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Boo k?" I f Garner Ted eve r puts h is articles

on evolution in book form, we certainly wan t a copy of it. We th ink itis one of the most important worksever to be wri tten . It is especially irnportant that school children read theseart icles to help them understand thetruth. The lies they arc told in schoolare contradicted better in these articlesthan most of the pa rents could do onthe ir own ."

A. R. McB.,Sylvania, Georgia

No Purpose in Life" I am a student at th e Univers ity ofNorthern Iowa; and f rom the presentstate of the college, I can sec a directrelationship , almost a reflection of theen tire world situat ion . On the campus ,one can find a small percentage of'social d rop -outs,' ano ther sma ll per centage of dedicated students, while thevast ma jo rity are lost in a mazeof non-directional and non -pu rposefullives."

J. N. ,Mason City, Iow aUnyielding Athe is t"Please sto p sending me your maga

zine . ] am an unyi elding atheist andnothing you say can change me. Everything you publish in your magazine isperhaps very beau tiful, bu t from mypoin t of view , in the twent ieth century ,it contains out-dated theories."

Reader,Lausanne, Switzer land

IV e keep con/lIJing people with tbe[acts,The Righ t App roach" ] list en to your program every n ight;

and at first, I mu st admit that it reallyfr ightened me. So, I deci ded that inorder that I might not be frightenedI should send for you r books, and findou t the truth. Because, I know now thatonly the truth can set me free of myfears and uncer tainties."

M rs. Billie J.,Gary, Indi ana

"The more ] read about you, themore thi ngs become in teresting. YourPL A I N TRUTH cann ot find an equa l,and the facts that yOlI proclaim arefacts indeed . Even though I cannot seeeye-to-eye with some of your commentat ions on the scripture ; yet, I'm wilIingto listen and learn as th e scripture tellsus to 'Prove all things, hold fast whatit true .' "

Joseph V. W. ,Rutland, Massachusetts

T hat' s th e exact right a!Jpw (lcb.B roadcast"Your program comes in to my home

and car just as of ten as I have time tol isten to it . It is broadcast at midn igh ton weekd ays and befor e church on Sundays. I am a policeman having to workvery odd hours , and do not have theopportunity to hear your program when] would like . I especially en joy the prog rams about juven iles, the ir morals, anddel inquency. In my profess ion I sec infact what you di scuss on your broadcasts. Th e people that do not bel ievewhat you say in regard to the rise injuvenile del inquency in th is country areon ly kidding themselves. I know youarc telling the facts, but it' s a shameyou cann ot get the message over to allpeop les. '

V ictor W.,Woodbr idge, Virginia

" 1 am a student at Hudson ValleyCommunity College. I tuned in for thefirst time to WWVA on N ovember 19and aga in on the 26th. To my surprise,I found someone discussing the problems of our times with a log ical, collegeminded view . I hope you will continueto broadcast."

Glenn J.,Albany, N ew York

So do u-e."Si nce the 'Wo rld Tomorrow' was

taken off the air in thi s country, I havebeen trying my hardest to beg the B.B.C.to include it in , at least, one of theirmany programmes, but , of course, it is(C ontinued 0 11 page 22)

t:h&P U U ~ n ~ U l ~II mll gazin t> o f u n d t> r ' l an d in g

February, 1968VOL. XXX III NO.2

Ci rculation : 1, I75 ,000 CopiesPublished month ly st Pasadena, Californ ia;\\ latford . England; nnd North Sydney, Australia.by Ambassador Ccllccc. German edh ic n published monthly at W'atford. England. Frenchedit ion nublished monthl y ;1.1 Pasadena. Cnlifumia. 1968 Ambassador College. A ll rightsreserved. EDITOR

H ERBERT W. ARMSTRONGEXECUTIV E EDITORGarner Ted Armstrong

MAN AG IN G EDITO RHerman L. HoehSENIOR EDITO RRoderick C. Meredith

Associate EditorsAlber t J . Portune David Jon HillContributing Editors

Robert C. Banker C. Paul MeredithWi lliam F. Dankenbring L. Leroy NeffCharles V . Dorothy Richard H . Sedl iacikJack R. Elliott Lynn E. To rranceRober t E. Genter Eugene M. \X'alterErnest L. Martin Basil Wo lvert onGerhard O. Marx Cl int C. Z immerman

James W . Robinson, Copy EditorPaul Kroll , / l rl Edit or

N ews BureauGe ne H . Hogberg. DirectorDexter H . Faulkner Donald D . SchroederEloise E. Hendrickson Velma] . UptonRodney A. Repp Charles P . Vorhes

Photographer!La rry A ltergott Howard A. ClarkLyle Christopherson Salam I. Maidan i

Regional Edit orsUnited Ki ngdom : Raymond F. McNairAustralia: C. W ayne ColeSouth Afri ca : Ernest \' ilJiamsGermany : Frank SchneePhilippines : Gerald \X'atcrhouscSwitzerland: Colin J . A. \'': ilkin s

Be siness ManagerAlb ert J. Portune

Circulation Mrll1aget"JU. S. A. H u,gh Mauck; U . K.: Cha rles F.H unt ing; Canada; Dean \'{!ilson ; Australia: Gene R. H ughes: Philippi nes: ArthurDocken; Sou th Afri ca: M ichael Bousfield.YOUR SUBSCRIPT ION has been paid byothers. Bulk copies for distribution not given orsold .ADDRESS CO MMUl'>I CATJO NS to the E d i to r at thenear est address below:Un ited Stal es: P. O. Box 111, Pasadena, c.u.fomia 91109.Canada: P. O. Box 4-1 . Station A. va ncccver1, 13 . C.United Kingdom nnd Europe: BCM Ambassador.London. \\1. C. 1. England .South Afrio ; P. O . Box 1060, ] oh;1.nnesburg.Auvtr af ia and Southeast Asia : P. O . BOl( ,n,North Sydney. N . S.W. , Australia.The Philippines: P. O. Box 2603 . Manil a.SECO t"O n ASS POSTAGE paid at Pasadena, Cati.fnrma ,Entered as sncotcn CLASS Matter a t Manil aPost Office on Ma rch 16, 1967.Reuisrcred in for Transmission by post:IS ;1. book.li E SURE TO NO TIFY US IMMHDJATELY of anychange in your address. Please include both oldand new address . IMPO RTANT!


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February . 19G8 Tbe PLAIN TRUTH

In This Issue:What Our Readers

Soy Inside front CoverPersonal From the EditorT ODAY I am writing from the island of Barbados, in the British\Vest Ind ies . It is one of the

farthest south, and the farthest east ofthe West Ind ies in the Caribbean Sea,and not far from the no rth coast ofSouth America. It is also not very fa rnor th of the equator.

On arriving at the airport here, itbecame qu ickly ev ident that just abouteverybody in Barbados listens to The\'


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Always I made surveys of customeropinion, befo re writing ads to sellgoods or services in print.

\XTe have been preachi ng to th esepeople down here u-tbout knowingwhat they are like, how they live, whatthey think and believe. It was important TO TH E \VORK tha t I fam iliarizemyself with these facts, and th is wasthe first oppor tu n ity I had had to come.So I came.

And I have lear ned MUCH tha t Ihope wiII resu lt in MUCH GOOD to thesepeopl e - tha t wi ll help us 10 servethem better.

It is like a st range new world .Somewh at like some of the south seaislands in the Pacific, only having hadmuch more of the influence of Britishcivilization.The people here are mostly colored.

Here the whi te people seem to be outnumbered about 10 or 20 to one. Thenewspaper reporters were colored . Mostbusinesses appear to be run by coloredpeople. But, unlike United StatesNegroes in the South, they have notknown slavery. They have comp ulsoryeducation. They arc not illi tera te. Th eyhave an att itude of self-respect, and Ihave seen no racial prejud ices. Theyseem to be a happier people than thoseof man} ot her countries.A whi le ago - it was close to midafternoon, and I had skipped lunch I wen t down to the outdoor snack barfor a sandwich. Th e waitr ess asked,"A re you Herbert Armstrong ?"

"How did you know ?" I asked.She gri nne d. " I hear you on the

rad io, and I saw you r picture on thefront page of the newspaper this mornmg ."Almost immediately four or five men

attendants at the snack bar were aroundme, asking all kinds of questions.

" I don 't ag ree with every th ing yousay," exclaimed one, "bu t I listen, because the progr am is interesting, and Ilike to hear all the: [acts you keepg iving."

"You learn more about the worldyuu live in, and world cond itions, andwhat the)' mean?" I asked. "Yes, that'srigh t," he answered.T hat pre tty well sums up what T

find to be the d l 'eI"dge attitude . Nea rlyeveryone here, it seems, listens. The

Th e PLAIN TRUTHfact many, perhaps even most, do notAGREE with everything we say, only ind icates that these people are a thinkingpeople. But , also, the fact that severalall this island have already requesteda person al conferen ce and baptism,and have been found ready for baptism, shows that these THINKI I":G people, once they find what we say

are will ing to accept truth ,and turn from former ideas and beliefs,and ways of life, when proved erroneous and wrong.Just at this po int I was called to

the telephone . Th e manager of one ofthe two local rad io stations , Radi oBarbados, was on the telephone. Heasked for a telephone interview that hecoul d put on the air in the news hou r.

I said, above, that reportc::rs were atthe door of my hotel room before Icould unpac k traveling bags, wash andclean up, or sit down for a moment'srest. That was early evening, aboutsundown. Next morn ing , a featurewriter and a photographer from oneof the papers appeared for an in terviewand photographs. So, we were on thefront page thi s morning.But here is a remarkable thing, in

my experience:So fa r, both newspapers have hon

cstly and faithfully reported what Isaid, withou t tw isting and distortingit. I th ink it is about the first tim e inmy experience th is has happened . Itmade me think the re mu st be a schoolfor newspaper reporters th at teachesmost of them to misquote those interviewed, distort what is sa id, omit whatthe reporters don 't like, about what issaid, and add what is not said.T his idea comes from having heard

Bob Newhart's comedy record, withthe skit on "t he Bus Drivers' School."T he idea was that the d rivers uf citystreet buses, accord ing to Newhart,cou ld not possibly do things so badlyun less there was a school to teachthem how to do th ings th at way.In lessons simulating, and acting out

actual situations, at the school, he hadthi s littl e old Mrs. Silk irk runni ng tocatch the bus.

