EDUACATION VS. MILITARY RAINING
EDUCATION VS. MILITARY TRAINING From ADELAIDE NICHOLS BAKER, Citizenship Chairman, Ctmntetieut Parent-Teach*ra Attociation To tk« Editor: Wl I.I.I AM BOHN'S analysis of Military Training; and...
...But to try that universal extension without, a* you urge, examining the quality of training ia worse than'wasteful...
...About the Theatre IN ANY SEASON By JOSEPH T. SHIPLEY "VP IN CENTRAL PARK...
...Music by Sigmund Romberg...
...For this is New York of the 1870s, when our City Hall, instead of a little flower, wore ¦ big Tweed, and "the party's gain was the people's loss, while Big Bill Tweed was boss, boss, boss...
...How much more serious they are—lack of moral courage, emphasis on blind obedience, lack of responsibility for those in then charge— if one is thinking of these officers as part of an educational organisation, perbapa tha only one our boys Will know in an important mid Impressionable year af ' their Jives...
...the comedy is msinly rough-and-tumble Irish, out of the days when the Irish were learning not to haul the pick and shovel but to pick and ahovel away the haul...
...film for popular showing...
...From the first words of Bruce Lord, to the last toe-step of Betty Bruce, "Up in Central Park" is a pleasant place to be...
...Tamiris' dancers) that is perfect Currier and Ives...
...continuance in "Up in Central Park," which proves that American history and atsge delight can come right out ef little old New York...
...The affaire of Tammany Hall are properly pressed to their disastrous disclosure...
...Lyric* by Dorothy Field...
...Baldwin's latter , mentions "Tha greatest fault of our Army administratively, the fault of waste—the red tape that clogs' the wheels and the little non-essential 'empires' that ambitious officers or leaders build up...
...One place where you can get aoma light on tha "practices of tho army" is in th* careful report made by Hanson Baldwin in life Magasine...
...as it slides to its close, you And yourself back in the hotel...
...Many of them have a highly developed sense of privilege but no comparable sense of responsibility...
...This technicolor picture of the life of an escort carrie, was taken on Army airplane 16 mm...
...There will be civil war and chaos...
...By far the most vivid that I have seen is "The Fighting Lady...
...It is a vital picture, that brings the emotional impact of oar nearing victory into your very veins...
...VIGOROUS FILM "THE FIGHTING LADY...
...at their comradet everywhere, changed their tlogan of "step Hitler" to "stop the pluto-democracies t" Does this indicate a mire "loaning" toward Moscow or complete subserviencet Perhaps our commentators do not yet know that wherever Communists have wrested control from a legitimate government that country has lost its sovereignty...
...These two sing another hit, "It Doesn't Coat You Anything to Dream," early in the evening, and set the show well on its way...
...I a), ways find it refreshing: and informativo...
...Stalin attars a few words (long overdue) and w* are so overcoat* with, gratitude we cant see straight...
...and Democracy for on* year offer* a useful challenge to th* military leaders who wish to substitute the education they devise for the education which parents may wish, young people may choose, and educator* may give, even within the framework of a universal education law...
...In the Hotel Stetson, Bessie is invited to Joe's room, to see not his etchings but his Currier and Ives...
...the charm and beauty of the Maypole Dance...
...Staged by John Kennedy...
...Commentary delivered by Robert Taylor...
...The Chinese crisis —as we've aeon criaes everywhere—is communism's opportunity...
...It may be fatal to American ideals and hopes...
...REFRESHING from GEORGE S. COUNTS T* th* Editor: I would not want to bo without • ain(fle edit ion of your admirable paper...
...China'a independence, too, will disappear, once the insurgents are loosed upon her...
...The singing of Maureen Cannon and Wilbur Evans bienda in pleasant concord to the effective tunes...
...but one of Tweed's minor henchmen has a pretty daughter who wants to rise...
...The technicolor gives a vividness beyond any news reel shots...
...the lady not aware that during the HitlerStalin honeymoon the Chinese Comasiii*ie...
...Another part of Mr...
...They lack the spinestiffening intangible that makes leader* great It may be training, it may be ambition, it may-be too-blind obedience to tho tendency of I Ota* American Army officer* to play the 'army fame' the war it haa a)way* been played and to build up position* of personal prestige and power, little private empires by 'watching the number.' "An officer twice wounded in France ha* remarked in a letter to thi* correspondent— "'At first I thought this to bo true only in tho States in training, but I have discovered it to bo even worse in combat Back horn* it came out mostly in eye wash, I have now had the opportunity to see the results of this system destroy many fine men on the battlefield.' "Although this officer-correspondent pssses too lightly over the absolute necessity in any military organisation for a strict obedience to orders, he does point up an undoubted fault in leadership—t he tendency of too many senior officers to resent junior's suggestions, the perhaps subconscious tendency to welcome agrees ment and to emphasize unquestioning obedience at tha expense of intelligent obedience...
