Mills College - Mills Crest Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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WT LEARN fhe melhods by which sfruggle has produced civiliza- 'I'ionsg 'l'he ways of making beaufy and significance from maferials ai' hand: The formulae for reducing fhe mysferies of nalural phenomena fo law: and +he means of human communicalion and undersfandingg from all, an apprecia'I'ion of 1'he unify in diversify which produces a humane culfure. 'I

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If you musf face in your generafion whaf fhe Armed Forces call fofal war, you also face in your own life nof a fracfionary, limifed environmenf for acfion buf a nafion and ifs relafion fo fhe globe. If all civilizafion is fhreafened wifh desfrucfion from enemies wifhouf, if can be mef by crea- five forces wifhin, capable of consfrucfion and of reconsfrucfion. The challenges on every hand which 'rask knowledge and characfer can be mef by personal. insfifufional. and so by nafional adiusfmenf fo fhe crisis of war and ifs demonds. The sfudenf should be prepared fo discriminafe befween war efforf and reconsfrucfive goal. lmmediacy and expediency are noi' ends in fhem- selves, buf fhey musf be undersfood and me'r adequafely. To creafe, fo build-fhis is fhe long-range opporfunify of fhe dangers abouf us. The very war can nof be won for one person or one nafion. lfs immensify fesfifies fo fhe facf fhaf if musf be won for fhe whole of humanify. The peace we would planf, nurfure, and harvesf-if we may use such figurafive language-is a harvesf fo be shared by fhe world, a verifable bread of life for all men. Peace can nof be enduring unless if is a world peace, nourished by all fhe civilizing agencies which men have developed in differenf lands. Educafion. organized, fiffed 'ro fhe fimes, adiusfed fo fhe needs of peoples in various climafes and differing lands-such an educafion is fundamenfal fo The peace fhaf comes wifh opporfunify affer fhe presenf crisis is pasf. Once educafion was fhoughf of as fhe passive acquiring of knowledge for pleasure or for power. Today we know fhaf educafion musf be more fhan fhis. If musf add dynamic capacify fo develop fhoughf and fo direcf if, so 'rhaf conducf may be guided fhereby. Members of fhe Class of I943, how are you going fo meef fhe world crisis fhaf if may be a personal opporfunify for creafive conducf and for human service? T Aurelia l-lenry Reinhardf Viv P

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