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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...
...ovation to TIME for the essence of the article on Europe's Christian Democrats. Their credo ... is the complete credo of Unitarianism, and it is what can save the world. It is believable, nonauthoritarian, antitotalitarian, anti-superstitious and responsible...
...principal of the laboratory high school at the University of Minnesota, President Stout does not put too much store by conventional academic standards. He thinks that an emphasis on such "discipline" subjects as mathematics, languages and history is little more than "intellectual snobbery." Last fall, acting under this credo, Stout announced that Nevada would henceforth have no entrance standards at all, would take in any Nevada high-school graduate no matter what his ability or preparation. With that, the Stout v. Richardson battle...
What is their credo? Fundamentally, it is the common heritage of Western civilization, a Judeo-Christian heritage with which men of all faiths may agree. Their basic philosophical faith may be generally stated as a belief in 1) the fatherhood of God, 2) the brotherhood of man, 3) the essential dignity of man, and 4) the right of the individual to hold and administer private property, subject to his responsibilities to his fellowmen. Christian Democracy began as a Christian Socialism and gradually moved towards center and right. Originally, its intention was to escape the bleak godlessness of both left...
...167th annual dinner of London's Royal Academy of Arts heard the personal art credo of Sir Winston Churchill who appeared in public for the first time wearing his blue sash and silver badge of the Order of the Garter. Said Sir Winston...