Volume 44, Issue 7 (1968)
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YOL XIlv July No. 7 tr6a Published monthly by the Cablerow, tnc. in the inloro3l oI tho Grand I'odgc of lho Phil' ippines, Office of Publicafion, 1440 San liarcelino. Manila l0I0I. Ro.€nteted ar cecond mail ,naller al the Manila Posr Oflice on Jun. 16, 1962. a Subscriptron - ?3.00 e year in rhe Philippines. Forcign: US $I.30 Year : coPY. - ? .35 a coPY in the PhiliPPiner. Foreign: US $0.15 STAFF, THE CABTETOW MAGAZINE OFFICERS, THE CABIETOW, INC RAYMOND E. WII'IAARI}I ,liw RAY'TAOND E. WIIMARTH, PGtul Chairman Edilor MACANIO C. NAVIA wB NESTORIO B. I\AELOCOTON, Pl/t Vice-Che irmcn Managrng tditor JUAN C. NABONG, JR. WB JOSE EDRATIN RACETA, PT\A Secretary Advarriring & Circularion Managcr OSCAR T. FUNG Trearurer CONTRTBUTORS: RW MANUEI. M. CRUDO NES'ORTO r l ErocoToN Businesc Manegcr VW AURETIO I.. CORCUERA ANIONIO WB CAIIXTO B. DIRECTORS: WB AGUSIIN t. GAI.ANG WB EUGENIO PADUA MANUEI I'iI. CRUDO JOSE E. RACEIA BRO. PRCSP:RO PAJARITI.AGA EDGAR t. SHEPIEY WIII.IAM C- COUNCETT VW IORENZO N. TATATAIA DAiAASO C. TRIA PEDRO R. TRANCI5CO IN THIS ISSUE Page ,| GRAND MASTER'S MESSAGE EDITORIAL 2 THE ANSWER RW Manu:l M. Crudo 3 SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS CHANGES THE WORTD . WB Eugenio Padua 5 MpSONS ARE ECUMENICAT Jus'o C.rnare, Jr. 7 GOVERN YOURSELVES ACCORDINGLY VW Lorenzo N. Taletala 8 GRAVEL AND SAND OTF/NBM 1] VITAL MASONRY V,'B Apolonio A iibu c o t3 ALL ABOUT ECUMENISM .. NBM l5 THE EASTTRN STAR . Sis. Asuncion T. Salcedo, WM t7 JO.DE RAS SELECTION r9 WHY RAINBOW? 2\ !hIAUGURAL ADDRESS, ,"" .",i., Loas" + r8; . ... .. ... .. ":";, Hl,j";",1t",1 23 ,, INAUGURAL ADDRESS, Kal.rntiao Lodge I 187 ... WB Frank L. J so'r 25 PITAK PILIPINO W8 Agustin [. Galang 26 DO YOU KNOW THAT WB Calixto B. Antonio Qza,rol %a,&et' o 2fiCcry: a'1r'qlr RIGHT AMBITION Antbi.tion is one of th,e oldest traits of the human race and is the driutng torce behind accomplish.ment. Hrcweuer, sorr?l to say, a,ntbition is not always a ui,rtue. It depends on whether the aim of the ambitious man Ltes witlt- in th,e boundaries of social ard, economic acceptance. If greed, sparks the ambition of a ma,n, his accom,pltsh- me%ts can enhance only his own position and, d,estroy athers in the process. If good,-toill sparks the antbition ol a nLaiL, ltis accotn- plishments ttill redou,nd, to the benefit of society, for lte is thittki,ng af the uelfare of others in his driue toward accom- pl;ishment. If a brothet" is ambitious to beconte the Master of luis Lodge so that his talents cML be useiL to tlaeit" fu,llest in ad- t,ancing the cau,se of Masonry. and" his Lodge in particulnr, he is to be lauded. If he dt"iues for that position for lt;is'owtt aggrandizement, he is to be condemned,. We are all ambitious. Let u,s mnke the goal of our am- bitions the improuement ol Gouernment, assistance to its Officials, and patri,otic and ciuic leadersltip for out" youth. That, tny Brethren, uill be a real accomplishment. JOSEPH E. SCHON Grand, Master JULY, t968 Edttoual; DUMAGUETE, THE CITY OF NICE PEOPTE Sometime in March this year, we were agreeably taken aback when, after an absence of twenty-six years, we set fool on Rizal Boulevard and saw the sign, "\l\lelcome lo Dumaguete City, the City of Nice People,,. Those who know the quaint little town know lhat it is not an emp. ty gesture or an idle boast. lfs a nalural for the place. The townfolk have it in them and the newcomer or relurnee does not doubt ir. The Cebuano- English which rhey use is not as languid as the llongo-English; noneiheless, there is a sense of welcome and goodwilt in lheir lone of speech. It has a housing, but no school crisis, whal with its ihree sectarian and one non-sectarian private instituiions, the usua! complemeni of public elemen. tary and high schools and a trade school. One would rhink it is an educated city - and it is; less crime, less corruplion, less money, less slum, less squattage; though it sufferc from an overdose of noise, wilh more molorized pedi-cabs per square mile than any city or town in the country. Hippies cannol thrive there; the young'uns seem to have something, ihough little, to do. lf fhey are nof wrestling with books, they cut up the see, free.style or breast.stroke. The wide beaches, white sand and corral, help drown their boredom. More than lhese, it is an ecumenical city. Perhaps, that is lhe reason the lownfolk put up with the various religions offered by the many religious orders and