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introduced to the Christian so- McGovern a United Methodist cial gospel which was to have publication. a strong influence on his

and Studied for the Ministry thinking. After graduation from col- By Elliott Wright reuse Church. McGovern is now a lege, he considered entering the RNS Staff Writer for United Methodist. ministry, enrolling at Garrett According to his wife, the Theological Seminary, adjacent * George McGovern, the former Eleanor Stegeberg, and to Northwestern University in required Democrats' nominee for the friends, the Democratic candi- Evanston, 111. presidency, is the son of a date learned his "ethical values" He was accepted as a "supply clergyman, a former seminarian from his father. Mrs. McGovern pastor" by the then Methodist himself and a man of deep reli- says: "When George says cer-

Permission — now United Methodist — gious persuasion. tain things are right and cer- Church in northern Illinois and Shortly before the balloting tain things are wrong I can hear assigned as a student pastor to

DFMS. George's father in this sort of

/ started, McGovern, 50 met with a congregation in Diamond a group of noisy demonstrators judgment." Lake, 111. in the lobby of the Doral Beach The senator attended high Relating to the people in the Church Hotel in the Florida convention school in Mitchell , S. D., where parish and giving sermons ex- city. his family moved when he was cited him and he was obviously He discussed a wide range of six years old. In 1940, he entered successful as a pastor. The mem- Episcopal topics with the group made up Dakota Wesleyan University, a bership grew from 133 to 170 in the of Students for a Democratic Methodist school in Mitchell. the months he was in Diamond of Society, Zippies — a branch of His undergraduate work was Lake. the Youth International Party— interrupted in 1942 by world Seminary profesors recall poor people and "Jesus People." war two. He joined the army air

Archives George McGovern as a better The nominee later said he force and after training was as- than average student. Some signed to a B-24 group in North 2020. could not agree with many of churchmen have speculated that the "way out" ideas put forth Africa. He flew 30 missions, he would have become a bishop by SDS and the Zippies but felt and for bringing a bomber in had he sought ordination. it important to talk with those for a crash landing won the dis- Copyright who had concerns. Such an ap- tinguished flying cross. But the seminarian felt other callings. He was not happy with proach to people characterized Honorably discharged as a his bid for the nomination. all aspects of parish life. He first lieutenant in 1945, Mc- transferred from Garrett to the George Stanley McGovern was Govern returned to Mitchell and graduate department of history born on July 19, 1922, in Avon, his studies at Dakota Wesleyan. at Northwestern. He received a S. D., a farming community, the He and Eleanor Stegeberg, who master's degree in 1949 and re- son of the Rev. Joseph Mc- also attended the Methodist col- turned to Dakota Wesleyan to Govern and Frances McLean Mc- lege, had been married in 1943 teach, while he also continued Govern. while he was on leave. The study toward a doctorate. His father was a professional couple have four daughters and baseball player who had entered a son. Northwestern awarded him the the clergy of the fundamentalist Through his study and Ph.D. degree in 1953, The liberal Wesleyan Methodist Church, through the influence of his populism which has come to now merged into the Wesleyan wife, the young McGovern was mark McOnvern's politics was II JULY, 1972 Three evident in his decision to write tee for the first U. S. congress heritage. He has said: "I think his dissertation on the "Colorado on evangelism, held in Min- a sense of decency—not prudish- Coal Strike, 1913-1914." neapolis, the American followup ness or sanctimonious self- He entered politics in 1953, to the earlier world congress on righteousness but old-fashioned becoming executive secretary of evangelism in Berlin. concern and love for others — the embryonic Democratic Party The same year, the senator will be essential in the next in South Dakota, a traditionally was chairman of a world council president. That's the kind of Republican state. In 1956, he consultation on racism at Not- president I want to be." was sent to the U. S. House of ting Hill in London. Out of that Representatives. He was de- meeting came the controversial Praise Platform feated in his first try for the WCC program to combat racism. The Democratic Party plat- Senate in 1960, but elected in A part of that program is the form recognizes that the issues 11)62 and again in 1968. allocation of grants for hu- facing the nation are "basic McGovern came to national at- manitarian purposes to groups moral issues, not political techni- tention in 1961 as administra- opposing racism. calities," according to Krister publication. tor, under appointment by Pres- The inclusion of southern Stendahl, dean of the Harvard and ident Kennedy, of the food for African liberation movements University Divinity School. peace program. One of his first alleged to have used guerrilla Interviewed by the Dallas reuse acts in that post was to appeal tactics in those grants caused Times Herald while attending for to the nation's churches to help international political and ec- the biennial convention of the alleviate hunger in the land and clesiastical upheaval in 1970 and Lutheran Church in America, distress in developing nations. 1971. required Stendahl noted that the Demo- While not maintaining close While the impetus for the cratic platform is concerned ties with a local congregation, WCC anti-racism work came with such issues as Vietnam, the senator has responded to from Notting Hill, the actual busing, tax reform, wage and Permission calls to assist and represent his program was shaped by the ecu- price ceilings, the draft, and denomination. Churchmen and menical organization's policy- amnesty. making central committee. Mc-

