Marion University - Marionette Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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th e Service From jobs and homes in some cases and from college in preparation for such in other cases, scores of Marion College’s en¬ rolled men and alumni have been called to do duty in the armed forces of our coun¬ try. Tributes have been paid them before now which were great and which they will not forget. But may we here add our bit to the well-deserved praise due those who have entered the armed service or are now in training for the same? Of course the opposite page does not show the complete array of students and alumni that have gone to the service. Rather it is a cross-section of them, well representing the calibre of those at work for us. Remember: Gaylord’s happy smile; Max’s corny jokes and steady courtship; Everett’s witty silence; “P. E. P.’s” con¬ stancy; Lowell’s perfect physique; Don’s keen glance; Salty’s calculating mind; Earl’s adaptable personality; Winford’s intelligence; Tommy’s energetic versatil¬ ity; “Kasey’s” candid conundrums; Dick’s faultless friendliness; Eddie’s enthusiastic efforts. How can we forget them when we lived, worked, laughed, sang with them? How dare we forget them when we realize that for us they are working out their lives. See them at their guns, at their desks, at their cadavers. Hear them laughing with their buddies in the service, praying for their guidance, speaking for their Christ. To you, fellows in the service, may we say that we do more than admire your courage, your sacrifice. We admire and appreciate you because we have known— do know—you as more than courageous, sacrificing Americans. We know you as Christian personalities—Christian friends. whom it has pleased God to set in the midst of your buddies as living testi¬ monies of His love. Such a knowledge entails for us the triple responsibility of prayer, faith, and work. Prayer, that it shall also please God to keep and make you effective wit¬ nesses for Him. Faith that we may retain that Christian heritage here at home. Work that you may feel our help in a material as well as spiritual sense. Realize then, serviceman friend, that we are with you in spirit, in thought, in prayer and in service, at home, at church and at school. Some of us indeed would like to be with you in reality, working, fighting with you. But it is for us to be preparing to take over the victories you wi n, to preserve and defend them in a Christian manner to the best of our ability, until you come marching home. IN MEMORIAM CHARLES LANDON MAGGART, first lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, na¬ tive of Marion, Indiana, was the first of Marion College alumni reported killed in action in the present war. Having enlisted in the Air Corps April 1, 1941, he entered Parks Air college of East St. Louis and graduated from Arlington Field whereupon he received his commission and wings. Shipped to Australia for active service on Jan. 10, 1942, he was reported missing Jan. 8, 1943. Feb. 16 brought the official notice of his being killed in action on December 5, 1942. He was a good student and a good friend. His life and death typify the countless American men whose love of principle surpasses love of life. Twenty-five

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F AITH in ourselves? Not outside of our faith in God and in our country but because of those faiths do we have faith in ourselves. Because of these faiths we may look to tomorrow and say it shall dawn a new day—a new day of lasting peace in the world, of spiritual peace in the hearts of men. We are de¬ termined to do our part to make it so. There is and will be work for all to do in a post-war state. There is reconstruction physically, materially, spiritually. Who shall come to the rescue of battle scarred nations, of a war-disordered nation, of a people awaiting a new motivating factor after the driving of war emphasis? Faith in ourselves then is the confidence we have in our ability to make our other faiths active. We do not mean by faith in ourselves that we are boastful, but that by looking at the accomplishments we have made by coopera¬ tion this year we gain confidence that we can duplicate or better our best in times to come. All activities are of necessity now limited or colored by war emphasis, and those which hold the undivided interest of their patrons are worthy of commendation. We may be well-pleased with the fact that at M. C. we have carried on in the characteristic manner as a Christian college, a repository of faith; as maintainers of faith, defenders of faith, and heralders of faith—a living faith in God, country, and ourselves. £ w La . f c Twenty-seven