Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 40, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 April 1935 — Page 12

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WARREN PUPILS READY TO GIVE CIRCUS TONIGHT Parents and Teachers Also Assigned to Parts in Performance. An amateur circus will be given by publis, parents and teachers of Warren Central High School tonight at the school building. The side shows will open at 6. and the ring circus at 7 45. Circus animals made of burlap and chicken wire will perform Among the persons taking part In the circus are Mrs. Vivienne F Carter. Janet King. Edith Cook. Lloyd Rose, Joe Schloemer, Howard DcGolyer, Edgar McDonald, Irving Folkening, Herbert Falls, , Charles Danford, Joe Talkington, Arthur Long. Jack Holloway, Carl Puhlman, Alden Shields. Harold Surbaugh. Lester Jackson, Robert Cotterell, Bob Cass, Billy Vernon. Billy Bechold, Brandt Beckett, Robert Boswell. Miss Ruth Marie Price. Miss Eugenia Bossong, 1 George Keever, Mrs. Myrtle M Rodden, Douglass Brown, Fred Pierpont. Elma Jeffries, Mildred Strong. Bud Heckley, Eugene Trefz. Miss Eleanor Amos, Wendell j Martin, Paul Hamilton. Don Shewmon, Robert Milburn, Clyde Spears, i Mrs. Gertrude Banks, Von Woods, i Mrs. Belle Luse, Ruth Frankhouse, I Gladys Tiner, Mildred Kropp, Eliz- | abeth Bashore, June Hollis, Ruth Draeger, Fred Lemley. Roy Stewart. Mrs Gertrude Patterson. Mrs. Jean Wampner, Mrs. Jean Miers, William Beavers, Margaret Pebworth, Marjorie Charnstrom, Mrs. Cora Hack, Miss Cleta Marsh, Mrs. Eunice Renick, Mrs. Ira Pickerel, Mrs. A. G. Matzke, Miss Marjorie Forsyth, C. E. Eash, Harold Redmeyer, Raymond Trefz. Mrs. J A Borders. Eileen Hall. Bob Nolte, Bob Norwalk. Margaret Wacker, Lucille Everett, Rosemary Brown, Jean Clag- . horn, Magdalpn Hartman. Frederic Hartman, Robert Hill, Jack Nor- i walk, Clyde McConnell, Joe Curtiss,' Robert Hurt, Harold Cox, Clyde Patterson, Gene Hoss, Earl Wilson, ; Arthur Higbie, Mrs. A. L. Clifford, Emmett Vincent, Lee Clifford, Eobby Clifford, Gene Kirkpatrick, Winfred Bashore, Don Holzhausen, Edgar Wotring, John Paul Hill, James Bayless, Alvin Eichoff, Chester Cannaday Bob Neiman and Harold Carson.

Q Open Saturday Night Till , . . yp Sale! 1 1 1 fine SHIRTS—wiII 1 jJ! ' * go out in a rush at I en (and women who } I buy for men) will H take away armloads. WHITE Shirts—that are strangely out of place in a dollar sale. Plenty of whites—collar attached sizes 13’/2 to 17 Vi, neckband size 14 to 17. PATTERNED SHIRTS, custom finish. The patterned shirts are clearances from our fine groups—with a lot of custom details. -I We’re not going to say much fjjj| \ M about this sale- it is one of those 1 f | iff' sales that brings a rush and crash <j; Bk j ■ of selling—and it’s over! SB* ff Saturday is the day! |%gf| if ■•! Get here early if you can— : Hn; if you can t we’re open ! till 9 at night. (6 for $5.75) L. STRAUSS & Company

The Religious Question Box a a a ana (tradrr, of The Indiana poll* Timet art Invited to tend In question* regarding the Protestant. Catholic or Jewish faiths. Questions will be answered In this column a* prompllr at possible. The* should be addressed to The Time* or to the National Conference of Jews and Christiana. 2*9 Fourth-ae. New Tork City. Where a personal reply is desired It should be so stated.

