A Quaker Weekly

VOLUME 5 MAY 16, 1959 NUMBER 20

IN THIS ISSUE

This Treasure in Earthen V esseIs ~possess o ,ingle in­ fallible guide, the Universal . . . . . by Richard R. Wood Spirit that lives in men as a whole, and in each one of us, which makes us aspire to Some Problems of Religious Liberty in what we should aspire; it is the Spirit that commands the Pennsylvania tree to grow toward the sun, the flower to throw off its . . . by Spencer Coxe, Jr. seed in autumn, us to reach out towards God, and by so doing become united to each Letter from London other. - LEo ToLSTOI . by Horace B. Pointing

New Hicks Portrait at Swarthmore

FIFTEEN CENTS A COPY Ecumenical Perplexities, Editorial Comments

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Letter from London FRIENDS JOURNAL E have here an annual institution inflicted on W us by the Boy Scouts, for which I am not sure if there is an American parallel. It is the "bob a job week," and during this time the boys bring round cards on which we are supposed to register the shillings we give for any job they do for us. Many of the jobs done are well worth the money, and if the others can be re­ garded as a mild form of blackmail, we still part with the shillings readily because of the worth of the objec­ Published weekly, but biweekly from June 18 to September 19 and December 19 to J•nuary 2, at 1616 Cherry Street, tive. When the boy who called on me asked what he Philadelphia 2, Pennsylvania (Rittenhouse 6-7669) By Friends Publlshin~r Corporation could do, I told him the whole outside of the house WILLIAM HUBBEN :MILDRED A. PURNELL wanted painting, but I gathered he was looking for a Editor and :Mana~rer Assistant Editor :MYRTLE :M. WALLEN FREID A L. SINGLETON small job, not for a lifework. Eventually we compromised Advertisements Subscriptions on the bicycle, which he cleaned up, and for this work CONTRIBUTING CORRESPONDENTS I parted with three shillings. RICHARD R. WOOD, Philadelphia He did not appear to me to be quite as lively as Africa ...... •...... :Maurice Webb, Durban En~rland ...... •...... Horace B. Pointln~r, London he sometimes is, and then I found the reason. On the Joan Hewitt, London Germany ...... Lottelore Rolot!, Berlin previous day he had been sharing in the nuclear protest India ...... Benjamin Polk, Calcutta Japan ...... Hilary Conroy, Tokyo march from Aldermaston. This Aldermaston is an atomic L•ke Erie Aaaoeiation ...... Kenneth Ives, Detroit Lebanon ...... Calvin W. and Gwendolyn Schwabe, Beirut weapons establishment, an enormous area, fenced and Scandinavia ...... Ole Olden, Stavan~rer, Norway Switzerland ...... Robert J. Leach, Geneva guarded. He and his father had been away all day, Turkey ...... William L. Nute, Jr., Ankara Midwest (Five Years) ...... Russell E. Reea, Richmond tramping steadily through the drenching rain, and when New En~rland ...... Thomas R. Bodine, Hartford West Coast ...... Ferner Nuhn, Claremont, Calif. they arrived home they were like drowned rats. Yet it BOARD OF MANAGERS had been a wonderful experience which they would not 1966-1969: Howard H. Brinton, Sarah P. Broek, Ruth 0. have missed for anything. And, in reading the news­ Maris, Margaret L. Matthews, Lawrence JileK. llllller, Jr. 1967-1960: lllary R. Calhoun, Eleanor S. Clarke, Barbara paper accounts afterwards, I could see that they had L. Curtis, Arthur Ill. Dewees, Irving Hollingshead, Emily C. Johnson, Elizabeth H. Kirk. 1968-1961: J. C. Clement been taking part in what is generally agreed to have Alexandre, Carol P. Brainerd, Daniel D. Teat, Jr.. Anne Wood, lllildred B. Young. been an extraordinary event. THE JOURNAL ASSOCIATES are friends who add five dollars or more to their subscriptions annually to help The Aldermaston march was arranged by the people meet the over-all coat of publication. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: United States, possessions, Can­ here who are running the campaign for nuclear disarma· ada, and lllexlco: $6.00 a year, $2.75 for alx montba. Foreign countries: $6.60 a year. Sln~rle copies: fifteen ment. This body wants to stop the testing and use of cents. Checks should be made payable to Friends Journal. Sample coplea sent on request. nuclear arms and urges Brii:ain to take this step, unilat­ Second Class Postage Paid at Philadelphia, Pa. erally if need be. The first march was at Easter, 1958, and even that created much interest, though also a good deal of opposition. This year's march brought out vastly larger numbers, and so far from opposition was the gen­ eral attitude of the onlookers that clapping and cheer­ ing occurred all along the route. Many of the people on the sidewalks joined the procession as it passed. On the last of the three days it was miles long, and it ended Contents Page in a demonstration in Trafalgar Square, where, accord­ Letter from London-Horace B. Pointing ...... 310 ing to estimates, 20,000 people were gathered, one of the Editorial Comments ...... 311 largest demonstrations in living memory. In the march­ This Treasure in Earthen Vessels-Richard R. Wood 312 ing crowds were religious leaders and thousands of fol­ Solfle Problems of Religious Liberty in Pennsylvania- lowers, but there were also many who had no religious Spencer Coxe, Jr...... 314 affiliation. Youth was prominent; the universities were New Hicks Portrait at Swarthmore ...... 316 well represented; groups had come specially from the Revive Local Option in Pennsylvania ...... 317 Continent. Friends and Their Friends ...... 317 All this is evidence that a new spirit is rising up, Letters to the Editor ...... 319 (Continued on page 316) FRIENDS JOURNAL Successor to THE FRIEND (1827-1955) and FRIENDS INTELLIGENCER (1844-1955)

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Editorial Comments Ecumenical Perplexities Committee of the World Council. This is all the more N April a conference of Asian and United States perplexing, as the 171 member churches all over the I leaders of the World Council of Churches met at world rely on their women members not only for the Buck Hill Falls, Pa., to discuss some ecumenical ques­ specific and loyal devotion for which they are known tions with unusual candor. The present popularity of but also for a great many continuous acts of practical religion disturbs not only American churchmen but also assistance without which no church could exist (educa­ Christian leaders in Asia. Dr. Bryan de Kretser of Cey­ tion, relief work, etc.). The percentage of women on the lon, where the next assembly of the World Council is senior staff in the Geneva headquarters of the World scheduled to meet, criticized especially those Asian Council is just as low. Obviously, some grossly super­ leaders who "vie with each other in practicing their stitious remnants about the absence of religious genius religious devotions in the market place where they will in women is still circulating in some modern religious be seen of men." His prognosis of Christianity's future organizations. They now have to ask themselves why in Asia was far from optimistic. Past missions have in­ neither our young people nor the educated "natives" evitably linked Christianity with colonialism, the two in Asia and Africa feel a strong attraction to Christian forces which Asians have resented most. Now Marxism faith and practice. appears like a judgment on this long phase of our West­ ern civilization. Ten years of it have already changed Speaking Plainly the face of China. Dr. de Kretser stressed how difficult The May issue of Harper's Magazine contains a it is for Asia to accept the claims of Western Christians spirited article entitled "I Call Myself a Protestant,'' that they are against materialism, when ten per cent written by William Warren Bartley. The author, a for- , of the world's population controls 72 per cent of its mer Episcopalian, describes his road to Quakerism in wealth. terms of a rather extraordinary theological and philo­ sophical pilgrimage. His outspoken criticism of Tillich, The Lost, Angry, or "Beat'' Generation Niebuhr, Barth, and also of modern neo-orthodoxy will It is no secret that the "ecumenical honeymoon" is please a good many Friends, although hardly all. Wil­ over, as Mr. Keith R. Bridston termed our recent past. liam W. Bartley characterizes the theological and psy­ As World Council Secretary for Faith and Order, he chological situation of most churches as brimming with spoke of the cynicism of some of the younger genera­ contradictions, tensions, and undesirable ambiguities tion, who think that the Council's promoters come to­ concerning their theism. Their "pretenses" and the gether to enjoy their fellowship in "harmless unanimity" psychological conflicts, especially of the younger clergy, rather than face the issues that divide us. Too many lead to a vague escape into noncommittal commonplaces of these young men and women graduate from the adult that are no honest solution. William Bartley has some church at confirmation time. They see local churches encouraging and some critical things to say about living and thriving in isolation, and perpetuating in the Friends. They are often "silly and naive." But their minds of their members caricatures and stereotypes freedom to remain seekers unshackled by creeds or about each other. Fortunately, a methodical effort is orthodox and symbolical formulations attracted him to under way to train a new generation of ecumenical Quakerism. youth. This article concludes a series of essays by represen­ Few Women in the Council tatives of various religious trends. Bartley's paper seems Since the assembled Council members at Buck Hill to illustrate one strand in Quakerism which we recently Falls were familiar with the history of the Christian have mentioned several times. He does not undertake Churches, it was hardly a surprise to them to hear that to speak for all of us. It appears interesting that a Friend only six women are members in the 90-member Central should be, at least so far as we know, the first layman 311 312 FRIENDS JOURNAL May 16, 1959 to attack Tillich publicly in a rather aggressive manner. The Liberal Arts Press, 153 West 72nd Street, New The article's reference to Dostoievski's "Grand Inquisi­ York 33, has published a paperback edition, costing only tor" supplies one more intriguing touch. Incidentally, 40 cents, that contains Fritz Eichenberg's remarkable Friends can now avail themselves of an inexpensive edi­ wood engravings as well as an interpretation of the story tion of the famous legend of the "Grand Inquisitor." written by a Friend.

