New England College of Optometry - Scope Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Dedication There is no need for our delving into the condition of the country as it stands today. Members of the civilian population realize that our entire nation is in a state of all out war, and that certain sacrifices must be made in order to comply with the needs of the boys in our armed services. Perhaps the people that notice these sacrifices the oftenest are those mothers and fathers that have offered up their sons to the service. Temporarily at least, a ,family realizes a severe loss when a man has to give up his regular every day duties for a post in the army or the navy. This is simply due to a falling off of one of the most important factors that goes into the making up of a happy family, namely, unity. It seems that one of the important things we are fighting for is just that. Before a suitable democracy can be set up, the entire nation must be united. And before a nation can be bound together, the problem of unity must be successfully solved in individual families. Right at this moment there are countless numbers that have a perfect right to wonder how a good union is to be set up at home if the men that contribute in main to the makeup of this home have been drawn away from their families to serve their country. For the thousands that have this question in mind, just remember that our boys are struggling for the right to maintain and uphold this unity at home, and without the privilege to live in unison, a true democracy can never come into being. So goes it with our profession. The members of that vast family that take part in contributing to the science of Optometry are also in need of the rights and freedoms that will be ours with victory. In the meantime, there are hundreds of men from this enormous family that have had to give up their civilian duties to don a uniform, and we too realize a severe loss. However, it is a temporary loss as I stated earlier, and the ultimate outcome will definitely mean more strongly unified Families, The class of 1943 is the second to graduate in this VVorld War II, and in all sincerity we hope to be the last. Looking forward then, to the day when the peace has been won, we. the members of the graduating class of 1943, repectfully dedicate this Year- book to the members of the armed forces, here and abroad, for our sincere appreciation for their ever willing efforts to bring this period of strife to a speedy, successful end.