Without Science Constant Threat to World Peace .
Religion Is Lost,
And Vice-Versa
Behind the Scenes
By THOMAS M. FONTAINE
When a man of science, a Nobel prize winner, a great in
ternational figure, speaks on religion, church leaders should
stop to analyze his arguments, for he probably reflects the
attitude of thousands of other thinking people. Dr. Robert
A. Millikan, in his speech in Guion Hall last Friday night,
pointed out mistakes of both science (knowledge, observa
tion and classification of general facts) and organized re
ligion. And most important, he pointed out that science and
religion must work together to attain a better world, or there
may be no world.
Ever since the world began, said Dr. Millikan, “science
and religion are the two greater forces that have been and
are pulling man onward and upward.” The spirit of science
and the spirit of religion, upon which human progress rests,
are mutually dependent and the collapse of either one will
bring down the whole structure. But while the net result of
the two forces has been good, wrong-thinking by each force
have at times brought great misery to the world. For in
stance, consider how much time science has spent in the
study of the efficient destruction of man; how much time
religious denominations have wasted in fighting each other.
Besides the explicit examples of religious and scientific
mistakes given by the scientist, inspiration for more thinking
on the subject resulted from the speech.
Mistakes And Failures of Church
Russia Maintaining Military
Force Estimated at 7,000,000
Church, in most instances, may
be summarized as an organized
appeal to the emotions. For the
searcher after truth, for the scien
tific thinker, an appeal to the emo
tions merely helps to obscure the
facts of religion. As the average
man becomes more intelligent and
better educated, he begins to resent
appeals to fear of infinite punish
ment, bedside sob stories, and the
like. Religious taboos satisfied
the primitive, superstitious savage,
but the civilized man will not tol
erate fear as the chief religious
motive.
Dr. Millikan told his audience
that all theologies are man-made,
that each theology then must nec
essarily contain mistakes. This
point is proved by the prevalence
of theological religious laws and
rules. Jesus Christ, the divine
epitome of altruistic idealism, made
no laws nor promised any punish
ments. He taught, instead, of
brotherly love and reward for good
living. In the sermon on the
mount, Christ spoke of rewards,
not punishments for “do not” laws.
If religion is to take its rightful
place beside science as one of the
two great forces for the advance
ment of civilization, sectarian war
fare must cease. How can a man
decide what is right and what is
wrong in religion when he is con
stantly besieged with denomination
condemnation of other religions.
Mistakes of Science and Non-believers
By ELTON C. FAY
AP Military Affairs Reporter / ^
Washington, Oct. 24 — (H 5 ) — When President Truman Russia is reported concenrratipg on swift expansion of
said that “the Soviet Union and its colonial satellites are her jet fighter plane force. She presumably feels she needs
maintaining armed forces of great size and strength” he pre- them as interceptors to challenge long-range American bomb-
sumably meant that at least 7,000,000 men are under arms. ers of the B-36 and B-29 type-should she launch war and
That is the estimated total of the ground, air and sea bring down retaliation on her cities. But Russia has not
forces of Soviet Russia, its Europian satellites and Commun- neglected her bomber force since World War II. It is known
ist Asia, on the basis of authoritative information available she is producing quantities of four-engined TU-70S, copies of
here. the American B-29. There are only guesses as to whether
These are actual forces-in-beingj. They do not include the Soviet designers hav tried to duplicate the huge B-36.
the hordes of recruits or reservists with World War II battle Among the newer Russian interceptor designs is a re
experience who could be drawn from the almost unlimited ported twin-jet night fighter, equipped with radar for locat-
military manpower pool which exists among the 665 million ing enemy bombers and having a speed in excess of 600
population of the Communist nations of the Occident and miles an hour.
onent ' Submarine Fleet
Vast Armies Pose Constant Threat ^ a ,
mjwm O ne Pnmary Soviet interest is in expanding its sub-
In his San Francisco speech last night, Mr. Truman said marine fleet. In the past, estimates of the Russian sub-
that “in both Europe and Asia, their vast armies pose a con- marine fleet have ranged up to 350. But the British Naval
stant threat to world peace.” He obviously was using the publication, Jane’s Fighting Ships, says the Soviet goal is
term “armies” in the broad sense of military force. The believed to be between 750 and 1,000 long range submarines
threat from Russian air and, to a lesser degree, naval by 1951.
strength also must be taken into account. Although priority has been given submarines, the Red
Russia and her European puppet states are assumed to navy also is reported to have pushed ahead with surface ship
have something over 4,000,000 men in their armed forces, building, including not only cruisers and destroyers but some
Estimates on the size of Red China’s regular army range radically new types. Among them, Jane’s believes, are three
from 2,500,000 to more than 3,000,000. The North Korean 35,000-ton battleships to fire rockets and radio-controlled
Communist army, once estimated at 150,000, now is being aerial torpedoes,
cut up and destroyed by United Nations forces.
