised and expanded edition of of these records is now exhausted Baha'u'llah." Baha'i P r ayers is in preparation. It and orders can no longer be filled. -SHOGHI E FFENDI will be pocket or purse size, with au­ If more are to be manufactured, Baha'i Administration thentic translations of prayers not a notice will be printed in BA.HA'f page 66 (1945 ed.) contained in previous editions. NEWS . BAHA'I NEWS 15

Know Your Literature print. Other subjects are: 'Abdu'l­ ness," and the victory for the one Baha, a Study of a Christlike Char­ who rises to serve his Lord. The Mission of Baha'u'llah and other acter; Queen Marie of Rumania and This book also . contains some literary pieces. By George Town· the Baha'i F aith ; The Call to God, a poem s, including one dedicated to shend. (George Ronald, Publisher). Meditation; The Letters of 'Abdu'l­ 'Abdu'l-Baha and accepted by him This book has been among our publi­ Baha. Another essay, The Wellspring cations for nearly a year, out many of Happiness, rings with the gladness in 1920. are not familiar with it. The title es­ that is his who recognizes the Mes­ Available in blue, hard cover bind­ say, the Mission of Baha'u'llah was senger of God, the "joy b r inger and ing. once in pamphlet form, now out of the herald of the kingdom of happi- Price ...... $2.25 l llllllllllltlllllllllltllllllltll llllllllllllllllllllllll llll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllll lll lllllllll ll llll ll lllllllllllllllll ll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllll 11 11 111 1111 1111 111 1111 111 1111 111t llllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllll 111 1111 111 1111 1111 1llllllllllll DIRECTORY ADDITIONS AND CHANGES ' Local Spiritual Assemblies Michigan Ann Arbor: Mrs. Bernice D. Anderson, 718 North 4th Ave.

Arizona Missouri Tucson: Mrs. Isabelle S. Dodge, Secy. pro tern, 2833 East Independence : Mr. Claude K. Winans, 1015 West Maple 2nd St. Kansas City: Mrs. Emma Walkup, Secy. pro tern, 3509 East 25th St. California (North) Nevada Bur lingame: Mrs. Eleanor C. Allen , 1109 Killarney Lane Millb r ae : Mrs . Viviana Lisota, 81 Camino Alto R eno : Mrs. Ethel McAllaster, 762 West 6th Oakland : Mr . Paul S. J ones, 86 Glen Ave. New Hampshire California (South) Portsmouth: Mrs. Ruth Silva, Secy. pro tern, 24 Salter St. Beverly Hills : Mrs. Lili Olitzki-Herman, 426 A North Oakhurst Burbank: Mrs. Lou Vena Wells, 250 North Orchard St. New York (West) Chula Vista: Mrs. Zelma J. Krug, 166 3rd St., Apt. 1 Geneva: Mrs. Adeline Kurzweg, Chairman, 444 Exchange St. Elmonte Jud. Dist.: Mrs. Henri N. Heller, 10037 East Olive Rochester: Miss Elizabeth Brooks, 158 Merriman St. St., Temple City Waterloo: Mr. John Flood, 3 Seneca St. Glendale Jud. Dist. : Mr. W. R. Mcintyre, Chairman, 2414 East Moreno St., La Crescenta Ohio Long Beach: Mrs. Mattie Russell Allen, 2805 East 7th St. Cleveland: Mrs. E leanor H . R eeves, 1539 East Boulevard, San Diego: Mr. J ohn Stroessler, 4202 58th St. Apt. 7 Santa Ba rbara: Mr. Edward P. C. Connaughton, 1636 Anacapa South Bay Jud. Dist.: Mrs. Ernest P . Haukedahl, Secy. pro tern, 4715 West 165th St., L awndale Oklahoma West Hollywood: Mr . R obert H. King, 1282¥.. North Sweetzer Oklahoma City: Mrs. Alice C. Entzminger, 5ll1h North West Ave., Hollywood 46 13th St.

Colorado Pennsylvania Jefferson County: Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, Wah-Keeney Park, Westchester: Mrs. Jane Lear Talley, 205 West Market St. R oute 1, Evergreen Rhode Island District of Columbia P rovidence: Mrs. Edith Carpenter, 113 Congress Ave. Washington: Miss Bernice Bernardo, c/ o Baha'i Center, 1611 South Carolina Connecticut Avenue, N.W. North Augusta: Mr. Morgan Barton, Chairman, 428 Barton Ave. Illinois (North) Batavia: Mrs. Charles Ella Stoakley, 449 Madison St. South Dakota Elmhurst: Miss Phyllis M. Rachau , 458 Fairview Ave. Sioux Falls : Mrs. Nellie Fenton, Room 208, Van Eps Building, 8th and Phillips Ave. Indiana Tennessee Indianapolis: Miss Leah A. Spence, 1215 Continental Hotel Memphis: Miss Johanna Zimmerman, Box 5913 Louisiana Nashville: Miss Nellie J . Roche, 2325 Elliston Place New Orleans: Mrs. Margaret 0 . Maurer, 1623 General Taylor Vermont West Brattleboro: Mrs. Isabel Horton;, 410 Western Ave. Maryland: Prince George County: Mrs. A. Esther Sibole, 4903 Alton St., Wisconsin S.E., Boulevard Heights R a cine: Mrs. Anna L. Nelsen, 4607 Victory Ave. Brookfield Twp.: Mrs. Lillian Erby, Box 443, Rt. 4, Waukesha Massachusetts Boston: Mrs. Marion Repper, 175 Dartmouth St. Puerto Rico Cambridge; Mrs. Louise K. Sayward, 50 Follen St. San Juan: Mrs. Marfa T. Martin de Irizarry, P.O. Box 1869 16 APRIL, 1954

