Springfield College - Massasoit Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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UR humble prose can never hope to match their generous action but we are proud to dedicate this volume of the Massasoit to the fortyffour Springfield College students and alumni killed during the recent world conflict. That these men died for us as part of a united effort to save ourselves is neither to be avoided nor forgotten. Perhaps all of the men whom we honor in this dedication were not fully aware of all they were fighting for,-perhaps not all of them could give an exact dehnition for democracy or distinguish a fascist at first sight. We shun confining limitations for their sacrifice, which inspires our homage. We are sure, however, conviction was a motive for their heroic effortsg that Springfield College training helped to inspire these convictions we are equally positive. These men genuinely understood that the essence of real living is the expending of oneself for those virtues that make life desirable for all. Since their death many treaties have been signed and many boundaries negotiatedg banner headlines are now less frequent and living heroes have resumed their anonymity. Officially World War II is history. We face the future with joy, sorrow and hope. joy, that the holocaust is ended. Sorrow, that those whose lives made victory possible are unable to exemplify in Peace the same heroism which they exemplified in War. Hope, that a personal ignorance of right will be recognized as our common weakness and misunderstanding of each other as our common enemy. The future is our occasion. Whether we will progress as part of an interdependent world community, or whether the rumbling of war will drown out another generation is contingent upon us- the dedicators. WE HONOR JOHN MACNEIL '26 THOMAS B. CORNELL '40 ALLEN G. COLLINS '34 FRANK R. WHALEY '40 CLYDE H. THOMPSON '34 KENNETH H. DUSTIN '40 WILLIAM J. LANGSTON '38 JOHN T. HALL '46 S .

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