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WILMETTE LIFE August 30, 1934~ Charles E. Shulman bas been'rabbi of the North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe during the past three years, andalthough tbe word rabbi means teacher and be is well known as a lecturer, be seems more the ob- server, the commentator, the student. So far as tbe student raIe is con- cerned, there is plenty of evidence. He bas studied at several unive rsities, tbe Cincinnati Hebrew Union col-, lege, the University of Cincinnati, the University of Chicago, and Obici Northernuniversity where lie took up lawv. He bias spent eighit out of tbe past eleven summers studying phlosoplîv and sociologv, at the University ai Chicago, for instance, and this ini- terview took place at tbe Inttrnation- ai House on the Midway. \2ý "I love it down bere," be* said boy- ishly, in dîscussing the university and its facilities for graduate work. "It is so congenial, so quiet, sucb a fine place té study." Uàkes Hia Lalatu<es This summier lie has taken two courses in phlosopby and one in Arabic-the last because it is a cog- nate, language that provides insighit into some of the finest philosophical contributions ever given to tbe world, in bis -opinion, philosophies relayed from tbe Greeks Iiy the Arabs and tbus preserved. He is studying Ara- bic also because it is one of. bis the- ories that lie can develop -a reading knowledge of any language in six weeks 1 "'I did that with bath German and Frenchi in studying for my doctorate," RabbiShuinian declared. "I. gave over the fiist two weeks ta gramimar, and then I'b4an.reading, easy things -at -first -Ilîe fairy tales, tben the works in my particular field." Al of this of course was in private study, witb no classroom work wbatever since pronuticiation and conversation did not enter into his objective. The stùdy of languages and phloso- phy se=m an obvious task for a rabbi, C but law is not. The young rabbi( shifted his pipe between lis teeth and« leaned back smiling in bis chair. "Iz took up, law," lihe said, Abecausc -1 tbought, it would give me miles of conduct, training ini logic, insight ita buman nature.". Ail three are important equipinent for the teacher, the minister, it will be readily admitted, and for any hunîaïî being really. Preachect to Miners Between college and ' the north sbore came four years ini 'West Vir- ginia, where Rabbi Shiulinan also preached, cboosing as bis field a sec- tion of the coal-mining region. It was easy to ob)serve humaii nature there, just as easy as it is to do so in Chicagoland. These observations- were recently suniarized ini a p)amphlet of 50 pages publisbed under the title "Problenis of the Jews in the Contemporary World." He bas divided the discus- sion into tbree parts, "the Jews of the World," "the Jews of tbe United States," and "the Jews of the Local Community."' And as befits an impartial, sensitive observer and commentator Rabbi Shulman finds the Jews guilty af neglect on the one band, neglect of their awn traditions and institutions, and apathy about theïr treatment even while lie sets forth their perse- cution and vicissitudes. Ha. Program for Jews He urges the Jews af the world ýta develop a unity of purpose and actionti, ta live their lives mare openly, ta develop the land of Palestine, and to use the machinery of the League of Nations for the sake of the oppressed Jews in Germany. As for bis fellaw Jews in the United'States, tb.ey too9 mîust cansolidate their interests and their efforts ta achieve maximum pro- tection for their, existence. Tbey must eliminate tbeir overlapping argani- zations, and tbey must educate tbem- selves. His thumb-nail sketch of the Jews in Chicago, particularly that bloc of 140,000 in the Lawndale district, is one of the most interesting sections of the pamphlet. The Lawndale Jews are for the most part unorganized and are led by counitless Ortbodox LUC nome RSONÀLITIES VISITING PARENTS Mrs. Edmund Hl.* Berglund and daugliter, Betty, of Collingswood, N. J., are visiting Mrs., Berglund's parents,'the H. K. Curlis, 45 Cres- cent place, for about ten days. Mr. and, Mrs. Curli, Marguerite and Pa- tricia,. have just returned from tbe east where they visited for a month with Mrs.* CurllVs father wbo lives near Pittsburgh. Mrs. Berglund came back with ber parents. Mrs. Merritt H. Dement,' 337 Ab- botsfard road, Kenilwortb, was lunch- eon hostess ta a bridge foursome Wednesday af Iast week. RRÇISTER- SEPT.EMBER 26 rabbis,' few of whom are outstaàdinjg and universally, respected, lie writes. Tben he mentions the grôups of Conservative Jews scattered througb- out the city, the dozen. liberal syna- gogues with their 6,000 or 7,000 mnem- bers, tbe Zionists, and tbe Jews wbc are îdentified neitber with the syna- gogue nor witb religion but have a feeling for the Jewish people andcre- ative Jewish culture. "The feebleness of the Jewishi pub- lic institutions and the lack of digniity and pride ini local Jewisb life are iin stranige contrast witb individual Je%%v- isb achievement in ail fields of en- deavor," comînents the author, who demanlds "anl interest in the local sit- uation, a realization that those who belong to aniy given Jewishi organiza- tion are not isolated, but are part of the life of the thousands of Jewislh people whose interests are. deter- niied by events and literature and tradition that bear a common starmp. "If tbey have the education, the re- finemnent, the advantages that others lack, then they must use those talents in behiaîf of the less capable and the less fortunate within their raîîks. Venwrongs occur iin Jeiisb life, the best are blamied along witli the worst by the outside wvorld, and the sooner tbe.individu al Jew realizes this phieîomienon which is peculiar to a nîinority group, the better able will lie be to adjust himiself to lis world and to live calmily and creatively.