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Show TKST RUN, Dugway THE CHAPLAINS CORNER The Significances of Doing by Chaplain (Major) John F. Kenny One who gun into that perfect Law which is the Law of freedom, and dwells on the sight of it, does not forget its message: He finds something to do and does it, and his doing of it wins him a blessing. James 1:25 THESE WORDS of St. James (whose sole Epistle might entitle him to be called die Pragnastic Apostle) put us in mind of a subject which is extremely important today. The subject might be called The Significance of Doing . It always was important, but it is extremely so, today, as was just said, because of circumstances peculiar to our times. The other night I attended a Commencement Exercise for our local high school seniors. One erf the young speakers pointed out that over 80 percent of their clast was already enrolled in college or university. More and More, advanced education is becoming indispensable for anyone wanting to get ahead in the world. A recent film stated that by the end of this decade college enrollment would have tripled. It is evident that no previous era nas ever seen the emphasis placed on continued education as our own. Another feature which especially characterizes our times is the tremendous advancement in communication. Almost everyone has a TV or radio. Most people have phones and as we spend less time in going somewhere, we find ourselves with more time to talk and converse when we arrive WHERE DOES this lead us in consideration of our topic? Precisely here: We may be in such danger, from all our with thinking and talking, reading, studying, listening etc. that we forget die area of doing. And doing is what St. James is emphasizing in the text: He finds something to do and does it and his doing of it brings him a blessing Talking listening studying reading bodes and discussions may be very important in their place but they do not, they cannot, take the place of another type of activity. In point of fact, it not infrequently happens that a lot of the former is done, and therefore makes sense, only in view of the latter. A medical student, for example: spends years in the books and laboratory and classroom, in order that he may 'finally practice. An engineer, likewise, that he may build and construct. And so it must be with us. We come to church to pray, to listen to a sermon, to be instructed, to be inspired, to be motivated . . . not as ends in themselves, but all as means to an end. In themselves, these things may be very important (even indispensable). But they are not final. They are for the sake of something else which should follow. And if that something else does not follow, these things are sterile and useless and on judgment day, might even be held against us. THIS SOMETHING ELSE we just referred to is doing i.e. living The preacher in the pulpit exhorts, cajoles, reprimands, perhaps instructs, all for the sake of the ultimate response. He will be pleased, of course if he sees while he is preaching that the congregation is paying attention. He will be pleased even more if someone indicates later that he enjoyed the sermon and was edified by it; but he will be pleased most of all, if he sees that it produces fruit by the word which has been heard being put into action. It matters not to what area this refers because it is a general principle. But to nek an example, let us select a work erf mercy. Suppose youve known of this little old lady down the block for some time. Youve known die is very much alone, very lonely. That she cannot get out and around, that she does not have many friends to call cm her and cheer her up. Youve thought for days now that you must get down there and drop in on her. A visit from anyone would mean so much. But day after day, you procrastinate. You find some excuse, there is not enough time, etc. etc. We all know the way it goes. But, dear friend, what the pom soul needs, while she is still alive, is not your excuses. She might smile and be kind and but that is not what die needs. And it is not what say forget you need either. For you need to face reality, you need to act. You need to do, and it will be your doing erf it which will win you a certain blessing and not something else. AND SO IT IS with every other aspect of life. A young man came to Christ one time and said good master, what must I do to attain eternal life? That fellow already had a pretty good idea of what is required; fur, no doubt a good deal erf listening and following our Lord about, had already proceeded his question. But now it was time to do. Our great poet Longfellow said it in his Psalm of Life Act, act now in the living present. Heart within and God oer head. And again: Let us then be up and doing with a smile for any fete still achieving still pursuing leam to labor and to wait. Why is it that it is so easy to see this in the