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DEMOCRACY versus COMMUNISM How many of us know what the terms Democracy and Communism really mean? Let us look for a moment at a few privileges we have under our democratic form of government. Under the Bill of Rights, we have four great freedoms-freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of press, and freedom from fear. In Russia the people have no freedoms: although their claims are that they are doing everything for the best interest of the common man. In fact, rulers there are doing everything they can to wipe out all kinds of religion. VVe had an ex- ample of that just recently. At Stalin's funeral there was no prayer! Imagine living in a country that does not believe in God! Not too long ago, Russian leaders drew up a constitution in which every citizen over 18 years of age had the right to vote. What good did that do? They are forced to vote, they have no right to choose their own candidates. They must vote as the government directs. So we realize that in communistic countries there are no real elections. In America there are 150,000,000 rulers. Why? Because practically every citizen of voting age has the right and opportunity to vote as he pleases, and you know, most think- ing Americans take advantage of this great privilege- In our land of freedoms, we can have assemblies unlimitedg but the Russian people know none of these pleasures. In America you can advance as a farmer and buy landg but in com- munistic territory the amount of land an individual may own is limited. Their theme is No man shall be rich. Ours is No man shall be poor. VVe as young people, do not realize what a free nation this isg but we should think seriously about it. That thinking should make us more determined to fight Commu- nism. In Russia, young people can get an education, but only with government consent and direction and that is entirely different from our public education. Democracy is not only a form of governmentg it is a way of life. The Jamestown settlers and many other communities here tried social- ism and its way of lifeg but soon all of them starved and fell. Free en- terprise cannot ilourish under such restrictions, and we believe in free enterprise. Are we then going to let Com- munism come into this free country? Let's join the crusade for freedom and help keep Democracy safe for America. Charlene Smith '53 MY TRIP TO AFRICA I shall now proceed to tell you about my hunting trip to Africa.
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In 1924 I planned a hunting trip to British East Africa with a few of my Wall Street friends. They were John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan II, and a few others of my associates. We planned to leave, May 24, 1924. On May first I went to a sporting goods store to buy some guns and supplies. When I looked at the guns I was very embarrassed. When I looked down the barrel of the gun, the clerk started laughing for I was looking down the barrel all right, into the muzzel. We started out for Africa at 1:00 p. m., May 24, 1924 on the Prince James. We arrived in Africa on June 1, 1924. We started for the interior of Africa the next morning. On the way we took some pictures of animals like the white zebra, elk, and water buffalo. Q Funny where all these animals come from! J Once we were in the interior, I went to find an elephant. After a mile of walking, I found a bull elephant. He saw me about the same time I saw him. He charged meg I fired once, twice, three, four times before I discovered that I had only a double barrel shot gun. Anyway the elephant dropped dead. When I obtained a closer look at him, I noticed he had long shaggy hair, curved tusks, and was bigger than most animals. When the rest of the group came, they said that he was a mammouth which was supposed to be extinct. We followed a well-worn path that led through a long cave After we left the cave, we discovered a sight never before seen in this modern world. We saw before our excited eyes, mammouths, sabre-tooth tigers, three-toed horses, and all kinds of extinct animals. Well, this ends my story, for my time is ended in this world. Mae Peppard '55 A WASTE OF TIME, PERHAPS As I was taking care of my brothers and sisters the other even- ing, one of my sisters, Judy, asked me to tell a story. This is how I began. Once upon a time in the land of Nod there lived a very rich family. Because of their wealth, they felt superior to everyone else. Here Judy stopped me to ask what superior meant. I neglected to answer and went on. They lived along the shores of a very nice place to fish. The name of the large lake was Lilly Lake. Because it was excellent fishing, there were a lot of fisher- men living nearby. But of course, the rich family, who were known as the Vandergoulds , would have nothing to do with thepoor fisher- men. And knowing how the Vander- goulds felt, in return, none of the poorer fishermen bothered them. There was one elderly Woman who was the wife of one of the less Wealthy fishermen. She came each forenoon to help clean the Vand- ergould house, which, of course,
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