Lebanon High School - Lodestone Yearbook (Lebanon, PA)

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THE 1945 NNSYLVANIA IUUWUNE

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MW guifclerd of jomorrow C 0-Editors Chief Adviser SARA ANN BUSER Miss IOAN L. NICHOLS CHARLES ZIMMERMAN Literary Advisers Business Managers Miss MARTHA H. Ross PETER COLBAN Miss RUTH V. HOFFMAN ANDREW GAYDOS C ommereial Adviser Art Editor MRs. OMER B. CARR IAMES FETTER Student Photographer Art Adviser PAUL FELTY Miss IULIA A. WIERMAN LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL ' LEBANO

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0l 8lfU0l el We, the Class of 1945, are entering the world at a crucial moment. This year has seen the war come to its climax. lt has heralded the new world of tomorrow. We shall live in that world. To us is given the opportunity of building it, and upon us falls the responsibility of seeing that it is a more peaceful-a more friendly-world when we hand it on to our children. Precautions are being taken to prevent a recurrence of world-wide warfare. But leagues and police forces alone cannot accomplish this. Real peace can exist only when the in- tense hatreds, iealousies, and suspicions which are emerging from this war are replaced by friendships. lt is much more natural to be friendly than to hate: but we must understand each other to have a real, a lasting friendship. Almost all ill-feeling can be traced, in the hnal analysis. to the lacli of concrete knowledge about the other fellow-his ways of living and thinking, his problems and his needs. To eliminate it would seem fairly simple, wouldn't it? Hut let us not be deceived by mere promises of the bright. new world which will be born after the war. Conditions do not change over night. There will still be a goodly por- tion ofthe world's population living in war-ravaged lands-poverty-stricken, underfed, and uneducated. They will be living under conditions which breed ill-feeling and suspicion. The millions of Germans and Iapanese who are inculcated with the ideologies of race superiority and world domination will constitute a menace long after the last shot is fired. All these people will be living in the world with us, contributing their influence, good or bad. There will be discords and misunderstandings. They are inevitable when there has been so much suffering, when the lives of so many have been disrupted and disorganized. Our world tomorrow will not be a peaceful one, not a world of universal friendship. That goal can be attained only after generations have worked steadfastly to reach it. But we must lay the foundation for them to build upon: it is our sacred duty that it is a solid foundation. To play our part, to fulfill our responsi- bility to those who will follow us, our actions, both as a nation and as individuals, must be free from deceit, insincerity, and indeeisiveness. This is our challenge whether we be farmers, welders, doctors, nurses, sailors, or soldiers. Shall we meet it? We have spent three years in Lebanon High f . . . . . G' School under wartime conditions. The additional duties which we have had to assume and the new problems which we have had to face have made us more mature, whether we realize it or not. These years have offered us opportunities for enriching our lives, not only with learning, but with fun, friendship, and tolerance. The value of these A memories will grow with the passing of each year. D , X When We wish to relive our days in Lebanon High School, may this Lodestonc' provide the means for our retrospectionl