CAPT. WALTER F* HENRY
Commanding Officer
CDR. WESLEY E. SKILL
Executive Officer
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A HOUSE OR A HOME?
'•Which house do you live in?"a mailman
once said to a young lad, !
"Don’t live in a house,"the lad quick
ly replied, "We live in a home*"
The mailman looked surprised,. ’’What’s
the difference?” ,
The youngsters looked out and pointed
to the sun."I reckon that there sun will
shine 0N> a house, but it shines IN a
home."
Four walls and a roof do not make a
happy home. It is by far the. spirit in
side which makes the difference between
a home and a house. A house is something'
material; a home is something spiritual.
A house is stone, brick, mortar, shing
les; a home is a family where love,obed
ience, and respect pervade.
What has happened to the American home
and family? According to statistics and
social workers, present day juvenile
crimes in quality and quantity have ex
ceeded anything this country has seen
thus far. The situation has become alar
ming and recognized as such from all’
quarters, - ■
Vandalism is rampart; pornographers are
reporting a trhising business; sex has
become the Twentieth Century false god;
today authority is an old-fashioned '
word; only "squares” obey and respect
law and order® And God forbid that
someone be thought a "square” because
the"square” is just not "hep.”
Perhaps what we need desparately in
these our timds are a few more"Squares
to make up a family "circles," type
which made our country strong and ind
omitable.
It is an established fact thatuevery
so often our society changes its tem
po. The style in suits reverts back to
a previous era; woman*s dresses become
longer;children wear clothes that were
fashionable yesteryear, Someone ought
to make a motion to retreive the old 4
spirit that fashioned America and Am
erican-home life*
We might . sehn^pyoof walls,
today, but never let them be the oc
casion to allow uncharitable things
said in our homes about our neighbors.
We mightins tall air-c onditioner s, but
never let them cool the love and fri
endship which should permeate each
room of the house. We might substit
ute a central heating system for the
potbellied stove in the basement, but
never place the heart of the family
in a. damp cellar0 We might install
.television, but never let is become
the substitute for family conversa- g
tioh or outward expression of ideas. \
Ip short, what we need desparately
today,, if we are to make any lasting
impression upon our allies and throu
ghout the free world, is a strong
family.
A.chain is as strong or as weak as
its weakest link; a nation is as str
ong or as weak as its weakest family,
since the family is the basic unit of
allc.80<?iety. We are all to pull to
gether, or we shall all fall together.
Each of us fits into a family, there
for, each of us must contribute gen
erously to the family to which we be
long. What a perfect example we poss
ess in the Holy Family of Nazareth
where each member of that family knew
his place and recognized his respons
ibility in molding and fashioning the
model for all families of every gen
eration.