This Treasure in Earthen Vessels

EHOLD my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, if he still feels constrained ta-with humility and con­ B in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit siderateness, if with determination. upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. Thus energy-wasting vagaries are reduced to a mini­ "He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to mum; new insights are gently and effectively introduced be heard in the street. into established communities; there is provision for both "A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking stability and change; and the affeqionate fellowship of flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment Christian love is maintained among people who are unto truth. vigorously concerned with different aspects of the prob­ "He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have lems of human relations. set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for The doctrine of the inner light thus helps explain his law" (Isaiah 42: 1-4). and perhaps inspire the solution of the great problems "For God, who commanded the light to shine out of human conflict. of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light As soon as we begin to consider definite instances of of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of human conduct, we see something of the implications Jesus Christ. of the doctrine of the inner light-the consequences that "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that flow from the obligation to respect, be considerate of, the excellency of the power may be of God, and not other human beings- individuals and groups-because of us" (II Corinthians 4:6, 7). they were created by God and because we postulate, Friends feel that the idea of the inner light is im­ therefore, that they have that inner light and so have portant. They don't yet, perhaps, understand all its a claim on us for considerateness and respect. implications. Fully understood and used, it can be the Such an attitude is illustrated in a simple fashion basic underlying idea of any harmonious community­ by my parents' doubts about going to the theater. They from a family to the world of nations. were not disturbed by the possibility that theatergoing The idea of the inner light is simple and powerful. might be bad for them. Their hesitation arose from It is that in each human being there is - actually or reluctance to h elp increase the consumer demand for potentially-a faculty able to recognize and respond to people to expose themselves to the morally unsatisfactory the divine will, capable of discovering more or less living conditions often imposed on members of the thea­ clearly God's purpose for that individual. When this trical profession 50 or 60 years ago. The scruple arose faculty is well developed and used, the concerned indi­ from the sense of responsibility for others that flows from vidual is free to go ahead with some confidence about the doctrine of the inner light. the Lord's work. The same sense of responsibility led William Penn The guidance of the inner light does not lead to to bet his life, and the lives of his colonists, on the rampant individualism. Sometimes the individual must inner light in the American Indians. In defiance of proceed alone; the chosen pioneer has to explore new experience and prudence, the members of Penn's colony paths that his associates have not yet recognized. So a relied for their safety on fair and considerate treatment double relationship develops. We conventional, unorig­ of the Indians. In defiance of experience and prudence, inal members of the community must be very considerate likewise, it may be said, the Indians responded and relied of the one who thinks he has an insight which we have on fair and friendly treatment of Penn's colony. The bet not yet received and who is willing to try it out; while was successful. But the obligation would have been the he must test his insight against our more conventional same had the result been less satisfactory than it was. judgment, must recognize the value of our time-tested This point raises another interesting question. The judgment as far as it goes, and must depart from it- obligation, for the Christian, of Christian conduct is not May 16, 1959 FRIENDS JOURNAL 313 reduced by the fact of the failure of Christian conduct it can be suggested that it would be a better bet, at more to produce results that are materially satisfactory in this favorable odds for the United States, to be less insistent world. We are living in time and in eternity. There on domination in its current arguments and more intent may be a conflict between the immediate requirements on seeking arrangements that would benefit the nations of time and the eternal requirements of eternity. Some­ with which we argue as well as ourselves. times a choice must be made. We have become so preoccupied with the evils of A trustee has obligations, moral as well as legal, to communism that we are in the position of assuming that defend the interests of his client. A statesman very sel­ anything that a Communist nation wants must be pro­ dom has the right which William Penn had, or used, hibitively expensive for us. We forget that Russians or to risk the lives of his citizens. From this fact arises Chinese are human beings toward whom we have obli­ much of the current discussion among church people gations, simply because of that fact, to treat them with interested in international relations about responsible the respect and considerateness due to those in whom, attitudes toward foreign policy. by assumption, is the inner light. This strong sense of obligation is illustrated by a con­ This reminder leads us back to the ethical concern versation which took place some twenty or more years with which we started. We may believe- we may be able ago between Francis B. Sayre, then Assistant Secretary to prove-that the odds would be more favorable if, in of State, and representatives of the Federal Council of the practical affairs of international relations, we treated Churches, who were urging Mr. Sayre to follow a "sacri­ Russians, Chinese, opponents with the respect and con­ ficial" policy regarding tariffs and trade. His reply­ siderateness due to people in whom is the inner light. and Mr. Sayre is as devoted, humble, and concerned a We may, if we are not neo-orthodox and if we take God Christian as has ever held high public office- was that, seriously, believe that the creation is not an exercise in as a representative of the United States he had no right frustration but that the Creator intended it to work. to sacrifice American welfare but that he could seek and Therefore we may feel that it is reasonable to expect follow policies that would be beneficial to others as an that others will, more often than not, respond appro­ investment in American welfare in the long run: for in priately if approached appropriately, and that it is not the long run the United States benefits by the well-being out of order to suggest to statesmen and trustees the of its neighbors. propriety of approaching other countries-particularly This way of determining policy may not always be opponents-in the spirit of seeking mutually satisfac­ possible. There may be unresolvable conflicts of real tory arrangements instead of in the spirit of seeking to and important interests. But with the growth of mod­ score debating points. But the style of much current ern weapons of mass destruction it is becoming increas­ American diplomatic practice is, as Kipling would say, ingly hard to prove that the sort of insistence on the another story. national interest that involves serious risk of war is, in Early Friends, I am told, spoke of the inner light, fact, maintaining the national interest. It sometimes never of the divine spark. Yet Isaiah identifies one of pays to forego a real interest rather than support it at the attributes of the elect servant of the Lord as not the risk of war. As Bismarck is reported to have said, quenching the smoking flax. This suggests that in many "It is seldom worth while to commit suicide in order people much of the time the light is less light than spark, to escape death." needing to be cherished and nourished, and fanned into The best way to maintain the national interest raises clear flame if it is to give light on our path and affec­ the question of defense. Here again the doctrine of the tionate warmth in our human relationships. inner light may suggest some considerations of imme­ The American Indians sometimes carried fire long diate applicability. distances- before they knew about matches and cigar­ The great preoccupation of nations is twofold: secu­ ette lighters- by wrapping live coals in properly selected rity against war and security against domination. No moss where the fire smouldered, held between the two large nation intends war; the consequences are too seri­ halves of a clam or mussel shell. You can be sure that ous and too unpredictable. · The essence of "brinkman­ the bearer of such a spark took care not to quench the ship" is to rely on the fear of war to persuade the other smoking moss but to cherish the spark and, at the right side to back down when an issue arises over which one time, to fan it carefully into flame. side fears that yielding will increase the ability and lust When St. Paul speaks of having this treasure in of the other to dominate. earthen vessels, he suggests our human situation. We With all respect for the good intentions of statesmen, postulate the divine spark of the inner light in every 314 FRIENDS JOURNAL May 16, 1959 created human being. But we certainly-and we may through the improving of our attitudes as well as feel that others, alsa-have this treasure in earthem ves­ through improvement of the attitudes of others. sels. It may be simply that rubbish has been allowed Whether or not it "works," this approach gives us to accumulate until the spark is almost smothered. It a morally and intellectually respectable standard. We may be that the spark is being conserved as the Indians may believe that its application would increase the prob­ conserved their fire in smouldering moss until the appro­ ability of such humanly desirable achievements as the priate time has come to use it. Depending on the point prevention of war and the establishment of dynamic, of view, both may be true simultaneously. flexible, developing peace. But we postulate that it is there. We thereby accept But for us-while the treasure, we know too well, 'is the obligation to act as if it were there. In so doing in earthen vessels-we have the charge not to quench we may find many of our most difficult problems of the smoking flax. human relationships becoming more solvable, perhaps RICHARD R. Woon

