THE WEEK The Iceland Station NO NEW reaction can be expected in this country to the occupation of the Iceland station. It represents no new turn in administration policy, in constitutional...
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King Farouk and the Egyptians A first-hand report on the Egyptian King, his advisers and the government's opposition. By Pierre Crabites A GLANCE at a map of the Eastern Hemisphere will show that...
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"Making Something Out of Nothing" Every town can benefit from this inspiring community effort. By Fillmore Hyde ALL Mrs. John Morrison Curtis did was open a door, and the whole town of Summit,...
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The Leaven of the Pharisees The leaven of the Pharisees Will work to the world's end: I am a whited sepulchreAnd so are you, my friend. The chief seats in the synagogue Still are cushioned...
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St. Paul in June The impressions of a journalist at the eucharistic congress. By Barrett McGurn AT ALL GREAT EVENTS there is an hour of climax, one incident, which to each spectator is the most...
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Prize Essay How the Catholic College Fits the Girl Graduate to Take Her Place in the World By KATHRYN BATUNER In its April 18 issue, THE COMMONWEAL announced an essay contest on "The Development...
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Views &Reviews BY MICHAEL WILLIAMS IN HIS very notable radio address on Sunday, July 6, the Bishop of St. Augustine, Most Reverend Joseph P. Hurley, expressed points of view which should give...
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Communications THE NEW FRENCH REGIME South Duxbury, Mass. TO the Editors: The anonymous letter from France published in THE COMMONWEAL of June 20, 1941, a propos of my article of March 7 on the...
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The Screen American House of York IT IS with a film like "Sergeant York" tfiat Hollywood again reassures its picture-hungry audiences that it is capable of producing cinematic art. Through the...
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Books of the Week A Fine Novel The Land of Spices. Kate O'Brien. Doubleday. $2.50. NOVELS about convents, as indeed all novels dealing with things Catholic, have tended, particularly among...
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The Inner Forum PIERRE TOUSSAINT was a Negro born in slavery. He belonged to a family of Haitians named Berard, who in 1787 migrated to New York. In time they became impoverished and M. Berard...
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