worldly affeirs erf life, and yet we do not accept it or apply it in spiritual matters. No one in the market place is paid unless he works. He does his job and his doing of it wins him a salary. BUT WHEN IT comes to serving God or loving our neighbors, at best, it seems, all that is necessary is to think about it, or talk about It. Form a committee and meanwhile the opportunity slips by us never to return. Gen. MacArthur said to Congress: There is no substitute for victory. St James says to the whole world: There is no substitute for action. The enemies of Christianity know this and have so acted. Remember the fanatical drive of Hitler and his 'party which led them to supreme power. Communists have not turned the world topsy-turv- y by sitting comfortably in their chairs at home. When Karl Marx sounded the tocsin of die Manifesto, he said: Heretofore, philosophers have 'debated about what is wrong' with the world; but now it is necessary' to change the world. Workers, of the world, Arjse! Well, they did and they have and they turned the world on its ear. By being activists, bv hard work, by doing. 1 WHETHER WEVE been on the stage or not, it is said, , Theres a . little ham in most of us. We might expand that and I sav, theres quite a bit of Hamlet in most of us too. Heres what die melancholy Dane said towards the end of Shakes pe ares great play. Now whether it be beastial oblivion or some craven scruple of thinking too precisely on the event (a thought which quartered hath one part wisdom and over three parts coward) I do not know why yet I live to say This things to do. Since I have cause and will and means and strength to do it Yes, we can say the same: we, too, have cause and will and strength and means to do whatever it is that awaits us to be done while yet we live to say it. And if we do not do it a little bit of our life within us dies something withers, a blessing is lost some good thing which should have come into existence will have been frustrated by our failure to act and the whole world is the poorer as a result. O. L. SAID "The harvest indeed is great but the laborers are few. Pray, therefore, the Lord of the harvest that he may send laborers into His field. If we are willing 4o work for God, to act, to perform, to labor, to do,, then we can say like the prophet of old Here I am Lend, send me. People are very conscious of sins of commission, how many the things they should have done think of the sin of omission and did not. WHITTIER WROTE: "Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: it might have been. Let us not be, on the but day, among those on the left hand who hear the sentence of reprobation: I was hungry and you gave me not to eat . . . you did nothing about it. Let us, rather, lie doers of the words and not hearers only, so that on that final day we may hear .the benediction: Well dime thou good and faith' it, - ... . fol servant Paul: We might take as our motto those immortal words of St. Doing the truth in charity, Let us grow in Him who is our Head. Girls Proving Ground, Friday, July 15, 1966 Softball Schedule Poles Apart In Honor of St. Martin De Porres Now whether it be myopia or astigmatism That causes some to see it all as strictly white or black Its very evident they suffer from a sorry lack Of wholesome sight for all the colors of the prism. How gorgeous are die bright hues of the rainbow! they miss em Or on the other various shades they turn their back. Apparently they have a curious habit or a knack Of closing eyes to what wont fit their own peculiar Ism. Well, heres a test thats true; by it, we can easily tell The distance these peoples practice enables them to see In such a situation where its either wrong or right That we should call it marriage or divorce of heaven or hell. A contrast, sure, but, with it all, a wondrous unity: Mulatto Martins dusky skin, his soul a brilliant whitel You - And Position and Pay Management 0 0 TUESDAY, July I8i - Second vs Third (at park) SATURDAY, July 30i 8:00-9:3- 0 - First vs Third (at high school) - Clark vs St John 104)0-11:3- 0 (at high school) 84)00:30 - Open 104)0-11:3- 0 - Dugway vs Second (at park) 5:00-6:3- 0 What do you know about position and pay management? Listed below are the answers to the most commonly asked questions: Q. WHAT IS position management? within the frame-wo-k A. It is the studied structuring of positions, allotment of and of an approved functional organization and of maintaining an optimum achieving spaces, for the purpose in h.l-n- v. as factors such position structure, proeconomy among motivation and career proskill employee utilization, ductivity, gression. Q. WHAT IS A Class Act or GS job? and A. This includes professional, administrative, clerical some types of technical jobs. It includes typists, stenographers, are paid on an annual rate. engineers, clerks, etc. These positions ' Board A IS job? WHAT Wage Q. of