The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-29

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Here's hoping as ever anon that
somehow Christmas was merry for
these whose lot through the wild and
surging final days was to stand
and wait on us in stores.
And for their counterparts who
carry the mails ard express
The exact moment In Christ
mas procedure when barbarism
ends and blessedness begins has
not been fixed. But it's a big mo
ment more dentifiably by men
than women.
And then there is some certain
individual in every family W 40
somehow assumed the mountain
of work and infinity Of errands right
down to the dawning Of the morn
ing.
1 HEARD SECRETARY Of the
Treasury Anderson make a little
impromptu talk once about what
he called "the passionate few"
These are the ones, he said, who
in almost every group enterprise
assume the responsibilities. have
! the faith, do the work. Often it is
less than a few, however. 1t is a
passionate one" a single in
dividual.
She is. the Christmas angel - in
my book.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR v. VIE
BEL, of Big Steel's Birmingham
subsidiary, told graduating nurses
at the Baptish Hospitals here that
"a smile is sometimes more pow
!; el-ful than "a sedative, and personal
attention may have more affect
than pills" remember minister
ing angel, increasingly angelic with
every rubbing. Her daily in
creasing beauty was balm to all i'll
| ness other than an unoccluded and
| increasing one Of the heart. OBJ
viously she had chosen me Of all
that wide hospital for special and
affectionate attention. My smallest
discomfort was crisis upon which
she would dwell with me indefinite
ly. And ah. how she was mystery,
beauty and all knowing when she
came with shots at midnight and
demerol at dawn
Pills are especially inferior in a
set-up like this. They make you get
well too fast.
And it's so cold outside.
And you forget the name.
If a lady sings a business letter
Mary Jones" and there's nothing
to tell you whether she is married
or not, is it more polite in reply
to guess Miss or Mrs? 1t all
depends on her age and your state
of mind. one student Of the subject
says. graphically. You don't know
her age. Of course
Was Chancellor Branscomb low.
rating liberal arts when he was
quoted lately as saying American
1 education could use "a little less
stress on the well-ronnded pro
duct"2 My guess is that he meant
many are croWding to college for a
Ilib eral arts education who gel
neither that nor any other education
in fact.
/ Whether they were born incapable
or acquired it in high school they
| just don't get anywhere in college
even though everybody feels he
must have a college degree these
| days
"Well-rounded men, may not
make very good scientists OF
soldiers for cold-to-hot war vii h
Russia but they are the object oil
the war, of course. Dr. Branscomh
was putting his finger on a prob
lem, not an answer. it seems to
| me.
OF THE WORLDS HITE
PEOPLE only the Russians would
be capable. of killing off the whole
people Of Red China with germs
and gas.
From believable sources you can
hear that the Soviets are stockpil-
ing such weapons to use if in
creasing friction turns their great
est ally into their deadliest enemy
Communism would be forgotten
for color.
| You are harked back to the late
Columnist Arthur Brisbane and his
warnings day after day of syel-
low peril" against which whites of
the world would have to unite. and
fast.
You can conceive of an America
| joined with Russia against a China
too barbarous. aggressive, blind and
increasingly strong to be allowed
to live. But not of a war of the
world between white and colored.
THE FUND SET UP BY Cover
nor Rockefeller and his brothers
disagrees. It has just issued a re-
port warning that the rivalry be-
tween Russia and the United States
may give way to one Tin which
men find themselves pitted against
each other on lines of race or
color The showdown would come