European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 07, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Continued from Page 16 poor kids helping poor families with rent and Ood a Money and of course spreading the word classes run the Range irom Bible study to social work to computer programming it s a Tough school to enter a Tough one to stay in Many who make it Are dropped. T usually within live years of graduation some can t set limits for themselves Needham says care givers want to help they Are oriented that Way. And some people overextend themselves they Don t realize that they cannot be All things to All people " about iwo thirds of the cadets Are married and both husband and wife must be in the program the average Cadet Here is 27. Probably finished High school and comes from a salvation army Church in the 15 Southern states and the District of Columbia Shaf the Atlanta training school serves cadets five on Campus and Are not allowed to work during the two years they get a Bare Bones budget Lor Basic needs and can look ahead to More of the same an officer couple with More than 20 years in the program and two teen age children receive living quarters a car and about $250 a week that May increase slightly with years of service but not with i. Rank there la no financial incentive Necdham says we re comfortable but we Don t have any Money " Needham and his wife. Keitha both Are fifth generation salvation army officers and Orie of their children is interested in signing on Needham holds graduate degrees from Princeton and Emory University s Candler school of theology but that much education is rare this is not primarily an educational institution. Needham says educational institutions tend to create reactive modes with students regurgitating what the teacher cells them we prefer to nurture pro Active leaders who find their own talents and their own leadership abilities formal education is Tow on our list we seek out people with Basic competencies " the school insists on a 12th Grade Reading capability and candidates undergo rigorous psychological testing and interviews before being accepted minorities Are encouraged. Needham says and hispanics. Especially Are heeding the Call Black enrolment has begun to increase aside from salvation army officers there Are soldiers and adherents Needham says consider the salvation army to be their Church but do not submit to the discipline soldiers and officers for example cannot use tobacco or alcohol adherents can most of the training is done in slums and ghettos of inner cities much like the East London so urn where the salvation army was founded in 1865 Booth. Needham says broke off from the methodist Church to create an evangelistic ministry that would inspire the working class poor and get them into established churches Bui the local churches did t want them he says they were smelly. They dressed shabbily they about halt the students who Are commissioned at salvation army schools Here the Atlanta Campus remain on duty until mandatory retirement at age 65. Could i afford Pew rental so they went Back and the salvation army became their Church it adopted and retains a working class culture. In Britain a brass band is a working Man s orchestra it s tremendously popular " the Iron Ollo Clion Kettle originated in san Francisco about 100 years ago when the salvation army was collecting Relief funds for families of victims of a Shipwreck it worked then and it continues to work Loday stars and stripes bookstores stars and stripes bookstores 3torahiimmlmiimiiten intr my Nii in new Noil in he ii Mikkii tradition Hii d omission Horn Lohi Pic Llou Molly Hinkl of Law we ii a in Vii you won t soon forget i it is the end of world War i. American soldiers Reuben tar and Daniel Bishop have both been wounded fighting in the trenches in France. But then the Beautiful and sensual marchioness Michelene Ronsard spirits them from the Hospital to her lavish French chateau opening the door to Reuben s dreams of wealth and Power. Reuben and Mickey fall in love and life is idyllic for the three friends until the arrival of the Lovely and spoiled Bebe Rosen unleashes Savage passions and desperate deceptions that explode in sins of omission. From the enchanting French Countryside to the glittering Hollywood of Rudolph Valentino and Theda Bara spanning Twenty years of sin and seduction of love and losses of secrets and scandals of Heartbreak and betrayal Here is a breathtaking novel that will be remembered Long after the last Page is turned. Sins of omission is a stars and stripes top 10 paperback for january available for $5.35 10% off from the regular Price of $5.95 at most stars and stripes bookstores. Co 3o my Cdo of 13d m stars and stripes bookstores stars and stripes bookstores the stars and stripes Page 17