"H old it, hold it !" he called to thebus driver, impersonating the instructor at the schoo l. "You pulled away altogether too fast. D id you not ice, she

February, 1968gave up about the middl e of th e block.You want to always hold ou t the hopethat she migh t catch it. But you mustremember that some of these little oldlad ies run at half-speed, and if you'renot careful th ey migh t suddenly pu t ona spu rt, and before you could speed upand pull away, they might catch youand hop on. f or homework tonightyou arc going to study on how to mispronoun ce the names of streets."

I have often wondered how newspaper reporters can misspell names,misquote those interviewed, omit impo rtant facts, pu t emphasis on othersand manufacture thi ngs th e person interviewed never said - UN LESS thereis a schoo l to teach them such things.Tn any event, these Barbados reportersmust never have attended such aschool. What they have reported so fa rhas been honestly done - and T tru stthe feature story to appear in next Sunday's paper will be as accurate.

On e thing has impressed me in Barbados. Even thuugh three or four havetold me they don' t agree with everything we sayan the W O ~ L D TOMOR RO\x, they not on ly keep listening,they TH INK , they en joy the program,and they are friend I),.

On e of the emp loyes at the snackbar said The WORLD TO;\IORROW hasmade quite a change in the religiousideas people here hold. I think theyrealize we are always saying : "Don'tbelieve ME , because I say it, but listenwithout pre judice, check up, search outthe facts, and believe what is PROVED."That, it seems, is what these peopledo.T here has been so much interest

here - so many have written to usreques ting personal interviews, coun selling and help, that we have senthere, to take up residence in Barbados ,one of our ord ained ministers, Mr.Clarence Bass. He is competent, welleducated, having earn ed the M.A. degree. H e also has don e graduate studiesat Ambassador Coll ege in Pasadena.Hi s charm ing wife is a nat ive ofJamaica, and will feel right at homehere.

Me. Bass will no t call on or visitanyone un less requested to do so, bu tany of our Barbados readers whu m ight[Continned 011 Ihlge 47)


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PRIDE OF U.S. POWER-WHERE IS IT?

A well-executed Communist twin offensive has spectacularlyshattered the pride of American military power in Asia. FirstNorth Koreans hiiacked U. S. intelligence ship Pueblo on thehigh seas. Then the Viet Cong launched a series of stunning,ferocious attacks throughout South Vietnam that caught Alliedforces by surprise . Even more surprising still, has been thereaction by officials to these grave events.by Gene H. Hogberg

Wide World PhotoCrew of the U. S. intelligence ship Pueblo seized in inte rnatio no l waters offthe coa st of North Korea . Picture wa s rece ived in Moscow by ra dio fro mPyongya ng , No rth Korea .

WHAT WE have warned foryears, has happened. u.s.fortunes have taken a suddenturn for the wor se in Asia . The nation

has won its last war.T he American public had been told

over the pas t several mont hs that thewar in Viet nam was clearly turning inU. S. favor. In November, Gen. William W estmoreland , U . S. Comman derin Vietnam, expre ssed the personal belief that Amer ican serv icemen couldeven be g radu ally pha sed out of anincreasing ly pacified Vietn JI11 in abouttwo year s.Then, sudden ly, in the space of oncweek , everything went wrong.

Two Crises at On ceOn Jaou aey 23. elements of the tiny

North Korean navy seized the U. S.Navy intell igence ship Pueblo and its83-man crew in international waters off\Vonson, North Korea. Th e Pueblo, anelectronic marvel comp lete with themost sophisticated "s nooping" gear, hadbeen lef t unprotected and vir tually unarmed at the t ime of the hijacking.Before help could come, Pueblo wasin Wonson harbor.\'Vith U. S. attention swep t tempo4

rarily to the heated -up Korean situation , the Communist war strateg ists inH anoi mad e final plans for the greatestRed offens ive to dat e in Sout h Vier-nam .It came one week a fter the Korean

flare-up and it was carr ied out withsuch ferocity th at All ied forces - eventh ough suspecting something - were

simply caught off gu ard. Viet Conginsurgents smashed their way into 25provincial capitals. They attacked U. S.mili tary insta llati ons throughout Vietnam , even atta cked and held part ofthe U. S. embassy in Saigon for a briefpe riod . Saigon is now a wreck, wit hsection s of the metropolitan area noth ing but bombed-a lit ruins.Commun ist Defea t ? - or Vi ctory ?American mi litary advi sors to the

President were qu ick to asser t, afterthe init ial Viet Cong attacks subsided,that the Communist offens ive was a"complete military failure." Th e Presiden t himself felt compe lled to address

the nation. He denied the Reds hadachieved a psychological victory ." Imp ressive" statis tics were given

24,000 Communists lay dead a ft er thefirst nine days of the uprising, versusa tiny fraction of that number ofAme rican dead . South Vietnamese casualties were pu t near 4 ,000.But othe r statistics te ll a d ifferent

story . President Johnson admitted onFebru ary 2 that the VC had destroyed38 American pla nes and helicopters.Th ey also damaged - how seriouslywas not told - another " loo-odd" aircraft - all of which will have to berep laced.(Continued 011 page 42)


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The Autobiography ofHerbert W. ArmstrongIn this installment, e vents leading to the providential acquisition of the se cond Ambassador College campus, in England .

INSTALL.MENT 76N ow WE COME to the year 1959.Th e office my son Dick hadopened in Lond on had expanded as far as it could expand. I tthen occupied the entire floor of anoffice build ing in downtown London.However, the office building occupied

but small ground area, and each floorconsisted of only th ree office rooms,beside corridor and lift (e levator toAmerican s ) .

When Ga rner T ed and I boardedan SAS (Sca ndinavian Airline System )polar-fl ight DC-7 pla ne at Los AngelesInternational A irport, in earl y June,1959. we had no idea whatsoever ofestablishing another liberal arts collegecamp us in England. OUf pur pose wasto find larger office quarte rs.\Y/e did have in mind combining newand enlarged office space with an altoge ther d if ferent kind of college. W efelt it might be adv isable to open asmall college for men only, of variousraces and nat ional ities. The idea of sucha college was to make it primarily acollege for traini ng men either as ministers or religious service ani.ong variousraces and count ries, as the broadcastand The PLAIN TRUTH developed need.

N O\\' in Book FormActuall y, I was writ ing one or tw o

of the earl ier installments of the Autobiography on this "cry trip. What Iam now writing about - events of1959 - was occurring wh ile I was writing earlier chapters.

And since the last installment waspublished, in the N ovember, 1967number , the first 30 installments of theAutobiography have been published inBOOK form, as Volu me I. Th is firstvolume of the Book contains 510pages. It is quite a healthy-sized book .

It contain s th e first 30 chapters wh ichwere wr itten and published serially inT he P LAIN TRUTH between August,19 57 and July 1960.More than a hund red th ousand of

ou r readers have now received this firstvolume in book form . But T he PLAINTRUTH circulat ion has grown untilsome th ree million of you will bereading th is issue of the magazine. AndI think this is a goo d time to exp lainto the rest of you, who have not requested your free copy of the book,why it was written . Th is is cove redmuch more explicitly, of course, in thebook .

W I lY should the story of J11}' li febe published ? For years I fel t it shouldnot. But eve ry month we receive manyletters asking such questions as, "Whoarc you? W ho,'or what is back of you,supporting your work? \Vhat is yourreligion - what denominat ion ? Howdid you ge t sta rted? \Xerc you evera ' jehovah's \'{!itness' member, a Merman , or Chr istian Scientist ? How canyou broadcast daily ove r hund reds ofsta tions, around the world , publish sofine a magazine of ma n. than a millioncopies, and never ask the public forcontributions, or make any cha rge foranyth ing? "

\XTd l, for one thing, this first volumeof the Autobiography answers all thosemuch-asked questions. Apparently somepersecutors th ink many arc interestedin hearing about my past life. A number, who do not know me or the facts,arc will ing to SELL you, f or a price,their d istorted, del iberately un true ver sian of it. One, who must th ink peo plewan t to know what I bel ieve, Iu s pub.lished a list of 20 th ing s he claims Ibelieve - and I do not believe a oneof his 20 !I think that if I had Jived in the

time of Jesus' earthly personal life andmission , and I had wan ted to knowabo ut Him and what He believed andtaugh t, I should not have gone to Hi senemies and persecutors, the Pharisees,Sadducees and scribes. I shou ld havegone straight to H im. He said that jfthey pe rsecuted H im, they wou ld persecute us who He uses to preach HISS,\ ME GOSPEL I preach u-bat H epreached, and H is sayings about thepersecution is surely true. I do not persecute them! nor do I answer them, nord igni fy their slander and lies wit h retaliation.But toe bave nothing to hide.Peopl e by continuous thousands keep

asking these questions - and that isone of the reasons I decid ed , in th esummer of 1957, to write th is Autobiography. It answers those ques tions.It lays ha re my life, Im/hlldl)'. and experiences exactly as they happened .

Paul Tol d Life Storya m: reason I felt, for years, that I

shou ld 1/01 wr ite it, was the feel ingthat God had called me to preac h Hi sGospel , not to talk about myself. I h avenot departed f rom that basic position but the Apost le Paul also was calle d topreach Christ's Gospel , and he twicerelated bis li fe sto ry. Th e f irst fourBooks of the New Testament record thelife story of Jesus. No t till of it, perhaps,but those portions helpf ul to us, andvital in getting to us HI S GOSPEL Th eO ld Testament is GOD'S \'


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ebruary. 1968And , finally, I had lived a most un sual and , I think, exciting life - escially in the early form at ive years;nd even my own sons were not reallyamiliar with those experiences. Andknew th is wri tten account of them

be helpful to my own sons.Many hund reds of letters have comerom subscribers of The PLAIN TRUTHing that they not on ly have been

remendously interested in reading thesexperiences, but they have been HELP-FUL, and instru ctive in GOD'S TRUTH ,nd the practical application of God'sord to their personal lives. by readin gf my own personal tri als, problems. andxperiences.May J be cand id in saying fr ankly

that I feel that ot he r thousands of ourreaders also will find these recordedexperiences not only live and interestingreading, but of real practical help andbenefit to vou : Our staff will gladlysend, absolutely gra tis and postpaid, toany o f our readers who wish to retlucstt , a copy of th is 51a-page book, so youcan begin at the beginning.

