St Pauls Cathedral High School - Book and Sword Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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AMERICAN UNITY CREED ;) ' Eileen Hunt, ' 42 I BELIEVE in the United States of America. I BELIEVE in Americans. Americans are iniited in thouglit: Cireat movements vhich ulti- mately meet with success have one thing in connnon — the imity ' ith which those identified with them tackle the job they ha e set for themsehes. . . . And to the extent to which these segments ol a nation are imified that nation will be s trong. ' That is Avhat an American aiuhor has to say about ■ ' iniity. Frances Cialardi. a Ca- thedral High School stndent says, Well, if ve want to win tiiis war we have no other choice but to unite. Not only must •e unite in feeling but in labor and in economics if we ever hope to succeed. A mother says. My son is fighting for America — a unified America, not one that is at ' sixes-and-sevens ' because of a dastardly attack made upon her, but one that has gathered her v ' its and is — not unit- ing, but united! That is what America is thinking. Americans are united in thought. 1 BELIEVE in Americans. Americans are imiied in purpose. The stu- dent, the housewife, the father are all joining hands to push Amer- ica on to victory. Ihey are sacrificing their autc mobiles, their cos- metics, their sugar, and wearing apparel. Lhey are ariuing them- selves with buckets of sand and with emotional stability. They are driving on to ards one glorious goal. Americans are united in purpose.

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Then — Pearl llaiixn! Ihc ' -houls ol a uniml i)C()|)lc i( hoid lioin Xi ' ' ()rk lo Caliloniia. Iroiu Cicorgia lo Alaska, ihc sucl ()rker in Pittsburgh pul out giuis and machine [)aris at an inie(iuale(l rate and the bov next door was now in an arniv cani|) polishing up his gun just as his forefathers had done in 1773 and iiis own father in l!)i7. Once more we were brothers. .Again e were assiued that no more East is East and West is West and nc er the twain shall meet, ' e were unitedl Perhaps we felt that close kin of brotherhood hen the first settler came to .American soil to start the l inlding oi a new nation. These were the hard oppressed jjeoples of Einope throwing otl their chains and shackles glorying in freedotn ' s lightl Or as it fully realized on No em- ber 3, 1791. when the Bill of Rights was adopted as the first ten amend- ments to the Constitution? Freedom of speech, the press, religion, trial bv jury — you ' ve heard them repeated inniunerable times. These were the pri ileges that boinul the struggling peo])le of this nation to- gether in that historic time. 1 he .Vmericans of 1942 have realized more than c cr before what a precious gift these rights are. We bound to- gether to keep this great gift bec|uealhed to us by the .Americans of 1791. We had ne er really known how manv foreign enemies ere w aiting to take these rights away from us innil the first bomb descended on the shores of Ha- s-aii. Now that e do know it is all oiu for ictory. ' Vhat would Abraham Lincoln say if he .saw the little girl in Texas buying defense stamps? Voulcl he smile at the chagrin ot the men of the Reich and of the Rising Sun when they hear of the bond of unity, the spirit of sacrifice of every American young and old, and the extent of our defense program? .And Tvouldn ' t he be happ - to know that the men at the plough and in the factory were again shaking hands and the cotton jilanter looked up from his ork long enough to smile at the fisherman in Maine? Vhat would he think? Perhaps ve can know ilie ans-( ers if we look back to No embcr 19. ISIi.S. There in a ccnKlcr in Gettysburg stood a tired man who licld the nation together in ih.u time of strife. It is i;illur lor us lo l)c here dedii ;ili(l to ihc i;ri:il l:isk rc ' iiiaininn IicIoh ' us . . . tlial liom lliisr lionorcd (lead we lakr iiunasctl iKxoliou lo llial cause lor which ilicv ,na c the hisi lull measure ol devotion . . . iliai we here hi, ;hly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain . . . dial ihis nation, under (.od. shall have a new hirih of freedom . . . and thai government ol die people, bv the peoj)le. for the people shall not perish from tai ih. Tl iis. Lincoln spoke to the belie ers in a New Order: he must have yhisperecl tlie same words at Pearl Harbor. Did the Pearl Harbor bovs die in ain? Will iliis freedom perish from the earth? Did Pearl Harbor make stronger lliai spirit of ' 63? Perhaps a few years from now. Hitler, if he ' s still alive, will be writing a secpiel to Mf ' i)i Kamj)l. story of great defeat i) the .American arinv. naw. air corps, and marines, but most cjf all. i)y thai imiled American spiinl!

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I BELIEVE in Americans. Anicritans are united in action. Our own President Roose elt. in a recent letter to the president ot the Na- tional ( onference of Christians and Jews, writes, I ha e dee]) iaith in the will of the American people to unite, to maintain the liber- ties that all liold sacred, to perform the duties which these limes demand of us all. and itj make of . merica a land where men who differ widely from one another have learned to li e peacelully and harmoniously together. .Vmericans are united in action — liiey are waking up from their long post-war shnnber and arming their boys witli ouns and with morale for this new war to end all wars. The ci ilian . merica lias a ic:)b tcj do, a task to perhnni — they nuisi maintain tlie home base. Our enemy ' s strategy is to divide ; nd con- quer. America ' not di ide. tlierefoie America will not he (on- fjuered! Dear God, hear the prayer in the heart of every loyal American citi- zen today! The land You ga e us to plant has been planted, the seed You gave us to sow has been sown — the vheat with the cockle. Bin no ' our fields are being plundered and wc are calling on You to help preser ' e the earlli You ga e to us and the freedoms ' ou willed we should ha e! W ' Ikii is thai vlii(li thr l)rce c, o ' ci du- lowfiiii; sui]). As ii 111 I nil) blows, hall conceals, hall disc loses? Now ii (aiches the gleam oi the morning ' s first heam. In hill .glory reflected now shines on the stream, lis the Star-Spaiigled Banner — oh long may it wa e. O ' er thf land ol the lice and the home ol ihc l)ra e! 1. I Ihis. |. Walson. -l niu - I-.diKM iai. Thiiil;. (hi. 191II. .MaKC.ARI I C;iMMlN(.S Eii.Ki N Hint I