DFMS. theologians are among his clos- He pointed out that these / Govern did not play an active est friends. United Methodist role in the program after Not- planks bear a striking resem- P>ishop James Armstrong of the ting Hill. blance to the agendas of many Church Dakotas is one of his staunchest religious groups during the past backers in the political contest. The senator is perhaps best known for his stand against the decade. In 1968, McGovern was a Indochina war, his proposals to "This is one of the few times Episcopal United Methodist delegate to cut military spending and his in history the church has taken the the fourth assembly of the strides to overcome hunger. He the lead on some of the issues of World Council of Churches in also has been involved in civil rather than joining in when it's Uppsala, Sweden. He actively rights, conservation and both safe," the theologian com- participated in debate, especially agricultural and urban affairs. mented. Archives when the assembly considered In Miami Beach he had the "We have now come to the the Indochina war, which the stage where you do not need to

2020. backing of most black delegates lawmaker first opposed in a and civil rights leaders, despite be a deeply committed Christian Senate speech in September to understand many of the prob- 1963. a modest vote for Rep. Chisholm on the first ballot. lems facing us are of moral Copyright He told the WCC assembly, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, wife magnitude," he added. which took a strong stand of the late Dr. Martin Luther Stendahl said that as a result against the war, that he sup- King, Jr., is a McGovern sup- of its social activities of the ported the council action but ad- porter, as is the Rev. Jesse 1960s, the church has shifted vised that the fighting could not Jackson, head of operation from "an agent of continuity be stopped by resolutions but by Push, a black economic initia- and stability to being rather an the "reawakening of the con- tive. The Rev. Ralph David irritant — thinking of itself as science of the U. S. people." The Abernathy, president of the pushing hard for justice." senator also told non-American King-founded Southern Chris- On the issue of tax reform, he participants that they did not t i a n Leadership Conference, cited the awareness of unequal come to Uppsala with "clean gave his endorsement to the distribution of resources that hands." Senator in Miami Beach. was created through such events In 1969, McGovern was a McGovern's concept of the as Martin Luther King's free- member of the national commit- presidency reflects his religious dom march in Selma, Ala., in

THB WITNESS. 1985, and an international con- freaks, go home. This is a po- with me, and I wouldn't talk ference on church and society in litical gathering, not a rock con- with them even if they tried." Geneva, Switzerland, 1964. cert." The next question was Busing, Stendahl said, is "a The band members responded whether Jerry Rubin believed in means toward overcoming seg- by pointing their index fingers the power of God and of the regation, which in itself is a skyward in the "Jesus Move- Christir.n movement. His reply: means toward overcoming rac- ment" symbol for "One Way — "Jesus was a junkie. I don't ism." He described some of the Jesus." Audience reaction was want to be bothered by any more problems involved as a matter mixed, with some people chant- of those kinds of questions." of "shame" over having to re- ing "Jesus freaks, go home," and At this point, Rubin indicated sort to such a "tool" in attempt- others yelling, "Let'em continue. in distinctly unbiblical language ing to overcome segregation. They have a right of freedom of that further questions on Mr. "Yes," he concluded, "the po- speech, too." Driver's part could lead to vi- litical issues do reflect an impact Things came to a head when olence. This ended the interview. publication. from the religious sector of so- me youth tried to grab the How did Jesus People feel about the confrontation?

