Samford University - Entre Nous Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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TO EDUCATE FUTURE OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY! After 103 years of none too placid endeavors of learning, Howard finally receives her MESSAGE TO GARCIA. This program, a challenge in itself, is also a privilege, an opportunity wc believe, for our small Southern college to join with greater forces in the struggle for the victory of man- free and unafraid. We've known no physical danger, or torture or even discomfort com- pared with the men before Aachen or Okinawa, but we have felt a small part of the mental anguish that is an inevitable byproduct of war. lnsig- V QnndlliF

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nificant as it is, this has been the strong- est bond between us and those who fight in our stead. W'e'Ve known and felt at odd moments and in the dark stillness of the night, the doubt and fear and uncer- tainty that haunt men who fight and die. We've known insecurity and con- fusion and bewilder- ment in the same small measure. But out of our doubts a-nd fears have grown a strong- er faith in God our Father and our brother, man, and an unshakable de- termination to build out of this chaos a clean new world, washed of the petti- ness and jealously and hypocrisy that curse men and drag them in the mud.