t,*—Why is th.‘ Catholic church against the reading of the Bible, why does she not permit her children to read the Bible? A—You are mistaken when you say the Catholic church does not permit her members to read the Bible. The church recommends that the Scriptures be read by all her members, holding that they are the inspired word of God. A coasiderable portion of the Bible is read in the course of the church's liturgy: and an indulgence was granted by Pope XIII for reading any part of the Scriptures. The church, however, insists that only an authorized version—of the original text or translation —should be used, and that it be accompanied with notes by competent scholars explaining tfuch passages as are likely to be misunderstood. Certain books of the Bible, such as the Gospels, are considered to be of more practical utility to the average nonscholarly reader than the more recondite and obscure portions, though all parts are free to be read by all. Q—What are the differences between the faiths called Creek Cathlic, Ukranian Russian, Russian Orthodix and Russians of the Greek Faith? A —Dean Nicholas J. Kedroff of the Russian Cathedral of St. Nicholas, New York city, answers: There is no difference. All these designations refer to Christians who belong to the Holy Orthodix Catholic Apostolic Eastern Church, commonly known as the Greek church in contradistinction to the Western or Roman church. The difference between Russian, Ukranian, Greek-Hellenic is merely one of the language in which the liturgical services are performed. Q—Why do orthodox rabbis wear beards? A—ln Leviticus 19:27 there is an express prohibition addressed to the children of Israel: “Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, nor shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.” This law was perhaps originally intended to separate the children of Israel from “Edom and the children of Ammon and Moab and all that have the corners of their hair polled” (Jeremiah 9:25). This was traditionally interpreted as a prohibition against shaving the beard. Therefore, an Orthodox rabbi or any Jew who is scrupulous in the observance of Jewish ritual tradition will allow his

beard to grow and nit remove it by shaving. Q —How many communicants of each faith Catholic, Protestant and Jewish are there? A—The "Yearbook of American Churches” for 1935 reports for 1933 a gross membership for Roman Catholics of 20.199,594: for Polish National, 99.500; for Eastern Orthodox, Greek, Russian, Serbian and Holy Eastern Orthodox, 854.000; for Eastern Separated, Armenian, 116.187. The gross membership of Jewish congregations is reported as 4,081,242. Forty-two Christian bodies are listed with a gross membership of 33.957.301. All other bodies, unlisted, are credited with a gross membership of 1,505,059. This makes the gross membership of all religious bodies 60,812,874. Q—Ls there a necessary antagonism between science and religion? A—The eminent scientist, Michael Pupin, who died March 12, 1935, was quoted as having said in what was probably the last interview before his death: “Wherever science has explored the universe it has found it to be a manifestation of a co-ordinating principle which leads from chaos to cosmos. I choose to believe in this co-ordinating principle as a divine intelligence rather than that the cosmos is the result of haphazard happenings. We can place utmost faith in this divine intelligence. There is dependability, continuity everywhere present in the universe. ... I can truthfully say that, in my own case, science has greatly strengthened my religious faith. The real purpose of science is not merely to make material things, inventions to increase wealth and comfort. If science does not help to give me and others a better faith to live by, a better understanding of the Creator. a closer relationship to God, so that I can better carry out the divine purpose, then I am a failure.” Q —Do rabbis wear any special robes and if so what is their significance? A—Rabbis do not wear special robes analagous to those worn by priests of the Catholic Church or ministers of some of the Protestant churches. For the rabbi is technically not a priest nor a clergyman. He is historically an expert in Jewish law, and he received his ordination solely because of his knowledge of Biblical and Talmudic traditions. His of-

