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EDITORIAL That loyalty to our Alma Mater may not cease to grow; that the bonds of friend- ships formed under her benevolent influence may not be broken; that the fates which brought us to her may be somewhat thwarted in their attempt to separate us again into divers directions; that the immortal soul of our class, so to speak, may be strengthened; that these pages may be animated with life of which you are a part, and that they may serve to hold forever the doings of the inhabitants of the Little Town Upon the Hill: such are the objects of this Carontawan. Our School is completing the most prosperous year of its career. Two new buildings, the Principal ' s residence and the Y house, have recently been erected on the campus. The Regular Normal and all the special departments are in a flourishing condition, as is evidenced by the fact that we are the largest class yet to leave these walls. In fact the signs point to an even greater success in the future than it has enjoyed in the past. The class of 1920 has studied and will be graduated in the most trying times the world has ever known; and because of this world unrest, it has had a doubly hard task to perform in completing the course of study required; but it will be repaid to a degree directly proportionate to the effort which it has put forth. The main body of the class, as juniors, began their work of acquiring a higher education when the war was at its height. The S. A. T. C. came and quite upset the regular order of things. Then we were attacked and after a hotly contested engagement completely repulsed without a single casualty the Spanish Influenza. But during our conquest with the epidemic, we as Americans won a greater victory. Our army and navy destroyed the great German war machine in a series of battles, the most spectacular, the most gigantic, the most ferocious, that the world had ever witnessed. Everybody was overjoyed when these victories were won. We hoped that industrial conditions would quickly and with little friction adjust themselves to a peacetime basis, that one might be able to live again. The period of reconstruction, however, has not proved to be such a Utopia as we under the stress of wartime anxiety, thought it would be. Strikes! strikes in the making or thieatened strikes worry the public. Literally whole armies of men engaged in basic industries have ceased work at a time when it would cause the most suffering, others have cons pired to stop the wheels of industry should their exorbitant demands be refused. Even policemen and firemen, the guardians of life and property, have violated their oaths of office, and refused to do the duty that they had sworn never to forsake. However, we can forgive 15
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the wo: king public for their radical tendencies, when we reflect that their cause was just. Other internal and foreign affairs have almost defied our efforts at adjustment. The ratification of the League of Nations and Treaty of Peace issues have taxed the diplomacy of our countrymen. The Mexican situation remains unsolved. Russia almost helpless in the hands of the Bolsheviki has ruined her own national life, and has spread throughout the world, evan to our own old U. S. A., the germs of that awful mala ly — Bolshevism. Men say that the world is going mad. But such can not be the case, while there are so many people strong, mentally, morally, physically and religiously. Yet who will not agree with the poet, that: We are living, we ara dwelling. In a grand and awful time; When the age on ages telling, To he living is sublime. What is our part to play in this great drama of world events. We who have been privileged to look upon the suffering of humanity, with the view of learning to remedy its ills; we who are living at a time which demands of each good citizen his utmost earnest effort. We as teachers must be able to apply successfully that panacea for national ills, Americanism; we must by word and action do our utmost to relieve a suffering world from the grip of ignorance and faithlessness; so that the deplorable state of affairs which now exists will soon give place to a more contented and pros- perous condition; an d so that in the future, there will be no place left for discord to take root. We have tried to put into thess pages only the things which will recall the gayer side of our lives here and the personalities of friends the truest we shall ever know. We of the editorial staff have endeavored always to bear in our mind our aim and object; but through our inexperience, things incompatible with our purpose may have crept in. regardless of the fact that both the faculty and the class by their kind co-operation put an abundance of aid at our command. With the hope that you will find in this volume an accurate account of our school life together, we humbly present to vou this book of memories. To the Class of 1920 As we mingle with you in the closing days of your student life, and realize that you are soon going out into a larger field of responsibility and opportunities, we wonder what part you are going to take in the advancement of mankind. On you much of the burden and the hope of the future lests. Will you be driven with the winds of chance, or will you make the mo.-,t cf your limitless opportunities as teachers to contribute share to the slow structure of enduring progress? t i,
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