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LETTERS

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ance, and it seems to me that the approach is basically sound and broadly helpful. I be- lieve that you will find the resources in this field to be much larger than arc immediately apparent. Among all the specialists whose work is directly related to pastoral psychol- ogy and the large number of ministers who are developing increasing experience in this field you ought to find a reservoir of mate- rial which will increase in its value with each year in the history of your journal. You have the possibility of providing us with some enormously valuable help . . . .

FRANCIS W. PRITCHARD First Presbyterian Church Amarillo, Texas

Likes Menninger Article

To the Editor:

�9 . . I like Menninger's article in your issue. This is a wonderful venture you are undertaking, and despite perplexities which you must have, I am sure that the magazine will be very fruitful and accomplish a great deal in this important field.

ROBERT W. PUTSCH Ridgeview Congregational Church White Plains, New York

"Keep Up High Quality..."

To the Editor:

I find no't only instruction but inspiration in your excellently edited journal�9 I must es- pecially compliment you on not having com- promised with popular psychology, but keep- ing to the exact science.

How about articles on some of the church clinics operating around the country? And let us hear from Karen Horney, Erich Fromm, and other psychiatrists who discuss social and cultural elements in mental and emotional disturbances.

F. FERTIG West Los Angeles Community Methodist Church West Los Angeles, California

To the E d i t o r :

Having enjoyed a full year 's clinical train- ing at the state hospital in Elgin, Illinois, I want to commend you on the fine start you have made in these early issues of PASTORAt~