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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1949
The GI Bill: An Investment, Not A Hand-out
Green United States Treasury checks
totaling more than $277,000 monthly are
distributed through the post offices to vet
erans attending A&M under provisions of
the GI Bill.
This money is spent mainly for the ne
cessities of going to college; it is spent lo
cally. The effect on the local economy is
considerable, for these GI Bill dollars pur
chase consumer goods, and they are gain-
ed without local competition.
Magnify the effects of the GI Bill both
educationally and economically to the na
tional level and a multi-billion dollar pro-
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Throughout the nation in our colleges
and universities the GI Bill has made itself
felt. The GI BiU is not a free hand-out to
veterans but an investment in lifting the
educational level of t he American people
and providing this country greater educa
tional opportunities. :
The veteran will soon be gone from
American > campuses; this id as it should
be. But
ever' be
the effect; of the GI Bill will for
feit by future generations of
Americans.
To the framers and supporters of the
ject will be shown with hundreds of thou- GI Bill, we feel that the veterans of World
sands of men attending collge under the War II f,re grateful. And to them, thevet-
GI Bill who could not have otherwise at- erans add, “Thank you.”
Money Doesn’t Buy Everything After All
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Texas steel millionaire George W. Arm
strong has just found out that money does^
not buy everything. He’s learned now
that he can't; push people around to abet
him In some eccentric scheme solely be-
cause he has a large amount of greenery
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Armstrong had recently offered a fftb*|j i Fort Wbrtb, solicited a donation for
ulous grant of 150 million dollars to u small college.
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Mississippi military academy In desperate
financial circumstances 1 The one at
tached string was a ridiculous list of con
ditions which the school Would have to ac* j
cept along with the offer. The school
did hot accept. « • ij
^ According to a statement made by the
“great benefactor,” the principle purpose
of his endowment was to promote “cOnsti-
tuoianl government, the Christian religion,
ahd white supremacy.” How Armstrong
can mention Christianity and white su
premacy in the same breath and mention
them as practically synonymous terms is
beyond our comprehension.
The doctrines of Christianity have nev-^
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er stipulated in any form that the white write tp the; Board of Trustees. It is per-
man is superior to any other race, phys- haps unnecessary to say if such an offer
ically, mentally, morally, pr biologically— had been made it would have been L ’~
simply because he is a white man. dined.”
' j “Only to the extent that Jews are So
cialists and Communists am I anti-SemeU
ic,” the statement reads. $ And only tp
that much extent condemns you,,. Mr.
Armstrong, as a hopeless epitomy of prej^ the 5 "I 11 ' 1011 dollar offer his dcal
The News quotes another SMU offi
cial, whp asked that his name not be used,
as saying, “Mr. Armstrong probably jnade
ings wi
h the SMU trustees.’
udice.. We actually have known many
Je^rs who were neither Communists or
Socialists . Do not be surprised.
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According to Dr. W. Harrison Bakerj
Dallas pastor and Southern Methodist
University trustee, next stop on- Armj
strong’s rounds of bigoted offers was
Sout|h|ern Methodist. Baker said Di>
Lee, president, had refused a similar offer Mississippi, Jefferson Military College, had
but this time a 5 million dollar grant, and passed up a possible solution to their fin-
then that Armstrong had attempted" withf ancial problems, but at the same time had
out success to get . the school’s board of proved that no one, however rich he might
ttrustees to discharge Dr. Lee and recon* be, cohld force ballyhoo down thieir
sider the offer. “ throats!.
A rector was visiting one of his poorer
parishoners, an Elderly woman afflicted
with deafness. She expressed her regret
at not being able to hear his sermons.
Desiring to be sympathetic and to say
something consoling, he replied, “You
don’t miss much.” r’ »
“So they tell me,” was the disconcert
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Armstrong denies Dr. Baker’s accusa
tions. Dr. Lee to make the situation even
more ertigmatic denied that the offer had
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Armstrong says: “The only semblance
of truth for this report is that Dr, Stone,
j)residei|t of Texas Wesleyan College at
his
“1 refused on the ground that It ami
SMU are Methodist schools, and that SMU
sponsor!* a lecture course subject to the
approval of the Dallas Jewish synagogue.
“I h id only some correspondence with
Dr. Lee on that subject.”
Dr. jUmphrey Lee, in a Dallas hospital
with thp flu, issued the statement: “Mr.