denominations, lei alone one or two "prophets" wilh their privale followings. If sure is nice to be in a cordial ciiy whose cilizens lolerate each oihe/s ideas and beliefs and in the process cooperate for the welfare and good reputation of their city. Bul, as early as foriy years ago, even earlier, all was not peaches and cream. They did have their religious wars. fhe teachers and students of the iProtestant school were viewed wirh distrust as being disci- ples of the devi!. The students, when they went to town, were sloned and when it go, so bad, they simply kepi themselves in the campus for days and weeks even. The townfolk, when they crossed lhe campus were in iurn stoned and ganged upon. The lown's storekeepers soon realized that their tailor shops, refreshmenl parlors, beauty shops, reslauranis, gen- eral slores were empty for days on end. They offered the peace pipe wiih the school authorities and after a while things cooled off and cor- diality became the proiect of the two factions. lt was a slow process, but it went on from year lo year and now Dumaguele is a city of nice people! It is not gainsaid that Catholic Masons of ihree-score years ago had a share in developing the presenl almosphere in Dumagueie. They braved and risked ex-communication to send their children to school in the Protes?anl instilution, Silliman University, in its early days. Being leaders in their communilies, the people developed respecf-in-awe for the courage of the Masons. Soon, the others sent their children to school there and since ihen they have a lruly nalional and international student-clientele in that ins. tituiion. rurn to page 4 The Cabletow To the Call . The Answer RW Manuel M. Crudo ' Deputy Grand Mastet' (Acldress deiluered by out' Deputy Grand Moetq, RW IyIANtiEL M. CRUDO, Aetiae Member, Intenwtionnl Supreme Courwil, Orilnr of DeMolaE and Erecutirte Of ficer in the Jurisd,iction of the Phikytpinza, Gtom and, Okinawa at the lyu,blic installation of the officers of Loyalty Chapte\ Oriler ol DeMolay, at the Scottish Rite Temple, 1828 Taft Auenua, Manila, on Mag tt, 1968.\ On April 25, 1968, after being Nothing is more appropriate and installed as Grand Master of the NI. hcartilr, rvelcome to the DeMolay \V. Grand Lodge of F. & A.M., of than Dad Schon's A CALL TO the Philippines, Illustrious Dad .{RMS. My message to you, there- -Toseph E. Schon delivered his inau- fore. this evening, is entitled, THE gural acldress. entitled, "A CALI, ,\NS\VER the answer to his call. TO ARI,{S" enjoining the lor'- One of the- seven cardinal virtues ing arnrs of our- cottntry, rnore partic- that adorn the Cros,n of Youth is ularl_r' the Youth, to help wake up I-ove of Countr1,. At the initiatory our people frorn their deep sleep of rlegree, as the seventh preceptor places inaction and give irnpetus to the fun- on the Crown of Youth the jetvel of rlanrental meaning of Patriotism l'atriotisnr, he says: "not the lip service kind lvhich anv- "Thousands of young men hard- ly older. than ourselves have proved rlloron can profess but the deep. their soul-stirring, - heroic devotion to their nation-building kind that country by offerine theil lives in rurakes lou tremble x x x." defense of its honor. Many of Dad E. Schon is a friend of thenr have made the suprerne sacri- Joseph fice vorrth. Under his dynamic leader- and have helped rvin the bless- ing rvhich we norv en-ioy. In all sl-rip as llaster of Mt. Kaladias Lodge tira crises of the nation's history )io. 91, F. & A.M., its members un- youth has risen up as its defender. anirnouslr decidecl to sponsor anrl -llood.fn vour very veins florvs patriotic assist as sponsor and assist But let me urge you this it did thought: patriotism Leot Chapter, DeNlo- that there is a l{ilat Order of of peace as well as a heroism of lay ancl Bethel No. 3, International Or- rvar and that good citizenship is der of Job's Daughters both of u'lrich the only onnortunitv peace affords rvere constituted in Dumaguete Citv for the display nf this virtue. lYe are the threshold on 8 and 9, 1963. For his zeal on of the June duties and resoonsibilities of man- for, and interest in, the rvelfare of the hood and T commend to you most Order of DeMolay, he lvas arvarcled ?arnestly the virtue of good eitizen- the clistinction of being the Adviser shin, that rratriotism whieh will of the Year 1964 throughout the juris- n:r:ke you li.re rvorthilv for your riiction country, as well as die for it if the of the Philippines, Guam ct need shall eoyne." Okinarva.