and ciety." d-ummer's sticks. A scuffle be- gan, but soon ended when four Charles Aliston, a 20-year-old

reuse Confrontation in Park black members of the Southern black member of The New Di-

for Christian Leadership Conference rections, commented, "I had A report here indicated that jumped on stage and broke it up. been in riots before and knew Jesus People won in a confronta- how to keep my cool." Reprimanding the Zippies, the

required tion with some Zippies during Nancy Russell, a 16-year-old the convention. SCLC members charged, "You're always yelling about blond, said, "I knew God was At the same time, the report freedom of assembly and speech watching over us. I was a little said, "Yippie" leader Jerry scared, but the more I held up Permission for everyone, and now you're Rubin indicated that he has no trying to deny it for groups that my 'one way' sign and prayed, desire to become a "Jesus per- anger you." the stronger I became."

DFMS. son." / At this point, the audience Williams remarked, "These As related by Dana Driver, in joined in agreement, and the people were afraid of us. They a special report for Baptist were so insecure they had to

Church Zinpies left the stage. press, the confrontation took attack." place at Flamingo Park, which Spotting Yippie leader Jerry had been set aside as the Rubin nearby, Driver asked him to comment on the incident. BISHOP OF HATI Episcopal "bivouac area" for groups that Rubin declared, "Sometimes BACK ON JOB the came to bring various protests of to the attention of the conven- force is necessary to get rid of * Bishop Luc Gamier of Haiti tion. insurgents who don't have a has returned to his office after place here." A rock concert was being recovering from a near-dis- Archives given by The New Directions, The Southern Baptist reporter astrous automobile accident. Inc., an inter-denominational, asked if this meant that some The 43-year-old bishop, ac- 2020. interracial group from Burling- groups could have expression companied by Fr. Alfred W. ton, N. C, Mr. Driver reported. but others repression. To this, Rollins of New York, a member the Yippie leader angrily replied, of the executive council, was

