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Page Sixteen BIBLE TEACHING IN THE SOUTH Recently in a senior clasS of the high school in Charlotte, N. C., the teacher took up the Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson and called upon one of the students to read the short biographical sketch of the American philosopher. After the reading, one of the boys rote and demanded that the Essays be withdrawn: "It says that Eirierson was a Unitarian. He was not a Christian and we shouldn't read anything by a man who was not saved." The teacher laughed it off and pro ceeded with the lesson. The next morning eleven pupils look their places beside the teacher's desk. They were dead serious. They had asked their Bible teacher about it and she had confirmed their fears. Mr. Emerson was not "saved"; in fact he was burning in hell at this very moment. This is not an isolated case by any means. The teaching of reli gion outside the home and or ganized church has created many Greetings on Rosh Hashonah McCRORY'S CORNER OF CENTRAL AND THIRD WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA BEST WISHES Standard TV SERVICE & SUPPLY SHANNON STEINMETZ Makers of the Standard TV Tower TV SALES, Repairs, Installation 41 FIFTH STREET, N. W. IPHONE 5-1655 Night Phone 5-1801 ' WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA Best Wishes / LEED S SHOES For The Entire Family 230 W. CENTRAL WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA HAPPY NEW YEAR Brengle's DIAMONDS WATCHES FINE GIFTS JEWELRY 132 THIRD STREET, S. W. PHONE 4-2421 WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA Best Wishes for the Rosh Hashonoh Holidays VAUGHN & MATTOX HOMES GROVES RANCHES Registered Real Estate Broker JIMMY VAUGIHN Residence Phone 3-5161 PAUL MATTOX Residence Phone 4-0913 54 Fourth Street, S. W. WINTER HAVEN. FLA. Phone 5-1903 Greetings To Our Many Friends NcKnight Tire Service Opposite Post Office Phone 2-3533 WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA _ May the Days of the New Year Unfold the Best for You JOHNSTON MUSIC SERVICE DAY IPIHONE 2-6311 NIGHT PHONES 49-824 - 45-431 - 23-095 537 AVE. "B" N. W. WINTER HAVEN, FLA. Best Wishes for the Rosh Hashonah Holidays LANG-LAWLESS FRUIT COMPANY \ . sth St., SW P.0.80x 631 Phone 2-4031 , WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA Winter Haven, Florida new and highly serious problems. It has reached the stage where some of the clergymen who had hitherto supported the program are now beginning to question its consequences, not for the “minor ities,” but for themselves. I'd like to explain briefly how it works in the South. The several local Protestant churches make up a fund out of which they pay the Bible teacher in the public schools. A committee of laymen L’ Shono Tovo LAKE MARIANNA MOTEL U. S. 92 PHONE WINTER HAVEN 3-4855 NEW MODERN OUTSTANDING COURT On Beautiful Lake Marianna SWIMMING BOATING FISHING , AIR CONDITIONED Owned and Operated by HARRY TURNER THE SOUTHERN JEWISH WEEKLY representing the churches super vises this fund and the selection of the teachers. Usually these in structors are the Sunday School teachers in their respective churches, but they must also meet the qualifications of .the public school system. It should be made clear that the Baptists do not participate in this religious program. In fact they openly oppose the system, at least at the level of their clergy. Their protests are usually answered ef fectively by the supervising com mittee: “Your church is against our program, but the majority of the children ‘electing’ Bible study are Baptists.” This is true, of course, since the Baptists are by far the largest Protestant denomi nation in the South. But even this idea of "electing" the subject is open to question. Upon admission to the high school each student is given a card for the signature of either of his parents: "Do you want your child to take Bible study as one of his elective studies?" The card must be returned with either "Yes" or "No" and the parents do not have a chance to weigh the value of the instruction at the end of the semester. The returned card holds for the entire high school course, unless "they make an official protest," which is un likely even for confirmed indi viduals. However, what is not elective, even in the high schools, is the daily devotional in every “home room” class, in the form of a prayer prepared by the Bible teacher, (St. James version). Every Monday morning the “out side” Bible instructor provides each “home room” teacher with a set of five devotionals for the week, scriptural passages from the Gospels. This procedure (in the “home room”) is widely ex (Continued on Page 17) HAPPY NEW YEAR GODFREYS RADIO SERVICE 175 AVENUE "A", N. W. PHONE 3-2661 WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA OUR BEST WISHES CHAMPION MOTORS . STUDEBAKER - PACKARD Cars Trucks 324 THIRD STREET, S. W. PHONE 2-4443 WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA Greetings on Rosh Hashonah Vandever-Johns , PRESCRIPTION PHARMACY 54 THIRD STREET, N. W. PHONE 35-191 WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA 1/ Shono Tovo ARCADE GIFT SHOP Crystal - China - Pottery Greeting Cards and Gifts tor All Occasions , , Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Foster, Owners and Managers 254 W. CENTRAL AVENUE IPHONE 3-5741 i WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA , v "Home of Beautiful Cypress Cardens" <<B m —— as __mmmmmmm TshonahTowih Tikasevu SEWING MACHINE EXCHANGE SPECIALIZED SALES AND SERVICE P FAFF Owned and Operated by J. W. Bazemore PHONE 3-4311 45 FIFTH STREET, N. W. WINTER HAVEN. FLORIDA BEST WISHES ALWAYS BELK-LINDSEY “COMPLETE DEPARTMENT STORE" Corner Central and 3rd St., S. E. Winter Haven, Florida NEW YEAR GREETINGS FHAKES Service DRUG CO. TOM FRAKES, R. Ph. 102 Third Street, S. W. Phone 2-9273 WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA May the Days of the New Year Unfold the Best for You J. & R. STORKETTE Maternity and Baby Shop 242 AVE. "A" N. W. PHONE 4-8643 WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA NEW YEAR GREETINGS Priest Insurance Agency "Insure with Jerry" 373 - 3rd Street, NW Phone 4-2451 WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA New Year Greetings To All Ogden Insurance Agency DEPENDABLE INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS 110 Third Street, S. W. Phone 28-571' WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA , GOOD YOM TOV SKIES & SEAS TRAVEL BUREAU 24 Hour Service 314 Avenue A, SW Phone 5-3701 If No Answer, Call 4-6563 TAMPA ELECTRIC BLDG. WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA GOOD YOM TOV BEALE JEWELER JAMES W. FREEMAN, Prop. 53,9 West Central Avenue P. O. Box 26 Phone 3-4221 WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA A Most. Happy and Prosperous New Year Complete Installation of Grove and Lawn Irrigation Service and Equipment Established Over 40 Years Mclver Welding & Irrigation 325 Third Street, S. W. WINTER HAVEN, FLA. Phone 2-8872 HOLIDAY GREETINGS H & H PHARMACY "Your Walgreen Agency" \ Sundries Prescriptions Sodas Revlon - Elizabeth Arden - Rubenstein - Dubarry Cosmetics "In the Middle of the Block" 41 Third St., S. W. New Year Greetings To All REX GRQI & RESTAURANT 4th and Avenue A, N. W. Phone 3-1923 WINTER HAVEN. FLORIDA Best Wishes for the Rosh Hashonah Holidays LAKE REGION HOTEL MODERN FIREPROOF "WINTER HAVEN'S FINEST ' COMMERCIAL HOTEL" • Jesse P. Mehrlust, Owner WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA Friday, September 7, 1956