CAPT. S. M. SHELTON, USN
Commanding Officer
CDR. E. L. CRANCE, USN C » / \j
Executive Officer ^ *"
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Now and then (but in all too few
cases) a parent will callthe Chaplains
office to complainabout a movie. Part
icularly, it will be about a movie
being shown during the afternoon when
the attendance is mainly children.
Something could be said both to the
parent who calls, but more to those
who have not called. For the parent
who calls,the answer is that something
can be done. It is very clear that
more and more movies should bear the
"adult only" label. This is usually
good advertising- for it and children
will steam to it as before, mainly
from habit. Adults will lick their
chops and dash off to it hoping to see
something salacious. More and more
movies should be shelved before being
filmed. They are increasingly an evi
dence of something sick about our soc
iety, Movies not only play up sex,
they debunk marriage. They play the
theme "why get married and spoil it
all?" How is a society supposed, to be
strong with this sort of thing being
taught? Without good homes no country
can survive.
The Special Services Officer is
very cooperative in making changes in
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the afternoon schedule for movies that
should not be shown to children* With
his other duties he cannot censor all
movies* Meitner can the Chaplain take
time to censor whether it be movies,
magazinescr books. It would require
too much time away from other import
ant tasks.
Censorship is a job for al 1 respon
sible adults* It is a job for all
adults who are not too lazy to think.
Some parents and prospective parents
are too lazy to think about the effects
of some of the recent movies, books
and magazines and the effect they will
have on the future of our children.
Here is the answer to parents who do
not call or pay attention to the movie
schedule. It is doubtful they pay
attention to other literature their
children have* It is not likely they
are being given direct and positive
examples of morality by speech and
conduct, of good direction by their
parents.
The only adequate censorship is by
parents and future parents interested
in the welfare of our country. It is
not hard to imagine the rapid decay of
a country whose ideal becomes, "Eat,
drink, and be merry, don’t be concern
ed about tomorrow, about morality,
about religion*" But censorship is
not meant to bar a showing* What is
meant is good personal restraint. It
means to not patronize what is bad or
distasteful. It is to protect our
^children - the future of our country.
By Chaplain V. Stenberg
PROTESTANT WOMEN’S NEWS
The Protestant Women's Group will
hold their monthly meeting .at the R E
Building August 8th at 8 P.M, All
Protestant women are invited to attend.
Bring your Old Sheets torn in strips
2 to 5 Inches in width to be rolled
for bandages.