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Grant The Soldier Yankee General Revived In Short, Colorful Volume By LARRY JERDEN Battalion Associate Editor GRANT, The Soldier. By Thomas M. Pitkin. Acropolis Books. $4.50. The most complimentary com ment that can be uttered in be half of this 88-page volume is that it makes the general, and his times, come alive for the reader to a degree rarely achieved in books about historical figures. The first and last chapters of this work are excerpts from Grant’s memoirs, while the re mainder is composed of letters written to and from him during the war and after, giving first hand accounts of both the action of the war and the signing of the peace. Not all the selections printed are of great moments in his life. There are such incidents as his humiliation the day he first donned an Army uniform, the evening a soldier brought him a message in his command tent, only to find him crawling around on the floor with his children, and how he came to be a cigar smoker. The biggest fault in this attrac tively-done work is its utter lack of objectivity. Underlying the author’s introduction to each chapter is an apparent sub conscious effort to defend the general against his critics during and after the war. When a fault is discussed, it is mentioned that certain charges were made against him, then letters are printed at length swearing to his innocence, usually adding that he was really a fine family man who never took a drink, or something to that effect. If what not is related between the covers of this volume shows a bias, it is most clearly illus trated by the lack of mention of the scandals surrounding this colorful figure. What does shine through is the style of writing peculiar to the mid-1800’s. Some how, through all the blood and butchering of war, there seemed to shine a nobility, a respect for man that in our high-paced time of lightning conflict, has utterly vanished. The book is effectively illus trated with photographs from the N ational Archives, woodprints, and sketches from the pads of contemporary artists. It is an easily read volume, with an at tractive layout that helps cut reading time down to a couple of hours at the most. In short, an enjoyable way to gain an only slightly slanted in sight into one of the greatest Yankee generals of the Civil War. BATTALION CLASSIFIED Political Announcements Subject to action of the Dem ocratic Primary May 7, 1966 For Congressman, Sixth Congressional District OLIN E. TEAGUE (Re-Election) WANT AD RATES On. day 4. per word 34 per word each additional day Minimum charge—56. DEADLINE 4 p.m. day before publication Claasified Display 904 per column inch each insertion FOR RENT Call TA 3-8338 for beds, baby equipment, party goods, invalid needs, tools, garden & yard supplies. 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One of his key points is that there is a reciprocal, evolution ary action between the concept ual and the existential (between the thinkers and the doers) so that eventually the existential world of action tends to shape itself in the patterns of the con ceptual world of the thinkers. His writing is free of high- flown intellectual mumbo-jumbo, academic jargon, or semantic fuzziness. To grasp his ideas you need only to understand two terms — “existential,” meaning the chaotic day-to-day world of action, and “conceptual,” the world of ideas, theory and intent. In the first part of his book Halle shows the contrasts be tween the conceptual ideas of the professors and the existential patchwork of the diplomats who have to meet world crises on the hour. In the second part he dem onstrates how dangerously far apart the worlds of actuality and ideas can get, by examining the devious history of Marxism — in a really stunning analysis that will clear the air for many a layman. In the third, he studies “the evolutionary process by which man creates himself,” and the direction which man as a so ciety-builder seems to be taking — toward some sort of world organization beyond the nation state. If you’ve had any reluctance or timidity about venturing into the seemingly rarified atmosphere of foreign affairs and political phil osophy, cast aside your inhibi tions. This is down to earth. Miles A. Smith The Invisible Scar Author Gives Views Of Depression THE INVISIBLE SCAR. By Caroline Bird . McKay. $5.95. Miss Bird’s book is about the Great Depression of the 1930s, but it is no dry, dispassionate history. As she tells you frankly at the start, she is no scholar, but uses the journalistic approach, and when there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, “I’m for human rights.” Her viewpoint is as full of color as her text. Of course she begins with the fantastic stock market crash of 1929, and recalls some of the bizarre things that happened in its wake. Then come chapters on the millions of unemployed, the actual hunger of many people, the deepening of the crisis into 1932, and the preposterously feeble efforts to halt it; and the bank closings that shut down every wheel of industry and com merce in March 1933. Before summarizing the Hun dred Days in which all the emer gency measures of the first Roosevelt administration were shoved through, she has a look at the reversing social patterns of the time, the effects of idle ness on people of all ages and the many ramifications of the econ omic, political and moral compli cations of real poverty. There also are sections on the appeal which Marxism held for many intellectuals of that day, while the Communist Party was failing to make any real headway among the blue collar classes; on the rise of labor unions and the rash of strikes — but no revolu tion. Much of Miss Bird’s story is developed through anecdotes, personal stories, incidents, homely comparisons, striking quotations from the high and the low, and the memorabilia of the age. Naturally, this makes her account far more readable than a mess of academic jargon dappled with graphs and charts. But be ware, for she has a habit of firing generalizations from the hip, and the results sometimes ricochet oddly. Younger people are invited to read this eye-opener. They’ll be surprised at what Pop and Grand pa went through. Miles A. Smith Battalion Needs Book Reviewers The Battalion presents today a collection of reviews of books which have not yet hit the mar ket. Anyone interested in reviewing current books — either fiction or non-fiction — for publication in The Battalion should contact associate editor Larry Jerden in the Student Publications Office in the YMCA Building basement. Book reviewers are given the books they review. New bargain time for long distance calls 1208 So. 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