Vo lume I - in BriefI might menti on here, briefly, tha t it

not only CC:.cords the facts of my birth- the place, date. etc. - but a numberof early boyhood experiences, beg inningage 3. It explains how I swore off chewing tobacco at age 5 - an incident thatis humorous now, but was not so funnythen . And anot he r painful expe rience- getting spanked at age 6 in school !It tells what, at age 5, I had decidedI was go ing to be when I grew up;my first "gi rl fr iend " at 6; bui lding atree house, anJ being sent on a hunt tobuy " pigeon-m ilk" at 8. Th en, at8\12 , the agony of being forcibly keptawake un til midnight. at church, watching the old century out, and the new20th century in. Of seeing PresidentMcKinley (a nd, later, Th eodore Roosevelt, Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilsonand oth ers) . Of eating President Th eodore Roosevelt's "opossum d inner," andforthwith swearing off of eating opossum ; of learn ing to swim by beingthrown by larger boys into water overmy head and hands , and told I had toswim or sink . I swam !Then , early religious train ing - what

and where it was ; how and when the

The PLAIN TRUTHspark of ambition was ignited; of beingappointed a country school teacher atage 17; of decid ing on a life profession,after a course of self-analysis at 18.Th en , fo rmative influences, what kind ofeducation I had, unu sual and excitingearly business experiences; my experiences in dati ng girls, how I met mywife, and in timate facts of our romanceand marriage - which marriage was tolast, happily, fifty years lacking only 3Y2months. O f \X'orld \'


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6tape recorder. In fact it was the first ofthe Ampex 600 models- I believe ourswas the ~ 1 set from the factory. Thiswas the first portable tape recorder thatwas of professional broadcast qua lity, sothat programs recorded on it would beacceptable for broadcast by the largest,most discriminating radio stations.At Cologne, in our hotel room, Irecorded a program, which I wanted to

do from inside Germany, while Tedhandled the controls.

Germ an Enthusiasm for \Xa rkWe were much impressed by the

phenomenal prog ress the Ge rmans hadmade since our last visit, in recoveringfrom the war. Now factories and down town business blocks and stores andoffices not on ly had been rebuilt, andresidence apartments constructed, butwe nuticed a much finer, more expensivequality of merchandise displayed in storewindows.Cologne suffered one of the worst

beatings by allied bombing of any city- 80% to 90% destroyed. In all theircities, the Germans rebuilt first theirfactories and industrial and productionfacilities. People lived in temporaryshacks or small temporary houses. Theykept them neat, pla nted roses, flowers,shrubs for beauty outside workinghou rs. Stores operated, at first, frombombed-out wreckage Of any temporarykind of qua rters.Production came first, not fine living.

In 1956 and 1958 I was awakened frequently in hotel rooms by Germanswalking briskly to work about 5 or 5 :30A.M., yodelling or singing lustily. Whilethe English, supposedly the conquerorsof the second World War, lolledaround , came to tea and took an occasional lazy work-break, the Germansworked with enthusiasm, vigor, andPURPOSE.Today the whole world sees the

RESULT. I talk a good deal about CAUSEand EFFECT. Every cond ition is theRESULT of a CAUSE. If Britain has gonedown economically, no longer a worldpower, virt ually bankru pt today, therehas been a CAUSE. The English, in theirproud and stubborn attitude, have refused to acknowledge the CAUSE theywere producing . Now they are down,and, as an important nation in the

Tbe PLAIN TRUTHworld, OUT ! They have toppled thebars of moral restraint. They havegone in for laziness, indolence,gamb ling, and haughty, stubborn indifferen ce. They are beginning now toreally reap what they have been sowing!

The British have writ/en a lesson theystill refuse to learn or admit.But, every visit we made to Germany,we noticed the CAUS E of a dynamic

economic upsurge - hard work, indus t ry, vigor, PURPOSE. The)' have purposedto come btlck. They are once again beginning to shout: "Deutschland tiberalles !"

Office Hunting in LondonFrom Cologne Garner Ted and I

Hew on over to London . There, Raymond }"fcNair, in charge of the Workin Britain and Europe, and Ernest Martin, Business Manager of our Londonoffice, had been searching for a larger,more suitable office space prior to ourar rival, hoping to have a few desirableselections for our decision, Th is timewe wanted office space in a buildingwhere additional office rooms could beleased as our needs expanded.But up to that point their efforts had

not been vcry rewarding. Most of thosethey had inspected were not suitable, orworth showing to us. They did havethree or four , one of wh ich they termed"the least of the evils." Aft er lookingthem over, we agreed with their appraisal.One we inspected was a three-story,

old , badly maintained apartment building. We supposed it could be used forthe kind of small college we had inmind - for a small number - perhapsnot over 35 - men of different races.They could live in the apartment rooms,mostly very small, and the one or twolounge rooms might be enlarged bytearing out a few partiti ons and doinga remodeling job. These might be usedas offices and classrooms. But the placewas of third-rate quality, old , ill-kept- and, the PR ICE was too high.It was very d iscouraging.Lastly, they showed us "the least of

the evils." It had once been a mansion,or home of vcry good quality, threestor ies, and a block and a half northof Regents Park. It was fairly close tothe downtown business section. Thelocation was good. It occupied a lot of

February, 1968about 75 or 85 feet width. But it, too,had been neglected, poorly maintained.Of course we knew we could give it agoing-over. It could provide sufficientoffice space, and perhaps we could useit for our small. limited-size college ofthe type we then had in mind.

And Then - Out of the Illue!\Ve had spent two or three days

looking . Mr. McNair and Me. Martinhad spent several days looking prior toour arrival. It began to seem like wewere going to have to settle for this" least of the evils." It could be bought,and on terms we could handl e. But wewere not a bit happy over the idea.Mr. Mcfqair had entered Ambassador

College in October, 1948, in the secondyeaf of its existence. He had alwaysbeen a steady, balanced, persistent plugger - never quitting - never giving up.He didn 't give up , now. He continuedto telephone estate agents.Then, suddenly one of these agents

suggested something he didn't supposewe would be interested in - but heventured to suggest it; a place just out side Greater London, north by northwest, in the Green Belt. ft was J fairlylarge house, larger than the " least of theevils." It had a few acres of grounds."Could you hand le the office workfrom a location that far out?" I asked."Yes," said Mr. lIlcNair, " ] think

we could if the place were otherwisesatisfactory.""Why don 't we go out and have a

look at it yet this evening ?" I suggested . lIlr. l Il cNair had made plansto meet with a group of people thatevenin g in Lnndon for a Bible Study."Why don 't we have Ted take this

Bible stud), tonight, and you and Idrive on out there ?" I suggested.It was arranged.Finally, after we had gotten com

pletely out of London, we had to drivedown a lane, and then a still narrowerwindi ng, twisting lane. It didn 't raise

Top photo shows Memo ria l Ha ll,main cla ssroom building, c s itlooke d in 1960 when AmbassadorCo llege, Bricket Wood, Engla nd ,was fo unded .Below, the Music Hall, a laterpurchase, as it app eared thatsame yea r.


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8our anticipat ions, But then, we weregetting used to disappointments.

Finally we turned in to the place.There was a sign , "Hanstead House."I don't know why, but that namesounded very unattractive to me,

Then suddenly we came to the irongates in front of the mansion. It waslike turning suddenly from the backalleys of d iscouragement and dilapidated disappo intments into a million-

The PLAIN TRUTHeire's beautiful mansion and grounds!

Th is place, too, had been neglectedfor two years. Weeds were hip-high .But the house looked proud and majestic. \Y./e could not see in very well- it was almost da rk - but wha t wecould see appea red to be in reasonablygood condition inside. Th e buildingwas of stone and stucco. It had a veryatt ractive and fairly impressive en-

(C ontinued 011 page 41)

February, 1968

Top photo, s ide view of MemorialHall a s it appeared in 1960. Bottom left, ornate entrance vestibuleleading to the G rand Hall inMemorial Hall. Botto m right, a1960 view of Grand Hall an dsta irs lead ing to classrooms onsecond level.


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THE WAY TOPREVENT MENTAL ILLNESS

Millions needlessly su ffer from various forms of emotional andmental illnesses There are de finite causes for all the fe ar, frus-tration and mental breakdown in the world today - and thereIS a CURE! It's time we learned HOW to have healthy, happy,

SOUND MINDS!by Richard H. SedliacikT H E TRUE state of mental andemotiona l health in today's worldis appalling !

It is now estimated by officials that 15to 30 percent of the world's popu lationsuffer f rom some kind of mental oremotional disorder.

But u,hy?Why is ther e so little peace of mind

aroun d the world - and, perhaps , evenin your home ?

W hy, in this age of scient ific "enlightenment" and technological andmedical "advancements," shou ld mentalillness skyrocket at such an a/armingrate?

A Shocking Picture!In the United States alone, more peo

ple are in hospitals suffe ring from mental illn ess than from cancer, heart disease and all otber diseases combined.And ONE HALF of all hospital bedsin the U. S. are occupied by mentalpatients!Most people who are not receiving

hospital care take Pill! for their mentalor emotional p roblems. ONE IN EVERYSEVEN Ame rican s is estimated to betaking tranquilizers in an attempt to"escape" from anxiety and worry.'Take a close look at the alarming

facts.The American Blue Cross Associa

tion estimates that some 19 mil/ionAmericans are mentally or emo tionallyunbalanced. Th is means th at one in tenis suffering f rom some men tal disorder!But Blue Cross also estimates that onl),between 10 and 20 pe rcent of theseare some kind of tr eatment.

The men tal and emotional health ofNew York City dwellers is especiallyshocking. "Ever)' other adult in th iscity admits to having had an emotionalor mental problem for whi ch he [ orshe} wan ted some help . But only onein twelve sought such aid " (By EarlUbell, N EW Y ORK HERALD TRIBUNE,No v. 19, 1965) .

In Britain, one in four has some kin dof psychiat ric disorde r, ranging fromminor neurosis to major mental illness ,accord ing to a recent survey .

