Bellows Free Academy - Alpha Omega Yearbook (St Albans, VT)

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Boys' Tennis Team .dxf Glass, Northrop, Dennis, E. Griffin, MacDonald, Coach Papineau l- Stanford Glass No. 1 Man E81

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ditorial The Dawn of a New Day Hope springs eternal in the human breastf, It is this hope that sustains us in these dark hours of world chaos and encourages us to look forward to a better day to come. What will the dawn of this new day bring us? We are not gifted with prophetic vision and are unable to see with clarity what the future has in store for us. However in our present needs we may find the key to future change. Let us hope that out of the confusion of this war may come some form of permanent peace in which the four freedoms-freedom of speech and religion, and the freedom from want and fear--may become realities. We dream of peace in which the future generations may devote their energies to human progress and culture instead of devastation and bloodshed. Peace is the word used for the years in which a country devotes its energies and resources, both human and material, toward promoting its own welfare and its relations with other countries. Heretofore peace has been only an armed truce or brief respite from arms, and at the point when a country seemed to be approaching the peak of its culture, it was plunged into another war. A lasting peace is therefore the first essential of a better day! Peace alone, however, is not enoughg it is the use that we make of this peace that counts. In such a peace, international relations may be fostered and perfected, unbtil every nation in the world is a member of one strong, cooperative fraternity. Recipro- city in trade and tariff laws will be developed to such an extent that every country will have equal access to resources and food supplies which will enable them to produce goods in proportion to their needs. VVith such a background the world may then turn to cultural and educational fields and to progress in science and arts. In the educational field every boy and girl will be afforded the opportunity for higher learning within the limits of his or her capacity to learn, combined with aid in choosing the right occupation so that the full benefit of their talents may be available to the communities in which they live. In the Held of science, the knowledge of medicine may advance so far that cures for such dread diseases as cancer may be found, or better still that such afilictions may be entirely prevented. There would also be possible great development in the fields of engineering and mechanics. However it is not only in these fields that progress may be made. The social aspect of the world will also improve, possibly making a world in which there will be little poverty and a minimum of crime. All these together tend to make the better world of the future. ,Yet such a world can never be realized until the new day has dawned on human nature and in human hearts. E71

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irls, Tennis Team Rooncy, Powers, Buck, Hall. Yvright, Buker, ASIIHIZH, SIIHHQTHW Esther Hall IfYi7L7LF7' of Inter-Squad Tourney KSU