Snowden High School - Aquila Yearbook (Library, PA)

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Aquila E wn GMM Jithletckw 0, ww ' Adwimmew Th Published by the Senior Class Snowden Township High School Library, Pennsylvania

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he 1943 Ready gm famine The Sluclenfs and Faculfy of Snowclen Township High School have risen as a lnocly lo mee! fhe call of our country. The words 1 pledge allegiance io fhe flag of the Uniled Siales of America have inslilled us with new fervor. T

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ADMINISTRATION .Wie lt is now nearly 2,000 years sinee .lesus of Nazareth preached llis Sermon on the Mount anml amhnonisherl man to cleclieate hiniself to the estahlislinient of righteous- ness, merey, and peace throughout the worlil. Man has rniserahly failed in this nianmlate as attested by eonclitions uni- versal tomlaiv. There have been, however, outstanmling attenipts to point the way. 'llwelve hunmlrenl years after the Sermon on the Mount, King John of England was foreecl to sign the Magna Clharta or Great ill12ll'ft'l', whieh markeil the passing of law lrv rolval rleeree anrl the beginning of par- liamentary legislation. It was a step in the ilireetion of freecloni anal equality, yet the struggle lnust go en. .Xpproxiinatelv 550 years later, the lleelaration of lntlepenrlenee was signed, setting forth its inalienable rights of life, liberty, anml the pursuit of happi- ness. lit also aclvaneeil the idea that governments a1'e institutetl alnong nien, mleriving their just powers froni the eon- sent of the governeclf' This was elosellv followeml by the Uon- stitution of the Vnitetl States, whose pre- anihle reamls as follows: NVQ the people of the l'niteml States of Anleriea, in orcler to fo1'1n a lnore perfeet union, establish justiee. insure tloinestie tranquillity, pro- viile for tl1e eonunon clefense, prolnote the general welfare, and seeure the blessings of ll ' -04-y II L. R. Cutshall Supervising Principal Four liliertv to ourselves anil our posterity, cle orilain anfl estalmlish this Uonstitution. 'llhree quarters of a eentury later Abra- ham l.ineoln, then Presielent of the lfniteal States. gave his fanious lihnaneipation l,l'tlt'l2llll2lIlUll guaranteeing the right to be free, to have the proteetion of their gov- ernment, antl to work for a reasonable wage to all the people of the l'nitecl States, regartlless of raee, eolor, or previous een- tlition ot' servitude. Fifty-tive years later NVoorlrow XVilso11, then Presimlent of tl1e l'nitecl States, set forth his fourteen points as peaee aims at the elose of the first World YVar. These points were ainietl at the outlawing Qfor all timej of the monster IVar. 'I'wentlv-four years later we a1'e engageil in the lnost extensive anil most ilestruetive xvar of all tinie. Our l'resimlent, Franklin ll. Roosevelt, in eollaboration with the l,I'illl0 Minister of linglancl, lVinst0n illlIll't'lllll, has given us what he has chosen to eall the Atlantic Ill12ll'IUl'. It contains the n1uel1-iliseusseil four freeclonis. These cloeurnents in themselves have heen tine anal have pointeml the way in a l'l'lllill'li2llDl'V elear fashion. Wei't- this enough we shoulcl not he en- gageml in a global war toclay. lt is not enough to point the way ancl iliseuss the way. Neither is it enough to Lleiine De- nioeraeiv anfl mliseuss lleinoeraey. We niust live llenioeraey. We niust go hack anal piek up anml live the athnonition given in tl1e Sernron on the Blount. Until fellow- lllilllli nleans sonlething to us other than just another worml our etforts shall he in vain. ltighteousness exalteth a nation. L. R. CUTSILXLL.