Some Problems of Religious Liberty in Pennsylvania

HE charter of American religious liberty is the open­ the demands of religion. Friends, whose forbears have T ing clause in the First Amendment to our federal made a notable contribution to religious liberty in Eng­ Constitution, declaring, "Congress shall make no law land and America, may be interested in the following respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting annotated list of such conflicts that have arisen in Penn­ the free exercise thereof." sylvania lately and have come to the attention of the The "establishment" part of this clause prohibits American Civil Liberties Union. state aid to religion. Just what "state aid" means is the We have received one valid complaint from the subject of much controversy and litigation. Pennsyl­ parents of a child who was compelled to salute the flag vania has had its share of this controversy. The Phila­ in public school, and was punished for failure to salute. delphia office of the American Civil Liberties Union has The complainants were Jehovah's Witnesses. The mat­ had to deal with the same problems that are common ter was satisfactorily resolved after repeated representa­ throughout the nation. tions to the Superintendent of Schools in Philadelphia, We have had complaints about Bible distribution; but it seemed amazing that in this day and age, some Bible reading in public schools; religious plays, hymns, 15 years after the Supreme Court had spoken unequi­ and outright indoctrination in public schools; released vocally and in a large and relatively enlightened metro­ time; religious displays and symbols on public property; politan community, the issue should have arisen at all. and the threat of state legislation to exempt religious A more bizarre case was a complaint from the Church properties from certain taxes, and to subsidize bus trans­ of the Lord Jesus Christ against a variety of prescribed portation for parochial school pupils. We have also seen .-- public school practices. This church, incidentally, has pressures upon government to suppress the dissemina­ several thousand followers in Philadelphia, many of tion of birth-control information. them substantial citizens. It is these "establishment" problems that most peo­ The Church's teaching forbids children to dance, to ple have in mind nowadays when they speak of "church­ take part in competitive sports, to see a movie or play, state problems." to read fiction, to salute the flag, and in the case of The "free exercise" part of the clause protects reli­ girls to expose the legs above the ankle, even if covered gious advocacy and observances from governmental in­ with stockings. Since all these practices are prescribed terference. Happily, such governmental interference in parts of the school curriculum, including exposure of the America does not loom large today- in striking contrast legs through the compulsory wearing of gym suits, the to the seventeenth century-and, in fact, infringements children were having a hard time in the public schools. on "free exercise" are almost totally eclipsed in the pub­ Through a conference with the School Superintendent, lic consciousness by the aforementioned "establishment" at which ACLU acted as a sort of arbitrator, a com­ controversies. promise was agreed upon which apparently satisfies The free exercise of religion, nonetheless, is still a everybody. The school gave in on gym suits, dancing, problem now and then and here and there, specifically competitive sports, and flag salute (the matter of gym conflicts that arise between the demands of the state and suits was the most important as far as the Church was May 16, 1959 FRIENDS JOURNAL 315 concerned), and the Church gave in on fiction and school children at home. The father was convicted of violating assembly plays. the school attendance law, and appealed. The appeal Now ACLU has very recently received a similar com­ has been heard. plaint from across the river in New Jersey, from a min­ The Philadelphia ACLU gets few complaints from ister whose parishioners are forbidden to disrobe before pacifists who run afoul of the law, largely because such others. New Jersey law requires showers after gym classes complaints are handled elsewhere. I am therefore not (with separate but equal facilities for the sexes). competent to discuss the civil liberties of religious paci­ A large and troublesome issue in Pennsylvania for fists. We were, however, involved in one rather interest­ years has been Amish objection to public schooling. The ing incident in this field, a demonstration of pacifists Amish object on religious grounds to public schooling during an air-raid drill when everyone was required to for their children past the age of 14, fearing (rightly) be off the streets. The demonstrators announced their that continued secular education will wean the children intention ahead of time to parade during the drill (ap­ away from the Amish religion and the Amish way of life. parently in violation of the state's Civil Defense Act), The School Code, on the other hand, requires that chil­ and the Police Commissioner announced his intention dren attend school until the age of 17, or graduation of arresting them if they did. Everybody, including from high school. An exception is made in favor of a ACLU, was braced for a showdown, but no arrests took child of 16 who is regularly employed and who holds place. It was rather a disappointment. Certainly the an employment certificate. And the law also permits police were wise to have backed down, wiser than the a child of 15 to leave school for farm or domestic work New York authorities in a similar situation. In general if he is given a permit to do so by the local school offi­ there appears to be unusual allowance made for the cials. Even a 14-year-old child may be permitted to leave religious dissenter in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. school with such a permit if he has completed primary Another instance of this allowance was the action of school. our District Attorney in deciding not to prosecute a These exemptions for 14- and 15-year-old children Christian Science couple who had been arrested for in­ were apparently adopted with the Amish in mind, but voluntary manslaughter in connection with the death of the rub has come over the issuance of permits by local their child. The case was not pressed. Apparently, it is officials. Up to 1953, permits were not issued unless there the general policy of prosecutors throughout the country was a showing of "dire financial need," and as a result not to prosecute these cases, though there is some pre­ a number of Amish parents went to prison. This situa­ cedent for conviction. Philadelphia thus takes no par­ tion caused unhappiness on all sides. After 1954, with ticular credit for enlightenment in this matter. a new administration in Harrisburg, the state adopted These cases enumerated raise the age-old problem of a more lenient policy toward' the Amish. The state now the right of the individual against the state in more stark says it will be satisfied if children who have completed and more perplexing fashion than do most other civil the 8th grade attend three hours of conventional paro­ liberties cases. How far should society permit individuals chial school, run by the Amish on Saturday mornings, to defy concepts of the public good which are sanctioned where they supposedly continue with academic subjects. by the democratically expressed will of the people? This Their farm work during the week is regarded as "voca­ is the issue raised by the Amish refusal to submit to tional training." This is a lenient arrangement indeed, compulsory education. To what extent must society when one considers that the Commonwealth does not modify and disregard its laws and regulations to accom­ require that teachers in parochial schools be certified. modate the views of small, defiant groups? This question The Amish are, of course, a large and highy respected is presented by the demands of the Church of the Lord group in Pennsylvania. No doubt their size and respect­ Jesus Christ for exceptional treatment and of the pacifists ability have had a good bit to do with winning them who defy the civil defense regulations. this accommodation from the state. There has been a Under what circumstances may the state substitute major controversy in Wayne County, Ohio, over this its judgment for a parent's judgment as to what con­ same issue. Apparently the Ohio law is much more stitutes the welfare of the child? How and at what age restrictive than Pennsylvania's, and has been more rig­ do we distinguish between the child's wishes and those idly applied. of its parents? These problems are raised by the Chris­ One family in Pennsylvania, pacifist, but not Amish, tian Science cases, and by the Amish school controversy. . also has religious objection to public schooling for fear The instances cited all spring from a head-on conflict it will corrupt the young. rrhe parents have been refused between religious values and the prevailing values of permission by the local superintendent to educate the society. Such conflicts are less massive and acute in our 316 FRIENDS JOURNAL May 16, 1959 century and- our culture than in the past. They have Quaker living in Summit, N. J., through his mother, been overshadowed, also, by the more general problems who was a Gauntt, and a Swarthmore College graduate of governmental aid to religion. But the conflicts still and Friend wrote to the Library about it. Dust-covered exist. It is to be hoped that our nation will remain sen­ and needing some repair, the painting is a valuable sitive to them and to its responsibility for protecting, as addition to the collection of Elias Hicks documents de­ best it may and to a reasonable degree, the freedom of posited at Swarthmore College. As Friends, we are in­ the nonconformist in religion. debted to the thoughtful persons who bring such treas­ SPENCER CoxE, JR. ures to light and see that they are placed in our historical libraries. New Hicks Portrait at Swarthmore OHN NICKALLS of London has recently indicated Letter from London in his Some Quaker Portraits Certain and Uncertain J (Continued from page 310) (Friends Book Store, 1959) how few portraits of promi­ nent Friends can be definitely established as authentic. born partly of courage and partly of desperation. A state­ Friends were reluctant to have their portraits painted, ment from the demonstration handed into 10 Downing and Elias Hicks was no exception. The known portraits Street, the residence of the Prime Minister, declared of him are based for the most part on his death mask, that the mere existence of nuclear arms, threatening a and consequently lack the appearance of life and vitality world catastrophe, is transforming every East-West dis­ that must have accompanied his dynamic preaching. agreement into a crisis; that it is also having an extreme Bliss Forbush in his Elias Hicks, Quaker Liberal lists a psychological effect upon peoples, especially the young; silhouette by Richard Field in 1829, a portrait by Harry and that no real progress is possible until the atomic Ketchum and another by Henry Inman, and the Part­ threat has been removed completely. ridge bust of Hicks. All represent him as the austere Some people ask what is the point of such demon­ and solemn minister. strations, since they are not likely to have any imme­ Therefore it was with especial pleasure that the diate result. I am sure they have value of several kinds; Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College re­ one seems to me outstanding. In times of widespread cently acquired an 1828 oil painting of Hicks depicting belief in peace, prosperity, and individual liberty, the a face lit with smile lines about the eyes, and a gentle, powers of the armed forces and of the state have to work kindly expression about the firm mouth. Flowing white cautiously and unobtrusively. But two wars have given hair, white stock, and broadbrimmed brown hat estab­ these powers their head. The authority of the state has lish an authentic record. The building and fenced-in invaded our lives in a hundred ways, and armed forces, yard in the background suggest a meeting house or involving huge expenditures, seize lands and buildings farmhouse. for their needs, and barricade themselves behind curt, An inscription on the painting in black ink signed forbidding notices, "Keep out," until it almost seems by the artist, "Jef. Gauntt," says, "A rapid sketch taken that the militarists are a paramount and compact group on Sunday afternoon, April 27, 1828, from memory." A cut off from and above the civilian horde. It is there­ quick search of meeting record abstracts soon established fore necessary to make it plain that governments and the identity of the artist. Philadelphia Monthly Meet­ armed forces are but part of the community, subject to ing received Jefferson Gauntt on a certificate from Upper (never to be masters of) the community life and will. Springfield Monthly Meeting in New Jersey, dated 7th The Aldermaston march, and similar events in other month 9, 1828, a few months after the portrait was countries, are needed reminders that civilians are not painted. Jefferson Gauntt removed on certificate, dated slaves but are free to challenge the monstrous assump­ 3rd month 24, 1836, from Philadelphia to New York tion that violence, or the threat of it, must finally decide, Monthly Meeting. The Dictionary of Artists in America, even to the end, all thought and action in human rela­ 1564-1860, published by the New York Historical Society tionships. in 1957, reports that from 1828 to 1832 Gauntt exhibited As I looked at the boy cleaning my bicycle, I won­ his works at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, dered what sort of world we have been making for him and after moving to New York held exhibits at the to inherit. At least I was sure that lasting peace will National and the American Academies. He was certainly never come from those determined to "fight it out" in a portrait painter of some ability. conflicts dread and diabolical. But surely the nations The painting came into the possession of a non- can be so educated that the common people in each May 16, 1959 FRIENDS JOURNAL 317 country believe the common people in all others want from London, is Editor of the Wayfarer, a Quaker monthly to have done with wars. In this re-education and in this published by the Friends Home Service Committee and the rediscovery that the vast mass of people are ready "to Friends Service Council, London. live and let live" is our hope, and the Aldermaston march Spencer Coxe, Jr., a member of Coulter Street Meeting, was part of that hope. It was a sign of more, much more Philadelphia, is Executive Director of the American Civil Lib­ to come. And so, thinking of it thus I paid my "bobs," erties Union, Greater Philadelphia Branch. and the wide, happy grin of my lad who had marched for peace was very reassuring. HoRACE B. PoiNTING Friends and Their Friends The American Friends Service Committee has shipped approximately 100,000 pounds of clothing and other material Revive Local Option in Pennsylvania aids to the Near East Christian Council this year for distribu­ tion to Arab refugees. This program of material aids to the T a meeting of the Friends Temperance Committee there Middle East has been carried on for several years by the A was brought forcibly to the attention of Committee AFSC with the close cooperation of the Near East Christian members the struggle being made by various groups within Council, and the AFSC is planning to send another 100,000 the city of Philadelphia to secure legislation which will per­ pounds next year. mit the State Liquor Control Board to refuse a license to would-be taproom owners when enough of the citizens resi­ dent in the area protest. That the people may be heard, if Dr. Howard W. Hintz, Chairman of the Department of they wish to block the intrusion of what they feel will hurt Philosophy at Brooklyn College and a member of Manhasset their community, seems an obviously democratic and just Preparative Meeting, Long Island, has been granted a Ful­ principle. The Temperance Committee felt that citizens of bright lectureship in Greece for the academic year 1959-60. Pennsylvania should be encouraged to write their represen­ He will hold the chair of American Life and Civilization at tatives in the State Senate in support of legislation which the University of Athens. Howard and Helen Hintz will sail will do this. on August 25. Senate Bill No. 367, introduced by Senator Weiner and referred to the Committee on Law and Order, grants to the Liquor Control Board the right to take into account the Thyra Solmer Folke, a member of Copenhagen Monthly protests of neighbors of proposed taprooms and to deny a Meeting, Denmark, )Vl'Ote us on April 18: "According to NATO regulations, the so-called Danish Defense Law is being license on the basis of such protests. revised this spring. Danish Friends felt called upon to use Douglas H. Elliott is Chairman of the Law and Order this opportunity for drawing attention to the conditions of Committee. Other State Senators from this area who can the C.O.'s, especially with regard to a shortening of their be addressed at the State Capitol, Harrisburg, are, for Berks period of service and of giving them more sensible and useful County, Frank W. Ruth; Bucks, Marvin V. Keller; Chester, work. It has been a source of satisfaction to meet sympathetic Thomas P. Harney; Delaware, G. Robert Watkins; Lancaster, understanding for this with the spokesman for the liberal Edward J. Kessler; Montour, etc., Zehnder H. Confair; and party. He seemed pleased to give voice to the plea, when the Montgomery, Henry Propert. J. bill was discussed in Parliament, and he did so in a way for Two other bills, Nos. 365 and 366, were also referred to which there is reason to be thankful, whatever may come of the same Senate Committee, and are also deserving of support. it." The one more clearly defines a restriction on the number of licenses per one-thousand adult population; the other deals with restrictions on State Liquor Stores. The Committee Friends of Indianapolis, Ind., Monthly Meeting have twice urges Friends to write to Douglas Elliott and to their State entertained the five British exchange teachers who are serving Senator. in the Indianapolis area. One of them, Sheila Lord, attends the Ackworth Preparative Meeting when in England. On one evening the exchange teachers spoke of their experiences About Our Authors in England and America. Their observations were filled with Richard R. Wood gave "This Treasure in Earthen Vessels" a delightful humor. as a Lenten address at Twelfth Street Meeting House, Phila­ On a second occasion they were the dinner guests of In­ delphia, on March 12, 1959. The talk is here somewhat short­ dianapolis Friends when Philip Noel-Baker spoke on "The ened. For many years Richard R . Wood was Editor of The Arms Race.'' Their presence with that of the Quaker M.P. Friend, Philadelphia. His monthly feature "Internationally made it an interesting British evening. These exchange Speaking" is a welcome part of the FRIENDS JouRNAL. teachers have been busy, beyond their teaching duties, as Horace B. Pointing, one of our two regular correspondents speakers on numerous occasions in the Indiana area. 318 FRIENDS JOURNAL May 16, 1959

