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 QUARTERLY NEWS LETTER FROM
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
Urantia BROTHERHOOD TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL
AND OTHER INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS


Summary of Events of the First Quarter 1956

Hello:

Documents submitted by the Charter Committee have been thoroughly studied and approved by the Executive Committee. These documents cover all the procedures to be followed in the formation of Urantia Societies and should be available soon. In the meantime proceedings are under way toward transforming the Forum into the first Urantia Society. This event should set the precedent for other groups.

The plans, procedures, and the curriculum of the Urantia Brotherhood School have also been submitted to the Executive Committee for consideration. classes will start in the fall. A full resume of the program will be forthcoming. A teachers' pool is being organized. Nominal tuition rates have been agreed upon.

Inasmuch as Louise Pritchard resigned as member of the Fraternal Relations Committee, the President, upon recommendation of the nominating committee, appointed Edna Farwell to fill the vacancy for a term of one year.

A number of individuals are rightly concerned about training children in the Urantia teachings and have requested that something be done toward that end. The Executive Committee, feeling that such action is premature, has referred these suggestions to the Committee on Education for future consideration.

The custodians of the book report that approximately 2,000 volumes have been distributed. The Domestic Extension Committee has sent books to outstanding individuals and certain libraries throughout the United States. The Foreign Extension Committee plans to carry out a similar program in foreign lands.

Look for a separate report concerning the reception of the book by various individuals and groups as revealed by letters received as well as first hand accounts.

/s/ Warren H. Kulieke Vice President

15 April 1956

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