CAPT. S. M. SHELTON, USN
Commanding Officer
CDR. E. L. CHANCE, USN
Executive Officer
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EDITOR; H. T, DAVIS, YN1 055-J. or 365 J
THOSE PAMPHLET RACKS
. .Chaplain VetYi6’h*"Stenberg
For,bitrof cha-h'ge<'from the p£ual
type.column, .read the following -quote
from the '..editor of Forward '*'Movement
Publications "The '-press reported"' ,
some time ago .>,that a group of /.anthro
pologists .waS .; ^setting ’off to ‘study a
tribe that stands On ohe leg, a posture
assumed,,, apparently,' with pa'tholdga.Ca'l, ”,
frequency, . But' this ‘ is ' a .universal'
habit of man; man -is- -always taking ., a
stand on some issue, and often, sup-. •'
ported by only one fact (except .when
he hasn’t a leg ter" b£an-d . on ).*' .We have .
all known the'man ' who has read one,
book and who rides :it like a" pq'g'o. '.stick ,.
into every conversation-.-'’ ( '
"Therefore we- publish ;p'4mph'lets,,. a. .
form.of literature thdt by its brevity
invites conSumptioW * in quantity., and
which permits ''even ; a busy man to base ••
his opinions-oh; more than’one .support,
so that he. who'runs can, read more than
one, thing. .Books are fine, and'-or the-,
making of them there is no end; of the :
reading.-of them', alas, 'there is' often
no beginning, A pamphlet is inviting
ly short, and by presenting -one point
it can be sharp enough to- penetrate
even a closed mind* What this world
needs is a good ..-five - cent ‘f pamphlet
(continued next column)
that will start many a mind off toward
the faith,"
Pamphlets aro provided for free
distribution. Don't try to read every
thing in the rack all at once, but
pick out one or two as you v/ait in
line or as you pass by. Racks contain
ing both Protestant and Roman Catholic
tracts are located in the following
places ^
Entrance of Bering Chapel
Passageway, outside Bering Mess
Hall
Lobby of the Bering Building
(near the theater entrance)
Marine Barracks Day Room
Reeve Terminal waiting Room
Passageway outside Birchwood
_Mes.s Hall- • • ■ * {
- • passagev/ay outside. CommSta.
..Mass*.Ha 1-1.• - r" * !'*"
Besides pamphlets the; racks con
tain guides for daily devotional read
ing, He.Jp/ Yourself! * ‘ / .
' ..i w-;e vt -.c o m e a b o- a r d
NAMEvV£-- Hometown
B, R;; :.WINTERS j. BUR2' . 'Springfield, . Mo.,. .
"E, D. SMITH-, BUR3 McAle s.t.er , Ok la.
; . .. '■ ", . ...
Jeremiah'*-PTERROT',Jr,.,. AGAN .Sommerville,
“• • ■■-A.: • * ' ' ‘ ' ", N., J,.
Ralph.:WtV ACKERMAN-, • SNV '• Northfiel'd, Minn,
Robert P. 'MASK, Takoma Park, Md. ..
• ^Frederick G.-tAWSOfi Bremerton, Wash,.
Charles E. LINDSEY,ATR'3'' . Melvin, Ala.
James A. POLEWACZYK, 3ULCP Chicago*, ill
Thomas'C.?:OSBORNE,- BUiCP Morgantown,
:i • • V ^ w.‘ Va.
Edward - SWEDEiteORGj'-BULCN' Salt Lake,
'■ •' ' ; ' Utah
W. M. SALINE, Jr., . Buffalo, N.Y.
| "Stop waving your ".arms and making ,faces-,
[ sir" sarid thp'dentist, impatiently. "I
I haven't touched your.-tpotfu". "But,, doc,"
wailed.the patient*-"You1 r'e standing on
my corn,"