Armstrong has not made such a proposal
to me. However, I have extended corres
pondence with Mr. Armstrong in regard
to his protest against SMU’s cooperation
with Temple Emanuel in sponsoring the
lecture concert series known as the Com-
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“In this connection, Mr. Armstrong did
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At any rate, whether he had actually
made tlie SMU offer or not, the 84-year-
old finunceer had been raising trouble.
With money in one hand and prejudice in
the other, h e had already tried his not too
suceuleht offer on one school and failed.
Trustees of the little military academy in
'Tn(i proud to' say I’m a self-made
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man.
“Ycu’re lucky. Pm the revised wdrk
of a wife, and three; daughters.”
“I’d like to have a quart of blood
for a transfusion; can you give it?”
Recruit: “I can only give you a pint.
I gotta shave tomorrow.”
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In A&M’s'cadet corps a tragedy
is .unfolding.* Because of one per
son’s lack of honor and character,
another man with an ocean of both
is being severely wronged, and
the entire cadet corps is being dam
aged. How hiuch more they may
be damaged, only time will tell.
Here is the story as we know it.
A senior used a board on a fresh
man. His action was in direct vio-
lation of the orders, of his com
pany commander, who had made
three ^distinct statements to his
entire company that there was to
be no board swinging in his outfit.
The freshman left the corps, and at
his physical; examination the dis
covery was made that he had been
hazed. 11
The Military Department, in ac
cordance with a precedent case,
stated that they would have to
know the name of the person who
had done tlie hazing or the com
pany commander would have to re
sign his position as C. O,
The person (I prefer not to call
him a man) who had done the
hazing would not turn himself in.
The company commander was too
much of; a man to report the offen
der after his refusal. The C. O.
turned in hU buttons to the mili
tary department and moved out of
the outfit. .
In the entire action, no one bene
fited. Everyone has k>at something.
The Military Department lost one
of the finest company commanders
it has ever {had. The outfit lost the
leadership which made it one of
the simrpesit on the rumpus.
Without their former eommand-
er's steadying Influence and with
the natural turmoil that resulted
from the Incident, tlie company Is
rapidly deteriorating.
Although the company command
er is now more respected than ever
by those, of us who know him, the
confusetf minor that surrounds such
a dismissal can not help but dam
age him in many quarters.
The losses of the weakling who
precipitated the entire affair can
not be described. Insofar as the
respect of the school goes, h,e has
lost everything.
In this universaly unpleasant sit
uation, whftt can be done? In the
larger sense, many of us feel that
the Military Department must
change its methods. This is not
the first, but the second incident
of this kind. In the first, as in this
latest case, an outstanding, highly-
respected leader was lost to the
cadet corps. You can not continue
removing such foundation stones
from a structure without weaken
ing it. With the school now in one
of its most crucial periods, we
need all the outstanding leaders
we can muster.
But that is a more distant issue
which can be resolved later. The
immediate problem of , repairing
the damagej to the depdsed com
pany commander cannot wait.
It can be solved by only one
person. It is possible that he could
not only dear up the present sorry
mess, but prevent its ever happen
ing again. If he set the precedent
now, any further such catastrophes
might not occur.
There are three things he can
most assuredly do. He fan regain
much of the respect he has lost,
he can restore a top company com
mander to (he job he never de-
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served losing, and he can clear the
name of one of the finest men in
A&M College.
To that person I say this. You
must a<;t quickbr t The Military De-,
partment bears no malice to the?
company commander. It is rea
sonable to believe from their ori
ginal terms to the C. 0. that he
will be restored to his command
when you turn yourself in. But
you must do it within the next
two days.
Right now, it won't be easy.
There is the definite possibility
that you will be dismissed from-
school. But in the long run, you
cannot make any other choice.
If you turn yourself in now, even
after this much delay, you will re
gain the respect of all thinking
Aggies, who know how hard it is to
do the tight thing after you have
been wrong. You can clear the dark
blotch of doubt from the name of
a real man who stuck his neck out
for you. ■ j
It’s all in your hands. On the
one side you can suffer a little
now but gain back the respect of
all Aggies, and your own self re
spect as well. On the other hand
you can remain in school now,
on an unhappy basis, and know
that for the rest of your life you
will not only have the scorn and
contempt of the greatest bunch of
guys in the world, but will never
be able to face youraelf in the
mirror.