a crafts and trades in recognized A. This imbb jobs f.n..nl and mechanical nature. It includes plumbers, carpenters, automotive mechanics, truck drivers, laborers, etc. These positions are paid on an hourly rate. Q. WHAT ARE job controls? A. This is die control exercised over the employee by his supervisor. It will usually show kind and extent of instructions and review received from the supervisor. It involves type of instruction received - oral or written; the kind of review made of work performed by the employee - technical administrative; and whether the instructions and review are detailed or cursory. Q. WHAT IS A major duty? A. There are several requirements that a duty must meet to be called a major duty as follows: a. When the end product or purpose served from its performance constitutes an essential and basic reason for establishment or existence erf the position. b. Any continuing or periodically recurring duty will constitute a major duty if it either 1) occupies 25 per cent or more of die incumbents time or 2) is sufficiently different from die other major duties of the position to require additional entrance GS-30 percent qualifications. EXAMPLE: of the job is mail and file work (meets a and b (1); 30 per cent of the job is supply work (meets a and b (1); and stenography occupies 40 per cent of the incumbents time (meets a, b (1) and b (2). In other words, this job would require a general clerical background plus die ability to take and pass a CSC stenographic wMiifutim. If in addition to the above die employee maintained an alphabetical file showing information on all employees in the organization, this would not meet any of die above major duty requirements; therefore, this duty would not be shown on die job description. Q. IS PROPER CLASSIFICATION of positions covered by law? A. Yea The requirements that positions be properly assigned to a pay system (GS, WB or Laundry), grade or level and pay rate are established by law. This is one more reason why job descriptions should be accurate at all timea Q. WHO DETERMINES the duties and responsibilities to be assigned to a job? A. The immediate supervisor of the job. Q. HOW LONG should a good job description be? A. Only long enough to give an accurate work picture of the major duties to be performed. A job description written as an SOP attempting to cover every detail of the job is unsatisfactory as a job description. Seldom can it be evaluated with any degree of accuracy. Q. WHAT IS THE employees responsibility for the accuof his job description? racy A. To bring significant changes in duties and responsibility to the attention of his immediate supervisor. To furnish correct job information to classifiers during audits. Q. CAN A SUPERVISOR require me to perform duties not shown on my job description? Yes. Job descriptions only cover major duties. Minor duties are not shown; therefore, most employees will perform duties and have responsibilities that are not shown on their job description. These minor duties are always performed in conjunction with the major duties which are described on die job description. Q. WHO HAS THE primary responsibility for orientation of employees regarding position and pay management? A. The immediate supervisor. Any assistance he may need is available from the Civilian Personnel Office. Q. WHAT IS STANDARDIZED job description? A. It is a job description issued by the Department of the Army. It covers supervisory controls and major duties and is usually essential information necessary to determine title, code, grade and qualification requirements. Q. WHAT IS THE grade of the job based on? A. The duties and responsibilities assigned and performed. Q. WHAT IS THE grade of a job determined by? A. Civil Service Commission and Department of the Army classification standards. Q. WHO OFFICIALLY assigns the title, code and grade to a job? A. Position Classification Specialists in the Civilian Personnel Office, based upon the official job description. Q. DOES EACH employee get a copy of his official job description? A. Yes. If you haven't received a copy, ask your supervisor ' for one. WHO REPORTS changes in job descriptions to the CiQ. vilian Personnel Office? A. The immediate supervisor of the job. Q. WHO DETERMINES pay schedules for Class Act WEDNESDAY, July Mi 5:30-7:0- 0 - Third vs Erda (at Erda) 5:30-7.