WORLD NËWSGRAMS
James O. Henry, M .A ., Editor, Associate prof, of History, Biola Bible College
Palmer Brown, Associate Editor
saying, “ As I go from church to church all over this land I find that we have the disease of spectator-itis. W d speak of the congregation as the audience. We are not the audience, we are the actors.” Dr. Trueblood’s antidote for the prevailing situation is the ministry of the laymen. “ If we sincerely believe the gospel,” he says, “ we have to be lieve that God has a vocation for each of us. The secret is participa tion, participation, participation.” Using this formula to counteract present conditions, Dr. Trueblood contends that the average church will not have merely one preacher, but 500 preachers. This plan will put unused sources and unused power to work to make a counterattack, for “ we must look upon our lives as a battle.” The doctor has put age- old advice into a modem form. L iquor Ad v ertisin g Banned America’s daily and weekly news papers are rising in protest against the liquor industry’s expanding ad vertising campaign through televi sion, radio, and newspaper media. The American Business Men’s Re search Foundation reports that 193 daily newspapers in 183 cities and 29 states, have already banned all liquor advertising. In addition to this number, 121 permit beer adver tising only, and 185 permit beer and wine advertising only. The liquor industry is also excluded from the daily comic pages of 345 of the coun try’s newspapers besides the 193 dailies already mentioned. The record of the weekly news papers is much more significant than the rising trend of the daily papers. Their refusal to print liquor ads has grown from 1,751 in 1940 to 2,068 in 1952. During this period 28 states showed gains in their advertising re strictions ranging from 6 to 35 per cent. Highlighting the liquor curb drive is the state of Kansas which has gained from 27 to 48 per cent during the research period in banning liquor
and beer ads in its weeklies. This has come in spite of the fact that its prohibition law was repealed several years ago. W h y P rotestan ts gain in South Am erica In an appeal for an assembly of all the prelates of both North and South America, to work out a defense against the inroads being made by Protestants, Auguste Essor, corre spondent in Ecuador of the famed Parisian Catholic daily, La Croix, reveals some very interesting develop ments. He suggests a “ defensive plan against the common danger,” which is Protestant infiltration. Essor states that the “ forces gnaw ing away at the faith in Latin Amer ica — secularism, Communism, the Evangelicals (Protestants) are un likely to be wholly checked except by action in which the governments of these states, collaborate.” He says further, “ Parents who find it difficult to rear their children are faced with the temptation of sending them to the free schools operated by the Protestants, where their little ones will have, in addition to an educa tion fitted to prepare them for a vocation, a free lunch, and even something to bring home. The gov ernments cannot, or at least do not supply sufficient free schools of their own. The Catholics are not finan cially able.” This correspondent says that “ An other powerful means of Protestant infiltration is the radio. The most powerful radio station in South America, the Voice of the Andes, (HCJB) at Quito, Ecuador, has well- chosen musical and news programs 18 hours a day.” He laments that these “ are interspersed with sectar ian propaganda, and they take their toll in defections.” These cries of the Catholics should encourage Protestants and challenge us to greater efforts. In view of this report we should double our efforts in these two fields of endeavor, Christian education and the radio ministry. THE KING'S BUSINESS
Russian Science Ad vances The Russians are leading the U. S. in the present critical race to train young scientists and engineers, re ports Dr. Alan T. Waterman, director of, the National Science Foundation, He surprised the House Appropria tions Subcommittee recently with his statement that Russia would graduate 50,000 engineers in 1955, compared with 17,000 in this country. In calling for a $15,000,000 sub sidy to encourage graduate fellow ships in scientific study, Waterman noted the close correlation of our scientific and national defense pro grams by saying, “We face a period of great international tension in which our military and economic strength in the immediate and long- range future is intimately tied to our progress in research.” Y o u Can’ t Quit H ero in ! “ I don’t get a kick out of it any more. I used to feel normal. When I haven’t any, I’m sick . . . it’s ter rible.” Thus ran the confession of Helen Garcia, 22, arrested in Los Angeles for the fifth time on a nar cotics count. Mrs. Garcia became addicted to heroin at the age of 15 by a woman in a bus station in Los Angeles. The only time she “ kicked it” was dur ing two six-month stays in the county jail for using heroin. Detec tives related that Mrs. Garcia said that she could purchase heroin on virtually any city street comer. “ To buy it,” she said, “ it is only necessary to know someone who uses it.” As one of the many thousands now enmeshed in the grips of the present dope scourge Mrs. Garcia warns: “ Never try it out of curiosity. Never try it to be smart. Because to try heroin is the beginning, and soon you are an addict. As you see, my life is ruined.” Laym en — Sp ecta tors o r A c to r s Dr. Elton Trueblood, a Quaker layman, and professor of philosophy at E&rlham College, Richmond, Ind., has^ 'stabbed away at the present dearth among church members in 16
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