 Proudly we hail from Hollywood ladies and gentlemen. This is CP McGregor speaking Welcome to another performance of proudly we hail a program of your war department Through the courtesy of the Hollywood coordinating committee. We present the popular actor mr. Dennis O'Keefe Who will star in our play a question of eligibility written by Richard Hall with music by Eddie Skravanik? Midwest University has pulled out all the stops for the big homecoming game with state With all-american Biff White one-man pigskin riot midwest was rightfully optimistic I guess there was only one man on campus who didn't join in that optimism Professor Everly Gilmore Professor Gilmore was worried but let him tell the story. He knows it better than anyone Yes, yes, I guess I was worried. I hadn't been away from college and football too long myself And Biff was really a swell kid likeable and friendly. I didn't want to hurt him if I could in any way But I guess it was inevitable I'd return to my little office in Barker Hall that afternoon My girl Friday at the time was Betty Walsh major in the department Worked for me a couple of hours each day She looked up as I entered Oh, hello, professor How are you coming? Oh, I'm all through see what a huge stack of papers Have them all graded all graded every last one of them, huh? How was them? Biff whites paper. Oh Well, let me see it 35 35 Yeah, that's an excellent score for a nine-hole golf course Professor what about this eligibility slip of biff's? Oh, well know that well Can't we hold that up a little while? Oh look, they've been calling all afternoon from the ad building Well, they have Well, there's only one thing I can do ready call the ad building and tell them Biff is down in chem one. I Can't sign his eligibility slip. Oh, but professor that means Biff won't be able to play in the homecoming game Saturday No, he could but you know as well as I do what chance he'd have of passing a makeup. Yeah, I know Well, I've got a class be back in an hour or so I Went to my class, but I must admit I didn't give much of a lecture that day. I Had Biff's situation on my mind I wasn't worried about the university authorities backing me up But I was worried about Biff Get a habit of taking advantage of you and well making you like it But there had to be a limit some place and so I adjourn my class a few minutes early and walk back over to my office Hello, professor I'm glad you're back. Yeah What's the matter matter? I've been answering telephone calls all afternoon. Good. I'm getting popular Oh, how I'd say unpopular look coach Adams the graduate manager and the president of the Alumni Association all want you to call them The pressure groups We'll take care of them. Oh, yes, and Biff whites here to see you. Oh, he is No, all right, you you scamper long better. Yeah, send Biff in all right The professor will see you now. Thank you Sit down Biff sit down. Thanks Well, how did I do prop? You don't have to ask me that to you. No, I guess not Biff that was a pretty miserable midterm you wrote. I know prop, but that was a tough quiz You threw us an Einstein special. That's so sure why the guy who wrote the book couldn't have passed that quiz Quite a few in the class managed to pass it Biff quite a few They're all geniuses and Besides prof. I haven't told you until now the day I took that quiz. I didn't have my five-baked key in my pocket Oh, now look Biff listen. This is this is no kidding matter. You're telling me Prof. I want to play in that homecoming game Saturday. Give me a break. Oh, I'm sorry Biff You should have thought of that when you were cutting all those classes. I warned you a long time ago that you'd have to dig in Chemistry is no pipe course. I'll turn over a new leaf I promise you. I wish I could Biff. I wish I could but you've said that before yes, so I did Well, could I have a make-up? Oh? You want one? Yes. I can give it to you. We'll say tomorrow afternoon But it'll be tough Biff Just as tough as the other one and it doesn't give you much time either Why prof you underestimate me why I might come in tomorrow and amaze you with my knowledge of the fact that H2o is water. Are you sure of that Biff? I couldn't help feeling sorry for him especially that night I Could seem sweating it out burning the midnight oil cramming for an exam, which though. I didn't tell him I Knew he couldn't pass Johnny I'll never make it. I'm gonna give it up and get to bed But Biff I keep telling you it'll be a sense if you'll do it my way yeah Sure prof Gilmore never proctors a quiz you'll be all alone all you have to do is crib it a few crib notes That's all Maybe all right Johnny Maybe you're right We pause briefly from our story a question of eligibility Starring Dennis O'Keefe to bring you an important message from your ward apartment Yes, dear before I leave Paris this afternoon I'll get some of that perfume you like and I'll have to pay the power bill in New York. Oh, yes I might be late for supper. I'm gonna stop at Chicago on my way home. See you tonight What is this an HG Wells book Buck Rogers flash Gordon not at all Such world travel is a possibility Well within the lifetime of everybody listening to me now thanks to the army Already the army is developed a plane that flies over 600 miles per hour in the transonic range at a rocket that hurtles through space seven