The laying of the foundation stone of the new building The nursery school which has been for some time at the of the Quaker School for Rural Girls at Salonika, Greece, Swarthmore Monthly Meeting, Pa., as a private school is now took place on April 3, 1959. a Friends school. The Committee on Education has agreed to include the school, known as The Whittier House Nursery School, in the list of Friends schools under the care of con­ Plays about and by Quakers have attracted attention in stituent Meetings of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. England. Kenneth Phillips of Tunbridge Wells Meeting was interviewed recently on the BBC Home Service about his three­ act play The Smoking Flax, and short excerpts were given. The theme of the AFSC Institute on World Affairs to The play, which appeals to churches to be more active outside be held at Cape May, N. J., June 20 to 27 is "The Roots the pulpit, has been performed by the Tunbridge Wells of War in the World around Us." Evening speakers are Drama Club.· Clarence Pickett, Douglass Cater, Al Capp, Frederick S. Ark­ hurst, James H. Robinson, Bayard Rustin, and Norman J. Early in 1959 a play about Elizabeth Fry, The Light Within Whitney, Dean of the Institute. Reports from the round by Clare Hoskyns--Abrahall and Ross Mackenzie, was pre­ table groups wiil be reflected at the evening sessions through sented at the Hovenden Theatre Club, London. An outstand­ a panel, Anna Brinton, Charles Lawrence, and Tartt Bell. ing Polish sculptor visiting England, Irene Kunicka, saw the Workshops on Community Peace Education, Nonviolent production and was inspired to make a clay relief showing Direct Action, and Labor-International Affairs will be under Elizabeth Fry with prisoners at Newgate. The relief was ex­ the direction, respectively, of Emily Simon, George Willough­ hibited, with other works of the sculptor, in early May at by, and Stewart Meacham. There will be special groups for the New Art Centre, London. those of high school age and a program for children over three. Registrations ($10 for an individual; single sessions, Dorothy Hutchinson, a member of Abington Meeting, Pa., $1.50; $15 for a family; for a workshop, an additional $5 per was the principal speaker at the WIL state meeting in Colum­ individual) should be mailed to Ada Dolan, 20 South 12th bus, Ohio, on May 9. An intensive speaking schedule took Street, Philadelphia 7, Pa. Information on special rates for her to Minneapolis Friends Meeting on May 10, where she rooms and meals for institute participants may be secured gave four talks for the Meeting's Peace Day; to Augsburg on request. College, Minneapolis, on May II; and to Scattergood School on May 12. Dorothy Hutchinson is Chairman of the Policy The United Nations Film Board has just released its first Committee, United States Section, of the Women's Interna­ full-length feature film, "Power Among Men." In four un­ tional League for Peace and Freedom, and a member of the forgettable episodes it shows how men learn to control the National Board and the Executive Committee of the WIL. forces of nature but are still baffled by the human forces which tear their societies to shreds. No happy solution or The New York City Office of the American Friends Service magic formula is offered, but the film offers hope, suggesting Committee is planning to hold a weekend institute, Friday that because men can work together they can act in time to through Sunday, June 5 to 7, at Hudson Guild Farm in control their differences. The film will not encourage com­ Andover, N. J. The title will be "Search for New Directions: placency. The Saturday R eview calls "Power Among Men" "one of the most important motion pictures of the decade." A Quaker Approach to Contemporary Affairs," and the cost will be $20 per person. The program will be similar to that Unless numbers of people demand this film in their local of the institute held in March, with small discussion groups communities, it may not be shown by many of the art film in the morning and panel meetings in the evening, assisted houses to which it has been released. Concerned readers by a distinguished faculty. Stephen Cary, Christopher Emmet, should telephone the best theater of foreign and art films Harry Lustig, Stewart Meacham, and Clarence Pickett are in their community and request that "Power Among Men" expected to be there. be shown. (In Philadelphia telephone the World Theater.) Hudson Guild Farm is in Northern New Jersey, about MA'IT HERRoN 55 miles from New York City. Comprising 550 acres of coun­ try, with comfortable accommodations, pleasant meeting Things Unlimited-The Friendly Store rooms, and recreation facilities, it is easily accessible by car, With a growing need for a new building at Virginia Beach bus, or train (schedules and travel information are available). Friends School, the School Committee decided after much This institute is being held in response to the many en­ consideration to open a secondhand store. The only one in thusiastic requests received after the last institute for another town, a store called "Things Unlimited," was bought. To that opportunity to search together, in an atmosphere of peace name was added "The Friendly Store." and friendship, for answers to the problems of a confused, It has been exciting to watch old clothes, 'used furniture, tense, and violent world. The participants will be limited bottle warmers, rugs, china, and the like turn into a bank to 60 people. Registration forms are now available from the account that will go toward new classrooms. AFSC, 237 Third Avenue, New York 3, N. Y. The parents volunteer to work in the store. Several parents May 16, 1959 FRIENDS JOURNAL 319 give time every day to the project; others, as much as they me, the link between past and future can be found in his can. There are some parents who are not interested in the reference to "the Spirit that had inspired men through the store as far as working is concerned, but they are glad to ages," recording an historic recognition that there is a uni­ donate clothes. versal Spirit (known by men of Western culture "uniquely The realization that young parents have more time and in Jesus the Christ"). more old things than they do money has made possible an Despite what Elinor Hoffman rightly calls incoherence in opportunity for them to contribute to a growing school. It is the Gospels, a living Spirit emerges from their seeming con­ filling a need in their lives, just as the school is filling a need tradictions, guiding us in our search for "greater works than in the community. these," toward the goal that "sheep not of this fold may all It is encouraging to have people believe in something be one." If we believe in the universality of the Spirit, we enough to work for it. They are building more than new shall live in love and peace with all men; and our organiza­ classrooms, for they are seeking to build better relationships tions, both religious and secular, will reflect our belief that with one another. no man should dominate another. What further definition Not only is it "Things Unlimited"; our possibilities are do we need? unlimited when we reach out toward others. Pittsburgh, Pa. JOHN c. WEAVER LoUisE WILSON I do not know a better answer to Elinor Gene Hoffman's Pacific Northwest Half-Yearly Meeting "Some Queries on Christianity" (see the issue of May 2) than Nels F. S. Ferre's Christ and the Christian, unless it is a care­ Pacific Northwest Half-Yearly Meeting, minus its former ful reading of the New Testament itself. Oregon constituents and shortened as to agenda by unfavorable If Christianity is to be judged by the average conduct of ferry schedules, gathered nevertheless in a meeting which some 800,000,000 members of Christian churches in the world proved to be full of very happy fellowship and in which con­ of today, it will be evident that distinctions between Christian­ siderable progress was made toward mutual goals. The place ity and Buddhism or other institutions of religion are indeed of the meeting this spring was Victoria, on Vancouver Island, dubious. British Columbia, Canada; the time, April 18 and 19. But the point is that Jesus taught something more than A highlight of the program was the talk on Saturday eve­ the Golden Rule, and he not only taught it but lived it. Did ning by Professor Burchill of the British Columbia Institute Buddha forgive his enemies as he perished at their hands in of Arts and Crafts on "The Plight of the Indian in British an agonizing death? Jesus affords the first example in history, Columbia." Also well received were two reports by young and therefore the definitive one, of a human life lived in Friends. Sharon McKay told of her contest-winning visit under full accord with the will of God. Odd Fellow sponsorship to the Canadian Parliament and to the United Nations. Patricia Clark spoke about the Conference Anyone can state it as a fact that God is love, and that on Peace through Nonviolence she had attended, which was it is good to love one's neighbor and even one's enemy. But sponsored by the Union of Doukhobors, the Fellowship of we must be humbled when we confront one for whom these Reconciliation, and Friends. teachings are not only words, not only obedience to a moral Members of Meetings in British Columbia and the State of code of his society, but the very substance of his life. Washington and visitors from Oregon enjoyed the beautiful New York, N. Y. WILLIAM RoBERT MILLER Victoria weather and warm hospitality of the Victoria Meeting. ELSIE BERGMAN, R ecording Secretary Do the two strands of Quakerism outlined in the articles of your May 2 issue need to bother us? Have we yet to learn that religion 'is something above and beyond any Scriptures? Letters to the Editor Let us remember that all Scriptures are thoughts and hints from inspired souls who have gone before us, and many of Letters are subject to editorial revision if too long. Anonymous them are outdated and even mistaken. communications cannot be accepted. But let us go out on a clear night and look at the myriad Please note a change in regard to the AFSC High School of stars. These are only an infinitesimal fraction of the visible Institutes, as listed on page 278 of the issue for May 2. Friendly universe. Then let us think of the invisible and intangible Crossways will not have an institute from June 24 to 30 this creation around and beyond us which we can only infer and year, but will have a work camp institute at the Meeting surmise; then let us go in to ponder these things and see School, West Rindge, N. H., from July l to 22. The August whether theology still bothers us. For myself, Friends do 21 to 27 date is correct. 1 have some things in common by which they are distinguished Woodbury, N. ]. MARTIN VESENKA from other religious groups, and they are (I) no need of an intermediary between themselves and God, and (2) the belief Calvin Keene challenges us to define what Quakerism is that there is that of God in every man. or, better, should be, today. (See the issue of May 2.) For Let us be bold enough to seek truth wherever it may be 320 FRIENDS JOURNAL May 16, 1959 found; and if we do not grow in number because of this, their environment, that the state should be responsible for let us not worry about it. them, and that religion is unimportant, so unimportant that Great Barrington, Mass. ADELE W EHMEYER it must be kept out of the schools? What surprised me was that after the indoctrination that we gave these young people more of them didn't crack and As Christians, we must center our thoughts and worship give up. It speaks well for them that so many did come about the person of Jesus Christ and the idea that as he told through, without proper training and without our having us God is a Spirit, not an old, bewhiskered man sitting upon done our part to give them proper motivation, as our ances­ a throne, dealing out rewards and punishments upon the ters gave it to previous generations. It seems more fair to pleas of someone who intercedes for us. All our actions in appraise these young people in the light of what they were life depend upon some faith. Each step we take is an act taught rather than in the light of what was taught during of faith- faith that our foot will fall upon a safe place. the hundred years before they were born. Friends' faith is in reality an act of faith, faith in a mystical experience that cannot be defined. You cannot see the inner St. Louis, Mo. CLIFFORD HAWORTH light; you cannot hear with the outward ear God's spiritual voice speaking to you. It might be said that you could not The report of the Temperance Committee at Philadelphia prove all this by Lucretia Mott's dictum, "Truth for authority, Yearly Meeting aroused no great fire, perhaps in part because and not authority for truth," and so we make graven images. we do not see the extremely wide reach which beverage alcohol Lucretia Mott also said, "God has made man after his own has. One cannot come to any meaningful estimate of the total image, and man has made God after his image." physical, spiritual, mental, and social hurt that has come Different peoples believe in Christ, Buddha, Confucius, through alcohol to millions of people in all ages in nearly all and the rest, all accepting their divine origin because man has nations. The Indian Committee well knows the way in which to have a leader, a personality, an authority. For us Christ is liquor has been used since colonial days against the Indians such a one. Did he not say that he and his Father were one? with as deadly an effect as that of bullets, often by unscrupu­ And did he not tell us that no one came to the Father except lous persons intent on provoking violence in order to find an by him? Perhaps most conflicting views about him may be excuse to grab Indian lands. T he Japan Committee mentioned merged in Whittier's statement that Christ was the perfect how a drinking driver had caused the death of a most valued example of God in man. school principal in Tokyo. The Russian press is calling alco­ holism the number-one problem of that country. A recent Philadelphia, Pa. HoRACE MATHER LIPPINCorr study of liquor marketing points out that the American Negro consumes 15 per cent of the alcohol (against a population of I want to express some reactions on reading your "Editorial about II per cent), that Negroes purchase the high priced Comments" on John Foster Dulles in the issue of April 25. brands for social prestige, that liquor takes a larger bite out of Whether one is in agreement or not with his policies, one can­ the Negro wage dollar than it does out of the wages of whites. not help feeling that the frustration of attempting to deal with South Africa and France, so different in many respects, share international communism is very real indeed. There seems to an alcohol problem. be little room for imaginative approach to the solution of the But as two Friends stated during Yearly Meeting, the most many problems induced by the rigid, fixed, and announced disturbing relation of the temperance concern at the moment objectives laid down by Communist doctrine. It is doubtful if is in the field of international r elations. Bourbon diplomacy is another could have improved greatly on the results accom­ of doubtful help to us. But that is not all. We are now in a plished by him during the exceedingly difficult period assigned condition where it seems possible to destroy half or all of the to his administration of the State Department. One can only world by a stupid accident such as a few drinks might facilitate. hope that a better climate will develop so that flexibility will This expectation is not unreasonable. It seemed appropriate be mutual and not a one-way street. to the Marine sergeant at Parris Island, after he had had his Bala-Cynwyd, Pa. EDWARD L. WEBSTER liquor, to drown a few of the men u nder his command. The crowning irony would be if someone should set off an atomic Since the first explorer set foot on this continent, we have blast because to his drunken brain it would be funny. been individualists. It was only during the ten years or so Collegeville, Pa. D oNALD G. B AKER prior to the Korean War that we saw a concerted drive by government, by our churches, and by our social organizations BIRTHS to destroy this individualism. Wouldn't your question in the HALLOWELL-On January 28, to Penrose and Marian H al­ editorial in the April 18th issue have come closer to the facts lowell, a daugh ter, EMILY WILSON HALLOWELL. All are members of if it had read, "Is our recent drive against individualism to Horsham Monthly Meeting, Pa. She is the granddaughter of blame for the absence of altruism and for the self-centered Joseph and Elizabeth W. Hallowell of Ivyland, Pa. attitude in adversity"? Isn't that what we should have ex­ LESTER- On March 17, to H. Clifford, J r., and J ean Fuller Lester, their first child, a daugh ter, SusAN LESTER. Her parents pected from youth who have had it drilled into them all are members of Chester Monthly Meeting, Pa. The grandparents their adolescent life that when they are bad it is because of are Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Fuller of Milford, Ohio, and Herbert May 16, 1959 FRIENDS JOURNAL 321