Mental and emotional illn esses ratenumber one in Australia. A surveymade by the New South W ales Association for Mental Health showed that"one person in every three who consuited the ir family doctors need ed helpfor some form of mental stress." T hereport estimated that "one family infive in N ew South Wa les could expectto have a member as a patient in amental hospital at some time" (DAILYTELEGRAPH, June 26, 196 7) .

" Pro fessiona ls " Affected TooEven psychiatriJts are winding up"on the couch" need ing psychiatric

help. Last September a study teamwhich examined the records of nearlytwo hundred doctors who were treatedat two British psychiatric hospitals repor ted the startl ing fact that MOST ofthem were psychiatrists!

"Psychiatry as a specialty may attractmarc doctors themselves in need ofpsychiatric help," the team reported inthe British [ournal of Psychiatry, " fo ethe stresses involved in the pra ctice ofpsychiatry may predispose to mental ill -

ness." Th ei r recommendation was thatall prospective doct ors should bescreened by psychiatrists to preventthem from breaking down later in life!

Mental problems also affect theclergy. A recen t survey of two thousand minister s of one well-known denomination in the U. S. reveals thatnearly ONE FOURTH of th e ministersand their wiv es have had psychiatricca re or counselling, or would like J1Ichassistance!

Did you ever think to ask yourself,why ? These are the men the publiclooks to for assistance when troublecomes.

Basic Reasons WhyMental problems most oft en begin

wit h WRONG THINKING !T his pas t decade has witnessed the

age of avoidism - unwillingness toface facts and make decisions. T histrag ic sta te of mind exists at ail levelsof society - including the government !"Let' s avoid controversy" is the sloganof our era !

Aooidism is the very NATU RE ofmental i llness ! T he sick pat ient, unwilling, and sometimes un able, to facethe problems of the real world, retreats into the unreal jungles of hisown mind. Whenever the real world isbl igh ted with avoidism, it provides theprecise climate in which mental illnesscan flourish .

Another tragedy in our thinking ispassivism . I t is characteristic of thosewho just sit idly by. The television becomes the fam ily altar. Hundreds ofthousands of children are allowed tospend more time worshipping its mys-


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10tic light than they spend srttmg inschool! No wonder 4.5 million American children arc in need of psychiatr ictreatment today !Passivism is bot h a symptom and a

cause of mental illness. Scientists, intheir ques t for mere physical knowledge, have actually prod uced madnessin a sane person by pu tting him in anenvironment whe re there is absolutelynothing / 0 do - a tot al state of passivity ! Much of what is wrong with theworld today is sloth, apathy, dullnessof mind and mental laziness! Th is isfar worse than mere physical laziness.Another vital factor destroying men

tal health is the bl"rring of standards,Clergymen and laymen alike seem nolonger to have precise ideas of goodand evil. Many are guilt-ridden becauseof conduct which they aren' t sure waswrong. O r righ t.Th e hydrogen bomb has become the

symbol of our age of mental sickness.People feel themselves powerless to dealwith such massive forces. T hey try toquit thinking about them. They goabout their usual routi nes, but the terro rstill lives in their subconscious minds,This fear is a factor in the desire of somany to GET as much as they canRIGHT NO\;;'! "W hy work hard toachieve a future tha t will be blownapart," is the atti tude of so many today.Most peop le simp ly have never

learned how to DISCI PLINE their minds,or their emotions! T hey haven't learnedto channel thei r though ts and energiesinto the job to be done . Instead, theirthoughts turn inward - toward theSELF. And so their emotional f rustration increases according ly.T he reaction of fear, fru strat ion and

helplessness in the face of these tryingsituations is a MAJOR CAUSE of mentalbreakd own - and of the deep senseof imeCllrit)' that plagues nearly everyone,

T he ROOT CauseOf course the ROOT CAUSE of all

mankind's fears, fru st ratio ns andfeelings of "emp tiness" is unknown toscient ists, psychiatrists and doctors. No teven the clergy seem to understand!Most peop le have no ultimate purpose - no GOAL in life . To th e basic

The PLAIN TRUTHquestion, r lwhy am I here?" they canonly answer, " I DON'T KNOW,"Here lies the basic reaso n for all the

twisted, unhappy lives and mental anguish in the world today. Hopelessnessprevails, Th ere is 110 Imden tanding ofwhat lies beyond! God is un real. Manfeels absolutely cut off from God.Man needs to know u-bo, what and

WHY he is! To know the very PUR POSEfor hi! existence! To know why hefeels "empty" and what he needs tofill that vacuum - that SPIRITUAL VOIDwhich exists within his mind!Yet most peop le don't know the

answers to these basic questi ons ofli fe. Why?

God 's Purpose fo r Mank indGod made human beings for apnrpose! That great and wonderful pur

pose for human existence was first revealed in the Garden of Eden . Godsaid, "Let us make man in our image,after our likeness " ," (G en. 1:26) .God made man - H is greatest mas

terp iece of physical creation - of thedust of the ground. A clcq im(zge ofHimsel f - in the form and shape ofGod with the potential of developingthe cha racter and mind power of God.But man was made incomplete, Manwas made to need God - to receive the

HOLY SPIRIT of God .God, on that sixth day of re-creation

week, had only BEGUN His mastercreation. God made man a perfect phys-ical creation. But he was not yet aperfect SPIR ITUAL creatio n! God mademan for the purpose of being fashionedby the Spirit of God intu the yerycharacter " image" of God - into \'eryspirit-born SONS IN GOD'S FAM ILY!Job realized God was forming aspec ial creation in his life when he

said, " If a man die, shall he live again?all the days of my appointed time willI wait , till my CHANGE come. Thoushalt call [ at the resurrection] , and Iwill answer thee : thou wilt have a desire to the WORK of thine bands!"(Job 14 : 14-15.)Notice! "Thou wilt have a des ire to

the work of thi ne hands." That "work"was Job ! Job knew he was merely apiece of d ivine workmansh ip - charactel'- in the hands of the Creator. Manwas born a p iece of pliable clay to be

Febr uary, 1968molded spiri/llal/y in the hands of theMaster Potter ! ( Isa. 64 :8. )Job is r et to become a completed

PER FECT SPIRITUAL CHARACTER at theresurrection ! How ? Th rough the miraculous changing power of the HOLYSPIRIT!But what is the Holy Spiri t ? Exactly why do we need it? How does it

fill that great "void" in man ?The POWER of God

Practica lly no one today understandswhat the Holy Spirit of God really is.Th e Holy Spirit is the source of

divine power - dynamic, SUPERNATURA L POWER that can change your verymind !

Th e Holy Spir it is the essence ofGod - His very life, His mind, Hi snature and His LOVE, The Spirit ofGod is the very POWER God used tocreate the un iverse! (H eb, 11:3.)

Man Must Be Begotten Ag ainTh e Holy Spirit is the "seed" or germ

of eternal life. It is the begettal of thespirltnal life of God within us. Andjust as a physically begotten baby receives the nature of its human father,so the spi ritually begotten son of Godalso receives the divine natnre of hisspiritual Father, GOD! "Where by aregiven unto us exceeding grea t and precious promises: that by these ye mightbe partakers of the divine nature , , ."( II Peter 1:34 ) .The new spiritua l life must now

begin to grow. Once we are begottenby God 's Spir it, we must grow spirit"a/l), until we can be BORN of God atthe resurrection. Then we will attai n tothe very likeness and stature - the veryCOMPOS ITION - of God !

Notice this marvelous tru th withyour own eyes: " Beloved, now are wethe [begotten] sons of God, and itdoth not yet ap pear" - just as an unborn human baby does not Jet "appear"like its adult form - "what we shallbe: but we know that, when He[ Christ] shall appear, we shall be LIKEH IM . . . " ! ( I John 3:2. )

Re jected in EdenGod mad e Hi s Holy Spirit available

to Adam and Eve in the Garden of


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February, 1968Eden. All they had to do to receiveetern al life was to obey God by eatingof the fru it of the symbolic " tree oflife" (Gen. 2:9, 1617) which represented the Holy Spirit.But because of rebellions, di sobedi

en t HUMAN NATURE, Adam and EveREJECTED it! Instead, they partook ofthe wrong tree - the fru it of the "treeof good and evil" (G en. 2: 17; 3:3, 6,7). Th ey cut themselves off from access to the spirit of Go d and the g if tof eternal life!Ever since then, Go d has ailoued

man to go his own way. For nearly6 ,000 ycars men have learn ed , byhard experience and suffering - bymental and emotional d isorders - theRESULTS of living without the HolySpirit!T here has been war - no t peace.

Death - not life, IF'by?" For to be camally minded is DEATH :

but to be spi ritually minded is lif e andpeace. Because the carnal mind [ thenatural, unspiritual mind with whicheach of us was born ] is enmi t)' again stGod : for it is not subjec t to the lawof God [the law which wou ld bringlif e and peace] neither ind eed can be[ of itself] " ( Rom, 8:6-7).Jesus Christ came nea rly 2,000 years

ago to herald the ar rival of th e HolySpirit once aga in for all who will acceptit . But the vast maj or ity have rejectedGod 's gi ft of eternal l ife to man. Theworld has sought after sel f-gratificationand whatever pleases the self. Theworld follows the way of tbe carnal,mrspirimal mind which produces allthe fea r, worry, frustration and spir itua lemp tin ess experienced today !

Man's Greatest NeedAll man kind DESPERATELY NEEDS

God 's Holy Spirit! A human mindguided hy the Holy Spir it from Godfinds peace, happiness, sp iritual powerand eterna l lif e !The results of having God's Holy

Spirit wit hin one are " love, joy, PEACE,longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,faith, meekness, temperance" (Gal.5:22-23) ,But the carnal mind, uitbont God's

Spir it, is HOSTILE toward God (Rom ,8 :7) , and cannot thi nk spiril/MII)', Topu t it p lainly, we are not FULLY

Th e PLAIN TRUTHsound-minded until we think like God !Make no mistake ! i\ fost carnal

minded persons have normal minds ,That is, they generally think sound ly,can come to cer ta in righ t decisions, canbe emotionally well balanced . But wit hout the revelation of God's Word and'h e indwelling of His Holy Spirit theygo off half-cocked in wild theories andspeculat ions - in guessing about whatis morally right or wro ng. No mind istru ly FULl. and COMPLETE un less tha tperson has received God's Holy Spir it.T he "sou nd mind" which comes

through God's Spirit ( II Tim, 1:7 ) ,means just what it imp lies, It is at ruly balanced mind . Th e man possess ing it is a balanced man - a WHOLEj\fAN. He is guided by the sup reme mindof God Almighty! Onl y the Holy Spiritcan imp art the deep understanding ofour real PURPOSE and GOAL in lifewhich prevents one f rom "cracking up ,"Man has yet to realize that the spi ri

tual power availab le th rough God 'sHoly Spir it is the powe r needed for tru esan ity, self -mastery, for accomp lishment , success, abundant joy, peelce ofmind and the HAPPINESS we all desi re!

