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Green RevolutionVolume 3 | Issue 6 Article 86-1-1965Three H Suggests CourseW J. ArnetThree H InstituteFollow this and additional works at: https://research.library.kutztown.edu/greenrevolutionThis Letter to the Editor is brought to you for free and open access by Research Commons at Kutztown University. It has been accepted for inclusion inGreen Revolution by an authorized editor of Research Commons at Kutztown University. For more information, please contactczerny@kutztown.edu,.Recommended CitationArnet, W J. (1965) "Three H Suggests Course," Green Revolution: Vol. 3 : Iss. 6 , Article 8.Available at: https://research.library.kutztown.edu/greenrevolution/vol3/iss6/82 - THE GREEN REVOLUTION, June, 1965 Letters to the Editor "So Many Things To Buy To Make Us Happy" A reader reports the ways his generous income slips away: "A new car, college for the kids, the mortgage on the house-and so many things to buy to make us happy." His situation is typical, and we deceive ourselves if we assume that many who endorse A Decentralist Code ( see the May issue of The Green Revolution) do not share in it. Why is this? What causes this exaggerated need for things over and beyond adequate survival? Most people are aware of frustration, an emptiness, a restlessness. We believe this will be assuaged in buying what advertisers display or what the neighbors have. So we buy; the neighbors buy more; and we must buy more too. A seem­ingly endless cycle, for the inner need is not satisfied. Three H Suggests Course To the Editor: We are getting replies from our ad, and appreciate the ac­count you, gave in April Green Revolution of Three H Institute. When your new Center is well enough advanced, would it be of interest to your members to conduct a special Three H Planned course for School of Living members on a closed­group, reduced fee? We would need basic expenses paid, and may be able to contribute much to the Center in that way.-W. J. Arnet, director, Three H Insti­tute, 10 Eglinton Ave., Toronto, Ont., Canada Teacher to Homestead J>sychologists say that the real source of this uneasiness h Edit . · di.· t" f t' 'th l An h l k nf" To t e or· IS a ssa IS ac 10n WI our se ves. onest oo co 1rms we have greatly appreciated this. We doubt our worth, our adequacy as a person;. we find our year's membership in School it difficult to relate easily and warmly with others. of L�ving �<!. its public?ti<;>ns; A book N l N · · .,. l · d d I especially Go Ahead and Live. new orma eitrosis, ·· exp ams an eve ops we found that readable, enjoy-this concept unusually well. Every person has three basic emo- able, stimulating and thought­tional (self) needs. First he needs to know himself as he reai- provoking and would recommend 1 · Thi · diff" ult F f b b h d h . b bl -it for persons of any age. We y 1s. s 1s 1c . or rom a y oo we ave pro a Y are buying 10 acres, and will been living out the standards and expectations of someone move as soon as we sell our town other than ourselves - Mother, Father, Teacher, Neighbors. property. We have high hopes S f d dults k h . h t - for our "homestead." - L. M. o most o us o not, as a , now w at we really are, w a Loxley, West Milton, Ohio (a we really want; what we are really capable of. All our stand- high school teacher) ards of reference are outside us. In not letting us as children live out our own lives, in not letting us make choices and take their consequences, adults fail us. As perceptive Dr. J.C. Mo­loney phrased it at a School of Living s�ssion, "A child does not begin to want things until he has given up on people." Authors Gail and Snell Putney clearly define and elabo­rate universal self needs in Normal Neurosis. They show why it is that our self-doubt, lack of real self-acceptance is cause for the "mess we are in": the conformism, the withdrawal from people, the aggressiveness, the need to have and possess things in affluence. Moreover, they show how to grow out of th.$- how to develop an adequate self-image. It will serve well as a daily companion. •Normal Neurosis by Gail and Snell Putney (Harpers, -�.4-,\ ..iS' $1'- -4!.�.= �' d ..!.bnre;; .:!,!- ffiR � c..'it �  ror uw­daily session on Communication and Human Relations at the July 3-11 Workshop at Old Mill. College Students Are Interested Steve Frankhouser is a fourth year student at Ohio State Uni­versity, and says he doesn't like the society "which education is trying to push him into." At dif­ferent times he chose being a rebel, a beat and a complete non­conformist. Then he met Sue Ellen Williams, with whom he began talking about the problem of living a decent life as an indi­vidual. During this time he wrote the poem, "My Wedding Song," printed below. overcoming a majority of people "caught in the machine." Plans for the Future Recently Steve and Sue ex­pressed their interest in more · education for living. In the next three years as they work to re­pay the debts they incurred to "finish school and get a good start in life" they want to study School of Living concept of edu­cation and homesteading. They also hope to introduce as many people as possible to this alterna­tive. They have read Go Ahead and Live.! and are reading it with some of