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[The Class of 1970 has witnessed a decade of con- trast — man’s inhumanity to man and man’s hul manity to man. Man has hated man; man has loved i man. Man has destroyed ideals and man has re stored ideals. The agony and ecstasy of a whole de lade has shaped the future development of eaMI individual of our class., MW A I During the past decade, the Peace Corps, Vista and the | peace movements were born. The deciphering of J the genetic code was ac- i complished and the trans- 1 i planting of the human heaJD was developed. Man finailw escaped the pull of earth’JfJ 1 gravity, orbited freely in Ml space and set foot on thAfj moon. New programs in MM .education were initiated Mi aid the economically pooMf and the culturally deprivlc|| I To solve the problems oflnj ghetto, research was unlaflB taken and new program® were begun. rIn these same years. hcMnKWid lence, corruption and IBflukBjj i branded a stigma on everAjjtiidenl I Our youthful, idealistic leadAsJW crushed by a few hateful awf«5| I people. Lost in the confusion we knew so little about, we saw®» , pie raging and protesting loudly.® | threat of a nuclear holocaust, cctJ stantly hovered over our shoulders] Yet. we enter this new decade, full of hope, for we feel the time for change is being realized by more people. Until 1970 the desires for peace and universal brotherhood were merely whispered. Because of a greater awareness of social respon- sibility. these desires are now strong commands, given in an insistent voice. It is in response to these commands that people gathered on com- mons and squares the world over to pray for peace in an attempt to save mankind. To live in peace and harmony for a weekend, people gathered in a place, called Woodstock. The deaths of Kennedy. King. Churchill and Nehru profoundly affected not just one nation, but all mankind. Both American and Russian space explorers who sacrificed their lives, were equally mourned. Peo- ple did not ask: What country were they from? They simply asked. Who? or What men? 10
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ilarrties among nations. I he wealth ot nations will , be turned toward the abolishment of tyranny. toward the advancement of science f?ven the merican conquest of space was not fccotwplish'ed for the glory of one nation. Neil Armstrong emphasized the idea of uni- . versal brotherhood: One small step for a man; .one. giant leap for all mankind. All cekbr'ated. together, the spectacular moan.Vvalks) At last, many nations are realiz- ■•mg.ilMftKe.Qnly way to live is in peace: We peace (or all mankind. w- VX AW i wl: . 7 r$hy’ is universal'peace so important? Until K-V'all rfatipns accept the concept of living in v peace. ;man cannot realize his full potential. Mankind wastes too much valuable time. jgk 'jeijetgy ncf talent on wars and differences S among nations and races. When universal . peace conies, mankind will then solve the problems of poverty and sickness that plague th modern world. Mankind will be able to ■ ’ :: corlcenVate on domestic problems and sim- nd tyedicine and toward the enhancement »nf the fespett and dignity of the spirit of - the indi fdutU man. ■ ' jK • . ' • • p ihe Phoenix, the symbol of the Class of l • 070! we nave plunged into the flames and % J cleansed ourselves of past mistakes. Rising % new, undaunted and idealistic, we will forget fv t)ie «vJrohgdoings of past generations. We are . fa neir. generation, pledged to the unification • of •all nations into one world, of all nation- i alities into one people, of all races into only , one race -1 the human race. vsX V - Ours is not to tear down long-established ideals, but to affect changes where changes are needed not by violence, but by peaceful cooperation. We will make changes not by irrational and amoral behavior, but rather by rational and moral thinking. As new gradu- ates. we realize what we are undertaking is not an easy task, but it is a necessary one. It is also not a task, inspired by an idealistic motive and undertaken on the impulse of a moment. When the first frustrat- ing setback is experienced, our task will not be forgotten and our responsibilities will not be taken lightly. The hopes and dreams of centuries of men are within our grasp. We must not falter in our quest for them. Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. reflected the dreams of this new era. of this Class of 1970, when, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, he expressed with hopefulness: I say to you today, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream, deeply rooted in the American dream ... we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Prot- estants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing . . . We the Class of 1970 accept these ideas - peace, love, freedom, joy for all mankind, yet still upholding the worth and value of the individual — as our responsibilities. We will try to mold these ideas into a new kind of world, with a new kind of thinking, void of all the frustrations and misunderstandings which have existed for so long. Some men see things as they are and ask. Why? I see things as they should be and say, Why not? 11 Edward Cotter Co-editor
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