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When General Charles P. Summerall took over the presidency of South Carolina's Military College (The Citadel) in 1932, there was not a soldier or cadet in the land who had not heard of him. Armed with his famed credo, the "artillery exists only to protect and support the infantry," he had commanded the Fifth Army Corps in World War I, later became chief of staff. The Citadel was honored to have such a man at its head-and the school was never to be quite the same again...
West Pointer Summerall was an oldfashioned soldier who preached "the full life under God and government." But last week, part of his own life came to an end: at 86, still ramrod straight, he told The Citadel that he was leaving. "I have," said he, "loved The Citadel as I have loved no other institution. What the future holds I do not know." Remarked one cadet, quoting from the plebes' traditional reply to upperclassmen: "May your classes be soirees and your sorrows negligible and on your leave may there be some beautiful femmes, some canoes, lots of skags, full...
...read: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." "Our country was born under God," said Rabaut, "and only [under God] will it live as a citadel of freedom...
Then they marched to the Jockey Club, world-famed citadel of Argentina's top society, wealth and culture. They burst into thick-carpeted clubrooms hung with Goyas, Corots and Monets. Out windows and into bonfires went books and furniture. A club member, pleading with one of the firebugs to save an irreplaceable book, urged the youth to "take it home if you wish, but in the name of the Holy Virgin, don't burn it!" "What do you think we are, thieves?" snapped the youth, and threw the volume on the fire. Outside, policemen detoured traffic around...
...troubled West Berliners. It was also beamed to the 17 million Red-run Germans of East Germany. "As the strength of a new Europe develops," Dr. Conant said, "changes must occur. The frontiers of freedom will peacefully expand, and Berlin will no longer be an isolated citadel." East Germany some day will unite with the West "under conditions which ensure a free democratic government of your own choosing...