Hugh Morson High School - Oak Leaf Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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17011 PEACE The debt owed to these men can never fully be repaid, for nothing can ever compensate the giving of their lives. Yet if they but had the power to speak, they would doubtless make one request of us--to uphold the principles of democracy for which they so bravely fought and died. It is for us the living to make certain that oppression and depotism shall never again arise to threaten the safety of the world. We, the youth of America, Pioneers for Peace, solemnly promise these men who made it possible for us to look into the future with hope, confidence, and security to build the better world for which they gave their lives that they shall not have died in vain. J X f 5 ., FMR

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PIO EERS THE DEMON, WAR, again flared up, to ravage the earth and make wretched its inhabitants. It called for victims that, in return, it might restore the maiden, Peace, held captive too long. Luckily for the world there were those who met its demands with undaunted courage, a fear- lessness such as the world had never known. How well these men knew the consequences of the strife and how gladly they were willing to forsake everything dear for the dearest of all, the love of country. This overpowering sense of duty made them eager and willing to render every- thing, their very lives, for the cause of freedom, that the generations to come would not ex- perience the same terror, starvation, homelessness, and destruction wielded by the hands of tyranny. Did these men not love life, did they 11ot receive the same joy out of living as is connnon to all? The answer is quite evident, and in realizing this we mere fully understand their supreme sacrifice. 4

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DEDICATION ln view of her outstanding work for the advancement of the ideals of Hugh Morson, her devoted interest in us, and her winning person- ality, we, the Class of 1946, dedicate this, twentieth volume of THE OAK LEAF TO MISS LUCY GILMORE 6