...cameras, mainly automatically aimed along the gun-barrels of the planes—then transferred to standard 35 mm...
...Film by th* * U. S. Navy...
...I hope we ahall go on inquiring into the practices of the army aa a parent inquires into the practices of a school...
...China ia next on the Soviet agenda...
...W« can merely staauner thanks, admonish each other to be viry very good, to ceaaa thinking critically and apeak not at all, for only if completely compliant Stalin may come In on a very profitable kill in th* Pacific...
...ThERE have been « number of films presenting...
...Which it precisely the reaction to his bait the dictator of all the Russia's intended...
...Even so brilliant a journalist aa Dorothy Thompson fall* into th* trap, urging collaboration with the Chineae insurgents on the ground that they are, after all not "red*" but mild agrarian reformers with a "leaning" toward Russia, Can such a superftcisl sppraisal emanate from so keen s mind...
...When you see a plane alight on the carrier's deck and split in two, or burst into flame, you know there is here no here is the agony7 and sweat of the men in the momenta ,of war',' when life Is given for gain or loss in blow returned for blow...
...even more, the neat despatch of the production itself...
...Tamiris surprises us with the variety and skill of her dance arrangements: the comedy of "The Fireman's Bride" and the mimed story of "Kip Van Winkle...
...Carrying the "Fighting Lady"—a typical carrier of the Pacific fleet — through a swift campaign, the film shows scenes aboard the vessel, fights in the air, bombing raida on Japaneseheld land...
...Could Miss Thompson overlook the obvious fact »'f the Communists' long since having supplanted their ideological warfare for a power drive under any banner, by any means in behalf of Soviet Russia...
...Americana has brought its flavor to New York...
...as he preaenta them, the stage spots the living tableaux, then of a sudden it is winter in Central Park with an iceskating scene (not skates...
...That law now covers many young people beyond the age advised by th* compulsory military training, and if tha nation decided it should cover all its young people, it might work great gain* in health, ability and character...
...And until wa are satisfied let us not change from our present search for betterment in the democratic education which has been our goal from the beginning of our history...
...At the Victoria...
...Some of hi* observations throw indirect light on Our Army as an educational fore*: "Physical courage, however, i* only on* of th* many necessary attributes of successful leadership and is probably not as important an attribute as moral courage...
...We rarely get along with one where two or three can be used...
...and the continuity of the story builda to a unity and power that keep you tense...
...Book by Herbert and Dorothy Field...
...Before we accept the Army's estimate of need of a conscript army of youth to keep up our military strength, we may well ponder these criticisms...
...for, of course, we are mainly concerned with the movements of Rosie Moore (charming Maureen Cannon) and her vivacious friend Bessie (Betty Bruce), and Rosie's lovecapture, John Matthews of the New York Times (Wilbur Evans...
...stories of service life or service instrumentalities, from the Noel Coward documentary life of a British destroyer to the play and film tale of aviation training...
...Our successful leader* have that quality, bat too many of them are yesman in disguise...
...We are distinctly a luxurious army in the use of manpower, material, ammunition and food.*' As he develops this thesis in succeeding paragraphs, I see not only the question of an economical educational organisation but tha great question of the whole need for this universally trained youth ready for war...
...It is the reaction of dupes kept in a state of dithering auspense so that they may the mora readily fall in with any propaganda machinations — even that of assisting in a hatchet job on ta* leader of a loyal ally—this time Chiang Kai-shek...
...J.T.S, studio-contrived trick...
...At the Centum Theatre...
...Good singing choruses and comely girls add to the rouse of the evening...
...For we are being told it is tha .agency to give our children health, character and training for national service, lot us go on asking: What kind...
...The stir about the Park is similarly deft and graceful...
...Dances by Helen Tamiris...
...STALIN AND CHINA From MIRIAM SEANE be spared th* fulsome praiaet evoked by Jo* Stalin when (after three yean of profound cogitation, no doubt) the latter, Anally came to the concluiion that Japan > too, is an aggressor...
...Even more we may consider what they imply in the standards of education which will be applied through this universal military training law...
...Up From the Gutter" is one of the several lively songa the play proffers...
...These are offered as criticisms of an army in the field...
...But the major fault in our officer leadership in the Army ia the lack - of a sense of 'responsibility down.' Too many of our new officers do not tuffl- v ciently look after their men...
...The herding of most of eastern Europe into Russia's sphere of influence (to put it euphemistically) it almost completed...
...In "Our Army on the Western Front" he reveal* our strength and weakness a* a fighting force...
...To what state of abjeetneae nave an descended...
...the dances are gay, the ensemble spirited: all through the sessons, there's fun and frolic "Up in Central Park...
...I HE surge of Americana in '"(Jtaja homa" and "Bloomer Girl" finds fitting...
...and action, "Winged Victory...
...We will lose a faithful ally snd counties* more American lives...
...So it is Chiang's turn on the political slaughter block and we have obliged hi* communist assailant* with invaluable assistance...
Vol. 28 • February 1945 • No. 6
