European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes monday november 12,1990crisis casts Shadow on vets Day it ple can to get along that Sall. I did no to figure it a last one a a said John Christian 101, one of the by United press International America honoured soldiers from Battles past in veterans Day ceremonies sunday that were made Alt the More poignant by the simmering Middle East crisis. Veterans who gathered for a reunion in Minnesota observed sadly that War and its horrors have continued Long after they put Down their guns. A Upeor be the oldest world War i veterans in the state. Virginia gov. L. Douglas Wilder who was awarded a Bronze Star in the korean War praised veterans sunday in remarks prepared for delivery at Trinity Baptist Church in Richmond. A i am among those blessed to return from the never ending Rigours and uncertainties of combat. In my Case the Hills of Korea. A but for every one who has returned we know that there Are others fallen by enemy fire a soldiers thinking about and missing their families or sharing memories of their childhood with comrades Mere seconds before the claw of combat took them within its deadly grasp. A this year understandably with our men and women once again far from these shores of Freedom at an hour of peril and uncertainty in the world Community our appreciation of those sacrifices made in yesteryear is tenfold greater our anxiety and prayers for today a defenders of american interests and International Law. One thousandfold a Wilder said. Veterans Day was officially sunday but the Legal Holiday is monday. Parades and Wreath laying ceremonies were held All weekend. The turnout for Atlanta a veterans Day Parade saturday was considered Low at fewer than 1,000 people. Some Georgia soldiers worried whether americans will support a War in the Middle East if one begins. A i done to envision it will last very Long if War Breaks out a sgt. Maj. John Devine a 27-year career Marine career. A if it does a lot of people will be killed. In a worried if the Public is going to be Able to handle it when the casualties get 1 president Bush last week ordered an estimated 150,000 More . Troops to the persian Gulf bringing the total american ground forces to some 400,000 by Early next year. About 100 residents of the Small Community of Dawn of Hunting season a Hunter bundled up against the november cold stalks a pheasant saturday As the Sun rises on the opening Day of the Kansas pheasant Hunting season near Dodge City. The Hunter was a member of a party of about 30. Brookline n.h., turned out saturday for the dedication of a new Monument to korean and Vietnam War veterans. A i think its great. Its about time we got something a said Leo Maki whose name appears alongside 57 others on the 8-foot-tall Stone Monument. Veterans in fort Worth Texas marched saturday in a two hour Parade through downtown with As Many As 40 bands and 100 floats in Tow. At the Minnesota reunion one of the veterans was Francis Gerlach 95, who received a purple heart in world War i. He was gassed in the front lines and suffered Shell Shock during the Battles of the Meuse and Argonne Forest in 1918. A fall i know is we lived in the trenches most of the time just like a Gopher underground a he said. A fall i know is we. Were ready to most of the reunion conversation was of a War Long ago but the veterans likened their experiences to what they fear May be about to occur in the persian Gulf. At least two veterans said they have grandsons in the military and they worry that War will touch their loved ones As it did them. A they told us we were fighting this War to end All future wars a said George w. Scherer 97, of Bloomington. A but we knew Damn Well better thai Bishop wants gis to apply As objectors Detroit up a Detroit auxiliary Bishop Thomas j. Gumbleton said he will ask Catholic Bishops to sign a statement asking Catholic soldiers to become a selective conscientious objectors against War in the persian Gulf. Gumbleton said he will press for a discussion of the persian Gulf crisis at the four Day annual meeting of Catholic Bishops. Officials coordinating the meeting which was to open monday in Washington have not placed the Issue on the Agenda. Gumbleton told the Detroit news on saturday that he will ask the Bishops to sign a statement prepared by Pax Christi Gumbleton is the head of Pax Christi a National peace organization comprising of religious and Lay people. The statement asks Catholic soldiers to apply for status As a selective conscientious objectors and a actively resist the . Governments offensive deployment and the use of the offensive but Gumbleton a Superior archbishop Adam j. Maida said he would urge a More moderate approach. Maida said the Bush administration cannot justify War in the Middle East if it is a fight Over Oil. Maida admitted he is worried that , leaders Are immersed in a a War education practices stifle creativity report says Washington apr traditional methods of training teachers testing students and selecting textbooks Are so flawed they May derail creative efforts to improve learning a report said sunday. Lynne v. Cheney chairman of the National endowment for the humanities used a mandated congressional report to harshly criticize Basic . Educational practices. Cheney called the practices a tyrannical machines a a phrase coined by philosopher William James to describe methods that become both counterproductive and resistant to change once established on a Large scale. The report cited the Scholastic aptitude test As a an almost classic example of a a tyrannical machine a Cheney also attacked school textbook selection committees that choose materials without Reading them College education programs in which teachers spend Little time studying what they eventually will teach and University systems that value research More than teaching a tyrannical machines dominate american education and have contributed to its failures a said Cheney in the report. A the most effective course for dealing with tyrannical machines is to provide alternative systems and to ensure that people can choose a and choose wisely a among for this reason Cheney said a a choices a allowing students and parents to decide where to attend school a is a one of the most promising ways of dismantling tyrannical machines and revitalizing the schools.�?�. A a when there Are alternative ways to become a teacher or to choose textbooks or to assess students a and when people know about them a it is More difficult for outmoded and unsatisfactory methods to dominate. Healthy Competition is anathema to tyrannical machines she said. Deputy education secretant Ted Sanders applauded the report saying a we need a revolution in teaching and Mansfield University president Rod Kelchner said that a while Cheney makes some valid Points they Are overridden by generalizing and bashing to the Point of absurdity.�?�. The sat described by the report As the Centrepiece of our educational system filled an important need when first devised in the 1920s when officials wanted to detach College Entrance examinations from the High school cum Culum. Now Cheney said the sat tries to avoid testing what students have Learned about subjects such As history and literature. In the past 10 years the test has been attacked repeatedly yet it continues to thrive and to exercise considerable Power. T a secondary schools Are judged by sats local housing prices Rise and fall principals and superintendents Are hired and fired and the entire nation reaches conclusions about the state of american Cheney said an alternative would be to expand the use of the National assessment of educational pros Ress saying it was the sole assessment tool that is both nationally representative and comprehensive in Valeu lating what americans students know and can do in various subject areas. A r College Board president Donald Stewart took Issue with Cheney a assessment of the sat stressing she makes some thought provoking and some extremely questionable statements.�?�. A nation with Over 26,000 secondary schools with varying curriculum and teaching and grading Stan sat provides an Independent objective verification of a students mathematical and verbal reasoning abilities skills that Are important to academic Success in College a he said
