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EDITORIALS
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1047
Are College Students Pagan?...
Tli-IJnivmity of Texas has been called
many things in the past few years, but a new
epithet has been added. Dr. E. Fay Campbell
of Philadelphia, secretary of! the division of
Higher education of the Presh>terian Board
ofAiTiristian Education, told the Presbyterian
Synod of Texas that the slate university at
Austin is a “pagan Institution."
The f|nt tisidn that flashed into our
mind, an we thought over Dr Campbell’s
statement, was more picturesque than a
movie. We had visions of Druids dressed in 1
prangs, incrtMur a freshmab co-ed with
the Uttleflwhl fountain, the waters of which
ran red with Wfunl, serving n« an altar
> l, fhat‘s the sort of thing thal we think of
lit toninh lion with the wonl ’ pagan.
Hut It aeama we mlsunderattxal Dr, Camp-
l**IP» mnantng Th* furtmtr egcreUiv of the
Yale l'hiver«itv ChrUHan AMulallon and
I grailuatn i»f Yale DmnHyjMhopl, (Wlartd.
with atnwlfte referemHi to TU, Yale aial llah
vartli ' *i m
y
; ^Ut ts high time for the Proteat ant 1
ehurehes to regain the leadership of
rn|tfg«*a and uulverilties from Intellec
tual (Wgana. Everytasly kis>ws that the
most jwgan areas of our country
in the universities and colleges.”
are
How much trut^ is there in these
charges? We believe Dr. Campbell has mis
taken a healthy youthful skepticism for
moral disintegration.
Like A. & M., TU is ringed about with
denominational churches. We know the
churches exercise considerable influence at
College Station, and we have reason to be-
Uevg that the same is true at Austin. Nat
urally, church activities do not play the
same part they do at denominational
schools, hut we have never been able to
ileted any greater "whohwomenes*" at the
jhuroh arhodl*, We fltgl neither more nor
less Christian idealism at those school* than
on our own campus,
One hundred and fifty years ago, Thom
as .1 efferent) was looked ti|Nin as a iwgan
and an atheist, Today we regard him a« a
finer Christian than moat of the clerg
his ^rUal It mav Im I hat a century .
now historians will conclude that our "pa
gan" state achiails have done more than any
other Institutions to keep fresh the Chris
tian lradiUotta.H
POLAND HONORS
iHnUCAN WAR DEAD
iW, Oet
SO -<AP)-
offic^ni and
paid tribute
American war dead Saturday
t a >Mcia1 mass pmading thr
t fthipnoent oflbodte* from Po-
tand to the United Mates, by way
of Antwerp.
The bodies,* recovered by the
grave* nitration minion, alt are
of American airmen ahot down
over Poland during the war.
Dahlbcrt to Judge Swine
At Lmdatauw Mate Fair
P. I, Dahlborg, profesoor of ant-.
mal huabandry, Will Judge the
■wins diviaion at the Louisiane'
State Pair at Shreveport, La., Oc
tober 20-21.
Profeaaor Dahlntg has recently
returned from (he State Fair at
Dallas when* he judged the swine
ahasi. FL. l. !
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TROY C. IMITH, Junior (mm Mansfield, la sha«n here recstv-
lag as sll'eapoaao rbeek far the Natl«aal ( esveStioa sf Putnre
Farmers «f \SterWs »l Ksaaaa (ity. Ocloher N-2t.
The tkork, wkiek eovora rsilrnod fare, hotel bill., and mask
anted to IMITH Wads a ads y sftersoos by KNTIN C.
was ffoosat
WHIPPI.K,
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ARIWON
President Truman on the Spot...
President Harry Truman’s popularity, suffering from if the controls came off Im
which goes up and down as often as a foot- mediately
.b&U coach's, \A skidding again. Badly.
The “war against hunger” by its very
nature was certain lo cause resentment
.against the. administration. Although we
Americans like to-pride ourselves on our
altru&m, we hate to sacrifice ourselves and
Won’t do it unless we have been built up to
« point of emotional excitement. We aren’t
' fM* 0 ** 1 About saving the people of Europe.
We’tc tired of sacrifices. And it is hard for
' many of r us to admit that a sacrifice pow
might mean avoiding greater sacrifices in
the future. '
. The food conservation program has hit
many roiigh Iwmpg, for several reasons. For
one, the whole program sounded as though
it had be**» improvised overnight, when ij
Asked if exports of food and other com
modities contribute to high pricea, Mr. Tru
man said this was a piece of misinformation.
He said that exports pushed prices only
slightly higher, adding that the nation al
ways export alwut one third of its grain
crop in normal times.
Mr. Truman said an extra session of
Congress to provide emergency assistance
for Europe is still a possibility, but he is
still trying to find funds from existing
Wources to provide stop-gap aid. ' f '
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Can President Truman get sufficient co
operation to make his food plan work? Is
the plan workable even with cooperation?
There are indications that it may not be, and
Showing Movie in Lighted Room
Perfected by 3 Engineer Profs
Ry TRUMAN (1, MARTIN
D.W. Flvmlnf, R. M Wlnsrvn. amt V. M. Fain*, itmfvMmra la
th*« mrekanteal vnsinavriti* and manafvmrnl ctepertiwnt. rombl
their effort* to build and perfeet an Improv'd method of movie n
JvcUon which allow* the film to be ahowa in a room which la h
lighted.