* Calis Education Answer So far as t.be w ave of anti-Seinitisin that is rushing over Europe and threatening tlhe United States too, Rabbi Shulmnan mnight quote bis own phrase about -filing a dernurrer aga*inst life" Admitting that the in- justice exists, what can be doue about it? He is ever the philosopher, seeing himself and liberals like himself as putting teaspoans into the oceani of prejudice trying to dip out sorne of the evil element. "Education is the only answer,» lie said quietly. And lie mneans educa- tion for. everyone, for bath gentile and Jew. Everyone must develop a maturity o f mmnd tbrough contacts, a widened horizon, a receptivity to imi- press ions, and must build up some sort of symmetry for bis, life.. It is the responsibility of tbe sensitive ta raise the level of the crude, be points out. For Rabbi Shulman believes strong- ly in the art of living, in wbat hie calîs the aesthetic attitude. For every bit of injustice and cruelty-"-ýand the ve-, neer of civilization is very thin," lie writes in bis littie book-there is sometbing lovely, like the face of a chuld, a sunset. a flower, the satisfac- tion of books, art, companionsbip. "I tell the parents in my congrega- tion at confirmation time, 'Wbat are you doing for your children?"'lbe said earnestly. "If it is only food and clothing, it is not enougi. You must give them ideals, a way to live beauti- fully." So speaks tbe Glencoe rabbi, as an observer, a commentator on the art of living iin a difficult world. gIllinois, Dune Land )f Will Be State Park * Il lin ois will increase ý tbe area of -its state-owned parks by: more than!' *60 per cent through acquisition of the -newly opened ,50-acre Dunes a Park of Illinois between Waukegan and the Wisconsin state line. This was pointed out this week by Arthur Fisher, president of the association *that bias leased the land for -five years to conserve it and to accumulate a purchase fund to help buy it for the state. At present, Illinois owns oni .eight parks with a total of 2,477 acres. New York owns fifty-six parks, comprising 32,259,452 acres, Michigan, sixty-six parks with 33,173 acres, and Wiscon- fsin ownls nine, covering over 84,000 acres. The tiny state of Connecticut with thirty-six state-owned parks lias three times as much acreage devoted to this purpose as Illinois. The niew Dunes park is the lasi s nattiral tract of land on the shores of sLake M.Iichigan available for recre- cation purposes.. Under the present management of the Dunes Park of Illinois association, incorporated not for profit, a portion of each admi-s- csion charge of ten cents. for each per- son over 6 years oid, is being set asidje ias a purchase fund to help buy tiie 1property for the state. Preserv-atio1 1of the area in its present wild con- dition, the policy of the association. lias been wi(lely, approved and to datc more than 30,000 presons have visited thie area silice it was opeined in i June. Christian Science Chturches "Mmiid" was the subject of the les- son-sermon in ail Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, August 26. .The golden text was, "Who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who bath been his counsellor? For of him, and. through him, and to him, are aIl things: to whom bie glory for ever" (Romans Il :34, 36). Aînong the citations which coin- prised the lesson-sermon was the fol-, lowing f rom the Bible: "éThe counisci of the Lord standeth for ever. tlw tbougbts of bis beart to aIl genlera- tions" (Psalms 33:11). The lesson-sermon also included the following - ssages from the Christian' Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scrip- tures," by Mary Baker Eddy: "The First Commandment is iyy favorite text. It demonstrates Christian Science. It inculcates the triunity of God, Spirit, Mmnd; it signifies that man shaîl hav~e no other spirit or mind but God, eternal good, and that ail men bave one Mmnd" (p. 340.). Virginia Johnston, 321 Melrose avù- nue, Kenilworth, will leave Friday. September 7, to enter ber fresbman year.,at the University of Illinois aind to attend rusbing, parties. Virginia was graduatedin June fromn Rovce- more.,o Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Peterson, 227 Monday of last week fromf a western motor tour through Yellowstone and Glacier National parks,, Baiff and Lake Louise. Miss Kathryn Benson,, 21() Melrose avenue, Kenîlwortb,, returned Monl- day. fromn a four. weeks' visit with Peggy Nolley of Richmond, Va.. at bier parents' summer borne at Vir- ginia Beach. Mrs. John W. Powers, 307 Cumber- land avenue, Kenilworth, and lier sister, Mrs. John W. Revel, returned Monday from a ten-day trn to August 30, 1934 ý - .WILMETTE LIFE