Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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TRIUMPH . E MBER , 941. In nother m nute the words were spoken which nged r wo ded at n, reeli g under a blow whic had spilled e blood into e P cific i st tw days before, toward a ar against wh' ll her emocrati instinc s re elled. Another X t y signed an eal more declara ions, an th United States XX Amer'ca, l me h or of isolationism, stood stripped of her false eace. merican sup le stung many an Allied foe, now the Axis trio was o feel th l Yank bayonet. Democratic day-dreams were out x . fo the duration. We had a shooting war on our hands. For some Ameri- ns there had never been a day-dream. Heading this list was President Roosevelt. Almost a year before, he had publicly stated his Four Freedoms -the four objectives of the war. Eight months later, he had discussed Amer- ica's growing danger with England's Churchill in the privacy of the Atlantic. The resulting eight-point document, the Atlantic Charter, became a definite peace aim before we were at war. It is these aims, and more particularly Y lfx cll l'l e'35 fq 3 f 1 EAP' . ' . N . f-. ' v 'J s. 3 , , f. -'ia' . .'- few- -.-, I - fa I . ' Z' -, ' I -P' :N V U - tif , - 1 A Je. . gf.-fi . .. . . k sf ..-. i er '11 ' N- .' W ' -' K .

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self of whatever means necessary to make possible its realization, it is our thinking democracy that must prove him wrong. This Nazi creed has lost the Four Freedoms to almost all the rest of the world. We must prove it wrong, for we alone have the power. Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion, the first of the Free- doms, can be brought about relatively easily through an intelligent legislature. These Clear-thinking minds, a goal of our athletics, are suppressed by fear in Axis countries. Anticipating the end of this suppression, we dedicate the Ath- Freedoms belong lo letics division to Freedom from Fear. democracy. It is the other two that present our problem. If we are to realize Freedom from Fear and Freedom from Want, we must reorganize our democracy on a far wider basis of international coopera- tion. Too much individual and national independence have brought us to this war. It is our task to see that such a situation will never again occur. It will be difficult-probably the most Campus life is a true expression of Freedom from Want. For this reason, we have dedicated the Campus Life division to the world-wide realization of this, the fourth of our Freedoms. difficult problem that young America has ever faced. Before us is the gar- gantuan task of providing more pro- duction, more consumption, and a better and more secure world without destroying the individual freedom necessary for our progress. This is the challenge that confronts our genera- tion. We must make the Four Freedoms something more than iust history. ,ynwq 1 Jfl i Z-Zx N-n-1l1 -Nfwlsag -?.,-Us s..1v- l