C. and Elizabeth Reamy Lester, members of Chester Monthly 7 p.m., Arthur "\<\7. Clark will discuss the activities of the Prison Meeting. The great-grandparents are Mrs. E. S. Gates of Cin· Service Committee. Children leave at 3:45 p.m. for the Lancaster cinnati, Ohio, and Mrs. Louise Reamy of Chester, Pa., and St. l>Ianctarium. Petersburg, Fla. !?-Potomac Quarterly Meeting at Hopewell Meeting House, SHANE-On May 4, to J. Lawrence and Martha Porter Shane, Clearbrook, Va. Ministry and Counsel, 9:45 a.m. ("Fundamentals a daughter, SusAN BROOKS SilANE. Lawrence is a member of Swarth· of Quaker Belief"); worship, 11 a.m.; lunch, 12:30 p.m.; business, more Monthly Meeting, Pa. Susan is the granddaughter of Joseph 2 p .m. Theodore H . Mattheis and others are expected. and Theresa Shane of Swarthmore Monthly Meeting and of Donald 17-Central Philadelphia Meeting, Race Street west of 15th , and Ruth Porter of Grand Rapids, Mich., and the great-grand­ Conference Class, 11:40 a.m.: Thomas E. Drake, "James and Lucre­ daughter of Anna B. Cooper of Wrightstown Monthly Meeting, Pa. tia Mott." 17-Frankford Meeting, Unity and Waln Streets, Philadelphia, DEATHS Conference Class, 10 a.m.: Kenneth E. Cuthbertson, "Peace, Peace, MITCHELL-On May 3, at Kennett Square, Pa., JEANETTE SuT­ When There Is No Peace." TON MITCHELL, wife of the late Ferris Abner Mitchell. She is survived 17-Annual Meeting of Southern Appalachian Friends Groups, by her son, W. Gardner Mitchell, a grandson, Gary Sutton Mitchell, at the home of William and Lucretia Evans, Crossville, Tenn., both of Gwynedd Valley, Pa.; and by two sisters, Elizabeth Sutton 10:30 a.m., Central Standard Time. Fellowship, worship, covered­ Percy of Lakeville, Conn., and Alice Sutton Hagenbruch of Long dish luncheon, and business. Beach, Calif. She was a member of Kennett Monthly Meeting, Pa. 17-Southern Half-Yearly Meeting at Easton, Md., 11 a.m. WALKER-On April 6, SARAH A. CoNARD WALKER of York vVorship, business, address by Francis G. Brown, "Yearly Meeting Road, Hartsville, Pa., aged 76 years, wife of the late Samuel C. Activities"; picnic lunch, I p.m. Walker. She was a faithful worker for Warminster and Horsham 17-Merion Friends Community Forum at the Merion, Pa., Meetings, Pa. Surviving are two sons and six grandchildren. Friends School, 615 Montgomery Avenue, 8 p.m.: Rev. John H. Lydia Foulke T aylo1· Hauser, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chester, Pa., and Chairman of the Philadelphia Area Council of the United World Lydia Foulke Taylor, who died on April 21, 1959, was a Friend Federalists, "World Peace through World Law." willing to accept the responsibilities which her Meeting laid on her 20-Friends Forum at Chester, Pa., Meeting, 24th and Chestnut and do it cheerfully, at the same time creating a warm, cooperative Streets, 8 p.m.: film, "The Robe." atmosphere with other members of her committees. Whether her current activity was the Board of Managers of Swarth more College, 22 through 24--Midwest Conference on Human Relations at the Oakwood School, the McCutcheon Friends Home, the Friends Camp Miami, Germantown, Ohio, sponsored by the Dayton, Ohio, Journal, or the affairs of her own Meeting, she fulfilled her obliga­ Regional Office of the American Friends Service Committee. tions intelligently and completely. The groups who were associated 24--Frankford Meeting, Unity and Wain Streets, Philadelphia, with her will miss her friendly cordiality, and hope that they have Conference Class, 10 a.m.: Dorotl1y Hutchinson, "The Education learned something from her ability to stay with her job and be of the Heart." happy about it. 24-0pen House Tea at The McCutchen, Home of New York Yearly Meeting, 21 Rockview Avenue, Nortll Plainfield, N. J ., 3 Coming Events to 5 p.m. Come and enjoy guests of the Home, the house and gardens, and the company of .Friends from other Meetings. (Calendar events for the date of issue will not be included if they have been listed in a previous issue.) 24--Spring Tea at Pendle H ill, Wallingford, Pa. At 3 p.m., Nora Wain, now in residence at Pendle Hill and well-known MAY author of The House of Exile and Reaching for the Stars, will 16-Caln Quartely Meeting at Lancaster, Pa. Worship, 4 p.m.; speak on "China." Tea will be served following the lecture. The business, 5 p.m.; supper, 6 p.m., courtesy of Lancaster Friends; at public is welcome.