Copyright After about 20 minutes, a "Don't bait me. I don't like to driving his land cruiser from Zippie — a member of a group He baited. This ends the inter- Leogane to Port-au-Prince when that wanted to put "zip" into the view. Get away from me." it was overturned during a mid- Democratic convention — pulled Despite the last comments, June flood. the plug to the group's ampli- Driver did not want the inter- Both men were swept into a fication system. view to end. He then asked torrent. Bishop Gamier, semi- When J. L. Williams, the rock Rubin if violence during the con- conscious, suffered a severely group's director, asked the Zip- vention had been avoided be- cut scalp, badly torn arm, pies present for a chance "to do cause of contact with religious broken shoulder and injured hip. our thing," about 25 of them re- leaders. Rollins, not seriously injured, sponded by jumping onto the Rubin, incensed, replied: "No, managed to drag the bishop to stage and pushing the musicians these damn Jesus freaks had high ground. to the back. They ripped out the nothing to do with it. I don't be- They wrere rescued after a electronic wiring and shouted lieve in what they're saying, freezing night. During the night through a megaphone: "Jesus find none of them has talked Rollins nrike tourniquets from II JULY, 1972 Fire his socks, and used his shorts While recovering at Canape ciety that means law, you cannot to clean Bishop Garnier's Vert hospital Bishop Gamier protect liberty and freedom. wounds. A passing police car . Liberty and freedom are gifts to found them, and a fire truck directed work of the dl0cese man which cannot be established used long ladders to rescue from his hospital bed, assisted by society. them. by his wife. "I welcome any speech that helps us in this matter to get away from cant and hypocrisy John Robinson Presents Views and which puts the real ques- tions. And the real questions re- late to individuals and the way On Sex to Methodist Group they relate to each other in so- ciety. If the net result is to help * Controversy marked the intercourse with a person above people to do that, it is to be last stages of the week-long that age should automatically be welcomed. 1972 British Methodist confer- commiting a criminal offense." publication. "If the net result, however, ence when a former Anglican But then to provide additional is that we live in a society which and bishop suggested the age of con- protections, there could probably is not ready for this kind of sent for sexual relations be re- be an extension of the period, adult conversation and takes all reuse duced to 14. say from 14 to 17, when, under the wrong directions from the for Some Methodist representa- the children and young persons speech, perhaps it might have tives demurred and the confer- act, care and protection pro- been wiser if he (Dr. Robinson) ence president replied to the ceedings would be available; and required had held his peace." address. legislation could be designed to "The real question," Morton Setting off the controversy safeguard minors against adults added, "is: Are we sufficiently was John Robinson, former Suf- exploiting or corrupting them." of an adult society in the Permission fragan Bishop of Woolwich, in Robinson also said the age of church and the world to discuss southeast London, author of the consent for homosexual behavior this matter to our mutual advan- controversial Honest to God, and — at present 21 — was "ab- tage? I would like to think we DFMS. / now Dean of Trinity College, surdly high." It should be the were and I think we should be Cambridge. Currently chairman same as that for heterosexual given the chance to demonstrate of the sexual law reform society, intercourse, he said, adding that Church we are. I do not want as a church he suggested in a lecture that any discrimination between the leader at this moment to do any- the age of consent, now 16, be sexes should be made illegal. thing to cast doubts on that lowered to 14. Morton, who has two daugh- until it is proved otherwise. Episcopal But what made it of parti- ters aged 17 and 13, answered "I do not take the view that the cular interest to Methodists was Robinson during an adjourn-

of we are lacking in adulthood. that the talk was the Beckly lec- ment in formal conference pro- My view is that if you trust the ture, traditionally given during ceedings the following day. He people in the nation and the the week of the Methodist con- defended Robinson's right to Archives church to be adult, most of the ference on aspects of the social make the speech he did and also time they will live up to your implications of Christianity. said he thought the "protection" 2020. expectations." Some members among the 690 advocated by him was essential. ministerial and lay representa- He went on: RELIGIOUS BELIEFS tives attending the conference "What about my two girls? ARE CHANGING Copyright later expressed regret privately How might their thinking be? * A comprehensive survey of that the controversial Anglican Would they be able to relate Detroit area residents reveals had used a Methodist platform themselves adequately at 14 that more people today tend to to make his speech. years of age? Frankly, I doubt view society as cold, impersonal Methodist conference presi- it. and uncertain than they did 15 dent Harry O. Morton later de- "I think that my own children, or 20 years ago. fended his right to do so. having such an upsurge in their The study also confirmed that Arguing in favor of lowering lives between the ages of 11 and there has been a continual de- the age of consent, Robinson 14 coming to terms with the cline in the number of persons said in his lecture: "Probably adult world, do need the protec- who attend church each week, the most creative as well as the tion of the law against exploita- while the number who never most realistic solution would be tion. attend has risen. The proportion to lower the legal age of consent "I believe very firmly unless who do not believe in God, how- to 14, so that no one having you have discipline, and in so- ever, dropped slightly. Six ' THE Wmrara referred to as shirkers because they did not volun- What About Amnesty? teer to serve in our military forces, or evaded the By Lee A. Belford draft. As a man I heard disparaging remarks made of draft dodgers, war profiteers, and defence Director of Department of Religion, New York University workers who were supposedly getting rich while THE VIRTUE praised above all other virtues in so many men sacrificed their lives. We were the ancient Roman Empire was patriotism. It is judgemental; shortly after a war is over, we cease to be. Perhaps some of the evaders were grossly no wonder that loyal Romans should have looked selfish and self-centered persons. What are they askance at the early Christians. Rome was toler- now? That is the basis on which they are to be ant of religion — every man had the right to judged if at all. And what about nations? We worship as he pleased. But Christians refused to hated Germany. When the country was divided, venerate the emperor, refused to bow to the we helped West Germany get on its feet. It is now imperial insignia, and refused to serve in the a very prosperous country. Japan, our one-time armed forces. They were disloyal to Rome. Of

