Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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UPI I0 PEACE Photo by Miss Olg From these halls must come a new generation who will not wait fo he sun to shine, but will reach up and break asuncler the clouds. 'V a Achtenhagen r

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IHE IIIIIIHS UF THE Wlllllll Wheii War, with chains and bloodshed, slammed the doors on peace and barred the gates of freedom, humanity had little idea that its shackles would be torn off by the most colossal instrument of death ever moulded by the mind of man. The AnglofAmerican atomic bomb wrote finis to World War Il, and Russia administered the coup de grace. As we look back, we can see the inevitable progress of events which led to the end. At no time in human history has one nation so completely dominated the entire world as we have in this last year. America has become the hope of the future in the hearts of today. For six long years civilization was at war. For six long years all the lights were out. Smoke crept unseen through the darker air, and the heavens screamed and the earth groaned and the seas were black and dangerous. Men struggled, rubbed their eyes, and stared for the light in a bloody fog. There was firelight: the embers of London and Leningrad glowed on hurrying, sweatflined faces and exaggerated them till they seemed distorted with hatred. There were blue flames, and dancing sparks, and the dead, still, metal light in the white hearts of torture furnaces. No wonder that when the Allies threw open the doors and let in the sun and the shining day, all the world looked up in wonder. There was expectation that those who had shaped and wielded that superhuman instrument, the atomic bomb, would shape and weld a world of friendship and goodwill. Let us at least hope so. The Milestone staff has seen our high school as a symbol of this hope. Let us make it also a symbol of the future. These are the doors that are never closed to those who wish to enter. This is the pathway to universal goals: education, understanding, friendship among all peoples. Millions have traveled along a road that led to war. But from these halls must come a new generation who will not wait for the sun to shine, but will reach up and break asunder the clouds. This year will be the turning point, both for us and for the world, For us, the exits of high school will be the entrances of life. Let us pray that this year will likewise be, for the world, the doorway to eternal and everlasting peace. ENTRANCES AND EXITS First Door to the Right Through Classroom Portals Focus on the Entrance to Activities Doors of Sportsmanship Swing Wide Exit from Schoolg Entrance to Life Into the World of Trade

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HI HAS SHIIW IIS HIIW IIEIIIEATIIIN To VICTOR B. LISKE: in esteem born of his Winning friendship and ready understanding, of the help and inspiration he has given to those who have worked with him, we, the class of 1946, sincerely dedicate this Milestone. Victor B. Liske Coach gives Whitey and Bob the word.