Kean University - Memorabilia Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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NDER the impetus of our College defense program, faculty - student relationships have reached a new high. Conferring together about a further extension of our ef- forts for defense -.taking twenty hours of First Aid in the same Class-teachers and undergraduates are working together as never before. 66 v 1 f -Q ' x 5. gil T I-,tv Dvd ft-fj IL' iffy al Stud K. if 1 , ff.. .1-h rif- ounseffor an men sg'

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redi enf To T111 Siciii A is Oi T111 N1 xx -I111s1x Siixli Tru Hl'R's CQoi.t.it.1 AT N1xx.x1t1s,N1xx kli itsi 1 ln I9-HI when I was appointed by the Cfomniissioner of Education to fill the X.IC.lHl position of President of tl1e College, tl1e c1tiLens of our nation were devoting their en- ergies to the production of munitions of XX'.ll'. We were as .1 nation developing .1 progr.1n1 of defense. The students and faculty of our College n1.1de .1 study of tl1e tern1 UlJL'IUUCI'.lCyH .ind m.1de .1 I'C.ll effort to define it. We .1s .1 body, adopted .1 resolution by which we pledged ourselves to protect and defend our democratic principles. Prom any study of the way of life in America, tl1e idea of freedon1 always emerges as .1 fundamental prin- ciple. The flag Stlllllg' by XX'l1lCl1 every American, young or old. pledges his services to our democracy ends xvith tl1e l:LlI1Ll.llTlL'IlI.ll idea of one nation indivisible with liberty .ind iustice for all . lt seems to me that this idea perme.1tes democracy. Then, too, the ideas behind tl1e words equality and fraternity .1re fundamental to democracy. If we .ln- .1lyZe our feelings toward our government, we will always place freedom as the first .ind most lI'l'lpOl'I.1I'1I factor in our Democracy. During tl1e year and .1 l1.1lf th.1t I have been your President, our nation has gone from .1 defense program into .1 program of total war. Our industries, our men ai1d wom- en, our all, are being absorbed by .1 war program. NVe cannot predict the future in any detail, but we have .1 duty and th.1t is to plan for our future on .1 basis of the soundest assumptions we can devise. America has been built upon strong fundamental policies. It has had .1 government th.1t is close to its people, responsive to the welfare of the citi- zenry, committed to free enterprise, and at no time under obligation to any self-perpetu- .1ting .ll'lSlOCl'.1Cy. Such .1 form of government supported by .1 people who believe whole- heartedly in freedom must result in the best way of life. Assuming then that freedom must be the back bone of America after the war, let us pl.1n .1 way of life for tl1e future. Wfhen President Roosevelt and W'inston Churchill met out on the broad Atlantic during the summer of 1941, they devised what has been called, the Atlantic Charter. The following freedoms were outlined in this charter: l. The right to work, usefully and cre.1tively, private power, arbitrary public authority and through the productive years. unregulated inoiiopolies. 2' TPC 'WPI I LUV Pl-'FH Aldulunc T 'Um' 6. The right to come .ind go, lo spealt or to be m-Wd IPC 'W'5UW'f'ff -md -mW 5N of mf 'n silent free from the spvings of secret politieil exchange for work, ideas, thrift and other socially pullcuk valuable services, , . . Q . f. The right to equality before the law, with J. Tl1e right to adequate food. elothiiig. Nl1L'llUl' - - - ' . equal access lo iustice in fact. and medical care. 4. -1-hu Hgh, ,U wcurity' wld, frL.cd,,,,, fmm B. The right to education, tor work. for fear of old age, want, dependency, sicltnexs, tin- Cm 3mP'P' 'md fsff PCr Un l sfsiwfh 'md PAPWPCM' employment and accident. 9. The right to rest, recreation, and adventure, Y. The right to live in a system of free enter- the opportunity to enjoy life and take part in prise, free from compulsory labor, irresponsible advancing civili7ation. W'e agree with our President that our nation INUSI win the war in which we are now engaged. If it does, our country will win .1 peace which will grow out of our com- mon national purpose. May I, as your President, wish for you and the generations which come after you, .1 peace based on the nine freedoms which we, the people of America, believe to be our rights. Siricerfly yours, ROY L. SHAFFER, President.