Do )' 011 now begin to see what thistrorld is missing?Do you beg in to grasp how much

better yo" ,' life wou ld be if you werein sp iritual contact with your Creator?God 's Holy Spirit can free yOll f rom

fear , fru stration , and the threat of mental illness plagu ing mank ind today.God's Holy Spirit impar ts mental health,happiness and soundmindedness.But there are prior conditions to re

ceiving it !The Steps '0True Sanity

First, you must " thirst" for - sincerelv desire - God's Holy Spirit morethan anything else. Jesus said : " I f anyman thirst, let him come unto me anddr ink. He that believeth on me, as theScripture hath said, out of his bellyshall flow rivers of lit/ing nvuerl Butthis spake He of the SPIRIT, whichthey that bel ieve on H im should rereiue , , . " (Jo hn 7:38-39) .Peter then clea rly defined the way

to receive th is Spirit of Power: I'Re_pent! and be BAPTIZED . . . and ye shallreceive the gift of the Holy Spirit"(Acts 2 :38) .

I I

When we are reconciled to God bythe death of Christ as a result of oursincere repe11lance of past sins, [aith inChrist's shed blood for the remissionof our sins, and our submitting to thesymbo lic bur ial of our past sin fu l lifein the water s of baptism; then God isMORE \X II.L1NG to give us H is Spiritthan we are willing to give bread toour children! (Luke I I :10, 13.)But remember, God gives His Spirit

only "to them that OBEY Him" (Acts5:32) . No one who continues to flagrant ly brea k God 's law of love canreceive the Spirit of God.So if you arc wi lling to obey your

Creator, if you are willing to sur rende ryour will to " live by every word ofGod" and let the Bihle be the AUT HOR-ITY in your life , then God will certainlyg ive you His Spirit - Hi s power inyour life!

Find Out for YourselfYou can know more about God's

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12 Tbe PLA I t\." T HUT H

RAD 10 LOGFebruary, 1968

MAJOR STATIO NSEas'",,'OR - New York - 7 10 kc., 11:30p.m. Sun.W HN - New York - 1050 kc., 9 a.m.

Sun . - Rochester - 1180 kc., 10:30a.m . Sun .W' \XVA - \Xheelin,g \V . Va . - 1170kc., 98 .7 FM, 10:30 a .rn., 8:30 p.m .Sun. , 5 a .m . and 8:30 p.m. M cn-Fri .\\"'RKO - Bos ton - (,80 kc., 98.5 FM.6:3 0 a.m . Sun .\'


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Februa ry, 1968 Th e PLAIN TRUTH

RADIO LOG13

\VIBW - Topeka, Kans . - 580 kc. ,9 a.m. Sun ., 9 :30 p.m. Men-Sat .':KFD I - \ \?i dlita, Kans. - 1070 kc.,12:30 p.m. Sun ., 10 p.m. Men-Sat .KFH - \ V i chita, Kans. - 1 3 3 0 kc., 100.3FM, 9 :30 a.m. Sun ., 6:30 p.m. Mon..Sat .KBEA - Mission , Kans. - 1480 kc., 7p.m. dai ly.KGGF - Coffeyville, Kans. - 690 kc.,G p.m . da ily .KUPK - Garden City, Kans. - 1050kc., 97.3 FM, I p.m. daily.KXXX - Colby, Kans. - 790 kc.,1l :30 a.m. Sun., 8:30 a.m. Men-Sat .\VMT - C e dar Rapids - 600 kc., 11:30a.m. Sun .KMA - Shenandoah, la .-960 kc., 8:30p.m . dai ly.WOC - Davenport, Ia . - 1420 kc., 9p.m. Sun., 10 p.m. Mon -Sar.KGLO - Mason Cit y, Ia. - 1300 kc.,7:30 p.m. Sun., 6:30 p.m . Mon.-Sat.

KQRS - Minneapolis - 1440 kc., 92.5FM, 10 a.m . Sun. , 6:30 a.m. Mon..Sat.~ K R S I - Minneapolis - 950 kc., 7 p.m.daily.WEBC - D u l u t h , Minn.- 560 kc., 6: 30p.m. da ily .\XlMIL - Milwaukee, \X'is. - 1290kc., 8 a.m. Sun ., 7 a.m. Mon-Sar.WN FL - Green Bay - 1440 kc., 5p.m. Sun ., 6: 30 p.m . ~ S a tW SAU - \X ausau, Wis . - 550 kc., 7p.m. Sun ., 7:05 p.m. Men-Sat .W COW - Spa r ta. Wis . - 1290 kc., 10a.m. Sun. , 6:30 a.m. Mon-Sar.KFYR - Bismarck, N. Dak. - 550 kc.,7 p.m . dail y.

SouthKCTA - Cor pus Christi, Tex. - 1030kc., 2 p.m. Sun ., 12:3 0 p.m. Mon..Fr i., 4:3 0 p.m. Sat.KEES - G ladewater, Tex. - 1430 kc.,12 noon daily.KTBll - Tyler, Tex . - 600 kc., 12 noondail y.KMAC - San Anton io - 630 kc., 9a.m. Sun ., 7:15 a.m. Mon-Sar.KTBC - Au stin - 590 kc., 9:30 a.m .Sun ., 5:30 a.m. Men-Sat.X E\VG -r - El Pa so - 1240 kc., 9 a. ru.Sun . (i n Spanish) .KTLU - Rusk , T ex. - 1580 kc., 1 p.m .Sun.KGNC - A m a rillo - 710 kc., 9 p.m . daily.:;KCTX - Childress, Tex. - 1500 kc.,

2 p.m. Sun., 11:30 a.m. Mon-Sar.KWFT - Wichita Falls - 620 kc., 4 :30p.m. Sun., 8:30 a.m. Mon-Sar.KFMj - Tulsa - 1050 kc., 12:30 p.m.da ily.KOME - Tul sa - 1300 kc., 12:30 p.m.,10 p.m . daily.KBYE - Oklahoma City - 890 kc.,10:30 a.m. Sun., 12:30 p.m. Men-Sa t.KXLR - Little Rock - 1150 kc.,12:30 p.m. da ily.KWAM - Memphis - 990 kc., 10 a.m.Sun., 11 a.m. Men-Sat .\\ 'MQ !\I - Memphis - 1480 kc., 1p.ru. Sun., 12:30 p .m. Mon.-Sat.W HBQ - Memphi s - 560 kc., 9 a.m.Sun.\\ 'SHO - New Or leans - 800 kc. , 12

noon Sun. , 12 :30 p.m. Mon .-Sat .WDEF - Chattanooga - 1370 kc., 92 .3FM, 7:30 p.m. daily.

"The WORLD TOMORROW"WBRC - Birmingham - 9GO kc., 106.9FM , 6:30 p.m . dail y.WAAX - Gadsden, Ala . - 570 kc., 12noon Sun ., 12:30 p.m. Men-Sat .WCOV -c-Monrgomery-c- t i zu kc., 6:30

p.m . dai ly.WMEN - Ta llahassee - 1330 kc.,10:30 a.m. Sun., 8:30 a.m. Men-Sat .W f'LA - Tampa - 970 kc., 7:05 p.m .dail y.\V IN Z - Miami - 940 kc., 9 :30 p .m.daily.WGBS - Miami - 710 kc., 9 a.m. Sun .\XlFAB -M iami - 990 kc., 9 a .m. Sun.(i n Spanish) .\XlFIV - Kis simmee, Fla . - 1080 kc.,12:30 p.m. Sun ., 7:30 a.m. Men-Sat.\X'ZOK - Jacksonvi lle, Fla. - 1320kc., 12:30 & 11:30 p.m . daily.WEAS - Savannah , Ga . - 900 kc., 12noon daily.*WKYX - Paducah, Ky. - 570 kc.,12:30 p.m. daily.

MountaIn Sto tesKPHO - Phoenix - 910 kc. , 6:35 p.m.daily.KOY - Phoenix - 550 kc., 7:30 p.m.Sun., 8 p.m. Mon-Sar.KCUB - Tucson - 1290 kc., 9:30 a.m.Sun ., 6 a.m. Mon-Fri. , 7 a.m. Sat.KTUC - Tu cson - 1400 kc., 8 p.m.daily.KYUM - Yuma , Adz. - 560 kc., 2 p.m.Sun. , 6:30 a.m. Men-Sat .':'KCLS - Flagstaff, Adz. - 600 kc.,12:30 p.m . dai ly.KGGM - A l b uquerque-610 kc., 6: 30p.m . daily.KLZ - Denver - 560 kc., IOG.7 PM,7:30 p.m. da ily.*KMOR - Salt Lake Cit y -1 230 kc., 9a.m. Sun., 6:35 a.m. Mon.-Fri. , 6:30a.m. Sat.KPTL - Carson City - 1300 kc., 2 p.m.Sun., 12:30 p.m. Mon .-Sat.KBET - Reno - 1340 kc., 7 p.m. Sun.,6 :30 p.m. Mon-Sar.K IDO - Boise, Idaho - 630 kc., 7:05p.m . daily.KBOI - Boi se - 670 kc., 6:30 p.m .daily,KTFI - Twin Falls, Idaho - 1270 kc.,7:05 p.m . daily .KSEJ - Pocatell o, Idaho - 930 kc., 8p.m. daily.KMON - G r c at Fall s, Mon t.- 5GO kc.8 p.m . Sun., 6:30 p.m. Men-Sat.

