& Bi-Centennial Lect11res Free reserved-seat tickets Harding Col1ege stands as a are now available in the Hard-· vocal and active participant in ing Development Office, 1000 the struggle to maintain our A– Cherry Road, for the April 6 merican heritage. ti"Centennial Lectutes fsatur- The Tuesday, April 6, 1976 ing General William C. West- program begins at 7:30 p.m. moreland, former Army Chief of with the famed Colonial Color Staff and Commander of the U. Guard and Special Flag Cere– S. Military Forces in Vietnam. mony presented by servicemen The American Studies Pro- from the Little Rock Air Force ~. r<~ ,·· :. of Harding College,· · l3~se, General Westmoreland's 'S·o:CJrcy , Arkansas, presents address; "A Soldier Reports", General Westmoreland to the· will follow. Memphians will public in Memphis as part of ·be privileged to hear personal an expanding program to main- · remarks that entered the new– tain our American he"ritage. ly published, "A soldier Re- ' The United States is today con- ports" by General Westmore– frontingsome of the most criti- land (Doubleday, $12.95). cal times in its existence. The Superintendent of \':lest Point nation has catapulted from the turbulent '60's into the comGeneral Westmoreland was named Secretary of the Army placent '70's. There is a ded . . 1 d f d General Staff, Washington, D. man 1ng nat10na nee or e u- . I 1955 d d 1 . . h" h . 11 C. 1n Ju y an promote cationa institutions w 1c Wl " • 1 . 1956 ' 'd - .h 1 d h" and . to major genera In at age prov1 e t e ea ers 1p · · · e sary to change 42. He commanded the 101st trammg nee s the direction of America to Airborne Division "Screaming mt""STATE CIIUSriAN OBSERVER Kentucky, from early 1958 to July 1960, when he was ap– point~d by President Eisen– hower as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. In July 1963, he was promoted to Lieutenant General and was given command of the XVIII Airborne Corps and the Army's Strategic Forces at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Chief of Stttff In January 1964, General Westmoreland reported for duty in Saigon, South Vietnam. A few months later he was pro– moted to full general and ap– pointed by President Johnson as Commander of the U. S. ~.rmed Forces and Military Ad– visor to the. .Fepublic of Viet– ham. On July 1968, he was sworn in as Chief of Staff, the highest position in the Army. On July 1972, upon comple-– tion of the four year tour set by law for a Service Chief of Staff, he retired following 36 years of federal service. At the request of Governor John ! West, he is now serving his native state of South Carolina as Chairman of the Governor's Task Force for Economic Growth. Man of the Year General Westmoreland has 19 U. S. Military decorations and has received numerous civilian awards. The boy Scouts of America have pre;– sented him their highest award, theSilverBuffalo. In 1965,he was designated "South Caro– linianofthe Year"by INis TV– Radio, Columbia, South Caro– lina. He was selected as "Man of the Year" for 1966 by Time Magazine. The next Bi-Centennial speaker also appears in April. Two weeks later on April 20 in 0. 0. Emmons Auditorium atHardingAcademy Congress-; manJohnAshbrookof Ohio will appear. Aconsistant advocate of economy in government, John Ashbrook is becoming widely known for his outspok– •2:1 support of free enterprise. He speaks of "runaway feder– a1 .>pending'' and that changes musj be made by Congz:ess or 'else we "run the risk of slow– ly strangling Ameri_ca's busi– ness men to death." Harding College Bulletin APRIL, 1976 ·.. ,
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