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History Experiments Spring Up Over Country
Millions of American Vacationers See Historic Relics
By Associated Press
^THIS year’s million Americans will journay through time
toward the era of their ancestors without ever getting out
of reach of hot and cold running water.
struction is done on the basis of research as extensive as
possible.
In a more modest way, Valley Forge in Pennsylvania and
New Salem in Illinois fall in this same category.
This has been made possible by a whole series of living
history experiments that have sprung up across the nation
in the last quarter century.
It was just 25 years ago that John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
told Dr. W. A. R. Goodwin to go ahead and have preliminary
studies made for the restoration of Williamsburg, Va.
Today, with a half •million visitors annually, a $2,000,-
000 budget and 1,000 employees, Colonial Williamsburg is by
far the most ambitious and best known of restorations in
America.
But by no means is it the only one.
Williamsburg has paced the nation’s enthusiasm, even
if it has not invariably set the style, for historic town restora
tion projects. Two dozen major ones stand today in a score of
stated. New ones keep cropping up. As a result, the nation’s
interest in preservation of its past never was so high as now
at a time when danger of destruction never was so apparent.
In general there are three classes of projects. Williams
burg almost in a class by itself, combines preservation of ex
isting structures with re-building of those that have yielded
to time, and with removal of modern buildings. The recon-
Preservation of Existing Structures
Second and most familiar type is the one in which the
principal effort is preservation of existing structures, with
out any spectatcular attempt to rebuild those that have
crumbled away. This goes on in literally hundreds of cities
and towns where mansions and public buildings and the
birthplace of famous sons and daughters are on display.
But the towns in the living history category are the ones
like Natchez, Miss., Charleston, S. C., and Virginia City, Nev.,
where preservation has been made a community project.
Finally there is the museum town—like Old Sturbridge,
Mass., Shelburne, Vt., and Mystic, Conn.—where synthetic
communities are created in the spirit of the past, without
any pretense that they represent an actual early day develop
ment.
Other places where historic projects in one category or
another are in being include: Columbia, Calif., Deerfield and
Plymouth, Mass., Fort Harrod, Wy., Leesburg and Waterford,
Va., Monroe and Richmondtown, N. Y., New Castle, Del.,
Newport, R. I. Tombstone, Ariz. Virginia City, Mont., Win
ston-Salem, N. C., and Harper’s Ferry, W. Va.
1 All this planning and patching, hammering and hauling,
fund raising and tourist tempting could hardly go on without
differences of opinion.
Newton B. Drury, director of the National Park Service
which has a great number of the nation’s monuments under
its wing, cites the precept—“Better to preserve than to re
pair ; better to repair than restore; better to restore than re
construct.”
Park Department’s Recommendation
The park department, he adds, does not recommend the
hypothetical or conjectural restoration of structures, or por
tions of structures that have long been destroyed.
Could he have had in mind such grand scale projects as
Williamsburg where restoration of structures long destroyed
is routine?
On the other side of the fence. G. Edwin Brumbaugh,
who has restored the huts at Valley Forge and numerous
other buildings in Pennsylvania, writes in the magazine “An
tiques” about the technique of such reconstructions.
You must do painstaking research, he says, interview old
timers, make investigations on the site, study general styles
and techniques of the period, and employ the same materials
and methods as were originally used.
The craze for historic preservation stems back more than
100 years. It was in 1850 that the State of New York started
the boom by acquiring Washington’s headquarters at New
burgh. Nine years later, a ladies’ association bought Mount
Vernon. By 1895, about 20 historic buildings—ranging from
Independence Hall in Philadelphia to a Nebraska log cabin—
could be viewed by the public. By 1933 there were more than
400; today hundreds more.
Historic Buildings Are Magnets
Every historic building serves as a tourist magnet.
Mount Vernon and Independence Hall, for instance, attract
thousands annually. But with the arrival of the preserved
or restored community, history really has become big busi
ness. :
At Williamsburg a survey showed that 200,000 admis
sionpaying tourists stayed two days on an average and spent
$15.
Eyeing that record, a Winston-Salem newspaper com
mented :
“Businessmen are convinced that in ignoring Old Salem
we are overlooking a community asset of real importance—
the tourist dollar is a fast dollar and passes through many
hands.”
In the same vein, a founder of the historic Charles Foun
dation has commented: “History is valuable not only in
terms of building citizens but in terms of dollars.”