We5t Coas tKHQ - Spokane - 590 kc., 8:05 p.m.daily.*KEPR -Pasco, \'


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RADIO LOG

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ASIA

1380 kc.;960 kc.;1540 kc.;1220 kc.;10160 kc.,

\\ lNBS - Lagos - 602 kc., 8:30 p.m.da ily.WNBS - Ibad an - 656 kc., 3380 kc.,6185 kc. 9500 kc., 8:30 p.m. da ily.ENBC - Enugu , Niger ia - 620 kc.,5:30 p.m. dai ly.AUSTRALIA t2KY - Sydney, NSW - 1020 kc., 5a.m. Sun .-Fr i. 9 :40 Sun ., lO:15 Mon.,8 :30 Tu es. , 10:15 w ed., 8:15 Thurs.,10:45 Fri ., a ll p.m. times.2GN - Gou lburn, NS\V - 1380 kc.,8 :30 p.m . Mon-Sa r.2HD - N ewcas tl e, NSW - 1140 kc.,5 a.m. & 10:30 p.m . Sun ., 5 a.m. &9 p.m. Mon-Fri.2LM - Lismore, N SW - 900 kc., 8:30p.m. Mon.-Sat .3XY - Melbourne. Vic. - 1420 kc.,10:30 p.m. Sun., 10 p.m. Mon-Fri.3MA- l \ li ldura. Vi c.-1470 kc., 9 p.m.M on-Fri., 10 p.m . Sat.4BK - Bris ban e - 1300 kc., 9 :30 p.m.Sun ., 10:15 p.m. Mon.-Thurs., 10:30p.m . Fri .4CA - Ca irn s, Q ld . - 1010 kc., 9 :30p.rn. Sun.-Fri .6KG - Kalgoor lie , WA - 980 kc., 10p.m. Men-Sat .6PM - Perth , WA - 1000 kc., 10 p.m.Sun., 10:15 p.m. Mon-Fri .7111' - Hoba rt, Tas. - 1080 kc., 7:30p.m . Sun-Fri.

LATIN AMERICAl u Englisb -RADIO ANT ILLES - Mornscrrar, \X.I. - 9 .'iO kc., 6:30 p.m . daily.RADIO BARBADOS - Pine H ill,Barbados- 780 kc., 10:30 a.m. Sun.,9:30 a.m. Moo .-Prr., 11 a.m. Sal .RADIO N - Paramari bo 620 kc., Between 7 and 8 :30 p.m.or N oon an d 1:00 p .m. daily.RADIO REO IFFUS ION - Brid getown,Barbados - 9:30 a.m . Sat. & Sun.,10:20 a.m. Mon.-Fri.R,\ D JO GUARD IAN , Trinidad - 6 :15p.m. Sun. , 10 p.m. Mon-Sar.HOC21 - Panama Cily - 1115 kc.;HP 5A - Panama Ciry - 1170 kc.;HOK - Colon, Panama - 640 kc.;1IP 5K - Co lon, Panama - 6005 kc.-7 p.m . Sun.RAD IO BELI ZE (B ritish Hondu ras)- HH kc., 3:30 p.m . Mon-Fri.III I:rellch -4VBM - Por t au Prince, Haiti - 1430kc., 7:45 p.m. Wed .4VGi\1 - Port au P rince, Haiti - 6 165

kc., 7:45 p.m. \'\fed.RADIO CARAIBES - St. Lucia, w. I.- HfO kc., 6:30 a.m. Mon.-Fri.111 Spa"iJh -XESM - 12, D.F.- 1170 kc.,9 a.m. Sun .':'\\ ' IAC - San Juan, Puerto Rico - 740kc., 102.5 F;l.I. 9 :30 p.m . Sun .RADIO A N T I L E S - ~ l o n t s e r r a [ , \Y/ . I.- 930 kc., 9 p.m . \X ed.RADIO LA CROI\: ICA - Lima , Peru- 1320 kc., 7 p.m. Sun.RADIO COM UNEROS - Asuncion,Pa raguay- 970 kc.. 8:30 p.m. Th urs.RAD IO ESPECTADOR CX-14 - Mon[c, 'idco, Uruguay - 810 kc., 2 p.m.\Xed .RADIO CARVE- CX I6, 850 kc., CXA

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HERE are the Bible answers toquestions which can be answered bri efly in a shor t space. Send in yourquestions. \Vh ile we canno t p romise that all questions will find spacefor answer in this department, we shall try to answer all that ar e vitaland in the general interest of our readers.

February, 1968

THE BIBLE ANSWERS

"You have said the na tioncou ld have peace immed iately inVietnam if we trus ted in Go d forour p rotection. But doesn ' t Judges1:19 indi cate th at God is somet imes unahle to save a nationfrom its en emies?"G . J . Ind ian aGod's power is unl imited. He made

the universe and everything in it (seeIsaiah 40.) . He brought the Flood uponmankind . He delivered His people Israelfrom bondage in Egypt th rough manymigh ty miracles. He destroyed uaganarmies to save those who relied on Him!Revelation 19 : 6 makes plain that God

is omnipotent - all power ful.Judges 1: 19 is not disproof of God's

pO\\'er, but proof of His power. Th isof ten misunderstood verse reads: "Andthe LORD was with Judah; and he draveout th e inhabi tants of the mountain; butcould not drive out the inhabitants ofthe valley, because they had chariots ofiron ."

The tribe of Jud ah never needed tohave gone to war. Th ey could have hadGod figh t all their battles. But they didnot want to trus t God . They wanted totrust in physical things they could see .In swords, in spears, in bows. Not inthe invisible God.God had promised Ab raham that his

descend ants - and that included thetribe of Judah - would inherit the landof Canaan. If the nation had relied onGod , H e would have expelled theCanaanites without any need for the

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nat ion of Israel to go to war. "And Iwill send horn ets before thee, " Godpromised th rough Moses, "wh ich shalldr ive out the Hivite. the Canaanite, andthe H itt ite, from before thee. J will notd rive them out f rom befo re thee in oneyear ; lest the land become desolate, andthe beast of the field mu ltip ly againstthee. By litt le and little I will drivethem out from before thee, un t il thouhe increased, and inherit the land"(Exodus 23 :28-30 ).God would have punished the Ca

naanite tribes with horn ets until theyfled in utter fear to \X'est Africa - theland they should have inhe rited in thefirst place.But the nation Israel did not trust

the invisible God . Th ey p referred totrust in thei r own streng th, in theirown weaponry. \X!hen the tr ibe of Judahmet the primitive Canaanite hill folk ,they had complete confidence that Godwould see them through the battlevictor iously. They were not t rusting God,however, as much as they were relyingon their own weaponry. "And the Lordwas with Jud ah [ that is, the tribe ofJud ah ] . and he [ not the Lord, but '" dah- sec any Bible Commentary for proofof the grammatical construction] draveout the inhabitants of the mountain. . . ."Sudd enly events took a turn for the

worse. Th e tribe of Judah encounteredCanaanites armed with weaponry fa rsupe rior to th eirs. Th ey panicked. Infront of them were Canaanite armiesusing char iots covered with iron. Th e

15result? The tribe of Judah "could notdri ve out the inhabit ant s of the valley,because they had chariots of iron."

No proof here of any feeblen ess ofGod . But plenty of proof of humanfrailty. Judah could have tru sted Godto fight their battles - the same as theState of Israel could today - the sameas the Un ited States could today inVietnam. But who wants to trust Godtoday?

When will our nations learn theirlesson ! "W here di d St. Valen tine'sDay come from? Wh at should

I tell our chi ld ren abo ut thesecus toms?"L. H., Ca lifo rnia

Schoo ls are supposed to edu catechildren. Yet how many are taught inschool the surprising origin of Valentine's Day?Centuries before Christ, the pagan

Romans celebrated February 15 and theevening of February 14 as an ido latrousfestiva l In honor of Lupcrcns. the"hunter of wolves." T he Romans calledtheir festival the " Luperca lia."

The custom of exchanging valentines- .,.vhere d id that or iginate? You mighthave sup posed it is a Christ ian custom.It is not!Exchanging valent ines and all the

other traditions in honor of Luper cus the deified hero -hun t er of Rome "have been handed down from theRoman festival of the Lupercalia, celebrated in the month of February , whennames of young women were put into abox and drawn out by men as chancedirected," admits the EncyclopediaAmericana art icle, "St. Valentine'sDay."But how did these traditions come to

be labeled "Christian" - when theyare, in fact, pagan?And how did thi s pagan festival ac

quire the name of "St. Valentine'sDay" ?Who was the original "St. Valentine"? W hy is the little naked Cupidof the pagan Romans so often associa ted today with February 14 ?Read the surprising answers in our

reprint article on "St. Valentine's Day."It ' s free. Wri te for it immed iately.


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Kubik - Amb ClJSodor CollegeUkran ian Ministe r of Propaganda - a nd a fa rm manage r - fo r the Pend jikent d istrict in the Tadji kS. S. R. Photo taken in the Park of Rest on the Karl Marx Collective Farm two da ys before the pa rkwa s officiall y d ed icated .


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THE UNFINISHEDREVOLUTION

W hy is it safe, in the USSR, to walk the streets alone at night?What is it like to live on a communist-run collective f a rm-stripped of all you r land except for a garden plot around yourhouse? To bring our readers the answers to these questions,we continue, in this issue, the fourth in a series of eyewitnessreports on Soviet power.

by Herman l . HoehMoscow, USSRT H E DIG question confronting allnations today is the need foreffective world government.

Wh at kind of government shall itbe? \Vho shall run it ? How can it beachieved?All human life is at stake. Either

there will be a Wo rld Governmentcapable of enforcing peace, capable ofmaking rebellious nations submit tolaw, or human life will be wiped offthe face of the earth!Th e big st rugg le today between theUSSR and the Unit ed States is not

the question of Vietnam, or the MiddleEast. Th e hig question is, \'V'hat formof government shall dominate theworld ?

The Ul timate Source ofGovernment

This is an age when men don'tknow who ru les in eart hly affairs.People in the West take it for gra ntedthat government is derived "from theconsent of th e governed." Here in theSoviet Un ion it is believed - afterfifty years of communist ind octrination- that all power pr oceeds from theCommun ist Party of the Soviet Unionas the vangua rd of the work ing class.