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KABBI8Bl7BG - Meeting and First-day FOR SALE OR LEASE, 14-room farm­ school, 11 a.m., YWCA, 4th a nd Walnut Bts. house, 2 summer houses, barn. etc., 80 acres pasture and streams, Ideal for KAVBBl'OBD-B uck Lane, between Lan­ country guest ranch. Hunterforge Farm, MASSACHUSETTS caster Pike and Haverford Road. First-day Macungie, Pa. O.A.XBJUDGB-Meetlng, Sunday, 5 Long­ school, 10:80 a.m. Meeting for Worship at fellow Park (near Harvard Square) 9 :30 11 a.m. ROOM FOR GENTLEMAN In German­ a.m. and 11 a.m. ; t elephone TR 6-6888. town, Philadelphia, Pa. Three windows, LAJI'CAI!ITEB-Meetlng house, Tulane Ter­ quiet street, parking, convenient to trans­ WELLESLEY- Meeting, Sunday, 10:30 race, 1 'h m!les west of Lancaster, oft U.S. portation. Maid service. Call GErman­ a.m., at Tenacre Country Day School, 80. Meeting and First-day school, 10 a.m. town 8-9838. Benvenue Street near Grove Street. PB:ILADELPmA- Meetings, 10:30 a.m., WOBCBa'.l'liB- Pleasant Street Friends unless specified; telephone LO 8-4111 for POCONO MOUNTAINS, PA.-cottages on Meeting, 901 Pleasant Street. Meetln:h for information about First-day schools. private estate; refined, quiet community; Byberry, one mile east of Roosevelt Boule- 1900-foot elevation; beautiful views, pond, ;Lr~~A~ ~~ch First-day, 11 a.m. Telep one vard at Southampt on Road, 11 a.m. trout stream. One cottage, 8 bedrooms; 8 Central Philadelphia, Race St. west of 15th. the other, 4 bedrooms; each having com­ Chestnut Hill, 100 East Mermaid Lane. fortable living room, dining room, kitchen, Coulter Street and Ger mantown Avenue. bath; $825 and $350 monthly, respectively. MICHlCAN Fair H!ll, German town' & Cambrla. 11 :111 a.m. Box D102, Friends .Journal. Fourth & Arch Sts., First- and Fifth-days. DBTBOl'.r-Meeting, Sundays, 11 a.m. In Frankford. Penn & Orthodox Sts., 11 a.m. Highland Park YWCA, Woodward and Frankford, Unity and Wain Streets, 11 a.m. WANTED Winona. TExas 4-9188 evenings. Green St., 4:1 W. School House L., 11 a.m. Powelton, 36th and Pearl Streets, 11 a.m. SECRETARY to Ph!ladelphia, Pa., patent PI'l"l'SBl7BGK- Worship at 10:30 a.m., lawyer. Must be conscientious, good at MINNESOTA. shorthand and typing. Preferably be in­ adult c lass, 11:45 a.m., 1858 Shady Avenue. terested in inventions, know some foreign llnii"NEAPOLI8-Meetlng, 11 a.m., First­ BBADilii'G - First-day school, 10 a.m., language. Send reply to Box M105, Friends day school, 10 a.m., 44th Street and Y ork meeting, 11 a.m., 108 North Sixth Street. Journal. Avenue S. Harold N. Tollefson, Minister, 4421 Abbott AvenueS. ; phone WA 6-9675. STA~ COLLBGB- 818 South Atherton COMPANION-HOUSEKEEPER to alter­ Street. First-day school at 9:80 a.m.. nate day and night. Respons!b!l!tles every meetin g for worship at 10:4~ a.m. two weeks to care for elderly woman Friend, living in an apartment in Swarth­ NEW IERSEY more, Pa. Kindness is the most Important qual!flcation. Apply to Arthur C. Jackson, A'l'L..a.."TIO CITT-Meetlnc for worship, TENNESSEE 11 a.m., discussion &'roup, 10:80 a.m., Soutb 317 N. Chester Road, Swarthmore, Pa., or Carolina and P&c!tlo A venues. J!Ellotl'KIS-Meeting, Sunday, 9:80 a.m. call RI 6-7470. Clerk, Waddy Oursler, MU 8-8813. DO~a--Ftrst-day school, 11 a.m., wor­ HOUSEKEEPER FOR WIDOWER and ship, 11:15 a.m., Quaker Church Road. 17-year-old son, Eddington, Pa. Light TEXAS housekeeping duties, l!ve ln. Call MErcur y K.&M.A.aQlJAJI'-First-day school, 10 a.m., 9-4827, or write Box C108 Friends Journal. meeting, 11:15 a.m., route 85 at Manas­ DALLAS-Sunday, 10:80 a.m., Adventist quan Circle. Walter Longstreet, Clerk. Chu rch, 4009 N. Cent ral Expressway. Clerk, Kenneth carroll, Religion Dept., POSITIONS WANTED IIOlfTOL.A.IB-289 Park Street, First-day S.M.U.; EM 8-0295. s chool, 10:30 a .m.; worship, 11 a.m. (July, FRIENDS HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR, girl. Aul'ust, 10 a.m.). Vlsltora welcome. KO'tJSTOlll' - Live Oak Friends Meet!n~. Sunday, 11 a.m., Council of Chu rches desires position this summer helping with Building, 9 Chelsea Place. Clerk, Walter ch!ldren. Would enjoy assisting with Whitson; JAckson 8-6418. studies, especially Latin. Write Box 0104, NEW MEXICO Friends Journal. BAJI'TA l'B-Meetlng, Sundays, 11 a.m., Galeria Mexico, 15151 Cayon Road, Santa UTAH HOME WANTED Fe. Sylvia Loom is, Clerk. SALT LAXB CITT-Meetln&' for worship, YOUNG PROFESSIONAL MOTHER a n d Sundays, 11 a.m., 282 University Street. five-year-old son wish to live with family with ch!ldren. Vicinity of Philadelphia, NEW YORK Pa. Will share housekeeping chores, child THE PENINGTON care, cooking, sewing, and baby-sit 5 Bl7l'l'.A.Lo-Meetln1' and First-day s chool , nights a week. Cul tured, educated, best 11 a.m., 1272 Delaware Ave.; phone EL 0232. 215 EAST 15th STREET, NEW YORK CITY 3 references, Call GErmantown 8-6498, early Next door to the Meeting House morning. LOJI'G Illl:r...a..D-Northern Boulevard at Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset. First-day A Friends Hostel in New York for Friends school, 9:45 a.m.; meetlnl', 11 a.m. and friends of Friends. Comfortable rooms PLEASE MENTION THE and wholesome meals for permanent guests. FRIENDS jOURNAL lf»W TO:a..B: - First-day meetings for worship: Telephone GRamercy 5-9193 WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS 11 a.m. 221 E. 15th St., Manhattan Earl Hall, Columbia University 110 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn 265 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn FRIENDS ARCH STREET CENTRE Furniture Upholstering 137-16 Northern Blvd.. F lushing 304 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA 6, PA. 8:30p.m. RiVerside Church, 15th floor THOM SEKEMBA, 215 felte1 Amae, Colllagdale, Pa. Telephone GRamercy 8-8018 (Mon.-Fri. ROOMS AVAILABLE 9-4) about First-day schools, monthly ~o,. than 6 years af ,.,.,.ncea In Swarth111o,., meetings, suppers, etc. Single with running water, also rooms with Pa., and vicinity •• • first-dan work at no­ private or semiprivate bath. Enjoy home aonable rotea •• • ov.,. 30 yean' experience. cooking. BT&.A.Ol7BB-Meetlng and First-day school at 11 a.m. ea.ch First-day at Unlvenlty Free parking. Telephone MArket 7-2025 Telephone Sharon Hill 0734 College, 601 East Genesee Street. May 16, 1959 FRIENDS JOURNAL 323

