North Andover High School - Knight Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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THE GOBBLER - 1943 SALUTATORY It makes me very happy to extend a cordial welcome to the parents and friends of the graduating class of 1943, to the distinguished guests, and to the members of the faculty Why Make Peace Plans Now? URING the past few months there has been increasing discussion about the kind of peace we want to see established after this war. A few persons think that the nations of the earth will continue in the course they were taking when in 1939 Hitler plunged the world into World War II. However, most thinking people agree that there will be many difficult problems confront¬ ing the United Nations when victory is finally achieved. There seems to be a difference of opinion among these people as to the advisability of discussing concrete measures now to ensure that the world will not have to undergo the torture of a World War III which would probably destroy civilization. Various prominent leaders in the political life of this nation and others of the United Nations have expressed their opinions regarding this problem which will affect the course of events for many generations to come. Wendell Willkie, upon returning from his extensive trip, which led him to Russia, China, Africa and various other of the United Nations, was convinced that the leaders of the United States and Great Britain should make a state¬ ment that would let the weaker members of the United Nations know that the United States and Great Britain are as vitally interested in guaranteeing the Four Freedoms to them as to their own countries. He felt that this was essen¬ tial at this time to secure the fullest participation of these people in winning the war. Colonies that have helped the United Nations in the war should, in Mr. Willkie’s opinion, be helped to organize independent governments and should have the guarantee of the United Nations not to slip back into colonial status. Another strong voice in the demand for planning the post-war period is Henry Agard Wallace. Mr. Wallace maintains that this is the century of the common man in which living standards of all nations, victor and vanquished, must be improved if disaster for us all is to be averted. He has advanced several proposals by which he hopes to avoid an economic collapse after this war such as the one which succeeded the last war and precipitated the present conflict. It is his opinion that if the producers of raw materials are not to suffer great financial losses after this war, there must be some plan devised whereby producers of certain raw materials will be assured a reasonable price for their products for some years after the war. This program would aid not only the producers who suffered so much from the decline in prices of their products after the last war, but also the country as a whole. This is true, for if the farmer loses his purchasing power, factories soon cut down their produc¬ tion. This means the discharging of thousands of employees. Under-Secretary of State Sumner Welles declares that the era of imperialism is at an end and that one of the vital problems of the peace will be a wider dis¬ tribution of the products of labor to the common people of the world. 18

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JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL RUTH E. COHEN Ruthie’s never ending chatter, Has brightened all our high school days. She’s happy only when she argues. We like her for her pleasant ways. Victory Corps Gobbler 4 WILLIAM J. DEIGHAN, JR. Gone to be a doctor, Left at the half year. Won’t have any trouble If he is as he was here. Journal 3, 4 Orchestra 4 JOSEPH A. DONNELLY A short fellow, A big heart. In the U. S. Navy He’s doing his part. JOHN H. FARRELL His antics brought howls of glee, In fact we never could quite see How he gathered his A and B Yet remained so jolly and carefree. Vice-President 1, 2, 3, 4 Football Manager 4 Prom Committee 3 JOHN D. GORDON Climbing high into the wide blue yon¬ der, That’s where Flash left us to go. He’s now in the Army Air Corps. He’s high while we’re feeling low. CARL H. LONG, JR. Happy-go-lucky Red With his very contagious laugh Went to join the Navy, And cut our fun in half. CAROLYN M. WELCH Carole is first to have Anything new in sight. She likes to dance and have some fun. We think she’s all right. Victory Corps JOHNSON POINTS WITH PRIDE to DEWEY DYER Dewey, who was accepted February 12, 1943 as an apprentice seaman, will become a Naval Aviation Cadet on graduating. Fly high, wide, and handsome, Dewey. We’ll be rooting for you. JOSEPH DONNELLY Joe left Johnson to join the Navy, February 19, 1943. He may be small, but we know that he will give a full account of himself. Good luck, Joe. JOHN GORDON Flash left us March 8, 1943, after being accepted in the Army Air Corps. Good luck and give them one for Johnson. CARL LONG On April 12, 1943, Carl chose Navy blue to set off his red hair. We know from experience that they’ll be sorry if they make him angry. WILLIAM HAYMAN, WILLIAM WELCH, and EDWARD SARCIONE Ed and both Bills passed the V-12 examinations. Good luck to both of you. We know that you’ll make the grade. and to All the other boys who will enlist or be drafted in the future. Best wishes from the class of ’43. 17

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JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL Speaking from London several weeks ago, Prime Minister Winst on Churchill asserted that some form of world organization with an international police force would be needed, for a time at least, to prevent aggressor nations from ever again perpetrating such crimes against peace-loving peoples. Several weeks ago a resolution was introduced into the Senate by Senators Burton of Ohio, Ball of Minnesota, Lister Hill of Alabama, and Hatch of New Mexico which, if made law, would give the Senate’s approval to the entrance of the United States into an international organization patterned upon the League of Nations. This is particularly significant, as it was the lack of a two-thirds vote in the Senate after the last war that prevented the United States from joining the League of Nations and later the World Court. Opponents of discussing peace plans now state that it might cause disunity among the United Nations when the outcome of the war depends upon the closest cooperation among them. In answer to this argument those in favor of planning for the peace while the war is still in progress reply that after the war is over and the uniting influence of common danger is removed the various members of the United Nations will be less inclined to sit around a conference table and iron out their differences. As a result of a lack of planning for the peace during the last war the dele¬ gates from the various countries presented as many different plans as there were governments represented. This resulted only in confusion and quarreling. An encouraging sign that the United Nations are cooperating in post-war plans is seen in the food conference that is scheduled for May. While the problem of feeding the starving populations of Europe and Asia is not a contro¬ versial matter, as many of the problems will be; nevertheless, it shows a willing¬ ness to cooperate, the importance of which cannot be overlooked. If we are to win the peace, it appears essential that we should become more thoroughly acquainted with the controversial issues that will confront the United Nations when the war ends, and give intensive study to them, while not slackening in the slightest degree our efforts to hasten the downfall of the Axis. Kathleen Ford CLASS ORATION On the Youth of Today Rests the Democracy of Tomorrow NlN THE shoulders of the youth of today rests the greatest burden, and yet the greatest opportunity which has ever been the heritage of any genera¬ ls tion. We are faced with the very destruction of our Democracy, and it is for us, the youth of America, to straighten our shoulders and face the issue. First and foremost in the hearts of all of us is the winning of the war. Many of us are already in it—some from our own school—and many more will go, North, South, East, or West, we cannot tell where. We do know, however, if this war should be lost, all our plans for peace would be useless and without meaning. Here is where youth’s first service to Democracy begins. Our young men 19