The regular Soviet army is estimated at a little above
2,500,000. This is the army alone. It doesn’t count in per
haps 400,000 of the so-called Security Force, the NKVD.
Nor does it include a flexible force which is seasonal in na
ture—about 1,000,000 men who are called, by age groups, for
military service. The time for these men to return to civil
ian life normally occurs in the Fall, but the Soviet army is
reported holding them in service until the Spring of each
year.
Large, Excellent Artillery
The Russian army has excellent artillery and in quan
tities. It demonstrated its artillery power in World War II.
The Red army is believed to have more—and perhaps
better—tanks than any of the great powers, some guesses
in military circles are that the Soviet armored force now
‘Devil’s Doorway
Found Wanting
By FRED WALKER
“Devil’s Doorway” (MGM), a melodramatic saga of a
Shoshawnee vainly trying to keep his land trom white spec-
ulators and sheepmen, can be seen showing at the Campus,
today and tomorrow. r
Metro chooses for the part of Bioken Lance its ace
pretty boy Robert Taylor who looks unusually good with a
dead nan Trying to do the best they can with a second-rate
"re Paula^Raymond, Louis Calhern, Marshall Thomp-
son, James Mitchell and Edgar Buchanan. The plot goes
something like this: . ... , ^ ,
Broken Lance Pool returns from Antitem and Gettys
burg to find Sv/eet Meadows, the specious and fruitful valley
of his birth, under seige by a wily lawyer named Coolan In i
five years the Indian builds his cattle heids to a size that I
symbolizes financial power, the only weapon that can be
useful against the whites. But Coolan, laboring with a
Machiavellian gusto, sees fit to incite the wrath of arriving
sheepmen upon Lance. Wyoming has just been made a terri
tory and every Indian therein is a “ward” of the government,
unable to own or homestead land. Coolan has a perfect set-up.
•
The great bulk of Communist military strength and
equipment, of course, is in the Russian force itself. The
European satellites—Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czecho
slovakia—offer mainly ground forces. Together they num
ber only a fraction of Russian strength. Their quality is
below that of Soviet troops and they lack the planes, artil
lery and armor the Red army maintains.
Today Marks United
Nations’ Fifth Year
President Truman will sourid the
keynote in a speech before the
United Nations General Assembly.
Then from behind the Iron Cur
tain, the “Freedom Bell” will ring
take a midnight train from Wash
ington to Queens County, N.Y. He
will motor to the meeting place of
the U.N. Assembly at Flushing
Meadow. His speech at 10:30 a.m.
The greatest mistake of the
scientific world is to under-estimate
the importance of the effort to
spread the spirit and attitude of
religion or world loyalty. Scienti
fic advances if not coupled with
principles and ideals are likely to
bring more harm than good to the
world. Atomic power controlled by
a Hitler would bring world destruc-
tion. -v
The atheist and the agnostic
fail to discern between church and
God. When they begin to see
through the faults and foibles of
a particular church, they attach
these mistakes to God. What they
should realize is that church is
man-made and as such is subject
to man’s mistakes. God (Supreme
Being, idealized good) is infinite
and unchanged by humhn ideas.
The inability to trace cause to
efect is another fault of those who
disclaim belief in God. These are
the “bitter” people. “How could
there be a God when there is so
much war, hatred, and misery in
the world. A benevolent God would
not allow such cruelty to his peo
ple,” is their contsant argument.
But man would not have the choice
for good if he did not have the
corresponding choice for evil. It
is inevitable that some will choose
evil. The evilness of men is re
sponsible for the hatred and strife
in the world.
may have more than 25,000 medium tanks, not including an ou j. j n ^ ower 0 f west Berlin’s (C.S.T.) will be broadcast nation
unestimated number of the huge, 60-ton Josef Stailin III
models. Some of the medium tanks—The T-34S — were
City Hall.
, , , T .i -rr r -j. ■ ■ £ 4.u T5 Church bells in many communi-
turned over to North Korea for its invasion of the Republic ties across t he United States will
of Korea, but the number probably made little difference in echo the peal of the “freedom bell”
as it sounds along the radio waves
of the United States and Europe
at 11:03 p.m., (C.S.T.) in many
places, authorities have called upon
the public to offer up “peace
prayers” at that moment.