W heth er in the W est or in the SovietUnion. human beings seem to reasonthat the ultimate source of governmentauthority is from MAN . Nothing couldbe furt h er from the truth.Th e ultimate source of all author ity is

GOD .

Almost everyone tod ay is as ignorantof this fundamental truth as wasPontius Pilate over 1900 years ago.Pilate reasoned that his authority derived from his appointment to office byCaesar. Jesus corrected him . Here isthe account of that impor tant conversation. It is found in John (9 :10 11."Then saith Pilate unto him [J esus},

Speaketh thou not un to me ? Knowestthou not that 1 bare power to crucifythee, and baoe pouer to release thee ?"Jesus answered firmly , and with respect :"Th ou could est have no power at allagainst me, except it ",'ere given th eef rom above."The ABOVE is God !God is Supreme Ruler in the Uni

verse. He ordained th e way man shou ldlive. Th at way is summarized in the oneword lore, It is further ampl ified in lovetowa rd God and neigh bor. Love towardGod and neighbor is manifested in tenprimary areas - the ten points of theTen Comm andments.

Bu t man has rebelled against God'sLaw from the beginning . At the towerof Babel men decided to form theirown government in defiance of thegovernment and law of God . God decreed that if that is what men wereintent on, they could go on their O\...-nway, and write their own lessonsthrough hard , b it te r expe rience. ButGod set a limi t on human rebellion. Hehas allowed human beings six thousandyears to go th e ways that seem righ t toman, but which end in sickness, sorrow,

poverty, suffering, war, revolution anddeath (Proverbs 14:12) .There is a way that seems rig ht to

Communists. Th ere is a way that seemsright to the \"qestern Democratic nations.Yet, tragically, neither know T HE WA Yth at is righ t - the way that would bringhum ani ty peace, joy, prosperity andabundant well-being . T u r WAY thatwould end crime, p rivation, fears andwor ries.

T he C rime ProblemT hroughout the worl d the United

States has earned the reputation of anation overr un with crime. Crime andsex are paraded before the pub lic inmovies, on television and rad io - andexported by American business interests.Large districts of almost any majorAmerican city arc unsafe to walkthrough at night - and , all too often,du ring the day.In th e early years of the Soviet

regime. a skyrocket ing crime wave developed. Th e Soviets at least had thegood sense to pu t th e rights of the victim ahead of the crimi nal. T oday though the cause of crime has not beenremoved by Soviet pla nning - it is possible to walk the streets of the USSRat n igh t and feel safe.\Vhen we first arrived in Kiev. the

capital of the Ukrainian SSR. we mistakenly shied away from its many dimlylit st reets. W e soon learned di fferent. Itis safe - even for women - to walkthe streets of the Soviet Un ion at night,both in the Russian republics and in


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Kubik _ Amba ssado r Coli_gil

Above, Tadjik teachers on Karl Marx collective farm in Pendjikent shareaf ternoon tea with guests. l eft, Uzbek farm worker on donkey enjoys ha vingpicture ta ken, little g irl, far left, hod never seen for eigners before.Soviet Central Asia. Not in years havewe experienced the relaxed feeling ofknowing that the shadows passing us areordinary citizens - not criminals lyingin 'vait.Th e Soviet Union does have its problems with workers stealing from thestate, with drunken brawlers and pickpockets (my inner coat pocket was sliton a crowded bus by a pick-pocket inMoscow) . But woe be to the man orwoman who appears before the courtsfor a second or thi rd offense! It's offto the corrective forced labor camps-or death!

No political or economic system devised by man will ever prevent crime.Man can only curtai l it. Soviet dreamers,who thought Communism would be theperfect environment, have found to theirsorrow that Communism docs not prevent crime from occurring, Communismcannot remove the root cause of crime- human nature. I t will take the King-

dom of God - the Government of God- the Law of God - and the Spirit ofGod to do it. And that Government iscoming soon to set this war-torn, revoltridden world aright !

St ripping the Peasant of LandCommunist theorists, beginn ing with

Karl Marx, believed that if all thingswere shared in common, people wouldsoon learn to be unselfish, wholly considerate of others. They though t thattheir brand of " new economics" wouldalter human nature, Most Communistsstill believe in their theory - eventhoug h it isn't working!

Communism is a devilish counterfeitof the Kingdom of God and the Spiritof God. It takes the Spirit of God toimpart the new nature that ultimatelywill totally replace human nature.The apostle Peter explained it : "According as His divine power hath givenunto us all things that pertain unto


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life . . . whereby are given unto us exceeding g reat and precious promises:that by these ye might be partakers ofthe DIVIN E NATURE, having escaped thecorrupt ion that is in the world throughlust" ( II Peter 1:3-4) _N o man-devised economic system-

or political system - no man-devisedrelig ion - no human government onearth can achieve that ! Communismcan't. The decadent W estern nationscan't. Only God can impar t to man whathe lacks - a div ine nature.But the world is in rebellion against

God' s rule. .Man wants to try his ownways in opposition to God's way - andyet he wants the very results that on lyGod 's way can bring .This spirit of hostility against God

is manifest all over the world. Here inthe Sov iet Union it appears in a specialform. In its efforts to remake man, theCommunist Party has tota lly alteredman 's social and economic environment.The Par ty began, in 1917, with thehelp of landless peasants, the liquidationof the land owners - many of whomwere oppressors.But the peasants - who, In 1917,marched under the banner : "Land tothe peasant s" - soon discovered whatCommunism meant. The land that theythought would be theirs was to be takenover by the State in the name of thepeople!Soviet land today is collectively owned

"by the people" - says the official Partystatement. But it is admini stered by theState and its bureaus under the directsupervision of the Communist Party ofthe Soviet Union , Communists, of


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Autobiography"Please rush me Volume One of the

Aut obiography. I have read 'The Auto-

Wid-ourREADERS SAY

William W . K.,Greensburg, Pennsylvania

biography of Benjamin Frank lin ' andmany, many othe r biog raphi es of greatmen, but I just know that your life asa true servant of our Eternal God willbe much more helpful than all the restcombined."

" I am very interested in reading yourAutobiography as my father and I havebeen reading The P LAIN TRUTH longenough now to understand how truethe Bible is. You might have not meantth is magazine for ch ildre n, but I amthirteen years old and have found themagazine very interesting and it hasironed out a few problems that I had.Th ank you very much for the helpfulmagazine," S. Smith,

Dunbartonshire, Scotland

state o ppress a t the presen t tim e ? A llkinds o f cr iminals: thi eves, ga ngs ters,hoodlums and other socia lly and mo rally dangerous elements, unfor tunately,still existing in ou r society.As to th e fun ctions of oppres sionexercised by such count ries as theUnited Stat es, the y, to my mind , we resufficie ntl y clea rly demonsrrare d lastsummer in man y cities of the countryaga inst the N egro movement, aga instth e foll owers of te rminat ing Ameri ca n

agg ression in Vietnam and aga instst riking workers.Th at is why Lenin , the Commun ists,hold that in th e countr ies of soc ia listdemocracy the state, its Co nsti tution,legislation, sta te machine and organso f oppression protect th e interests o fthe working peop le, i.e. the maj orityo f th e population. While in the countries of bourgeo is democracy the state ,its laws and bodi es act in the interest so f th at incom par ably small er section o fthe popu la tion which possess the implement s and means o f production, i.e.in thc interests of the cap ita lists.Thi s is the pla in tru th the Com-munist s adhere to on the que stion ofrevolution, the sta te and democra cy.

Respectfully yours,Avrandil Rukh adze,Novos ti Press Agency Poli tica lCommentator Of conrse tbe USSR does 1101 "export revolution" while the l1ecessaryobjective conditions for revolution arelacking. Rift u'hat the Party does expo rtare the ideas and the trained menu-bose purpose is to subvert and to setthe stage for the revolution. If/ hat 'sbeing fooliJhly allowed in Americatoda), is the breaedou-n of lau! andorder - Imder the influence of Cornmunist subrersion - and the toleranceof individual and organized crime.

Mrs. R. L. H .,\X'estview, Kesgrave,Ipswich, England So do u-e.

th ing lik e th is in th e striv ing to justifyhi s an ion and to get an American passpo rt more quick ly. Act ually, however,these assert ions have no rea l ground swhatsoever.Marxists-Leninists are against theexport of revolut ion . As far back asthe twenti es th e Russian Communists,and la ter also th e Communists ofother cou ntries, condemned the socalle d theo ry o f "permanen t revolut ion" advanced by Leon Tro tsky wh ichsupposed the transfer ( i.e., the sameexpor t) of revolution to o ther countries. Th e Marxists-Leninists main taintha t in orde r to over th row cap italismand successful ly ca rry ou t a socialis trevolution in any cou nt ry the re mustexi st the necessary objective conditions,th e chief of whi ch is tbe desire of tbemaiority of tbe population to carr y ou tsuch a revolu tion.

Furthermore, in our epo ch Marx istsLeninisrs conside r it poss ible to carryou t socialist trans formati ons withou ta revolu tion - by peacefu l, pa rli amen ta ry means . Here aga in, this is up toth e people o f each count ry.N ow regard ing the state and democracy.You qu ote , as some "shocking defi ni tions" the words o f Lenin to theeffe ct th a t "t he stat e is a mach inefor the oppressio n o f one class byanother" . This is indeed so. But itshould be taken in to account that Leninhad in mind no t on ly the socia liststa te, as you are try ing to impress upo nthe reader s, but ti l ly state and even allth e sta tes from anc ie nt tim es to ou rday.Are not the cour t, procurator's office,th e pol ice, ar my and home secur itybodies inali enable attribu tes of modernsta tes ( both socia list and cap italist)for the pu rp ose of "oppression andviolence" ?For instance, has the Sovi et stateceased to he an instrument o f oppressio n al though it has no an tagon isticclasses of exploiters and exp loited ? N o,i t has not . Whnm doe s the Sovie t

[Continued from im ide f ront cover]like banging one's head against a brickwalll! I know of so many people whorelied on these talks, like myself, to giveus a purpose for living. The B. B. C:sreligious broadcasts offer nothing whatsoever, and are no example whatever.I know you say if it is God's will itwill happen, but surely we must do ourshare apar t from praying. I wish Iknew! !"