their friends. "Isn't it amazing," they asked, "how few young couples ever think about their life problems, but just fol­low along in the general trend?" They want to visit Lane's End Letter Brings 53 Replies To the Editor: Sin_ce you printed my letter .offering plumbing help (Novem­ber, 1964), I have received and answered 53 letters from all over the map. A few have plumb­ing problems. Most want to know about homes down here in the Virgin Islands. Have to tell them all, No. The climate is too dry for much gardening, and native · citizens steal anything- that ma­tures in anyone's garden or on trees. They are mostly profes­sional relief clients, and the gov­ernment b�eaucrats make it so unpleasant.,jor w'!lite people who need to w.ork for a living, it does not pay Am Cherokee my­self, so have no racial bias, but am fed up with these islands, and plan to leave in a few months. - O. R. Franklin, Fred­eriksted, St. Croix, V. I. Home Production For Appalachia To the Editor: I wish we.in School of Living could do something to influence the Washington officials about the immediate needs of the Appa­lachians. Why not use money for community programs, which is what idle mountain people need-help teach how to build root cellars for storing vege­tables, how to keep house, how to cook and eat ;for health, how to set up sawmills and construct Homestead, and other home­steads, to attend the .1965 School of Living summer workshop, and in 1966 to volunteer work on a homestead in exchan.ge for time to study, talk and make friends. Sue remembered that her un­cle, Woodrow Williams, had told her about a magazine A Way Out, and Lane's End Homestead at Brookville, Ohio. They found copies of this magazine in the university library, which led to reading Ralph Borsodi's books. They provided the young couple fresh hope of finding a wonderful way to live independent of the "dark age" which seems to be My Wedding Song Russel Jaque To Publish Ambrosia Those who know the attrac­tive printing and the basic life concepts of Russel Jaque, author of Mankind, Go Home, will wel­come his plans to publish his memoirs and stories in a hand­printed edition, titled Ambrosia. Among his friends urging him to include his autobiography is Kirpal Singh, spiritual master of Delhi, teacher and mentor of Jaque. To begin this project, Jaque needs silk-screen equip­ment and supplies in the amount of $400, which he will make available for other uses later. Friends, fellow disciples, book patrons and correspondents may assist him by advancing the amount to cover the number o copies they will want at $5 each. At age 6 , Russel Jaque lives simply at Star Rte., Box 32, Te­cate, Calif. By Sieve Frankhouser --I have built for you, my love, The house, from stone I quarried With my hands, torn from The mountain at your doorstop. Roof-beams from the redwood Giants I have hewn. At your rear door a spring flows Sparkling cool, the water as Clear and blue as your eyes. A meadow lies at your feet. Soft grasses and fragrant clovers For you to walk upon. The orchard of plum and apple And sour cherries, Fields have I plowed and sown With barley, maize and wheat. To the south in a little forest Flows a brook where the otters play, Trout flee the shadows And the small birds of the woods Sing all day, Eating the sweet berries. Here we walk, my love, And here we lie, Here we are married, And here I give to you, my love, The house, The spring, the fields, my love And my child. Here we walked later and found The new-budding leaves, The tiny nests of the wood-birds songs, Here we built the house of our son From the mountain and forest, Roof-beron of red-wood, walls of stone. My son's son you bathed here, I told him of the quiet play Of the forest dwellers, I gave him The world of ideas from books, And romance of songs. Here he brought his bride, And here on the hill beside the Twisted pine I and my son cov-ered Your still-warm body. Here an old man sits And dreams the old-man dreams Of love for you, my young love Whom I married by the brook In the warmth of the sun. beautiful cabins, etc. This won't be easy, but I think it must be attempted, for we are about two centuries late in doing it .... A young Wellesley student has been down there in nursing serv­ice, and has written a good pa­per showing that the "welfare" they are getting doesn't really help, but demoralizes them and makes them feel useless. - E. Haswell, 211 E. 18th St., New York City Take Your Courage To the Woods To the Editor: We arrived here last year too late to put in crops; we suffered real privation during the last week of December, but a few people rendered necessary assist­ance to get us through the win­ter. My wife and I have com­pleted a small book of children's poetry, now being printed; it de­picts our rural life and I believe of interest to Green Revolution folks. We are interested in getting an agricultural cooperative com­munity going here. We invite people who want to work; we will make available a place to put up a cabin and we know how difficult things will be. Free­loaders we can do without. We will not examine their pocket­book, but hope they have vision and appreciation for buildin.g a good life for themselves and their children. Those who merely like to