Newtown High School - Newtowner Yearbook (Elmhurst, NY)

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CINCINNATUS WITH HIS HOE FROM THE PLOW TO THE SWORD AND BACK TO THI' PLOW, CIN- CINNAIUS LIARNID TIIROUQRH LXPERIIQNCI, THAT ONLY PLACE IS CHLORIOUS

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I une, IQ 37 1 1 1 1 1 NEWTOWN Peace on Earth Peace on earth and good will towards men. Two thousand years have passed since these words were spoken, two thousand years of bloodshed, two thousand years of wars too innumerable to mention. Yet, strange it is that while the glories and fortunes of war were leaving their indelible scars on mankind, while crusaders and knights gallantly fought for God, king, and country, His words survived, and man sought peace. But the common man was powerless. He had no direct voice in the government nor any representation. He had only the king, and the king could do no wrong. As time progressed, it seemed as though man, in his blind obedience to some absolute ruler, was straying further and further from peace. Then, a new order developed, based on a principle opposed by its very nature to war--democracy. The common man was gaining power, his protests were voiced and heard, he could condemn war and condemn he did. Unfortunately, even this could not avail him. As the forces of peace developed their tool-democracy, so the forces of war developed theirs-propaganda. Swiftly and surely, the jingoists set about their evil work. Playing upon emotion, they turned the tide back to war. They aroused fear, hatred, and blind loyalty. They whipped the flames of nation- alism to unprecedented heights. They filled individuals with the desire to glorify their country, and cunningly encouraged economic aggrandizement. They disregarded all human considerations. The people were kept constantly alive to foreign perils, slights, and insults. If such incidents did not occur, they were invented or provoked. And thus man was unwittingly made to use his own power for his own destruction. He voted yes on secret diplomacy, he voted yes on arbitrary treaties, he voted no on peace. Then came 1914. Overnight millions of men were called to war. Again the guns roared and the cannons boomed. Again man killed man. But this time it was different. This time they were fighting to end war. And so we come to the present. The situation is grave. Europe, blind to past mis- takes, is again approaching 1914. Each country vies with its neighbors for arms supremacy. Secret diplomacy is again the order of the day. Hate, pure and undiluted, dominates Europe. However grave the situation may appear, all is not yet lost. There is still hope for peace. That hope is America. Experience has shown us that our traditional policy of neutrality is no guarantee of security. By insisting on the rights of neutral nations, we were drawn into the War of 1812 and again into the World War. Reasons for the failure of this policy are evident. American business is patriotic until its pocketbook is touched. It will not stand idly by while the government deprives it of profit. In the past, disregarding the welfare of the whole nation, commerce was carried on in war zones with inevitable results. Nine