Big time incomes such as these men have in mind indi-H
cates big time investments. Some $25,000,000 has been pour
ed into Colonial Williamsburg. Winston-Salem seeks $2,500,-
000. Even Tombstone Ariz., has a goal of $500,000.
Battalion Editorials
Page 2 THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1951
The Vicious Oil Circle . . .
TTIE OIL shortage in Europe caused by
the break in Iranian production is being
made up out of supplies on hand in the Uni
ted States and Canada.
A statement by Bruce K. Brown, deputy
petroleum administrator, said a number of
•
Being careful is less painful than
being injured—and less expensive,
too.
Who Outsmarted
What Country?
SENATOR McMahon (D-Conn) said yes-
^terday the U. S. should lose no time in
thrusting more truth into the iron curtain
crack made by Russian broadcasts of Amer
ican friendship overtures.
The Senator made this noble statement
after it was announced that the Moscow ra
dio had broadcast the texa of a “friendship
resolution” passed by Congress.
“Now that we have cracked the Iron Cur
tain,” continued the Senator, “We must keep
at efforts to tell the Russian people the
truth about what is going on in the world.”
Well said, Senator. But we must not for
get that the Russian mind is exceptionally
clever when it comes to propaganda, and
she sings a very soporific lula-bye—one that
tends to put the rest of the world to sleep—
having pleasant drearps of a peaceful tomor
row. Too often this dream is turned into a
nightmare as the deceived people awake to
find that Russia has changed her mind about
peace.
Joe Stalin once said, “We do not lament
the hair of one who has been beheaded.” Few
people doubt that he intends to get the heads
of all of us.
U. S. oil companies are making arrangements
to increase Middle East and Carribbean
crude oil production by approximately 230,-
000 barrels a day.
In addition, under a pooling agreement
reached since a squabble over nationaliza
tion halted shipments from Iran, about 200,-
000 barrels a day of Middle East crude oil
which normally goes to the U. S. and Canada
is being sent to Europe.
The way the dispatch is worded, it
might seem that America is losing only 230,-
000 barrels of crude oil per day, but add to
that the 200,000 barrels a day we would or
dinarily get from the Middle East and we
see that our stock pile of crude oil is de
preciating at the rapid rate of 430,000 bar
rels per day.
It seems as if the oil situation is whirl
ing in a vicious circle. We send oil to Middle
East, the Middle East sends her oil to Eu
rope. Anyway you look at it, Europe winds
up in the “driver’s seat.”
Europe gets involved in a dispute with
Iran, Iran cuts off oil production that de
prives Europe of badly needed oil. The U. S.
apparently wanting to appear that we are
not helping Europe by sending crude oil di
rectly to her—sends 230,000 barrels per day
to the Middle East. In turn the Middle East
gives Europe 200,000 barrels a day that
should come to us.
If this keeps up, Europe will end up with
the oil, and the U. S. will wind up with a
limited supply. Mowever, this shouldn’t be
too surprising, Europe has always been suc
cessful in taking Uncle Sam snipe hunting.
Inevitably, the American people have usually
been left holding the bag. ^ ^ Af JiiEki
• • ’- ! I Wf 11
Letters to The Editor
Editor, The Battalion:
In view of the lead story in
Wednesday’s Batt, we have some
opinions that we would like for
you to hear.
In the first place, it is our opin
ion that no student governing
body has the right to dispose of
dormitory Coke funds in any man
ner.
In the second place, we are of
the opinion that it is not Demo
cratic to make a whole group suf
fer for the failings of a minority,
that is if they could be called fail
ings.
This seemingly stupid idea of the
student senate’s appears to be of a
Communistic nature, since we are
of the opinion that everyone shares
everything alike in a Communistic
state.
We contend that it is not the
basic idea of our present day
society to account for the short
comings of any minority group,
therefore, why should we at A&M
be held accountable for the short
comings of any minority?
How many Aggies have been
paid for injuries, or personal dam
ages received as a result of drown-
outs? As we understand it, these
so-called TU students were enroll
ed in A&M and therefore cannot
expect to have any special priv
ileges bestowed upon them.
If these so-called TU students
receive payment for their dam
ages, then by virtue of our Demo
cratic student government, every
Aggie that haSi ever been drowned
out has the right to receive pay
ment for any damage that he
might declare.
Just in case you have never been
drowned out, we would like to
furnish you with the standard op
erational proceduere:
1. Find out why you needed the
drown-out.
2. Find out specifically who
drowned you out.
3. Furnish appropriate retalia
tion.
The foregoing procedure is stan
dard here at A&M before shouting
“Oh, I’ve been di’owned out, pay
me $248!”