times as fast In countless other fields regular army technicians are experimenting and making new improvements in medicine atomic energy supersonic radar Television engineering communication all branches of scientific knowledge a career of technical training and education in the new regular Army is available to all ambitious young men between 17 and 34 see your local army recruiting officer now Act two of a question of eligibility Starring Dennis O'Keefe as the end professor of chemistry Eberlea Gilmore Midwest University's hopes for victory in the homecoming game Nose-dived with the declaration of Biff whites and eligibility and most everybody in the campus spoke of professor Gilmore as the traitor to the cause Yes, they didn't like it And I can't say that I blamed them They wanted to win that homecoming game and they knew what Biff's presence on the team meant The news that Biff was to take a make-up got around and how that helped a little but still on campus I was referred to as What's that uncomplementary word that rhymes with mouse? That is of course to everyone except the Dean Eberlea. I called you in I Wanted to compliment you on your stand in this situation with Biff white Well, I hardly deserve any credit Dean I should go to the conference committee which makes the rules nevertheless. We don't want athletic bums in this university Biff white is no athletic bum Dean as a matter of fact He's quite a confident student when he decides to be one, but that's just the point We must at all times emphasize scholastic standing by you and this is an excellent case in point Scholastic standing I Remember now the Dean's Adams apple barbed up and down as he said it and I almost wish for a moment that I hadn't decided against Biff Only I knew the Dean was basically right That afternoon Biff came over to take the exam Poor kid looked like he'd been drawn through my landlady's ringer Well, Prof. Give me the list with the bad news on it Hey, you are Biff Only ten questions Take as much time as you want with it. Thanks, Prof. And come into my office when you're finished. Okay Well, Biff, it's not like you you're you're nervous. I was up a little late last night, Prof Or didn't you know? I Back in my office. I Had to wondering about Biff. He was nervous edgy Suddenly a thought struck me. I Tried to kick it out of my mind, but I and I couldn't and then I acted on impulse. I had to be sure I Walked quickly out of my office across the hall of a door It it led to a little used alcove above and next to the chemistry classroom Opened the door hurried quietly up the stairs Pulled back the dusty curtain just enough to reveal the classroom below My fears were justified Biff was there working feverishly with the crib notes spread all around him. I was thunderstruck I returned to my office to wait for him Thank you, Biff. Well, this is very interesting And the looks of this you must have really crammed last night sure just ask me anything Prof I've got all the answers Yes, I think you have Matter of fact Biff, I'm I'm darn proud of you. You must be kidding Prof That's a blank sheet of paper. You're looking at yes, Biff, but at the same time it's the finest examination I've ever read Let's go over to the ad building and tell them you're up in chem one really up This is CP McGregor speaking. I hope you've enjoyed our proudly we hailed story starring Dennis O'Keefe Before leaving you Don Forbes as an important message for all of us How many of you know the work of the new regular army? Yes, it is an instrument of national defense But it is also an organization devoted to scientific research and development Your life today and in the future is being made easier as a result of army achievements Our army is engaged in a program of development pioneering new fields and a scale previously unknown Medicine electronics supersonic aviation physics. These are but a few of the fields in which army technicians are carrying on their work Energy particles 100 million times as powerful as those released by the atom bomb are the subject of present experimentations This is in conjunction with a current study of cosmic rays by army Air Force technicians a Parachute that will enable an aviator to bail out of a plane at supersonic speeds and a projectile that will go seven times as fast Are two more army projects? You've heard of the push button airplane that takes off flies up to 400 miles and lands with no human hand at the controls You've heard of the sniper scope an instrument enabling one to see in the dark with no visible light You've heard of the eniac a complicated machine that can tell within a few feet Exactly the spot where a rocket fired 120 miles into the stratosphere will land these are all army accomplishments To carry on this work the army needs intelligent young men Ambitious men who see the value of this work and want a career in such a field There is an opportunity for personal advancement the chance to learn a mechanical skill or trade as well as other educational benefits If you were a young man between 17 and 34 go to your army recruiting station The recruiting officer there will tell you more about benefits available to you in a worthwhile job in the new regular army Thank You Dennis O'Keefe for appearing on this program Proudly we hail will come to you again over this station next week listen in