CAL D'AR MARRIAGE.S IN ''OF EV .EN TS " Giory be unt~ '" Th e e, 0 my God ! " Death proffereth unto every con­ HOLY DAYS Verily, this Thy servant and this Thy fident believer the cup that is life April 21-May 2, Feast of Ric;lvan maid-servant have gathered under indeed. It bestoweth joy and is the (Declaration of Baha'u'llah) the shadow of Thy mercy and they bearer of gladness. It conferreth the April 21, First day of Ric;lvan (about 3:00 P.M.) are united through Thy favor and gift of everlasting life." April 29, Ninth day of Ric;lvan generosity. 0 Lord Assist them in -Baha'u 'llah May 2, Twelfth day of Ric;lvan this Thy world and Thy Kingdom May 23, Declaration of the Bab and destine for them every good Mrs. Mary Druckmiller Springfield, Missouri (May 22, about 2 hours after sun­ through Thy bounty and grace .. . " set) December 31 , 1953 -'Abdu'l-Baha May 29 , Ascension of Baha'u 'llah Mrs. Pauline Spietz (3:00 A.M.) Los Angeles, California-Miss Truella Chicago, Illinois Baker to Mr. Charles MacQuarrie, February 8, 1954 FEASTS February 26, 1954. April 9-Jalal, Glory Mr. Reynold V. Krahl Chicago, Illinois-Miss Carol Schulz April 28-Jamal, Beauty New Haven, Connecticut to Mr. Lyman B . Bardin, December 30 , F ebruary 14, 1954 May 17-'~amat, Grandeur 1953. Mr. Victor Fourcher lllltll lllllllllllllllllll lltlltl llll lllllllllllllllllllltlllll lllllllllll llllllllllllll l llll llllllllltllllllllll NATIONAL CONVENTION Augusta, Georgia April 29-May 2 The Wellspring of Happiness F'ebruary 19, 1954 " Everyone can be happy and Mrs. Betty G. Cole NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEETING Randsburg, California April 28 ought to be. God expects it and en­ joins it. Every Revelation comes as February 20, 1954 Glad Tidings, bidding man be glad Mr. George C. Finks National Baha'i Addresses and giving him cause to be. Every Los Angeles, California Prophet has found men wandering February 20, 1954 NATIONAL BAHA'I ADMINISTRATIVE in sadness and misery and has re­ Mrs. Ellyn F. Logan HF..ADQUARTERS: buked them for it. He has called 536 Sheridan Road, Wilmette, Milwaukee, Wisconsin them away from the things that pro­ February 20 , 1954 Illinois. duce unhappiness, from anxiety and Mrs. Eleanor Tapert worry and cupidity, from fear of the NATIONAL TREASURER: Chicago, Illinois future, from anticipation of evil, March 4, 1954 112 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, from lack of hope and faith. He Illinois. has opened to them a way of escape, Mrs. Bernice B . Neal Make checks Payable to: St. Petersburg, Florida National Baha'i Fund promised them deliverance from evil, and the attainment, by God's March 5, 1954 grace, of a happiness that will satisfy BAHA'I PUBLISHING COMMITTEE: Mrs. Grace Decker 110 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, and endure. Now in our time the Des Moines, Iowa Illinois. Prophet of the New Age into which March 6, 1954 we are entering, Baha'u'llah, gives once again the ancient glad tidings­ Mrs. Villa Vaughn BAHA'I NEWS : Eliot, Maine Editorial Office: tidings of a happiness poured forth March 6, 1954 110 Linden Avenue, from heaven on all men everywhere Wilmette, Illinois in even greater abundance, yes, in Mr. J. D . Marques far, far greater abundance than ever Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii Subscription and in the history of the past-" March 7-, 1954 change of address: 112 Linden Avenue, By George Townshend in Mrs. Edith Bail Wilmette, Illinois "The Mission of Baha'u'lLah" Muskegon, Michigan (and other literary. pieces.) March 12, 1954

BAHA' I NEWS is published by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States. Copies are sent without charge to Baha'is throughout the United States, and to Baha'i administrative bodies in other lands. Its purpose is to keep mem­ bers of the Faith informed of international, national and local Baha'i developments, and serve as an organ for the distribution of messages written by the Guardian of the Faith, the international Baha'i Council, and the general announcements prepared by the American National Spiritual Assembly. Reports, plans, news items and photographs of general interest are requested from national committees and local assemblies of the United States as well as from National Assemblies of other lands. Material is due in Wilmette on the tenth day of the month preceding the date of issue for which it is intended. BAHA'I NEWS is edited by an annually appointed Editorial Committee. The Committee for 1953-1954: Mrs. Eunice Braun, Man­ aging Editor; Mr. David Ned Blackmer, Assistant Editor; Mrs. Beatrice Ashton, Miss Edna True. Editorial Office: 110 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois, U .S.A. Change of Address should be reported directly to National Bah.8.'i Administrative Headquarters, 536 Sheridan Road, Wilmette, Illinois, U.S.A.