Mount Healthy High School - Zem Zem Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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in ' 941-2.2: THE P. T. A. MESSAGE A MI D FOR PEACE What sort of a mind do we need for peace? A realistic mind-one that sees things as they are, that knows the hard facts of life, a mind that recognizes that everything has its price, even peace. An idealistic mind-one that knows facts yet is not afraid to dream dreams of what might be, though the goal may seem far distant. A flexible mind--one that can change its viewpoint, if necessary, when circum- stances change. A mind unafraid--one that does not fear to travel new paths. Even while we sigh for peace, we too often feel inwardly that there will always be wars. But need there be? If not, what must we do to avoid them? We are prodigal in our expenditures for war but niggardly when we talk of educating for peace, skeptical when we discuss how a world organization could and should function. Can we not lcreate new grooves in our brains along which thoughts of peace may travel easi y? An informed mind-one willing to find out what causes wars, to know some- thing of history and the acts of the past that have culminated in the present catastrophe, to understand how small the world has grown, to see ourselves in relation to other nations. For we have no background of knowledge to help us create a positive peace, a peace that is more than the mere cessation of war for a few years. A determined mind-one that acts with decision and dispatch to use its influence for the things in which it believes. A co-operative mind-one that acknowledges that both personal and national isolationism are deadg that is willing to work with other minds and to share in the give and take of co-operative thinking. A mind that accepts the Golden Rule and the Ten Commandments as guides in all decisions-that believes that national and international morality are as neces- sary as personal morality for a decent and good life. May each of us make this resolution: I will have a mind for peace. This is the most important contribution we can make to the welfare of all children and of those yet unborn. MINNETTA A. HASTINGS, President, National Congress of Parents and Teachers. fReprint from National Parent-Teacher Magazine.J 0-... MT. HEALTHY OFFICERS 1944-45 President ........................ ......................... ..................... M r s. Carl E. Ware Vice-President ........,..... .............. M rs. Phillip J. Konkle Secretary ........................ ....................... M rs. C. Sudbrack Treasurer ................... ......... - ..... M rs. Robert Wade PAGE SIX

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THE FACULTY '. Alum. u,A4k.L ,Q v A. W. MILNER, Superintcndent B.S., B.P.E., M.S. Ohio University PACE SEVEN