Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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FACULTY First Row [left vertical Mrs. H. Aldrich, Miss M. Lynch, Mr. A. Oulton, Miss R. Perry, Miss G. Belyea Second Rou Miss M. Ward, Mr. J. Freme, Miss T. Benotti, Mr. H. Smith Third Row Mrs. A. Blake, Miss F. Trowbridge, Mr. F. Dacey, Mr. R. Flarris, Miss l£. Miller Fourth Row .Miss R. Dickerman, Miss H. Krone, Mr. W. Moseley, Mr. P. Langlois. Fifth Row Miss D. I lastings, Mr. J. Schinelli, Miss F. Smith. Ylr. J. Quirk, Miss K. Phealan. hi

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Superintendent Benjamin J. Phelps A friend of all Agawam High School graduates The Class of Forty-three is proud to he the twentieth class to be graduated from the Agawam High School under the supervision of Mr. Phelps.

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Tlte Postwar Welle) Today the people of the world are challenged by a tremendous task, that of organ- izing a plan for lasting peace. We must plan now for the day w hen victory shall be ours. We cannot risk waiting for the final surrender. If we do, we shall be guilty of another Versailles and in another twenty or twenty-five years we shall again be faced with war. Therefore, it is the duty of every one of us to think now of postwar plans. We must discuss openly and freely the mistakes made by the peacemakers of 1018. That peace was a peace of hate; it sought by revenge to make the German people impotent, for- getting that resentment and revenge lead only to nationalism and war. The problem of the postwar world is being given the attention of the world's greatest minds. At the eleventh annual New York Herald Tribune Forum in New York last November, President Roosevelt, Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, Chiang Kai-shek, Sir Stafford Cripps, and the leaders of the other nations of the Allied Powers, stressed in their mes oa to the world the importance of immediate planning for the future. iples for the foundation of the postwar world have been ad- ?velt has outlined four great freedoms that the world is fighting of speech and expression everywhere; the right of every person ever manner he chooses; the right of everyone to be free from )f all to be free from fear, fear of another such war as this, guarantees to the countries of the western hemisphere access erials of the world; improved labor and economic standards; nd the right of the people to choose their ow n form of govern- rivileges would be extended to the entire world in any post- r Alrea vanced. for: the ri to worshi want; ant The to the tr freedom c ment. 0 war plan. I Ex-pi] BFC-r in his famous book. The Problems of Lasting Peace, has outlined the approach for making a peace. He has divided this approach into three periods of time. The first period will be for the immediate settlement of certain problems which cannot be delayed, such as disarmament, relief from famine, and the establishment of separate international commissions to examine political and economic problems. A second period w ill be established to prepare us for the future. This intermediate period will be for the rebuilding of political life and the recovery of economic standards. The third period w ill provide for the development of those problems which take a long time to cool off before they can be considered, and the actual development of an in- ternational machinery to preserve peace. Mr. Hoover further states in his book that the following principles are vital to a postwar plan: first, representative government as the foundation of the peace; second, economic freedom regulated to prevent abuse; third, an overhauling of all trade barriers so that there will be no discriminations; fourth, an incentive given to Germany for building a peaceful nation. These ideas are all very noble and idealistic, you say. We agree that the whole world should benefit by them. But just how could they be put into actual practice? The airplane has revolutionized our conception of world size. Furthermore, what happens in one country directly affects the rest of the world. The depression of IQ2Q was not confined to Wall Street alone; the whole world reeled under its impact. We need no proof of the fact that when one nation builds up a powerful war machine, the rest of the world must do likewise or they will surely perish at the hands of this country. The powerful struggle we are now engaged in has convinced us that all the peaceful nations must form a political and social union for protection against those aggressi ve- nations. A plan for such a union must be definite yet flexible. We, here in the United States, are fortunate in being able to contribute to the world the structure for such an organization. 1 am referring to our own Constitution, which we can use as a model for a world constitution. This constitution can become the foundation of a United World. It will guarantee the right to freedom of speech, press, assembly, and religion, to all people. Such a constitution could well be conceived with this aim—to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure international tranquility. Like our own, this new constitution will be adjusted to the needs of changing times.