Law and Life   November 6, 1966

This six-word sentence from Shakespeare suggests a deeply searching subject: “His own opinion was his law.”1 This brings us to the question of freedom and restraint, of law and who is...

The Conduct of One Hour   November 13, 1966

What Are We Waiting For?   November 27, 1966

Common Courtesy   December 4, 1966

There is nothing new to be said on this subject, but something very old, something essential to peace, to all satisfactory relationships of life — and that is respect, appreciation and consideration...

Home Makes the Man   December 11, 1966

“It is a common saying,” said Samuel Smiles, “that ‘Manners make the man;’ and there is a second, that ‘Mind makes the man;’ but truer than either is a...

We Are Sowing…   January 1, 1967

Remembered from the years of youth are these words from an old song. “We are sowing, daily sowing Countless seeds of good and ill, Scattered on the level lowland, Cast upon the windy hill;...

Come Now!   January 8, 1967

This is the summons that all of us will sometime receive from the Great Judge and Father of us all: “Come as you are . . . but come now!”1 It is a profound thought to ponder⎯the...

Old Age: The Harvest of the Years of Youth   January 15, 1967

Always Something to Decide   January 22, 1967

“Each of us has to render a decision,” said David Starr Jordan, “to say yes or no a hundred times when our grandfathers were called upon a single time.” There are more...

Why and Wherefore in All Things   January 29, 1967

“How certain the future is,” Walt Whitman said. And he said it not as a question, but as a fact. Often we fear the future, as we consider uncertainty. But basically there are many...

The Process of Preparing   February 5, 1967

“Art is long, and Time is fleeting”1 as Longfellow long ago said. And now, more than ever, preparation is long⎯and life is fleeting⎯as those who are young soon become aware. And in...

And So He Succeeded…   February 12, 1967

At a time when some seem overprivileged and some feel underprivileged, and many rebel, and many drop out and don’t prepare themselves, we are reminded that “Abraham Lincoln knew...

The Humor That Offends   February 19, 1967

We have all known people who didn’t seem able to pass up a bad joke or a cutting comment, no matter who was hurt. “Anything for a laugh,” as the saying says it — but often a laugh...

Uninvited Events   February 26, 1967

Courtesy and Character   March 5, 1967

Where people live and move so crowded, so close, of much importance are courtesy and character. “Manners are not so frivolous or unimportant as some may think…” said Samuel...

The Dotted Line…   March 12, 1967

Signing on “the dotted line” has come to be a symbol of getting into things that are not easy to get our of. Many have discovered that it is much easier to get into things than it is to...

On the Fringe   March 19, 1967

In thumbing through some commonplace words we find the word “fringe” – and we find it in part defined as “an ornamental border…” or “as the outer fringe of a...

I Won't Count This Time…   April 2, 1967

Before Marriage--and After   April 9, 1967

“. . . If there is still one . . . girl who hopes to reform [a] man after she has married him,” said a wise observer, the “advice is: Don’t. If the person . . . doesn’t...

The Power of Prevention   April 16, 1967

It seems that we spend too much of our lives putting out fires – too much tie running to meet emergencies – too much time attempting to fix things that shouldn’t have happened – and that we...