A.AAAAAAAAAAAAA A cemprelleasln, Q-fo·dalt cOYerage ol tile STRAWBRIDGE MANUFACTURING EXEMPTION FYFE &BOYD & CLOTHIER for manu!aeturlne eompanlea subject to tbe eapltal atoek or franchise tax Ia FUNERAL HOME Included In tbe aenntb edition of *]ames E. Pyfe • lN!in B. Boytl STATE TAXATION Of CORPORATIONS Cremation Service Available IN PENNSYLVANIA 7047 Germantown Ave. by James J. Mahon, C.P.A., of Lybrand, Ross CHe•tnut Hill 7·8700 Bros. & Montgomery • Mtmbtr Gtrmantown M11ting -----'111 Tbl1 publication outllnee In detail the aallent featurea of the domestic and for­ eiJrn exclae taxes, the capital atoek tax, franchise tax, ke:ynotlne every Important APTITUDE TESTS chance made tberein, includlne pertinent court declalona up to .January 1, 1968. CAREER COUNSEliNG . & JOB STRATEGY Published and for 1ale by Want to find work or a hobby for which you Builders of Confidence ~BB I'oBGAr. IJir'rBI'oLIGBJirOBa are better suited? Want Ia make more of a 10 SouUl a'Ttll Street useful contribution through your work? We've Since 1868 helped others since 1937. Telephone or write BVezopeen 8-1~ today. Free folder L. Kingswood 3-2022. Clotb bound Prfee ,1.00 (piUI 8o tax) TOMliNSON COUNSELORS ...... "' 546 RUTGERS AVENUE, SWARTHMORE, PA. PLEASE NOTIFY US THREE ADVERTISING RATES AND DISCOUNTS WEEKS IN ADVANCE OF DISPr.AY ADVBBTISING-$2.24 per column Inch, or 16; per agate line, with ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS the following discounts: 10% for 6-11 Insertions, 15% for 12-24 Insertions, 20% for 25 or more Insertions within one year. or..a.ssxrrsD ADVJlB'l.'ISING-8¢ per word, with the following discounts: 10% for 6-15 Insertions, 15% for 16 or more Insertions within one year. A box number will be supplied If reQuested, and there is no postage charge tor CAMP CELO forwarding replies. Ages 6 to 10 ]II(JlJl'1'IllrG NO'l.'ICJlB-22¢ per line, with no discount for repeated Insertions. A farm-home camp In the Black Mountain• DJlADI'oDI'Jl-Friday ot the week preceding date of Issue. Copy may be changed of North Carolina !or 20 boy• and girls. without extra charge. Full camp proeram of worship, work, and play under Quaker leadenhlp. Ernest Margan, Yellow Springs, Ohio CAMP LEN-A-PE (Boys 4-16) 4P INDIAN LODGE HOTEL Indian, magician, nurse, etc. Riding, .· · Lakefront hotel. Cabins. Riding, tennis, fennls water-skiing, etc. Overnight swimming, water-skiing. On the most 1896 1959 conoe' and horseback trips. beautiful lake in rhe Poconos. IN THE POCONO$ 115 MILES FROM NEW YORK CITY AND PHILADELPHIA BACK LOG CAMP, Inc. DAVIDS. and MARJORIE H&DLEY KEISER- Box 7183F, Philadelphia 17, Pa.; MElrose 5-1682 Sabael, New York Employ ~ counselors, maintenance men, cooks, hostesses, nurse, etc. Why not apply? On Indian Lake in the Adirondacks A LAKE-SHORE CAMP FOR POCONO the International Camp for Boys FAMILIES AND ADULTS Ages 7 to 17 in four separate groups Walking • Canoeing • Swimming A friendly camp where boYB of varied and lnterestlne backerounde July 1 to September 8, 1959 gather to learn and share a wide range of worthwhile experience&. Sail ADDRESS and canoe on 14-mile lake high in the Poconos. All sports and crafts. CANOE TRIP In CANADA for QUALIFIED OLDER CAMPERS. MRS. HENRY J. CADBURY 40th season. Inelualve fee. Quaker leadership. 774 MILLBROOK LANE, HAVERFORD, PA. CHAUNCEY F. PAXSON, PENNS PARK, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNA. Telephone Midway 2-1739 (Room for a few qualified counselors on this year'• ataft)