It is the fifth anniversary of the
day when the United Nations char
ter came into effect.
President Truman arranged to
the total Russian tank force. Estimates of the rate of pro
duction for jiew Russian tanks range as high as 5,000 an
nually.
Airforce Numbers 600,000
The number of men in the Red air force is placed at about
600,000, but in view of Soviet efforts towards expansion of
its air fleet may be well above that figure.
ally.
The Berlin bell is a 10-ton affair
paid for by popular subscription
in the United States. It toured
26 major U.S. cities before it ar
rived in Berlin last Saturday.
Gen. Lucius D. Clay, U.S. chair
man of the “Crusade for Freedom”
which sponsors the bell, will make
the formal dedication in Berlin.
Clay was U.S. commander in Ger
many at the time of the Berlin
blockade, and more than any other
man was responsible for breaking
that blockade.
The Goal of Science And Religion
what’s cooking New Promotion List Released
Aiding Lance is female lawyer
Aurie Masters, a law fanatic who
would cut her mothers throat if it
were in a Congressional law. When
Aurie finds out that Lance—even
with a fine service record and a
Congressional Meral of Honor
cannot homestead Sweet Meadows,
she immediately starts a petition to
the Land Office. Halfway through
the signing word is brought that
“That Indian” has just shot young
McDougal, a well-liked member of
(
A. Masters spends seven-
eights of her time riding a buck-
board between Sweet Meadows and
town, for a troop of cavalry in
order to prevent an inevitable
slaughter. When (Pardon me.) the
Jocks arrive, Aurie rushes into the
Indian defenses to plead with Lance
to surrender. By this time the
dynamite compliment has been re-
i
Then Hollywood rears its ugly
head. Donning his old cavalry uni
form and Medal of Honor, Lance
staggers 300 yards to the com
manding officer—who asks where
the rest of the male population is
—proudly mutters, “We are all
dead” and falls dead. All this takes
place at least fifteen minutes after
he shook hands with the slug.
At times Taylor is convincing,
and his make-up is excellent, Paula»
Raymond can be seen casting too
many questioning glances at the
director and Calhern presents the
anticipation of “Give me your
daughter and I will tear up the
mortgage.”
There are some excellent stabs
at naturalistic scenery in this show
and each individual tries hard
enough, (Except Calhern whose
cheek should have a tongue-sized
hole in it.) but the damaging ef
fect of many trite and pretentious
complete petition is of course turn
ed down in Cheyenne.
The Indians refuse to be ejected
from their land by the unwilling
but law-abiding Marshall who had
always befriended them. Withdraw
ing for the moment, Lance arms
his men with dynamite and the war
is on, After a few minutes of
“stick” hurling and junior com
mando tactics, the Shoshawnees re
treat momentarily victorious to dig
in at the main ranch house.
turned and the dwellings are in
sorry condition—babies cryin’, wo
men screamin’.
A brief, non-embracing love af
fair is ended when Lance hand
somely remarks, “In a hundred,
years it might have worked.” With
that out of the Way, Aurie _ goes
back. Lance gets one in the midsec
tion and the war is over.
D
lines ravage the production.
Comment: Just Hollywood bleed-,
ing delicate moralization where
tact and finese would have made a
wonderful picture.
Nauret Will Head
Williahison Group
Emzy R. Naui’et, agricultural em
gineering major from Granger,
was elected president of the Wil
liamson County Club Thursday
night. i
Other officers elected were vice-
president Paul F. Law, agricultural
engineering major from George
town; treasurer Edward C. Kruse,,
of Taylor; and secretary William
G- Ford, architecture major from
Taylor.
To serve best the purpose of ad
vancement of a civilized world,
science and religion must be co
ordinated, correlated, and united.
Working toward this ideal must
become the goal of both forces.
Each iinust try to overcome its de
fects in regard to the other.
Desperately crying for fulfill
ment, the obligation and duty of
the church is evident and definite
in purpose—a cold, logical explana
tion and proof that man needs re
ligion, that there exists a Supreme
Being, and that ideals and princi
ples are essential to the growth of
a better world. To accomplish
this, the church must eliminate
religious enmity. The church must
de-emphasize personal theological
theories and return to the original
purpose of religion—to provide man
with a reason and a purpose for
living.
Science must couple its quest for
knowledge with ideals and princi
ples for a better civilization. Scien
tific advancement must be used for
the good of the whole, not the gvin
of the selected few. Instead of
searching for better methods of
annihilating man, science must
strive for agricultural, medical,
and economic advancements.