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

PHIL WATSON IS NEW SECRETARY OF PHONE FIRM Elected by Directors: Takes Place Being Vacated by Albert Henry. Phil M. Watson, Indianapolis, yesterday was elected by directors secretary and treasurer of the Indiana Telephone Cos., to succeed Albert R. Henry. Mr. Henry will retire after 35 years service when Mr. Watson's election is effective May i. Other officers and directors of the company were re-elected. The directors are James F. Carroll, president; F. A. Montrose, vice president and general manager, and W. J. McWilliams, general auditor. Mr. Watson has been identified with telephone work in Indianapolis for 31 years. In 1904 he obtained his first position, that of solicitor at Indianapolis, Anderson and Frankfort for the Central Union Telephone Cos. In August, 1918, he was appointed district commercial manager here, and the first day of this year he was made assistant secretary and assistant treasurer. Mr. Watson was born in Indianapolis and has lived here all his life. SPECIAL DERBY TRAIN Pennsylvania to Run Extra Into Louisville May 4. The Pennsylvania Railroad todayannounced the operation of a special train leaving Indianapolis at 8:15 a. m. Saturday, May 4, and leaving Louisville at 8:30 p. m. the same day to accommodate Derby fans. Round trip coach price will be $3.60 and parlor car price will be $5.60.

flee, which is more analogous to that of a judge than to that of a priest or pastor, entitles him to wear no special garb. Nevertheless the prevailing traditions of environment have influenced Jewish custom. In Moslem lands rabbis wear robes similar to those of Imam. In Catholic countries of southern Europe rabbis in the synagogue, but not outside of it, wear garments reminiscent of those of a priest. In high church communities, such as in England, rabbis as a rule wear a high-cut vest and officiate in a gown. These conventions are purely matters of local custom and have no Jewish significance.

TELL-TALE SPY FLEES RING’S WRATH

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Reported in fear of vengeance at the hands of the spy ring they helped to expose, Mrs. Gordon Switz, pictured with a friend leaving prison in Paris, shows only elation over regaining her freedom. The American woman and her husband, held 16 months awaiting trial, were released for helping to convict the ring. Awaiting deportation, they went into hiding.

EDGEWOOD CITIZENS WIN SAFETY FIGHT Railroad Ordered to Install Warning Bells. Citizens of Edgewood, south of Indianapolis, have won their long fight for railroad crossing protection at Epler-av and the Pennsylvania rail-

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road, it was announced today by the Public Service Commission in an order that the railroad establish electric bells and flasher lights at the crossing. The action was brought by John Taylor, 1630 Epler-av, a Marion County deputy sheriff serving without pay as a traffic officer in Edgewood. Approximately 300 children crossed the tracks daily en route to Edgewood grade school. Two persons have been killed and many injured at the crossing within the last two years.

STATE JR. H.S. LEADERS WILL CONVENE HERE Several Hundred Expected to Attend Parley Next Friday. Several hundred junior high school leaders from all parts of the state are expected to come to Indianapolis next Friday, to attend the state junior high school conference at Shortridge High School. Fifty junior high school principals and teachers, superintendents of schools and others interested in junior high school training, will speak. Conference activities will include visits by delegates to various

feminine! [footwear college fashions that your roommate will want to borrow. This new fringe Ghiilie tie comes in all white, perforated for coolness, and a nice low leather heel for walking. Better buy them today .. they cost so little. NISLEY -44 N. Pennslyvania St. I

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Junior high schools of Indianapolis; a forum on Junior high school administration; u tea for the women attending, at which Pi Lambda Theta will b-; host group; 12 discussions grjups; dinner in the Shortridge High School cafeteria, and an evening session in Caleb Mills Hall. Dr. Charles H. Judd, chairman of the department of education of the University of Chicago, will address the evening session, and special features will include music by pupils from School 26: selections by a combined chorus from 16 Indianapolis junior high schools; tumbling by pupils from School 34 and folk dances by ninth grade girls from Shortridge High School. Eight superintendents of schools will participate in a jury panel discussion on “The Significance of the Administrative Grouping of Junior High School Pupils.” They will include C. V. Haworth, Kokomo; VV. G. Bate. Richmond; E. E. Day, Marion; W. L Sprouse. Logansport; D. W. Horton, Muncie: Ralph Irons, Evansville; W. A. Wirt, Gary, and Paul C. Stetson, Indianapolis.