on the 50th anniversary of his graduation, vmi paid tribute to general marshall with a day named in hisonor. many of his old classmates came to lexington to applaud the school's most distinguished graduate and recall their years as members of the cadet corps. after a how witser salute to the soldier statesman the body of cadets stood at attention while marshall was awarded virginia's distinguished service medal by the governor. then the man whose life represents the highest ideals of the cadet corps, inspected the ranks of men who may be tomorrow's leaders. george marshall resigned from the defense department and settled in leesburg, virginia, in 1951. his public service spanned a critical half century for our country placing him in the ranks of great american patriots. >> free at last to pursue a private life, the man with a passion for facts, will long be an example to those who follow in the army, in the government of his country, and in a peaceful world he worked so hard to make. now this is sergeant stewart queen, inviting you to be with us again for another look at "the big pictur

appointed the secretary of the state by harry truman, he was asked did you have a good education at vmi? he said no, i didn't. he said why not? because they taught no history. a leader has to know history. we have got to have leaders in the media. leaders in the press. leaders in institutions such as this. who take this cause to heart and do something about it. there is nothing wrong with the younger generation. they are terrific. any problems they have, any failings they have and what they know and don't know and how they use the english language is not their fault. it's our fault. we have got to hold the media responsible. this turning of our political life and the future of the world into a sports event, it's all about who is ahead and who the polls are and the questions they ask of these. the yam. it's as if they are playing down to the lowest common denominator. we have the demand of more of them. >> we have two people at the microphone. in fact, we had three. please go ahead with your question. >> first, we would like to thank you. i am a public school elementary teacher here in t

of the state by harry truman, he was asked in a press conference, did you have a good education at vmi, virginia military institute? he said, no, i didn't. they said why not, sir? he said, because they taught no history. a leader has to know history. so we've got to have leaders in the media, leaders in the press, leaders in institutions such as this who take this cause to heart and do something about it. there's nothing wrong with the younger generation. the younger generation is terrific. and any problems they have, any failings they have in what they know and don't know and how they use the english language is not their fault, it's our fault, and we've got to hold the media responsible. this turning of our political life and our -- and the future of the world into a sports event where it's all about who is ahead and what the polls are and the questions they ask at these so-called debates, inane. it's as if they're playing down the lowest common denominator, and we've got to demand more of them. [ applause ] >> all right. we have two people at the microphone. in fact, we have three.

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the emergence of fool tom jackson as he was known at the vmi with some cause, sort of fellow for whom high schools used to be named, grew expressly from those few days in the spring of 1862. southern newspapers admitted their conversion experiences. they had been making fun of jackson. they had been highlighting his eccentricities. they had been speaking de ricively of him. the richmond daily whig has been explaining how the war should have been run in their view, they knew how to run it in the valley and everywhere else, they had made a lot of fun of jackson and his eccentricities. they had the good grace to spoof their earlier stance with with a lengthy foe wanted circular. a liberal reward will be given for the apprehension of a confirmed lunatic who escaped from the asylum early in the spring. a nice metaphor for what was going on. he endeavors to avoid zee teks by calling himself t.j. jacksoning and thinks of himself as an officer in the confederate army. he was offering personal indignity to an aged ex-senator of the united states. all of this alluding to banks and fremont and t

ladies and gentlemen, here's jack mountcastle and did i remember to tell you that he's a product of vmi? [ applause ] >> i agree with the applause. i think he did a superb job. we just keep training him year in and year out. he's getting better and better at these all-important introductions. goodness. mid afternoon and you're all still here. i think that's great. john, great job. excellent. [ applause ] like everyone else who has had the privilege of nominating a person of the year for 1862, i'm very, very pleased to be here with you and like all of our candidates, those we've already heard about and those yet to hear about, my man had major impact on the events in this very, very crucial year in the war, yes, certainly, but also in america's history. in america's story. what about this fellow that i'm nominating? born of a good family in comfortable surroundings. raised politically as a wig. and so in his case, just from childhood, he developed the respect for order and discipline, for hierarchy, value of hierarchy, enlightened reason of course and then moderation in all things. these

. >> i will go to ucla, usc, lit, msu, vmi. >> and i enough to like to win. to him spell. [ laughter ] >> bill: buddy was supposed to be in the wizard of oz, the film, forced to develop out because of health problems caused by the makeup required to play which character? he was actually on the film set. had to be made up. he got sick because of it and he had to drop out. what character? whoa, doocy. >> i was going to say. >> that's correct, tin man. how did you know that doocy? >> if you put tin on your face you are going to break out. >> bill: perhaps it wouldn't be tin. doocy you knew that did you know that or did you guess. >> i just guessed. >> bill: cheryl is honest. >> still won. >> bill: you are tied. two left to governmental i would like to apologize. >> bill: doocy was the scarecrow, everyone, in the revival in kansas where they have a little play. >> believe me, in kansas the wizard of oz very big. >> sitcom friends resolved around the group of attractive 20 somethings who hung out at a manhattan coffee shop. >> sometimes i wish i was a lesbian. >>

. >> i will go to ucla, usc, lit, msu, vmi. >> and i enough to like to win.m spell. [ laughter ] >> bill: buddy was supposed to be in the wizard of oz, the film, forced to develop out because of health problems caused by the makeup required to play which character? he was actually on the film set. had to be made up. he got sick because of it and he had to drop out. what character? whoa, doocy. >> i was going to say. >> that's correct, tin man. how did you know that doocy? >> if you put tin on your face you are going to break out. >> bill: perhaps it wouldn't be tin. doocy you knew that did you know that or did you guess. >> i just guessed. >> bill: cheryl is honest. >> still won. >> bill: you are tied. two left to governmental i would like to apologize. >> bill: doocy was the scarecrow, everyone, in the revival in kansas where they have a little play. >> believe me, in kansas the wizard of oz very big. >> sitcom friends resolved around the group of attractive 20 somethings who hung out at a manhattan coffee shop. >> sometimes i wish i was a lesbian. >> did i