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Show r HILL TOP TIMES Page 4 Editorials . . . ii &MlMlJ!MMM--- Comment s CHAPLAIN'S CORNER Capsule Law Interpreting the law is the court's duty, but sometimes it is hard to do. To interpret the law, a court may have to trace the legislative history and debates and consider interpretations of legislative common law meanand ings, just about anyelse that might bear thing upon the meaning of the law. A state supreme court held that a robber who forced his victim to move from one room to another in search of money was not guilty of kidnapping. Such conduct had been held in that state to legally constitute kidnapping and was punishable by death. No changes had been made in the basic law, yet the court held that "mere movement" of the victim for short distances was an arbitrary interpretation and overruled its earlier interpretation of the kidnapping law. Now and then a court will silence, Banner Star-Spangl- ed The first Stars and Stripes was authorized by the Continental Congress June 14, 1777. The date is now observed nationally as Fag Day. There is a song we sing about our flag. Today, why don't you read it. The Star-Spangle- IJanner d Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallant'y streaming. And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. 'banner yet wave Oh, say, does that O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore dimly seen, thro the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the g'eam of the morning's first leam. In full giory reflected, now shines on the stream; Tis the banner; oh, long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. Oh, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand, IJetween their loved homes and the war's desolation; land Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-resvue- d Praise the Power that has made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just. And this be our motto: "In Cod is our trust"; And the banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. American Force Prcnn Service star-spangl- star-spangl- directly reverse its former interpretation of the law. This might happen when the attitudes of society or circumstances have changed or ed when it realized that it had made an earlier mistake. The courts must interpret the law to reach a just decision. It should be recognized that sometimes this is a most difficult and unpopular task. ed star-spangl- (AFNS) Building a Christian Home By Chaplain (Captain) James A. Curry In our society there are four basic institutions. state, the school, the church, and the home. Of the 6 V the home is of supreme importance. The home has a profound influence on the state sch and church, whether it is Christian or unchristian the home is genuinely Christian, the church can wield11 greater spiritual impact on society, the school can do the best possible job of stimulating the inte'lect, and the state is most secure from foreign invasion as well as inward deterioration. Because of the profound influence of the Christian hnn,. I lor gouu aim uwause ui uie alarmingly nigh percentage of family failure, we need to discover the sources of strength and do all that we can to insure the success of marriage and family life. One does not stumble accidentally into bui'ding a Christian home. The inheritance received from a Christian home is the richest endowment of our lives. A solid foundation must be laid if one is to build a home which will last. A number of ingredients go into the foundation of a Christian home: A faith which makes God real. Family prayer and devotion. An active participation in the worship and work of the church. A delight in the Bible as the word of God. Respect and gratitude. Our society is in need of a better family life; the good home is our basic too'- - Moral dangers are often far greater than physical dangers. What kind of home are you building? , I Colors in Old Glory The red, white and blue colors and their arrangement in the American flag are often interpreted as expressing the very character of our nation. The Continental Congress of 1777 declared that the white stars in a field of blue shall represent a "new constellation." George Washington described the white in the tne land of the flag as symbolizing our desire for liberty free. We say the red signifies the courage and sacrifices of the nation's defenders, and the blue has been likened to the loyalty and unity of our citizens. (AFPS) ed Part 3 Of Drugs and The Lonely Crowd (Following in the latt installment of a three part Trie of excerpt from remark by Cammitnioner Ixirry A. Dear, Addiction. Swrvicen Agency, New York City. Ilia talk, "Of Drug and The Lonely Crowd," wa$ delivered at the annual award luncheon of the Advertising Council, Incorporated.) You know just a couple of day ago my agency began a program in Williamsburg: in Brooklyn with the cooperation of the City Board of Education. We jrot the district superintendent out there to agree to release 60 teacher and BO or 60 student leaders positive and negative leaders and community peoeduple to participate together for three day in anabuse. cational symposium on the problem of drug And these three days were not set up so that everybody rould listen to a bunch of speeches. The object of these meeting was to teah the teachers something about drugs and about communicating with kids about drugs. We call this process attitudinal skills training1. The teachers have to know enough about drugs to match the informational level of their students, that is true, but information, m you all certainly know, is only the beginning. Really meaningful communication is the end. Let me tell you about one thing that happened on the very first day of this three day tension. One of the teachers, who was also a parent, got up and said that be thought that adults should see to H that more boys' clubs were set up for young people in that community, more girls cluba too, so that the kids would have pool tables, ping pong tables, and juke boxes and all; a place to get together, a place to occupy themselves. An almost unanimous response from the kjds was: "We dont want pool tables, we don't want elub. we want you to listen to us, we want you to understand us. Don't try to buy us off. Jut dig us. We are willing to get down with you." You eee, you have got to give to get but you've go to give yourself and that is your responsibility. I don't hare anything against boys' clubs. I think they can accomplish a great deal, but I don't think X. are a substitute for you, for your understandI think that in addition to your individual responsibility, you have a collective responsibility with regard to the area of prevention. Specifically, prevention and education are areas where the advertising they ing. profession, as such, could make a special contribution It is essential that we have a nationwide antidrug abuse campaign aimed at education and at ex- - The The Beginning: End: Information Communication isting attitudes regarding drugs. I understand that this great Council has already made a commitment For this our nation mJTiTi? hBut"mpaign. I can assure you that the task you have ahead of you is enormous will place a heavy demand upon your considerableandresources in this connection, you must realize that the decision to turn to drugs as a habitual way f handling the responsibility of each problems other agent can be singled out as individual. No responsible for iTlising media, the Vietnam war an spouse, an unloving parent, surd proportions of reality itfolf. This decision E move to. or away from, drugs however a context whkh dfins the manfng of specific behavior, contains value judgment on behavior, and gives, emotional weight to some thatpri- ',',.,,tf tt- - i. choice is made (or of choice are made) oritiea over others. That mot on realistically, a basi of more or lest information within a conten of value priorities. It become clear, therefore, that the undertakinf of a prevention campaign by the mass media manin spoak to this context of values, this ambiance which individual make the decision to turn or not w turn to drugs. It is not my job nor oM.f. sume to tell you to go about this task. I would Iim, however, to outline what I believe to be a few geaerie neral priorities. tb Any such campaign must be concerned with truth about drug and the drug scene; lra,fht,", rather than rehashing myth urrounding the culture. It must avoid red herrings, such galization of marijuana, and avoid scare It should be simple enough, in cme way,-' M w meaning for the very young, even evep-yer-human elFinally, ft should deal with the basic ements f choke and individual responsibility.era should concentrate not only on the negative, the positive Value of personal freedom, hea-ijoy which are possible only through confront w. problems and not through anesthetizing ones from feeling them. In order to maximize the effectiveness of ToJfjJ uj coming campaign then, I must call on you take, with us in the field, a coticotnmiUr.t That is to challenge those attitudes so our society, which lead as all to the dMtrtj JL, lief that there ha to be some easy way to find PT or love or freedom, and to how instead out drugs, there is surely a road to theTTKUtAin that every human being can walk. (AFF5J tn,?: P' ' tnto, f |