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...Variety-Hour, which takes the place of a second feature, includes a pathos-laden "This Is America" short on an ex-GI who revisits his old battlegrounds; a Lowell Thomas piece about the California redwoods; a Bugs Bunny cartoon; Jan August in a few piano numbers; and "Football Headlines of 1949." The last-named is the best film the RKO Keith has to offer at the moment...
Despite its gummy spots, e.g., a trite pep talk by Chaplain Leon Ames explaining to a battle-hardened gang of veterans why they are fighting, Battleground is the sternest studio-made war film since The Story of GI Joe. On the debit side, each soldier is given a bit of colorful routine that is tiresomely underlined every time the soldier is seen: Private Douglas Fowley loses or clicks his store-bought teeth; ex-Editor John Hodiak mourns over the fact that his wife in Sedalia knows more about the battle than he does. But Director William Wellman threads...
Most colleges are now recovering from the over-crowding of the GI Bill era, and a new influx of students would put a strain on housing and classroom facilities. But if President Truman's goal of four and a half million students in universities by 1960 is to be realized, a large expansion will be required...
Cooperation between the government and colleges should not pose too many difficulties. The GI Bill proved that there could be a program of federal aid without an excess of government "interference" or "dictation...
...second new veterans' regulation provides that men applying for a certificate of eligibility for the GI Bill must specify the name of the course and school. This has been instituted to stop veterans from applying for an eligibility certificate without any college in mind...