It’s all up to you. What do you
want to be, itu Aggie or an out
cast?
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HE WANTS CHATTER
Editor The Battalion:
Dear Sir.
I’d like to see the "Batt’ start
something in regard to the “putrid’’
little Speaker system the A&M Col
lege uses at the football field.
This is a disgrace to a high school
of 50 pupils ntuchless the wonderful
school that A&M College is.
Very often there are important
announcements made over this puny
little system that are never heard.
And as for the plays of the game,
its a useless effort. And too, it’s
such a feeble effort that it’s not
even funny. A&M should have
speakers all over the field so that
any) and all announcements, plays,
telegrams and everything could be
heard by every one.
How’s about some chatter from
you on this!?
Your’s truly,
Tom A Sweeney
Bryan, Texas*
AGGIES CAUSE LOSS
Editor, The Battalion:
This past Friday I was enroute
from Fort Worth to Houston. I
stopped at the A&M entrance to
give some Aggies a lift. I invited
five boys to tide with me.
Since this filled the car, we put
out bags in the back of the car.
(See LETTERS, Page 4)
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1 has the Bryan High
auditorium been so
alive as it was last ]
the Theatre On Tour’s pr
of “Hasty Heart,” Bryan
Series initial presentation
year, subjugated a capacity
ence wi h its compassionate wai
and sincere simplicity. -
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ward in a temporary British
Genenl Hospital in Bu
“Hasty Heart” treat* of
chango wrought in a
young Scottish soldier by
fellow patients and nurse. ; <
Lachlen [McLaughlin enters the
ward Vith all a Scotman’s pride,
practicality, and stoicism, plus a
hard, Cynical philosophy of life
promot id by an excess of life’s
hard knocks. Unknown to him,* a
malignnnt kidney ailment brought
on by shrapnel wounds has left
him wi h only a few weeks to live.
But 1 he nurse in charge and the
ward’s other occupants, have been
warned ahead of time that the new
patient has only paltry time left on
earth, knd are asked to make the
remain ler of his life as pleasant
as posnible.
Thli, they find, la easier said
than done. Laeklen remains
aloof, distrusting the geniality
and gonerosity of ths kind, sym-
paths ic nurse and hi* comrades
in ailfent, a delightfully rowdy
and wlaeeracking crew with tne
exception of nne~a Hurmese who
can't speak or understand Eng
lish. • jv
It U Nurse Movguret, who at last
brings out the human In Lachlan.
She buy* him a suit of kilts on his
birthday, and has each of the ward
Inmntcf present him with a part
of the [set.
Lachlan Is overcome;, his faith
in man is restored, and he Is
childlike in hts enthusiasm for
friendls. “Twenty one years of
my life have been wasted,” he
says, *tw;enty-one years to make
up for. I’ve invested all my
money in a piece of land in Scot
land. I’m going to settle there
after the war.”
To kn audience aware tb£t the
Scotman’s days are numbered,these
words bear a pathetic and tragic
import which we find oui-selves in
capably of expressing here.
Romance enters the scene when
in love and
to give way
when the Colonel
Udilan’l fate
Believing he has been treated!
with such kindness and under-
standing out of pity, the proud!
Scot , becomes infuriated andl
crashed. His cynicism returns,:
and he makes ready to go back:
to Scotland and die friendless.
Only aifter experiencing a bitter i
denunciation from one of his newly- ¥,
formed companions does he come Tommy, the
to his senses, swallow his prida, ' * “
and decide to finish out his days
among those he loves and is loved
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Mr. Patrick has written like;
an angel with seared wings. His;
characters are uncomplex, free'
from profound psychological:
complexes. It is through the
simplicity of their feelings thnt[
the universal emotions have[
been struck, and a perfect bal-;
ance between humor and pathos
Sentiment is never al- [
t >uch on the maudlin,
its restraint possesses a:
kable sincerity.
j j^s to the! cast and its worth, we
must say t|»at each member ban-;
died his alignment with singular-
,ng and intuition. Edward!
Hotiier as Lachlen; Ken Tower as:
fat, indolent British!
Barbara Ames as Nurse!
K ester as:
Yarik particularly contributed sen-
sititje and eloquent characteriza-
tiorip with rsre ease and dexterity,;
reedvirtg able supervision from di-;
reetpr Martin Manulis.
the set designed by Herbert'
agan’aided immeasurably in \
proper mood and at-!
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