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Too many of us seem to be immersed in a ruth- less pagan philosophy, a philosophy which justi- fies us in riding rough-shod over all those who are weaker or less fortunately situated than we are, VVe have no qualms about taking advantage of othtrs, What if we deprive them of their her- itage? What if we mutilate or murder a few of them? In our grasping for power, wealth, and glory we trample on the weaker members of society. Clcverncss without conscience, strength without mercy-that seems to be the accept-ed philosophy. In business law there is a rule expressed in Latin: Caveat emptor --rs if the lawmakers were ashamed to say it invplain English. Let the buyer beware! That's the rule, Let the buyer beware. Our law permits sharp dealings in which the clever salesman is justified in cheat- ing the honest but ignorant customer, Swindle him, rob him, as long as you can remain secure. Man is sick-revoltingly sick. He is sick be- cause all his actions are for himself alone. He is unhappy, dangerous, because he can never be satisfied. More and more he demands in order to glut his greedy appetites. He wants to be richer, more glamorous, more irresistible. The venom of greed and lust has infected his entire soul. The sickness of the human race is revealed in economic depressions and unemployment, in man's frequent hopeless struggles for a living. The conflicts of man against man are often worse than the laws of the jungle. As a result of these conflicts we have chaotic war with its screaming death, gutted cities, ruined art treas- ures, twisted bodies and despairing minds, Other symptons of man's sickness are revealed in the rampant immorality, delinquency, divorce, crime, and bestiality. Men and women, and even chil- dren, are flocking to cheap shows, dance halls, night clubs, where drunkenness, profanity, rowd- iness and riot prevail. The results are broken homes, broken spirits, minds, and bodies. Man is frustrated. He is stuck In the mire of greed. His life is confusion, anxiety, restless- ness, aimlessness, and weariness. He has cast off the bonds of .tradition and has chained him- self to his animal desires. He has no solace but a flight from reality, He does not experience the sweet dream of peace that Abou Ben Ad- hein knew because he loved his fellow men, Civ- ilization, being infested with barbarism and sav- agery, has begun to decay. How evident that is in the world-wide attempt to destroy all that is good and beautiful! Civilization can be kept alive only through a rebirth of the good and the beautiful, through a spark of idealism that inspires and consoles us. We must not let that spark go out in our lives. We need new ideals and new philosophies, but these must be based on the firm foundation of love for fellow men. Society should not and must not permit its members to starve. By cooperation we can bind the wounds of the wretched. pay for their lodg- ings, as the Good Samaritan, the lover of man, did. There are many who lie by the wayside and whom society continues to ignore, This is not only the problem of the individual or the na- tion, but of the world. The principles of love for human beings should be the guiding rule at the conferences of nations. Not only individuals, but nations also, must lay aside their greed for pow- er. Unless the powers of .the world come armed with good will, they will never design a lasting peace. When man respects his fellow men, follows the Golden Rule, makes his laws in accordance with the laws of God: when in man's mind truth and reason prevailg when the human race is truly one, and the spirit of Christ is accepted by the world, then peace will come. The bells that ring for that peace will, in the words of Tennyson, Ring in the nobler modes of life, , . . Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand: Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be. -JOHN CHILLMAN VALEDICTORY A CHALLENGE TO AMERICAN WOMEN During our years of war the men of our na- tion have been exhorted constantly about their duties to their ocuntry, So great have their responsibilities been to their motherland that they have had to be willing to give up their dearest possessions, even to yielding up their last breath. It is time, however, that we stop to con- sider that it is not men alone that fashion a country, but that the women of the land play a large factor in determining what kind of place that country shall be. The women can assist in the preservation of those ideals and principles that have been bestowed upon the land by her first martyrs and pioneers. It is the woman who must today recognize that she too has cer- tain pledges to carry out for her own sake, for the sake of the men who are spilling out their life blood, and for the sake of her country. We women must shop to take an inventory of what we are today, of what we are doing, and what we should hope and plan to accomplish in the future, It is true that many women have already taken over the tasks of our fighting men and have been Page Twenty-Eight accepted as an equal to men, instead of as the lesser man. At present, they are doing their fighting on the home front, holding important positions as Congresswomen in our governing bodies and working in war plants which produce guns, tanks, and planes for our battle-weary comrades. American women make up 51W of our voting population, casting from 52 to 657' of our total vote. The war has put to work about four million women who otherwise would have remained idle at home. They do the very same type of work as their fellowmen: building, repairing, and every other type of common labor, Moreover the women are entitled to these gains. Forty-five women in uniform have been killed or wounded on duty, more than two hundred fifty have been decorated for courageous acts. Women are vet- erans of Bataan, Anzio, and Normandy, Now is the time for women to take advantage of the numerous opportunities offered them. They must begin to work harder to preserve the cause for which we are fighting and to enable the Al- lied Nations to be victorious. As we all know, l