-0- 0 - Dugway vs Clark (at Dugway) SATURDAY, July 23: 8:00-9:3- 0 - First vs Second (at high school) 10:00-11:3- 0 - Third vs St. John (at St. John) 8:000:30 - Open 10:00-11:3- Erda vs Dugway (at St John) WEDNESDAY, July 27 -- First vs 5:30-7:0. Dugway (at Dugway) 5:00-6:3- 0 - St. John vs Erda (at high school) OLYMPUS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS . . . Thirty eight science students from Olympus High School, Salt Lake City, were given talks by members of the Ecology and Epidemiology branch on their virit to Dugway recently. Shown above talking to the students is Dr. Keith L. Smart, chief of the EkE Branch. Seated to Dr. Smarts right are Dr. C. Russell Moyes, DVM and Mr. Elmer Johnson, University of Utah contract employee both of whom also talked to the students. A At any time die employee feels that the title, code, grade or pay plan is incorrect. However, the employee should first disMcBride Named as cuss the matter with his supervisor and representatives of the Cidevilian Personnel Office and have the installations evaluation State Delegate cision fully explained, including a review of the standards used in Eighteen year old Sam MS arriving at the decision. son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bride, MANY evaluation are HOW JOB Q. appeals procedures Kelly Me Bride, 70 East 2nd available to employees? of the Army appeals procedure and the Avenue Dugway Proving Gound, A Civil Service Commission appeals procedure. Dugway, Utah was elected to the state office as state delegate of the job? Q. WHO CAN APPEAL die grade A Only the employee who officially occupies the position. during the 1966 session of the Utah Boys' Supervisors cannot appeal the grade of jobs under their super- American Legion State. vision. Q. DO EMPLOYEES have the right to appeal the grade levels shown in die Civil Service Commission and Department of the Army classification standards, or duty assignments? A No. Grade levels in any standard cannot be appealed by anyone. Duty assignments are the responsibility of the immediate supervisor and cannot be appealed. Q. WHO INSPECTS the position and pay management evaluation? A. Headquarters, TECOM; Department of the Army; and , the Civil Service Commission. Any one of the echelons can change the title, code or grade where they consider them to be incorrect. L-v- , nt WA IS'-- - MEN, MIGHT, AND MORALE Napoleon Bonaparte possessed a profound knowledge of the morale of an individual engaged in battle. He is reputed to have said on one oeeation, Everg soldier carries in his knapsack a marshals baton. a remarkable tribute to the fighting man. An estimated 647 boys attended die annual gathering held on the Utah State University Campus. Young McBride said the American Legion Utah Boys State has offered him a great learning experience in government and has proved to be something of great value to him as a citizen of the United States. A review of historg leaves no doubt that the confidence and respect expressed in those famous tvortls brought to France victory after victory. Napoleons combination of military strategy and 'understanding of the motivations of men made him an irresistible force on the European continent for a quarter of a century truly a manifestation of the genius of the man. that morale, invisible and intangible, is a most the overcome forcan Morale help powerful force. midable obstacles turn defeat into victory. Morale eannot be left to chance. Individual and unit morale must be nurtured, for good morale is a key to military success. (ANF) He knew 30 May 1958 American Unknown Soldiers of World War II and the Korean War were buried at Arlington National Cemetery. d mi'll Dim to Ibis si fHiancial export to earn mi yeimr money. Yffluo Jins'll mine to Foirtt Sec&oiroty Ban c! (GS) jobs? A. Congress. The same pay schedule applies throughout the Department of the Army. Q. WHO DETERMINES pay schedules for Wage Board jobs? Force Wage Board, Washington, D. C. A. The Army-A- ir Rates for each schedule are based on the rates paid by private industry in the particular locality. This is why Wage Board rates are different from installation to installation. Q. ARE CIVILIAN CRADES authorized oil tallies of dis- tribution? A. No. The TD only authorizes a civilian space - the evaluated job description authorizes the grade for this space. (AR 310-41- ). Q. HOW OFTEN ARE classification surveys conducted to assure accuracy of job descriptions? A. At least once each year or at the request of supervisor: where major organizational changes have taken place. Q. WHO CAN REVIEW the Wage Board and Class Act evaluation standards maintained in the Civilian Personnel Office? A. Anyone. All employees, supervisors and operating officials are encouraged to review classification standards at their convenience. Q. WHAT IS A job evaluation complaint? A. It is an employee's request for review of the title, code or grade of his job at the installation level. Q. WHEN MAY A Class Act employee request the Civil Service Commission to review the evaluation of the positinii: ? Any First Security Earn 5 savings plan pays guaranteed bank interest, and nothing is safer than savings at a bank. The rate you earn depends upon the time you choose to keep your money earning with us. annum on Pr First Security Savings Certificates Deposit $500 or more in multiples of SI00 then sit back and relax. 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