In closing, we would like to ask
a question. Is it possible to im
peach a student member?
Ray Rushing ’52
Dick Litjestrand ’52
John H. Henry ’51
Roy M. Young, Grad.
G. P. Pepper ’54
Charles Wilson ’51
Duwain E. Fagala ’52
Gerald C. Drew, Grad.
Walter Davenport ’52
(Editor’s note: The editorial
staff of The Battalion has taken
no decisive stand on this matter
and only strict accounts of news
details have been recorded thus
far. After a thorough examina
tion of all facts has been made,
we will publish a round-up of the
senate’s plan for repaying the stu
dents, opposition to the payment,
and our conclusion.
(We will answer your questions,
however, and possibly help you see
a few details which your letter
shows you do not fully understand.
(Although we do not have a
copy of the Student Senate con
stitution available at this moment,
we do know that when the Coca-
Cola machines were set up in the
dormitories a few years ago, an
agreement was made at that time
for Senators in each dorm to be re
sponsible for all “Coke” machine
profits. This would give him the
right to do with it as he sees fit,
which has usually been to distrib
ute the funds to companies in the
dormitory, or in the case of non
military dormitories, place the
money in the dorm fund.
(We will not question your atti
tude of whether or not a group
should suffer for what a few has
done. But we would like to point
out that our present day society
DOES have to account for the
short comings of a minority group.
The students of A&M are suffer
ing now through the ill feelings
those Texas students have because
of the damages done to their prop
erty. They cannot blame any one
individual, so they must blame a
group, and you and I and all of us
are rightfully held accountable be
cause we are a member of the
group from which a minority did
the actual drowning-out.
(The Dean of Men’s Office has
cited several cases where students
have paid for damages incurred as
a result of drown-outs among
themselves in the dormitories.
(The TU geologists are not A&
M students and they are not reg
istered at A&M. They merely live
in A&M dormitories and pay only
for their housing here. They are
taught by University of Texas-
paid professors, and use that
school’s facilities in their training.
(We believe your three point
plan for drown-out SOP can’t be
classed to this instance. In the
first place, the number one ques
tion can be answered with the fact
that some students here liked to
exercise that age-old rivalry be
tween A&M and TU by doing this
Interpreting the News
act.
(But don’t you think that if the
TU students and the college offi
cials knew who did it they would,
as you say, retaliate and collect
from them. But as long as those
guilty students stay in the back
ground and do not make them
selves known, the blame for the in
cident rests on the shoulders of
the entire student body, whether
you were to blame or not.
(According to information we
have been able to obtain, there is
a provision that states that stu
dents may recall a Senator which
they have elected.
(We would like to say, however,
that every domitory that does not
have a Senator here this Summer
had an equal chance for represen
tation at the meeting and a chance
for helping to decide the outcome
of disposing of these funds for
paying the TU students. All house
masters in dormitories were sup
posed to have been notified of the
meeting held Tuesday night — if
there was no Senator in their dorm.
(Was your housemaster there?)
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Fundamentally, America is a sentimental
nation, but even Russia shouldn’t expect us
to tail for that peace melody—no matter how
beautifully her'propaganda bird may sing it.
People who really want to work
are rare. What they want is the
pay that they can’t get ivithout
working. ^
The Battalion
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Ike for Prexy
Odds Are Tops
By J. M. ROBERTS, JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
n^HERE seems to be an increas-
-*■ ing number of spots in New
York and Washington where you
can get odds that General Eisen
hower is a willing if passive candi
date for the Republican presiden
tial nomination.
President Truman has made it
plain Eisenhower is under no obli
gation not to run. Some compe
tent observers think Senator Taft’s
concentration and belief in the
strength of the Middle West has
left the way clear in the East for
Eisenhower’s popularity and the
Dewey-supported Eisenhower cam
paign there.
Maybe Dewey
Some of these observers also
think that if Eisenhower is finally
deterred by his European job and
his disinclination for political con
flict, Governor Dewey will be pre
pared to offer as an Eastern sub
stitute.
President Truman’s public equan-
amity about the Eisenhower sub
ject, his very willingness to discuss
it, has created a deal of specula
tion. Some even theorize the
President, a strong believer in the
practicalities of party organiza
tion, might prefer to meet a knight
on a white horse rather than a
natural candidate of the Republican
state and city machines.
These are the ones who assume
that Truman will be the Democratic
nominee. The ideas that Eisenhow
er might be the Democratic choice
in event of Truman’s abdication,
(See EISENHOWER, Page 4)
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