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ties, Within each of us are implanted potential- ities which must be discovered and then used adequately. What a loss it would have been to the scientific world if Madam Curie had failed us upon the .tragic death of her husband by fold- ing her hands and had minimized herself by saying, I am just a person. I can do nothing I nave no ability. Instead Madam Curie an- nounced to the world, I will continue my re- search, for I have confidence, but little else. Likewise what progress would have been made in the processes of healing if Florence Nightin- gale had said, I am just one woman. I can ac- complish nothing alone. Yet after the medical men had retired upon the completion of their day's work, the light of a single lamp could be seen moving from cot to cot, Florence Night- ingale helped not only herself, but thousands oi others, as her efforts led to the formation of the Red Cross. These two women applied to their work their fullest inspiration and trust. We ask, Were Madam Curie and Florence Night- ingale exceptional? Yes, they were, but in faith only. The world was made richer as a result of their having lived, They clearly showed us that the great works of the world begin with one person, for as Emerson states, A great in- stitution is but the lengthened shadow of a simple man. We must remember that it is man who creates, not the organization, for every institution is built by the initiative and enthusi- asm of some individual. For example, it was organization that enabled Caesar to form the Roman Empire, yet it was Caesar who created it. Certainly institutions have contributed to American progress, but hasn't America been built by the initiative and enthusiasm of Wash- ington, Franklin, Bell, and a host of others? Let us remember that a young man of little faith will say, I am nothing and a young man of understanding, I am everything! Upon grad- uation le.t us be men and women of great faith, ready to take our part in the construction of the postwar world, The second fundamental I wish to discuss is independent thought, as it is important that we as individuals plan the life we wish to lead, If we refuse to think, we are abandoning ourselves to the mold provided by our neighbors. It is not easy to think independently, because we are almost exact replicas of our fellow citizens, Since we are confronted with mass-mindedness which permeates American society, we are anxious to conform to the standards of the majority, and furthermore a welter of clever advertising in- sists that we conform. But should we be sup- pressed by fear of group opinion and submerged under a vast heap of artificial standards? As a result of a bitter experience on a Maine stage- coach while a boy, Theodore Roosevelt planned his way of living and then dared to strive for it in the face of stern opposition. This required courage, thought, and determination, yet he learned from this experience and independent thinking his possibilities of life, thus becoming a man who was fashioned and girded to accom- plish what he wished. People who refuse to be automatons and insist upon being individuals possess the individuality which is most essential to the working of a democracy. Today more than ever before, the men and women who dare to be themselves and who know with Emerson that Life only avails, not the having lived are needed to preserve and protect our democracy, As we take our places in the world of tomorrow, we must remember that by seeking always the best that is within us and by living up to it fear- lessly and also by accepting the best of the past we will be prepared to assume the responsibili- ties of adult citizenry and to take advantage of the opportunities offered us. Through faith in ourselves we will enjoy the satisfaction that comes from living life to the full and furthering the life of our democracy. Thus in a land of opportunity where every chance beckons we can reach the peaks of achievement, and as Robert M. Hutchins states, We can do no better than to seek the fullest development of our highest powers and dedicate them to the service of the community. Let us accept the challenge stated by Carolyn Kiyla in Stars Through The Perilous Night : Pick up your feet, Youth! ' Shoulder your burden Youth! That, too, is your heritage, For we see ahead of us down the road over the river, around the corner our gleaming des- tiny, We see the kind of world that we want to live in, the kind of world we can build. -MARY VAUGHN HENNESSEY NOBLER MODES OF LIFE In Leigh Hunt's little story Abou Ben Ad- hem Abou is wakened from his dneams, and he sees an angel writing in a book, When he asks the angel what he is writing the angel replies, The names of those who love the Lord. Abou asks if his name is among them, and the angel says, No. Abou then asks the angel to enter his name as one who loves his fellow men. The next night the angel returned. When Abou looked at the book this time, his name was above all the rest, In this little story the author shows how love of God and love of fellow men are inseparable. As Jesus once said, That which you have done to the humblest human creature, you have done to me, In this world of misery nothing could so much allay the suffering as a Widespread adoption of a love for fellow men. This ideal can be applied in everyday life by maintaining a friendly and generous attitude toward everyone. It can be applied in the post- war world, where there will certainly be depres- sions and unemployment, starvation-even in this country. There will be much opportunity for society to apply the rule of love for fellow men. The less fortunate will need the help of all who are better situated. If a world organization is to succeed, every nation must put aside some of its selfish interests for the good of all and peace for all, The world has never had a greater need than it has right now for the id-cal of love for fellow men. The influence of Christianity seems to be decreasing. The voic-e of the churches of Christ sounds feeble. Religion today plays a minor role in the lives of many. In too many cases people have no connection with any church, and often to those who belong to a church their member- ship and attendance are merely a formality and therefore have littlc influence on their lives. Page Twenty-Seven