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They would be in the Lansdowne Federal Savings and Loan Association. Our accounts are Federally insured up to $10,000.00 and participate in liberal divi· FOR BOYS dends. Accounts may be opened by mail in any amount from one dollar upwards. CAMP AGES: 12-18 Legal investments for trust funds. WILDERNESS LIVING and CANOE TRIPS ARE EMPHASIZED UNSDOWNE FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Sma.ll Informal group with In­ dividual attention given. Quaker 32 SOUTH LANSDOWNE AVENUE, LANSDOWNE, PA. leadership. C.I.T. program. Junior Maine guide program. Literamre on reque&t George P. Darrow, Director Film A. WERNER. Pruident OAKWOOD SCHOOL • POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. MR. CHARLES BARNARD BOX 203 BERWYN. PA. • ASK OUR OPINION FRIENDS' THE WILLIAM PENN OF YOUR SECURITIES CHARTER SCHOOL CENTRAL SCHOOL Founded: 1689 OVERBROOK, PHILADELPHIA 31, PA. Chartered by William Penn: 1701 HECKER & CO. BOYS AND GIRLS: KINDERGARTEN, GRADES Mnnbers of New York Stock Bxch~~nge A Coeducational Counlr~ Day School 1 AND 2. BOYS: GRADES 3-12 Children of Friends are given preference. LIBERTY TRUST BUILDING Four-year kndergorten through 12th Grade Broad and Arch Streets Financial aid is available for qualified ap· College Preparatory Curriculum plicants whose families need It, friends Philadelphia 7, Pa. Founded In 1845 by the Society of Friends, are particularly encouraged to apply. LOcust 4-3500 oar sehool contlnaea to emphasize Integrity, freedom, almpUclty In education John F. Gummere, Headmaster throu&'h concern for the lndiTidaal student. CHARLES J. ERICKSON SCHOOL LANE AND FOX STREET Registered Represenlalifle MERRILL E. BusH, Headmaster PHILADELPHIA 44, PA.

Elnwood Convalescent Home GEORGE A FRIENDS COEDUCATIONAL Baltimore Pike & Lincoln Avenue BOARDING SCHOOL, Grade& 9-12 Swarthmore, Pa. SCHOOL Founded 1893 Telephone Klngawood S-0272 Enrollment has been completed for autumn of the coming school Private and semiprivate rooms year. A limited waiting list is being established from which appli­ Quiet 10-acre estate cants will be accepted as vacancies may occur. 24-hour understanding nursing care Addrus inquiries to: Under personal 1upervidon of RicHARD H. McFEELY, ADELBERT MASON, Director of Admissions MJts. ELLEN M. Wooo Principal Box 350, George School, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

The FRIENDS JOURNAL Is regularly on sale In the magazine department of the EASTMAN DILLON, UNION COUNSELING SERVICE John Wanamaker store In Philadelphia. of the SECURITIES & CO. FAMILY RELATIONS COMMITTEE Members New York Stock Ell:ehance For appointments with Dr. LoTett Dewees write him at Glen Mills, Pa., or telephone Investments Globe 9-2474. For appointments with Dr. GeneTrB Drl1coll FRIENDS ACADEMY WILLIAM EDWARD CADBURY telephone MOhawk 4·7118 after I p.m. ESTABLISHED 1877 Rtpr11mtati111 For appointments with Karoline Solmits, PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL BANK BUILDING M.S.S., telephone LAwrence 6·0762 In the This coeducational day school with­ Broad and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia 7, Pa. evenings, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in 25 miles of New York provides a well balanced college preparatory program designed to stress In the student a desire to live a creative LBT US SBND YOU THB STORY OP THB PRINCETON PASTORS Christian life tn today's world. Kindergarten through Grade 12 MODERN COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS, Inc. A Ndudion In tuition lo available to membera of The Society of Friends. Dedicated to integrated communities exclusively Victor M. Haughton, Jr., Headmaster Box B, Locust Valley, Long Island, N. Y. COMMON STOCK -15,000 SHARES-$100 PER SHARE Mail coupon for Prospectus FRIENDS' SELECT SCHOOL THE PARKWAY AT SEVENTEENTH ST. MORRIS MILGRAM PHILADELPHIA 3, PENNSYLVANIA DAVID H. SCULL Eatabll.shed 1889 MODERN COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS, INC. Coeducational Day School 84 NASSAU STREET, PRINCETON, N. J. Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade While colle&"e preparation Is a primary Please send' prospectus on MCD and the Story of the Princeton Pastors. aim, personal II'Uidance helps each student to develop as an Individual. Spiritual values and Quaker principles are empha­ sized. Central location provides many edtt· NAM~------cational resourcee and easy access from the suburbs. Frieada Interested Ia a sound STRE~ AND NO·------academic program are encoara&'ed to apply. G. Laurence Blauvelt, Headma.ter CITY______--LONE...... ____STAT~------

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