publication. muchly hated enemy, we helped, and Japan is now course, the Christians said that they were very our major ally in the far east. Italy, our one-time and loyal, loyal to the Prince of Peace, and their pri- enemy, has never had it so good. Poor England, mary loyalty forbade them taking human life. our friend and ally — she fought so hard for reuse Cowards they were not; brave people they were, survival and although victorious, has suffered for and willingly accepted martyrdom rather than ever since. We do forgive and forget. compromise their convictions. They are heroes

required of the church. In time the Emperor Constantine wTas converted to Christianity and from that time First American Bishop on, Christians became the in-group with a vested SAMUEL SEABURY sided with the British dur- interest in preserving the government and this

Permission ing the Revolutionary War. The war was hardly meant fighting to protect the boundaries. But over when the clergy of Connecticut elected him there was a residue of the old spirit left. Dispen- bishop, and because there were no bishops in this

DFMS. sation and exemption from military service were / country to consecrate him, he went to Scotland to given to monks, clergy, and others who would not be consecrated by Scottish bishops, returning fight. The principle of conscientious objection home to be the first bishop in the American Epis- Church was affirmed. copal Church. The bloodiest engagement in Amer- In Christianity there has long been a strain of ican history was the war between the states. Al- though some Southerners called it the war of the Episcopal perfectionism that cries out against war, against federal invasion, some Northerns called the war the mass murder. When I was in the military service of in world war two I used to thank God for the a rebellion. What happened to the rebels ? In 1868 Quakers, Mennonites, and other conscientious ob- President Andrew Johnson granted them am- jectors because they were my conscience and kept nesty, with a few exceptions. One of the excep- Archives me from justifying the war as an unmitigated tions was a kinsman of my wife, Matthew Fon- taine Maury. He had spent most of the war years

2020. good. And I thanked God that there were no more of them because we had to get on with winning in England trying to get support for the Con- the war. Certainly I had to recognize the federacy, including ships and cargo to run the blockade. Before he died in 1873 he was pardoned

Copyright legitimacy of their claims as Christians although from my point of view, to be in this world is to and later a building at the Naval Academy at choose the lesser of two evils, which I thought Annapolis was named for him, and he joined other world war two was. Which point of view is cor- Southerners like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall rect, God only knows, but I am glad that there Jackson in the American Hall of Fame. were proclaimers of peace even in the midst of What about those men of today, ever since the war. undeclared war in Vietnam began, who resisted Those who go to war encounter inconveniences, the draft, who deserted the armed forces, who hardships, and sometimes death, and with death even went so far as to encourage others to desert? they lose their opportunity to give love to family Tens of thousands of them have found refuge in and friends, to make a constructive contribution other countries. Are they content to live where to society. Why should they give so much when they now are? No! Most of them think of them- others give so litle ? As a boy I heard certain men selves as temporary exiles. Almost all of them

