Higgins Classical Institute - Scroll Yearbook (Charleston, ME)

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H. C. I. S 9 ROLL p 1 proved to establish uniform rules and regu- lations. Secondly, punishment of war criminals. Justice should be quick and stern or the hcrror of mass reprisals cannot be averted. It is Russiafs opinion that punishment is the sole concern of the countries that have felt the fc-rce of German savagery. The United States thinks in terms of political and mili- tary individuals, while Russia holds that big business is just as guilty as those whose hands drip blood . 'I'hird, with respect to a demand on Ger- many for reparation there is complete agreement. Some are for the destruction of German industries and compulsion of Ger- many to a purely agricultural state. But the occupied countries, looted and ravaged, wait to be rebuilt. The staggering cost should be borne by the Germans. If Germany is turned into an agricultural natio-n, how can they pay either in cash or kind? Some Americans think that German industries should be thrown into high-gear to produce goods for the looted countries. Germany, however, is not to retain her industrial su- premacy. There is no doubt that the Ger- mans will attempt every kind of deceit and evasion. An efllcient system can estimate German needs and shut down on the sur- pluses. German borrowing should be put under a magnifying glass before authoriza- tion. Summing up, these are the determinations cf the United States in respect to the treat- ment of the Reich. ill Military occupation to drive home the fact of defeat and to en- force permanent disarmament, until the Germans prove a capacity for self-govern- ment: 123 The punishment of war criminals by military tribunals, and C31 Sweat and sacrifice 'by the German people until the ruin caused by the German fury has been paid in full, and the process by which this is d-c-ne, safeguarded by Allied control 01 German industry and finances. W. Allen '45 WHAT SHOULD WE D0 WITH JAPAN? What should we do with Japan? That is one of the most puzzling questions that has come out of this war. The Japanese started their war against China, in 1936 and in 1941, spurred on by the Germans, attacked the United States. Now that the United States have the Jap- anese on the defensive the great question is -What shall we do with Japan after we conquer her? Shall we let her govern her- self? I would say No , very emphatically. I think that Japan should be given to the Chinese peo-ple. One reason for this is that the Chinese have suffered a great, deal at the hands of these barbarians, and should have a just compensation. Another reason why the Chinese should have Japan, instead of the United States, is because Japan is very near to China and wouldn't be so hard to control from there. If the United States to-ok over the go-vern- ment of Japan it would have to send over an army of occupation to control the country. This project would prove to be very costly and very troublesome. Probably the United States will have enough troubles at home without having to take care of thc Japs. Of course, the United States should pro- mote the Democratic way of living in that troubled country. We should send -sfver mis- sionaries, doctors and other essential pro-- fessional men to teach them our religion and new way of combating malnutrition, of which there is a. great deal in Japan. On the whole, I think that if Japan is taken over by the Chinese, with the help of the United States, she can build Japan into a country that will be not much different from our own. A. A. '46 BHDITARY TRAINING FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL BOY This is 9, question ln many of the young men's minds today as well as in many other peoples'. A bill is now being taken up at Washington for the boys to have a year's training after the war. Does this mean that the boy that turns eighteen while in high school will have to go for his t-raining be- fore he gets his diploma? If it does mean that he will, I don't think it should be. Dur- ing war time and when they are in great need of men it is better for a, boy of eight- een to go rather than a man with a Wife and three or four children. It shouldn't be necessary, however, to take a boy out of high school when we have peace and break up his education. The year's training given to him would show him a little of the United States and maybe of the world. It would do the boy who is eighteen and out of high school some go-od, but for a boy who is eighteen and not out of high school, it would only break down his will to continue his education. The army would build the boy up physi- cally but not in character and mental abil- ity. The school is the best known character building place outside of the home. What good would it do us to leave high school to learn to kill and to learn more about blood- shed? The army gives a boy traits which make him seem older than the ordinary high school boy. Let the boys that don't care to finish high take the year's training now. But for those boys who want to continue school, let them take their year's training as S0-Urn as they leave high school.

