Facts of life

(1949 December 8)

The word is that Father Stewart was quite a talker at the PTA meet last night where "Birth of a Child from Conception" was shown to parents to see if they would approve showing it to kids. Nazarenes all against it. Stu took all comers and talked himself hoarse. Tuck: "Wonderful speaker."

[Polly's husband, Lorin, gave a juicer account:] Father Stewart had, I am told, an exciting evening Tuesday, when he and Dr. Meyer [M.D. and R.C.] showed a sex instruction picture they wanted the PTA to have shown to kids in school. Rev. Mr. Meyer, the Nazarene, got up and objected, saying it was very disgusting to him; Fr. Stewart drew himself up and said it was the first time he had heard that the works of the Lord were disgusting to anybody. The battle ended in better than a draw, the majority of articulates speaking up in favor of the Picture. Meyer the doc and his reverence make quite a team, with Rome and PE's lined up against the Protestants.