EDITOR 'S NOTE: \Y1e are in receiptof a letter from Moscow commentingupon this series. \'VIe thought it wouldinterest our readers. It is p r inted herewith our brief comment following :

course , believe that their dictatorship isjustified since, in their eyes, they havethe one true scientific answer to all theworld's problems. The results pro\'eotherwise.Communist Party members are in

charge of all collective and state farms.One of their primary functions is thed irect management of the farms. But amore important function - of ten overlooked by Western visitors - is the education of the peasants in Communistthough t and planning. Peasants on collective farms are still allowed very smallprivate garden plot s around their homes.To induce him to give up even thesesmall gardens to State ownership, theParty sends out ministers of propaganda.\V/e recently met one of these men in

Pendjikent, Tad jik SSR. Hi s beamingsmile appears at the beginning of thisarticle. A self-assured man, he is convinced tha t Communism is the wave ofthe futu re. The collective farm hemanages (pictured on these pages) isvery backward . Its Uzbek and Tadjiklaborers have been happy with theirway of life ever since Cyrus the Greatmarched thro ugh the country 25 centuries ago ! This farm is improv ing . Butthe human nature of its staff andworkers has not changed. Pride, vanity,frustration were written over the facesof the men who greeted us on thisfarm - the same pride, van ity andfrustrati on that plagues all the world .Communism will not change that.

But God can - and will !

Dear Mr, Hoe-h,Your ar t icle , "Unfinished Revolution ", pr ime d in the De cember issue ofTbe PLAIt\" TRUTH, conta in s a num ber of considerable inaccu racies wh ichdis tor t the Marxist, commu nis t view son such importan t ques tions as therevo lution, the sta te and democracy.Quoting a cer tain Pol ish defector inth is a rt icle ),O U speak o f "the masterplan of (he Soviet Unio n whichcalls for the over th row of th e non communis t world between 1970 and1980" , and assert that th e Soviet Union"openly adm its it is pl otting the oyer

thr ow nf every non -commu nist government ".Maybe th is defe cto r did sa y some-


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AMERICA'S SCHOOLS-THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND

In twentieth-century America more schools have been built,more teachers trained, and more human be ings have hadmore education than in any other nation in all history. It wouldbe reasonable to expect that America would be the mostpeaceful, the most moral, the most stable land on earth . Remarkably, the exact opposite is true! You need to know why!

by Vern L. FarrowW H AT do you really know aboutthe schools in your neighborhood or in your nation? Youparents - you students - how much doyou know about the beh ind-the-scenesfor ces that shape the curriculum beingtaught today? What do you und erstandof the goals, the objectives of th eschools?

You will probably have to answer,"Not much!" As a lifelong educator,let me tell you some surprising factsyou may not know, about education and educators.

"Leave It to the Specialists"People today are so pressured by the

enervating demands of making a living,and so f rantically searching for diversionthat little time or energy remains to beconcerned with the schools. And, afterall, why be concerned? Aren't we continually told by the "professionals" thatour schools are the best? Aren't we assured that our educational establishmentis a successfu l going concern ?

But, are the schoo ls as " rock solid," assuccessfu l, as clear in the ir goa ls as wewant to believe? Or is there, in reality,fr ightening confusion among the educators of the land ?

It' s about time you took a long, hardlook at the health of this most costly andcrucial national enterprise. It' s abouttime you woke up to conditions in thecrad le of fut ure leadership.

This is the age of the specialist, theexpert , the prof essional. And, it has become increasingly the age of jealouslyguarded vested int erests in every sphere .During the past two decades the averagelayman has been cowed by degr ees, ere-

dentials, and autho rities. T he layman hasbeen made to feel incomp etent andillite rate in all "profess ional" areas. Experts in every field, though they maybe unwilling to admit it, have encouraged this awe of authority. It has been adeliberate effort to perpetuate prestigeand of ten to ward off embarrassingquestions.

As a result of this intellectual cultism,th e average citizen now lacks the courage to hold a common-sense op inionconcerning matters outside of his ownworkaday world. He has, too of ten,ceased to be seriously concerned wit hthe ma jor issues of the day. "Leave itto the experts , I can't understand itanyway," he says. W hat a decept ivelytreacherous att itude . How convenient anexcuse !

The Complacent PublicNowhere is th is attitude of resign a

tion and complacency more prevalentthan in matters of pub lic edu cation . Itis on ly the rare indi vidual who informshimself and seriously questions even theday-to-d ay conduct of today's schools.And rarer yet is the person who asks,"What are the schools trying to accomplish ? What are the long-range goals ?How well is the present system achieving those ob jectives?"

No , all too often we assume that the"professionals" know what educationa lgoals are right for children. We assumethat the school curriculum is desig nedto ach ieve those goals. And, mos t naiveof all, we assume that those goals arereally being reached.

Well , tragically, we couldn' t be morewrong ! Th e educational establishment is

adrift! As a matter of fact, it is nosecret in edu cation circles. T he p rofessional literature is full of the debateon educational goals.

\Vhy Education Ad riftYou may be shocked to learn that

there is as much confusion (p erhapsmore) regarding appropr iate goals forAmerican education among the authorities as among laymen. A classic examp leof th e con fusion is reflected in a statement of the Educational Policies Commission of the Na tional Education Association. This prestigious body drew upa documen t wh ich they titled, The Central Purpose of American Education.The Commission suggested, in typical"word magic," a number of broad objectives such as: respect for individualdignity, personal liber ty, responsiblecitizenship. insti lling moral habits andbuilding up right character.

But, in the final paragraph they sidestepped responsibility for defining theseobjectives or even giving guidance. TheCommissi on finally admitted that."Choices among possible activities areinevitable and are constantly being madein and for every school. But, the re isNO CONSENSUS regarding a basis fo rmaking these choices, The need therefore is for a PRINCIPLE which willenable the school to identify its necessary and appropriate contributions toindividual developme nt and the needsof society" ( Th e Central Purpose ofAmerican Education, Th e EducationalPolicies Commission, N . E. A., 1961) ,

D id you get it ? Read it again ! THEREIS NO CONSENSUS among the "experts"and there is NO UNDE RLY ING PRINCIPL E


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24giving guidance to the educatio nal enterprise !Incredible you say? Not at all!Current journals and magazines in the

field of education carry admission afte radmiss ion revealing the problem. Nosingle area of today's educational sceneis more confused and yet more crucialthan that of education goals.Gal en Saylo r, who is Chairman of

the Departmen t of Secondary Education at Teachers College, University ofNebraska, listed as a major failure ofthe decade since Sputnik , "The fa ilureof educators to define and delineate adequately and validl y the true ob jectives,goals and purposes of the educationalenterprise." He lamented that, " . . . during the past decade we have increasingly ignored educational ends -in-view[goals] or have seriously fai led even tostate what desi red outcomes are beingsought in . . . the entir e program of education itself" (Edl/cation Sltmmar)'J Oct.I , 1967, p. 4) .The professionals don ' t know where

they are going. Conventions, conferences, seminars, and symposia are constantIy hashing and rehashing the question of goa ls, but without ag reement.As Henry Dyer, Vice-President of theEducat ional Testing Service wrote, "Onewould think that the accumu lation ofso much high.level verb iage on thesub ject of goals . . . would have eX4hausted the subject if no t the d iscussants[interested pa rties). One would supposethat by now the question of education algoals would have been fairly well settled, and the problem of how to definethem have found some useful answers.But the question is sti ll very much open.Th e problem of goa ls is today, morethan ever , a top priority and largely unsolved problem .

"The trouble is ," Dyer continued,"tha t in spite of all the hard thinkingand earnest talk ing about educationalgoals and how to define them , the goalsproduced have been essent ially nonfuncti onal , , .' (Edl/cati onal T estingSen /ice Invitational Conference on Test-ing Problem" New York City, Oct.,1966) .The editor of a prominen t educa tion

journal recently admitted : "We are ina time of deep seeking on the part ofpeople in education. Yet some schools

rs, PLAIN TRUTHseem to abd icate their responsibility forshaping educat ion to meet the urgen tneeds of the day. . . ." He wistfu llyasked, "What di rection do we seek ineducation ?" (Edl/cdtional Leadership,October 196 7) ."But, surely," you might say, "the

wrangling, the debating, the unrelenting, yet unf ru it fu l bickering only involves educators at the highest level.Surely, the classroom teacher, when allis said and done, k.uoll's where he isgoing. Surely," you might desperatelywant to believe, " the classroom teacher,wise, idea listic, virtuous, and moral ,iU/lIit iz,'el)' knows what is the best wayfor ch ildren ."No ! Your image is fuzzy! Teachers

are only human af ter all. They have nospecial g ift, no ESP !TIle problem exte nds from the topto the bottom. Listen to Ralph W .

Tyler's indictment - "Many teacherscarry on their da ily activities withouthav ing any idea of the changes theyseek to bring in the behavior of theirstudents. Teaching, to them, is definedin terms of conten t to be covered ordev ices to be used, rather tha n in termsof ends to be reached. Th is is a seriousweakness . . . To teach without objectives is to work blindly" (" How CanWe Improve H igh School Teaching ?"School Rerieso, Vol. 56, p. 387) .

The situat ion is not unl ike one ofRube Goldberg's amazingly complicated,but unproductive machines. Th e educa tional establishment seems to grind endlessly th rough its purposeless rituals . Itis as if the central figures in an unend ing d rama are "p laying school,"never asking. "Why are we goingthrough the motions at all?"You need to ask, "W hy? Why this

drift in education? \X'hy thi s inabilityto formulate and follow through fundamental goa ls? Wh at has gone wrongwith our schools? W hat has brought thevery bulwark of our culture to such asorry state of confusion?"Are you willing to lay aside some of

your cherished ideas? Are you willingto consider some cold facts honestly?Then here are some of the answers !

The Crassest OpportunismDuring the past decade a tragic

change has come over the American

February, 1968academic scene , A deep , infect ious, andprobably irreversible change.For the first time in the nation's

history literally billions of dollars havebeen pu t up for grabs in the form ofFederal and private grants to education.Th ese fantastic amounts of money havebeen dum ped lavishly upo n un iversi

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