What is the individual’s respon
sibility in creating a better world ?
The Man of Galilee gave the an
swer to that nearly two thousand
years ago. Whatsoever ye would
that men should do to you, do ye
even so to them.
JUNIOR CHAPTER OF AYMA,
Tuesday Oct. 24, 7:30 p. m. Veter
inary Lecture Room. Dr. Jaime
Barton ’38 will speak.
CALDWELL COUNTY CLUB,
Tuesday Oct. 24, 7:30 p. m. Fourth
floor of Academic Building.
AGRONOMY SOCIETY, Tues
day Oct. 24, 7:30 p. m. Rooms 2C
and 2D of MSC. Dr. Carl Ferguson
will speak. Refreshments.
WHARTON COUNTY CLUB,
Tuesday Oct. 24 after yell practice.
Room 3B MSC. Organizational
meeting.
TYLER CLUB, Tuesday Oct. 24
following yell practice. Academic
Buiding.
PERMAIN BASIN CLUB, Tues
day Oct. 25, after yell practice.
Room 3C MSC. Christmas dance
plans will be discussed.
The Battalion
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cer; William G. Hollowed, first
sergeant.
Composite Regiment
Composite Regiment Hq.
Eugene B. Jones, sergeant ma
jor.
QM-ORD Battalion,
Frank E. Simmen, executive of
ficer.
A Quartermaster
Millard G. Schuchart, second-in-
command; Joel D. Taylor, platoon
leader.
A Ordnance
Kenneth W. Colley, commander;
Robert W. Anderson, second-in-
command; Doyle J. Nash, platoon
leader.
A Chemical
Leroy D. Bacica, first sergeant.
Seventh Regiment Hq.
Albert L. Furnace, supply ser
geant; Robert W. Fowler, com
munications sergeant; Rayford J.
Brister, Floyd F. Griffin, color
sergeants.
Seventh Regiment,
Veteran Battalion Hq.
Cecil M. Inglehart, supply offi
cer; James E. Burleson, sergeant
major; James E. Adams, supply
sergeant.
A Veterans
John A. Golla, athletic officer;
Roy T. Brashear, scholastic offi
cer.
C Veterans
James L. Mayben, scholastic of
ficer.
D Veterans
James M. Counce, Clarence C.
Tatsch, platoon leaders; John H.
Stotts, athletic officer; Jack B.
Banowsky, first sergeant.
Seventh Regiment,
Athletic Battalion Hq.
James W. Dobbyn, supply offi
cer.
Seventh Regiment
Composite Battalion Hq.
Donald H. Hooten, operations of
ficer; Bobby J. Ussery, supply of
ficer.
A Composite
Norman R. Francis, second-in-
command; Billy C. Gunther, Thad-
deus J. Choate, Jr., platoon lead
ers; Glenn T. Cummings, athletic
officer; Gerald L. Atmar, scholas
tic officer; Charles B. Ellwood,
first sergeant.
B Composite
Brian P. Lowry, troop infonna-
tion officer; Howard R. Winter,
Commander; J. L. McFarling, Jr.,
second-in-command; John M. Wil
lis, platoon leaders; James W. Mel-
cher, athletic officer; Morris J.
Gelber, scholastic officer.
A Seniors
James H. Bothwell, commander;
Joy V. Springer, second-in-com
mand; Brian T. Moran, administra
tive officer; Calvin H. Beckmann,
platoon leader.
B Seniors
Freddie H. Dunn, troop informa
tion officer.
C Seniors
Dewey E. Brown, commander.
D Seniors
James R. Knox, commander.
E Seniors
Kenneth L. Sterling, commander;
Charles J. Bonnot, second-in-com
mand; William R. Davis, Stephen,
M. Walker, platoon leaders; Billy
D. Brown, athletic officer; Ken
neth E. Ramsey, Jr., administra
tive officer; Stanley J. Schepps,
supply officer.
Eighth Regiment,
First Battalion Hq.
Kenneth S. Hartman, supply of
ficer; James S. Noel, supply ser
geant.
Company No. 2
Harry D. Abelow, executive offi
cer; Philip B. Burger, first ser
geant.
Company No. 3
Oran L. Marshall, first sergeant.
Second Group Hq.
Paul Lassen, Jr., sergeant ma
jor; Marshall E. Crouch, supply
sergeant.
Company No. 8
Frederick P. Henry, executive of
ficer.
Company No. 9
John M. Olson, executive officer;
Baxter D. Honeycutt, first ser
geant.
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