^Trojoctlon take* place In a room*- - —
In front of the audience. The Dim | . ... . . .
la projected onto a mirror and. f ,* hlc M**
in turn, rtftocted onto the back Jjj u
of a finely-ground glaa* acreen. h h l
Wingren and F.irot firvt con- TJA * ^
ceived the idea *nd drew the plan* 11 „ ,
in 1929. A model wa* made in the JJ**
mechanical engineering ahop* by , K " , h , f T v
August Bilger and Sterling Flor. ^
enUn, mechanical eng.ne.ring .tu- £>
dent* who worked at student labor '... J!!'
fnp n W PUmiM prove the etr.cienc) of visual edu-
f F , _ cation. Fleming say. that he can
"hdel wa* uaed by teach the boy* more In ten min
the meAswieal engineering,^de- U te* wMh the projector *nd film,
partment lor aeverai yean to ahow | Ui.n he could teach in one hour of I
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became apparent that we would have to do" willing or otherwise, the president will
something, Therefore, it wasn’t thought' ^ for » restoration of rationing
rm controls.
through carefully. ,
Ror another, many Amerieaws are bitter
•gainst all Kdnropeats. blaming them indis*
crkninately for the tWo world wars, and ask-
./ Ing feeding Europg now isn’t just a matter
i‘ of Uui'-ding up u n*‘W generptiob of soldiers
- ttr»lnst whom we Will fight in the future.
Tltat is not an attractive picture, ami there
unjust enough truth in it to keep many
. jpirfeans from whole-hearted cooperation
In the Truman (pod program.
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PresUlent Trdman told a ngwe conference
there Is a trememlous^nuiunt of gamMlnv 'I” ,UI ■ ,
a film and silent movie*. Tne (geture
w*. portable and could be shop safety, manufacturing jmo-
moved from one room to another an d a ho*t of other *ub-
rather easily. Wt* are taught by use of this
Fleming set to work in 1945 to nrw me thod of film projection,
improve the projection set-up. Hi
first made it on a larger scale and 1NO CONSIDKRINfi
set it up permanently in the pat- MARSHALL FLAN
tom shop. He also added a speak-, LAKE SUCCESS, Oct 20 (AP)
tog system which allows the in-The United Natiou* Aaa^blv's
structor to use sound film on re- political committee Saturday toas-
ed Secretary of State Manhsil's
1 This much is true: people who are now
trying to cooperate with the voluntary plan
would not object to new rationing. The peo- cords with strip film,
pie who are refusing to cooperate would These latter improvements were
fight bitterly against a revival of rationing freely baaed upon the system of the Assembly to a subcommittee
or control, ami hop., to end what little politi- u *^ 1 . b X JJ' *™«' ‘ ol *>».
cal control the DemucraUc a.lmini.tration ' 0 ''” *° r “ W,r 11
still has.
plan for a ycar-around sitting of
mittee
The
)us nresuten* should be
willing to risk loss of office for himself and
the whole |>hrty, in the name of honest action.
armed force* used this system of
it would boycott the whole
posal.
pro-
Ob fomfnndUy marknt* thsl has pushed up
prk'ca.of. wheat and «uhi Attorney Oueral
Clark is making an litv.eMDKstlon of the trad
ing in both grain and JlU rs,
Mr, Truman ralti that his ritlsemr* foot!
rommlttre will cfmidder dny ntressary alter-
ations In the voluntary fM saving program
to raiw* 100,000,IKK) bushel* of grain fur
Kuroi*'i hungry,
But he rrtH«la plain; however, that he does
not want tofeturn (e the rottsumer ration-
ing and price control that hp jutM-wa* neccs-
flary in wartime. *
Such methods, he said In restsmse to
questions, are the methods of a police state.
Lh response to another quiary, he enlarged
(his definition to include any control enforced
by’ the state. 1.
y Does that mean rent control, too? A
3 porter asked. ;
Yes, Air. Truman said, it maant rent con-
Qld. . - + , f. * t
Mr. Truman, who hiis been accused by
■Senator Taft (K-Ohfc>) qf lifting regaining,
j,* price controls “too nooV after Congress ex-
' tended limited OPA powers, reminded his
news conference there had been congress-
lonal statement that prices would not go up
If controls came off.
He was told very vociferously, the Presi-
'•dent aaid, that thib was a free country and
we woukin't suffer from the things we are
I,OS ANOBUCB, —(API—!.t, (Jen. Ira
Rakar. who says Russia might fool strong
enoui h to attack the United States In t0
year* has this recipe for peace! .
* Ktcp Uw Atomic llomh Carrier, the Air
" Korfe, iutart and up to strength. Produce
enough atomic bomb* to destroy the 50 or
on vital targets of e country which would
attack us. Invest enough funds In scientific
research, obtalk the Iwst woaiKtns 10 years
hence, prolmhly including guided missiles
carrying atonic warheads with range of
3,000 to 10.0o4 miles. Teach a solid brand
of patriotism.
Gen. Eakitr, retiring Deputy Chief of the
Army Air Forces, said that Russia Is the
only potential enemy in the world today
powerful enough to “caiise us trouble.”
GUION HALL
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TODAY AND TOMORROW
The Martins Ferry (O.) Time* Leader re
ceived thia letter recently:
^ “Gentlemen: Have been working your
crossword puzzles (or the last 10 years and
have yet to consult a dictionary. 1 like them,
but can find only 10 or 12 minutes relaxa
tion in their solution. Is it possible for you
to consolidate with a syndicate that offers a
little mbre strenuous mental exercise?
(Signed! J.— J—Puzzle Fan.”
From the Weather Report in the Peoria
(lll.)Journa: High tomorrow 5004123678.”
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