JOLT, 1972 want to go home, back to the U.S.A. Are we going When Thrasybulus led a successful revolt, he of- to let them come home? If so, what conditions, if fered a general amnesty to all office-holders and any, will we impose? other citizen-collaborators, excepting the thirty Some of those in Germany who fled to Scandi- tyrants themselves. De Gaulle issued an amnesty navia when their notices for Vietnam came were to those who fought the French forces in Al- downright scared. Some in the United States fled geria. We have our own precedence, both personal to Canada to find an easier life than a life in uni- and collectively, in the history of our own country. form. Some gave their actions the deepest con- Some people rule out punishment, but think sideration and fled because they were opposed to that the evaders have an obligation to serve their the war in Vietnam. I speak not of pacifists in an country. The Quakers, Mennonites, and other absolute sense — we had facilities for accomo- peace groups provide alternative service for con- dating them, but of those who differentiated be- scientious objectors. Their work programs were tween the Vietnam war, which they did not be- and are most impressive. Some of you feel that lieve in, and other wars in which they might have deserters and other offenders should be immedi- publication. believed. Most of them feel that we should never ately paroled to serve for a limited time in the and have gotten involved, and now most of us would Peace Corps, the Vista program, or in other forms agreed. The old domino theory did not hold up. of service for the public good, after which they reuse According to the theory, if one country falls to would receive full pardon. for the communists, the next country will fall, and There is much to commend both positions. The then the next, but we were let down when the young men, many of them from poor families, neighboring countries refused to join the crusade required many of them quite idealistic, would never have which was supposedly in their interest. Instead of become exiles were it not for the very dubious isolating the Communist powers, we are now com- war in which we are now engaged. They have not mitted to accomodation even though some of the had an easy life on the whole, separated from Permission diplomacy may yet be on the ping-pong level. We family and loved ones. Some, I am sure, have had know belately that we are supporting a corrupt an uneasy conscience. Certainly the experience power in Vietnam which we fear will collapse if DFMS. they have had should have deepened their social / our support is removed. Are those who chose awareness and their sensitivity to human prob- exile rather than fight to be so much condemned ? lems. I do not think we have any right to view Church We have created so much bad will toward our- them as common criminals. selves in the world that if there is condemnation, perhaps it should be of those who first led us into Where do we go from here? The question of amnesty is too important for it to become a cheap Episcopal the war and kept us there so long. political gimmick. The fate of a large number of the men who acted in a certain way at a time of of Although as a Christian I cannot help respect- ing those who conscientiously refuse to kill, I confusion is at stake. A full amnesty without ao not think that virtue is of primary consider- penalty has worked constructively in the past for Archives ation when we talk of what is to be done now. all concerned. On the other hand, perhaps am- There are laws covering desertion. Desertion car- nesty with conditional compensatory service is 2020. ries of three to five years imprisonment and a dis- the answer. Punishment for the sake of punish- ment I am sure is not the right answer. One honorable discharge. There are too many de- should examine the viable alternatives in the light serters to count easily. Do we want to set up a Copyright of Christian conscience, and make his opinions hugh prison system for dealing with these men? known. Will incarceration help them to grow and de- velop? Will incarceration serve a useful social purpose? Or are we merely to say that because they deserted, they ought to be punished and to Pace Is Peace suffer? Corwin C. Roach Opinions Differ Director North Dakota School of Religion SOME PEOPLE think that there should be a gen- MY FAVORITE MISTYPIST came up with an- eral amnesty granted to the deserters and to other one. Her copy said, "I shall walk in the others who evaded the war obligation. You have peace of the Lord" and she turned it into "pace". a good precedent for your opinion. The "Thirty Certainly her typographical transformation was a Tyrants" ruled Athens from 404 to 403 B.C. decided improvement on the original. Pace sug- Eight Tas Wrrain gests activity, movement. This is what fellowship Sure I knew 'twas the Foggertys sent it, with God is all about. It is striving toward a goal. So I went for old friendship's sake, The name first given to Chiistians was "followers And the first thing they gave me to tackle of the way". Above all, Christianity is a move- Was a slice of Miss Foggarty's cake. ment, not an institution. The reason why so often the church does not Miss Martin sure wanted to taste it, seem to be getting anywhere is that it is not But really there wasn't much use, moving. It is merely standing around having a For they worked at it over an hour cozy, comfortable chat. We need Christians who And couldn't get none of it loose. are on the move, not mere standpatters. So often Till Foggerty went for a hatchet we tend to confuse salvation with preservation of And Killey came in with a saw; the status quo. God insists that we get up from That cake was enough, by the powers, the comfortable pews and start going, getting on To paralyze any man's jaw. the pace. publication. You will remember that when Jeremiah com- In it were nutmegs and berries, Raisins and cinnamon, too; and plained that he was hot getting anywhere, God replied, "If you have raced with men on foot and There were sugar and pepper and cherries, reuse they have wearied you, how will you compete with And the crust of it nailed on with glue. for horses?" The pace is accelerating in our day, too. Miss Foggerty, proud as a preacher, We would be only too happy if we could go back Kept winking and blinking away, to the horse and buggy days of Jeremiah. The required Till she fell over Flanigan's brogans pace seems too much for us today in our acceler- And spilt a whole brewing of tay. ated age. McNulley was took with the colic, Yet there is a Pacemaker by our side who will

