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YOUR SPORT EDITOR FUMBLED BALL IN REFERRING TO VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE AS ACADEMY [TIME, SEPT. 9] THUS CONTINUING ERRONEOUS NORTHERN IMPRESSION ALMOST AS PREVALENT AS ONE THAT WASHINGTON THREW DOLLAR ACROSS POTOMAC INSTEAD OF RAPPAHANNOCK. V.M.I., NOW IN THE MIDST OF NATIONAL DRIVE TO RAISE $1,500,000 ENDOWMENT, IS AS PROUD OF ITS DISTINCTIVE NAME AS IT IS OF FACT IT FURNISHED 3,800 ALUMNI TO ARMED FORCES WORLD WAR II INCLUDING 54 GENERALS, ONE OF WHOM WAS GEORGE CATLETT MARSHALL.
CHESTER B. GOOLRICK JR. Lexington, Va.
¶ To V.M.I, all good wishes for a successful fund drive. To TIME'S Sport editor a suit of Confederate grey to be worn annually on the anniversary of the death of "Stonewall" Jackson, one-time professor of tactics at the West Point of the South.—ED.
Escapist Deputy
Sirs:
After reading the exhilarating article on "Boom Town Sisters" [TIME, Sept. 9], I showed the copy of your magazine to our deputy sheriff who "handcuffs prisoners and nails the cuffs to a pole outside the Rangely News office." I tried to impress on him the importance of having been mentioned in a world-wide-read magazine, distributed practically in all countries. Our charming deputy sheriff did not seem impressed. On the contrary, he rather sternly asked me: "What is the country where TIME Magazine is not read at all?" When I asked the reason of sheriff's curiosity, he answered: "I want to go there...."
Otherwise your article met with popular approval and we are proud of having boom town sisters among us roughnecks.
GEORGE DE MOHRENSCHILDT Rangely, Colo.
Fighting Brethren
Sirs:
. . . Your report of Brethren relief projects [TIME, Sept. 2] will be read with much interest by our people, but the statement that
"During the war most of the younger Brethren went into public service camps as conscientious objectors" is not true to fact. In March 1945 a survey was made of Brethren churches concerning the type of service chosen by her youth. More than half the churches reported and the totals based upon these figures reveal the following. Of 17,415 in some form of Selective Service, 1,365 were in civilian public service as conscientious objectors; 1,382 were in noncombatant service under the military; 597 women served as nurses, WACs, WAVES, etc.; the rest were in regular military service.
The Church of the Brethren is known as one of the historic peace churches and her official statements for the past 200 years, or from her beginning in 1708, justify this designation. But the Church allows for freedom of choice, with the results indicated above.
MERLIN C. SHULL Elgin, Ill.
Causes & Fleas
Sirs:
The founding of the ICCASP [TIME, Sept. 9] was prompted by a most commendable spirit of citizenship by a group of sincere social-minded people who feel that liberals should be organized to make their ideals effective.
That some of its members have supported worthy causes in the past need not be belittled by TIME. These causes, as well as those championed by the ICCASP, are vital, real as life, and deserve the attention and support of anyone who claims to be a true believer in democracy and social justice.