Little Valley High School - Mirror Yearbook (Little Valley, NY)

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Tlll NllRlxUR Educatlon and World Peace lkflllllllllfll from Page 393 pose that the Llllltlltll lll sehools the xxorld oxer should be so taught that a ,,,LllCI'lll01l henee the xxorld llllllfl xx ould haxe a deep dlsllke for the lfllilllllilll ltx of xx ar xx ould understand and real17e the llltllltb of lt and xx ould have a klloxx ledge of the causes of IIltCI'Xlatl0113.l strlfe alld of the xx ax s IH xx hlch people xx ho do not ClCilI'C xx ar are llevertheless made to light If such a Splflt xx ere to be bullt up ln the people for even one gC1lCI'al1l0l1 xxe should be xx ell on the load to final emanclpatlon t 1 be bllllt up the people lllllSt be made to be IL xx hole heartedlx Ill peue and Ill the lJ09SllJIlltX of the lJCl IJCtllZltl0l1 of thls lfltell Indeed peace I9 IIlZ1flC lI'l1lJOSSllJlC largelx because of the careless bellef that It 18 IITIPO'-lS1l5lC Hence 111 our schools xxe are told that peace xx ould be a xx ollderful thlng for the xx orld and that there IS Ilfbllllflg' ITIOYC to be deslred alld x et at the same tllne are led to belleve that such all ldea IS lII1pOSSllDl6 and lmpractlcable If the edllcatlon of the xouth could break through thls barrler 'lnd lllgllll III the Illllltli of the COITIIIIQ generatlon the lJOSSllJllltl6S alld llldeefl the llecessltles of xx orld peaee It xx ould be accompllshlng a great deal 'Noxx IS the tlme to begln IIONX xx hlle the axx fulness alld the horrors of the last xx ar are fresh ln the Il1lI1ClS of the people In a fexv xears these xvlll be forgotten xx hx even xxe the class of 27 remenlber llttle of the horrlble ness of the xx ar hoxx much less xx lll the future el'1sses remember ' In txx entx five years all of thls xxlll be forgotten and onlx the herolc tales of brave men and courageous deeds xvlll be left Ffll1C3.l11OI'l fllllit change thls and flames bllt on that xvhlch IS burnlng so lf xxe xvould abollsh xx ar xxe lnust strlke at ltS causes Flrst among these IS the splrlt of natlonallsm If the qllestlon xx ere asked here tOI'llgl1t VVl1lCl1 IS the best countrx ' doubtless the ansxx er the Unlted States xx ould be l1IlEll1lIl1011S lhat 19 all xx ell and good bllt xxe !l1llSt remember that xx e are not the onlx lJ3tI'l0tlL people on the earth lhe French declare that France ls the best countrx the EIlg'llSh Lngland the l1tI'l1lE1IlS berm mx 'lnd so folth lllllll even the smallest states of I 11111176 are clallned to be better than allx other place on earth The peoples of the varl ous IIZLUOIIS are taught that thex are Cl1lTCI'Cl1t from and of course superlor to other peoples Each natlon exaggerates lts oxxn vlrtues 'xnd understands lts own faults In a hlstorx book aetll tllx used Ill the grades of many of ollr schools the state ments are nlade that here Ill the Lnlted States ex erx advantage IS open that eflllLHt10I1 IS absolutelx free that m1lllOl1Q of acres of xx estern lands are stlll open to settlement and that here and here onlx among leadlng ClV1llZCd na tlons no colossal standlng armx eats up the dallx earnlllgs of the people and furthermore that everx laxx sprlngs or max sprlng flll 6Ctl5 from the xxlll of the II1dj0I'llX Such statements as these mlght tend to make an arrogant and bolstful Amerlea Hoxx exer lf thex are taught ln the rlght manner thex llllhlll become great factors ln the educatlonal peace program Thex xxlll Ill crease the Hflllllfiltlflll of the pllplls for thelr Ctllllltfj bllt thex xx lll also make them sxmpathlfe more xx lth the less fortunate xx ho do not haxe these IJI'1X lleges thus ll1CI'6Z1Slllg the feellllg of brotherhood among the natlons It 15 not to be thought that the educators of the xx orld are E'11t1I'ClX un ffolltlllued on Page 130 178 f W . . . I Y . .h I l X x . l I ' -u x sl v V sf s I fr 1 1 I ' s 1. l 1 ' . , . 1 '84 ' f ' - ' - . . . ' ' ' , ' , 1 1 ..., , ' - ' v s r Q u I . . V lf a peace morale is 1 ' , - x - 5 1 ' A -l'1x'e . . . . V. . . Y 1 . . I , If .4 , Q K Y Y Y , . ' - I 1 x l - l F ' l ,- ' ' ' . 5 . ' V'- V . ' Y. Y . 5 y L Y l . ' . just as, to put out a fire one xvould not try to pour water on the smoke n u ' n K , Q , v u Q - 7. v v A 5 v U 5' sl' . ' . ' ' ' I l . ' ' l . ' ' Y ' r , - ' V , 1 1 w ' ,V v l l 4 ' ' r r I 1 l 1 v l .l c f . l f .'. .I 5' . Y . i ks 7 dv - , I V 1 .vy - I V1 I ' . ' U V V ' . V . . X v .W V 1 S . . Q y V. . - x 5 v .pd v. B L v - Y K 1 V- . T Q Q . g. h . Y . X , . . . ' - r 1 ' ' ' ' -

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S 'Um AQ 9 D rl NL fxxyllmfflffxl The other day l chanced to see a tire cross the street I thought lt best to hft my feet and hxe myself to safer ground And all the while l heard the sound of clangmg bell and whistle shrill and saw the Hre up the hnll Ye Gods says l It IS the place of brother Jones Another case of all IS lost and poor Jones pays He thought lnsur ance Just a craze Well thats how some folks learn ln life lm surely sorry for his wife but maybe thls will help to show some other Jones what fire will do And lf by chance you are the one who thmks that tires really fun to watch just thmk should your home burn would you know how or where to turn? Start your mnsurance right away for fire may vlslt any day and bum your house and barn and cow and leave you not a smgle sou lnsure' A F lre Pollcy will save you loss Hnan clally D J BUSHNELL 1 fy X. pf X ff, Y ,Il Xt Cm I fu ' ff I X ,I N f C Q ? , . IQ 050 ill ,D , engine chasing me as I was walking Q Q ' ' J n . l 0 0

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L1 W L WULFF General Garage Work Little Valley N Y l n o . , O Q Bell Telephone 15