St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Leaders' Row, left to right: Messrs. Morgan, Hulen, Harman. Members' Desks, left to right? Messrs. Hinton, Orem, Hardison, Monroney, Jenks, de Wolf, Beck, G. Owen. Reeves, Willis, Carrington, J. Austin, .l. Anderson, E. S. Smith, Osborn. SecrelarY'S Desk: J. Williams. Government Club HE NATIONAL ELECTION, Dumbarton Oaks, and Peacetime Conscription were three of the varied and interesting topics that aroused vigorous discussion in the Gov- ernment Class meetings this year. Under the chairmanship of Mr. Bertram D. Hulen, State Department correspondent for the New York Times, the eighteen members met Friday evenings in the Kellogg Memorial Room in the Activities Building. The issues involved in the Presidential campaign were the Hrst topic for discus- sion. The first part of the session was devoted to an analysis of the point of view of the two candidates. Then Conservative Leader Frank Harman proposed the nomi- nation of Governor Dewey, and Liberal Leader Morgan followed with the proposal that President Roosevelt be elected for a fourth term. Highlight of the Club's four- week study of the issues involved in the campaign was the appearance of Socialist Albert Hamilton, who analyzed the policies of both parties. By an overwhelming vote of 13-4, the Class on November 3 passed a resolution that Thomas E. Dewey be elected President of the United States. With the Presidential Campaign history and the post-mortems completed, the Government Class devoted itself to discussing the Dumbarton Oaks Conference and ORGANIZATIONS 1945

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Back row, left to right: Reed, E. Austin, de Wolf, Kier, Reeves, G. Owen, Oliphant. Middle row, left to right: McCulloch, Jenks, T. Perry, Sclmenfeld, Plumb, West, Lockwood. Front row, left to right: Birney, Ericson, Powel. S. Collin iliditorb, Blaisdell tBusiness Managerb, Hollerith, E. Lee. The Albanian HIS year the Albanian Board has had less time in which to produce its yearbook than any other former board, for in order that the Albanian be published by the day of graduation, the greater part of the copy had to be sent to the printer before April First. However, through the strenuous efforts of the Chairman, Sid Collin, and Tom Blaisdell, Business Manager, in extracting contributions from the procrastinat- ing members of the Sixth Form, the material Was organized and sent to the printer on time. The purpose of this year's Albanian Board is to present a Wider and a more colourful picture of life at Saint Albans by the use of numerous photographs. The expert photography of Mr. Connelly has contributed immeasurably in accomplish- ing this aim. Eric Ericson has continued the cartoons, innovated several years ago, and has produced real masterpieces of creation and Hne penmanship. This year it was necessary for the Business Board to obtain a large number of advertisements to meet the increased cost of publishing the book. However, through the excellent management of Tom Blaisdell, the costs have been met satisfactorily: and We of the graduating class, here, present our final Work with the sincere hone that the reader will enjoy reading it as much as we have enjoyed producing it. THE ALBANIAN y

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its effect on post-war planning. The Club heard an informative address on this sub- ject by Mr. Francis Colt de Wolf of the State Department, who warned that world- wide peace would never exist unless the spirit of the people is behind it. At the final meeting on January 12, the interest in the topic was so great that the meeting was extended an additional fifteen minutes by unanimous consent, an action unprecedented in the history of the Class. During the course of the evening, seven amendments were proposed, of which three were accepted. After fiery discus- sion and defeat of amendments by Orem and Hardison, Monroney presented an amendment stating that no nation in the Security Council should be allowed to vote if either an aggressor or a victim of aggression. It was carried by unanimous vote. Then Reeves' amendment that 'six small powers to be represented in the Security Council should be admitted by alphabetical order, was passed with one dissenting vote. The Morgan amendment which followed, stating that only a majority of the Council should be required to determine an act of aggression, was accepted 8-4. At that point a final vote on the amended resolution was taken, and resulted in its pas- sage by a IS-2 vote. The two following meetings were devoted to the situation in the Pacific and Far East. Mr. Yih Chen, Washington Director of the Chinese News Service, ad- dressed the Club on January 14. After a brief outline of the Chinese philosophy of individual dignity, he described the incidents in the life of a typical Chinese boy of the listeners, age. He stated that since closer physical ties are bound to draw the Orient and Occident together, it is imperative for American youth to become ac- quainted with the nature and philosophy of the Chinese of their own generation, who, the speaker explained, are more serious and mature than American boys of the same age because of the turbulent conditions which have existed in China for nearly three decades. On January 26, Captain Howard E. Orem spoke on the Pacific War. To aid the class members in his review of Pacific strategy, he brought with him a large map and distributed smaller ones to the members and guests. He then described the the moves of both sides in the Pacific, and presented the reasons for them. He com- menced with the Japanese offensive down through the Philippines and the advance through the Dutch East Indies and eastward through the Solomons and the Gilbert Islands. The purpose of this advance, he explained, was to cut off Australia prepar- atory to invading that continent. The second part of his review of the Pacific War was devoted to the American counter-advance back to the Philippines. After explaining the three possible routes, he stated that Admiral Nimitz struck through Micronesia in order to safeguard the drive by MacArthur through New Guinea up to the Philippines, and to remove the major obstacle there of Japanese bases which barred our path. Peacetime conscription became the third topic for Government Class discus- sions when, on February 2, Mr. Hulen presented to the members the resolution That THE ALBANIAN