West Virginia Wesleyan College - Murmurmontis Yearbook (Buckhannon, WV)

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Decade of Celebration Wesleyan: Steward for a New Age

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Nnnety One World hunger even with today 's technological society the problem still exists In spite of the tremendous economic progress of the last twenty years Cin the world at largej the promise of effective development is dimmed by the fact that very little progress has been made by the poorest peoples and nations lt has been estimated that over 700 million people exist in conditions of absolute poverty There are additional millions who live just above marginal sutsistence Mauricej Williams ln my view the most fundamental argument for lovercoming povertyj is that human order to fulfill themselves and in order to con tribute to the common heritage of civilizations Paul Streeten Compounding the force of a rising standard of living is the fact that most low income families have little opportunity to gain their self respect and the respect granted them by others occupational educational or other accomplishments And this poverty of opportunity may only reinforce the significance of consumption in the pattern which we have called compensatory consumption David Caplovitz The Challenge of World Poverty a world anti poverty program in outline Gunnar Myrdal l I I beings wherever born, should be able to develop to the fullest extent their capacities, both in 26 l Decade of Celebration