come to the farm in the summer, putter around for a few weeks, .sing songs around a campfire, take home the produce and then ex­pound on the wonders of rural life are living only half a life, and exploiting others. I'd like to prevent the uninitiated gathering a bunch of romantic ideas about taking to the woods. It is ex­tremely difficult, requires tre-­mendous tenacity, physical and mental strength, and a dedication to an ideal sucb as one might find among the most devoutly reli­gious. - Gary DeYoung, Cass Lake, Minn. Filing GR.Material To the Editor: I like to- refer to material in Green Revolution and often can't find what I want. Couldn't you change the format to an 8 page, · say 9" x 12" size, with punched holes in the margin-so we could file it in a ringed notebook? And departmentalize the items, so we could know just where to look for material of specific topics?­W. Earwood, New Lexington, Ohio. (Note. Printing is expensive and changing format costs mon­ey,- and more margin for holes, for instance, would reduce the amount of material we could in­clude. Our present Green Revo­lution has been carefully de­signed to give us an attractive publication for the least cost. We have, at times, considered various ideas for changing it, and will probably sometime be able to make changes. Major changes, however, can easily re­sult in substantial increases in cost. We fold GR by hand, at Lane's End, for instan�, to save on cost. Our readers, of course, handle the problem Mr. Earwood men­tions in various ways. For one, why not have a card file, in which you have departments - _Food, Gardening, Building, Animals, Health, etc.-and when you get your new Green Revolution (or other journals) you jot down the items by page and date on a card and file in your card file for quick location later? Have you sent Mr. Earwood information about you and your homestead for the Green Revo­lution directory he is making up?-M.J.L.) Southwest Community To the Editor: Thanks to our good friend, Rusel Jaque, for sending us your wonderful paper. We believe that the expressions in your journal are shared by many in our coun-The Green Revolution Second class mailing privilege au· thorlzed at Brootvllle, Ohio 45309. Published monthly by The School cf Living. Lane's End Homestead, Brook­rille, Ohio 45309. Editor: Mildred J. Loomis. Subscription rates: The Green Rno­lufion, $3 a year; The Green Rerolu­fion with School of Living member­ship, SS a yoar; The Green Rerolut/on ,nd bimonthly A Way Out, $6 a year. Telephone: TE 84522 (New Lebanon, Ohio). try, and there has long been a need to bring these people to­gether. It is indeed a shame that this universe, given freely to ful­fill the needs of all, should now be in the hands of a few to satis­fy their own greedy needs. We sincerely hope all of you wher­ever you live who understand a more natural way of life will help expose what is ca:lled living for what it really is, the death of a people. We would like to hear from any of your readers who would be interested in forming a com­munity in the southwest, dedi­cated to natural living and the fulfillment of life. - Mr. & Mrs. Gary Reimer, 215 E. Oak, Ojai, Calif. - . Report from Bryn Gweled To the Editor: Bryn Gweled Homesteads has certain coo_perative aspects which may be of interest to you, how­ever it is not an intentional com­munity. At the quarter century mark, the 65 member families own the land in common, finance and care for the community cen­ter and sports facilities, take care of community business through the elected Board of Directors and a monthly general business meeting, and plan for other needs via committees. Norman and Betty Polster, 85  Woods Rd., Southampton, Pa., are inter­ested in your work and would welcome any communications ·which you care to sh=-e with them. - M. D. Hurwitz, Chm., Public Relations., Southampton, Pa. Vermont Dissenters To the Editor: My wife and I try to lead as simple a life as people can who still want to hear good music, buy a few books and see an occasional play down-country (that's New York City for us Vermonters-by-self-adoption). We are hoping and planning to reach the self-sufficient stage by the time we reach retirement age. That-may not be the real way to do it, but at least not having to get out of our hill country back road to go to work will eliminate a large part o.f our need for cash for transportation. We already raise a good bit of our food, pri-, marily green vegetables in sum­mer and root crops to see us through the winter. We heat by wood, at a much lower cost than any forin of central heating could equal. And our quiet, peaceful old 100-odd acres of Vermont woods and fields and (continued on page 3) SUBSCRIBE TO THE GREEN REVOLUTION Date -------··--···-·--School of Living Brookville, Ohio D I enclose $3. (Renew) (Enter) my subscription to The Green Revolution. D Here is $6.15 for 1 year of The Green Revolution plus the book Go Ahead and Live! (You save $1.) D I am sending $6 for a combi­nation subscription to both The Green Revolution and A Way Out. Name Address ....................... ·--·-····----···· City --·-··-·------�---·---·------···- .... State ---······--········-·---···-----···· . 

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