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H. C. I. SCROLL : 'I ' 4 , , ,..1.- We can have the ability to work and to succeed, but if we lack determination, what. docs that ability amount to? We can be in- dustrious, but still, if we are not determined, our willingness to work does not do us a bit of good. Anyone can be courageous and still not make a success in life. Some people would agree with Coleridge, no doubt, when he said that 'The manls courage is loved by the women'g but, I should think that the femi- nine would love the quality determination more, since without it even the courageous person accomplishes nothing. Again, we have the educated one trying to succeed. Anyone would think that if he had a good education, he would be very prosper- ous. However, if he didn't use the education to a good advantage what benents would he receive from it? He must be determined to use it. If we are to succeed in life we must re- solve to be willing to work and to be coura- geous, but back of all this, we must be de- termined to do our best in whatever we attempt. M. Bradford ,45 WORK The very first disagreeable task that we face we always title work Wcrk is one thing that no one in any walk of life is spared. It is to be found at some time or ether in the darkness and in the light, for the child as for the man, among the wealthy as well as among the poor. No matter how powerful or how weak the standing of a person is, there is labor to be dealt with. We must be careful in the assumption of the actual meaning of the word labor or work. Work has a number of various mean- ings. Work can be that which is produced by mental labor as a book or literary work. it can be the material which is to be under process c-f manufactureg it can be a struc- ture in engineering, as a fort, or it can be simply the exertion of strength in order to ac-complish something. Now we can realize from these definitions that the meaning of the term work varies as it does for all other terms, according to their usage. Let us enlarge upon the subject work meaning the exertion of strength in order to accomplish something. The truth of Success is the Fruit of all Labor, a quota- tion occurring frequently in literary mater- ial, should be brought to your attention by illustration. The adjective all', modifying the no-un labor clarifies and justifies the entire statement. Ordinarily labor, such as the simple employment of sweeping a floor can easily be the foundation of a broad suc- cessful career. At this point we are able to include all the other definitions of work that I have pre- viously given, no matter what part of speech it may be. The reason for this is because of all the meanings of the term work, whether used as a noun or a. verb, the result is the same. Again we can insert a familiar quota- tion Every act rewards itself to express a desired belief. One thing we must remember is that in work as in life, we cannot cheat or carry on the work unfairly. Those who do that mere- ly cheat themselves and deduct from the reward which they will procure in the end. Thou shalt be paid exactly for what thou hast done, no more, no less, is a fitting way to close this editorial. Fr:-m all work there is a return, according to the amount done. J. P. '45 .,l,.-..l- WHAT SHALL WE D0 WITH GERMANY? Everyone in the world today has the same question in his mind. That question is, What shall we do with Germany after the war? There are three important funda- mentals underlying the whole question: ill Permanently disarm and demilitarize. C23 Arrest and arraign all war criminals. C33 Compel the German people to aid in the re- construction and rehabilitation of the world. Let us enlarge on each of these. First, with respect to military occupation and military rule. The Germans should help work out their own solution. The manner of handling prisoners remains tn be worked cut, for the Gestapo has made certain that everybody with any quality of patriotic leadership has been killed. Can faith be placed in the refugees who have fled the fatherland? A study of these groups shows that While all may be anti- Nazi, the majority are still essentially Ger- mans. They damn the Fuehrer, but in the same breath they say that the Allies shculd adopt a new policy, strategy of mercy . Until sound building material can be found and tested, it would be as bad as a third war to recognize any German gov- ernment. Since might is all they can under- stand, let us show them might. The only hope of enduring peace is to completely dis- arm and demilitarize the Germans. After capitulation there will still be pock- ets of resistance. Gestapo butchers and Storm Trcopers will fight to the last. Mili- tary occupation won't doom c-ur men to foreign service. The recruited force will come from the United Nations as a whole and the call on the United States will be comparatively small. The majority don't like the proposed division of a defeated Germany into three zones, because there was the same divided authority after the last war, which resulted in quarrels. The United States wanted a. joint administration, im--

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8 H. C. I.SCROLL When this War is over We hope and pray that we won't have another. It doesn't bring very high hopes for not having another if we are going to get trained to fight and kill instead of learning things that would be both a benefit to ourselves and a. more peaceful nation. Yes, it is a good thing for boys to have a year's military training if they are eighteen and out of high school as we shall have to have army enough to pro-- tect ourselves. On the other hand let the eighteen-year-olds stay in high sch-ool until they get their diplomas if they have that much ambition and then give them the year's training. I know I will like it better if it is that way. I hope I'm not considered a fifth colum- nist, but give us a chance and we'1l Hnish our education and do a better job of living afterwards. O. Brown '47