Permission McFadden complained of his head, help us run the race. God never makes a demand McDoodle fell down on the sofa upon man without giving man the strength to And swore that he wished he were dead. DFMS. meet it. As we go the second mile in all the chal- / lenges confronting us today, God is going along- Miss Martin fell down in hysterics, side, directing and encouraging us, setting the And there she did wriggle and shake, Church pace. It is as we walk in this pace that we shall While every man swore he was poisoned find peace. For peace is not negative inertia nor By eating Miss Foggerty's cake. a rest by the wayside. Rather it is positive ac-

Episcopal Such are the hazards of eating food cooked by complishment, completeness and harmony, the

the people who are not masters of the art. Mr. Watts joy and satisfaction in a task well done. As we of can complain about food that is commercially pre- walk in the pace of the Lord, we shall experience pared as much as he wants, I still would rather his peace. It can be done in no other way. take a chance on a pre-packaged cake than on the Archives culinary inventions of Miss Foggerty.

2020. On Food On the other hand, unless you have reason to be on a special diet, I think Alan Watts may be By Alfred B. Starratt right in saying that we Americans tend to con- Rector of Emmanuel Church, Baltimore Copyright fuse the kitchen with the pharmacy. If you can IN THE STUDY GROUP we had a most pleasant print a label giving some kind of scientific an- time reading part of an essay by Alan Watts alysis of the food in a package, no one seems to called Murder in the Kitchen, most of which was care much how the stuff tastes and smells. Sort a humorously bitter complaint against the food of makes you wonder how our ancestors survived in the days before chemistry. Which calls up an- industry and bad cooking. The satire reminded other poem from my childhood. This one is called me of a poem which I learned in the far off days Methuselah: of my childhood. It was called, Miss Foggerty's Cake, and it ran as follows: Methuselah ate what he found on his plate, As I sat by my window last evening And never, as people do now, The letterman brought unto me Did he note the amount of the calory count; A little gilt-edged invitation He ate it because it was chow. Saying, "Gilhooley, come over to tea." He wasn't disturbed as at dinner he sat,

n JOLT, 1972 MM Devouring a roast or a pie, probable estimate of the number of atoms in the To think it was lacking in granular fat body of Julius Caesar and then figured that after Or a couple of vitamins shy. Caesar's body decayed into dust and these atoms He cheerfully chewed each species of food, spread out into the atmosphere there was a very Unmindful of troubles or fears good chance that some of his atoms are in many Lest his health might be hurt of us today. We may not have eaten Julius Caesar By some fancy desert; directly but we could very well have breathed And he lived over nine hundred years! some of him into ourselves! There is another food poem that many of you As a matter of fact, every time we exhale we will recall: W. S. Gilbert's Yarn of the Nancy lose some of our atoms and they float around in Bell, about the elderly naval man who said: the air to be inhaled by someone else. In atomic terms all of us are pretty well mixed up with each "0, I am the cook and the captain bold other. Some of me is in you, and vice versa. Such And the mate of the Nancy brig continual interchange might remind us that we publication. And the bo'sun tight and the midshipmite really are not totally isolated organisms. Rather And the crew of the captain's gig." and we are variant forms of a single biosphere and The point was that he had eaten all of them more deeply related to one another than most of reuse to keep from dying of hunger after a shipwreck. us realize. There is doubtless some religious lesson for That's cannibalism — forbidden by the taste buds to all of this, but I'll be darned if I can see what of civilized men. Yet I once read a statistical an- it is at the moment, so I'll leave you to figure it alysis done by some scientist who had made a out for yourself. required

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