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war accelerates the trend towards sex equality: after the war this .tide recedes, but there is al- ways a gain. After the last war many women continued to work, and this economic independ- ence brought them other types of freedom. It has be-en said by leading Americans, that after peace has been declared and nations are once more free, women will again take their places in the home and give up the power and independ- ence they now possess, But women must con- tinue to strive now and after to keep our nation as powerful and righteous as it has been for many centuries. I have presented to you a picture of what some of the American women of today are 1ike-no- ble, courageous, and willing to sacrifice them- selves for the nation to which they belong. This, however, is not a true portrayal of what all the women in our vast metropolises actually are. How we have all shuddered at the stories that appear in our newspapers altogether too of.ten about the number of women who are delinquent ln their most sacred privileges. Of our large population of women only a small proportion have gone to work in war plants day after day, or to serve in the women's service corps, so that their fellow- men could be free to fight the deadly enemy across the oceans. We still have in our midst, the lazy, parasitic, dissatisfied, and neurotic female, who feels that the way she lives her life is no longer important, therefore no longer meaning- ful. It is difficult for us to realize the large num- ber of women not willing to face problems realis- tically but numbing their minds by listf 1 assid- uously to the ridiculous romances of the morning radio soap operas. These disgraceful facts can be proven by noting the vast shortage of nurses in our civilian hospitals, which need 25,000 more volunteer nurses aides, the shortage of factory workers, and the shortage of women in our ser- vice corps, A comparison of war-bond sales with the overtowering department-store sales would be a severe shock to many of us. Yet in the cities all day long the movies are full of housewives, some who are college graduates. There is scarce- ly a woman's club where the war is not discussed solely in the terms of the servant problem-over the bridge table. No excuse can be made for these unpatriotic women. They have forgotten that the debt each generation owes to the past it must pay to the future. No fair comparison can be made of the women of today with those of yesterday, the women who fought and even died for the right to vote and speak in public. The work of our famous reformers-Susan Anthony, Jessie Howe, Eliza- beth Stanton, Abigail Scott, all who gave their lives so that their descendants could have the freedoms rightfully endowed upon them-is no longer remembered. These women served in many long wars, wars to civilize people of a new nation, wars with hostile Indians, and wars against greedy white men searching only for power and wealth. These women accepted their hardships with faith and courage, even though there were only a small number of them to per- form the required duties. Their scarcity brought them respect, the frontier made them work, The exploits of these pioneer wives helped to civilize the savage American continent, I need not men- tion the virtues of Abigail Adams, Margaret Fuller, Jessie Fremont, or Clara Barton. They are well known for their record of courage, serv- ice, and splendid achievement. By self-reliance and moral force they helped to create America and brought their sex world-wide prestige. Are American women still earning the world's re- spect? It is the responsibility of all American women to help bring victory to our war-torn land, but before they can do so, they must realize and fulfill their duty to the nation, to give whatever assistance th-ey can. They must help ,onward the reforms brought about by famous women of the past and spread the light of freedom and truth. To teach the ideals of living together harmoniously in society and the principles of purposeful living is their duty. They must rea- lize that marriage is a sacred duty of every woman in the American home, Each woman must learn the responsibilities of all-around citizenship and her role in the modern world. The words of Abigail Scott should be inscribed in all of our minds: The young women of today, free to study, to speak, to write, to choose their occupation, should remember that every inch of this freedom was bought for them at a great price. It is for them to show their gratitude by helping onward the reforms of their own times, by spreading the light of freedom and of truth still wider. We wish to thank our parents and friends for having mad-e these years of public school tram- ing possible, which have 'instilled in all of us great American ideals. With the hope of a ful- fillment of these ideals, we, the Class of 1945, bid you farewell, -BERTHA JOHNSON Page Twenty-Nine

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