Standish High School - Crimson Rambler Yearbook (Standish, ME)

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UNITED WE STAND 1 Today in this world of war, we are being asked not only to accept but also to understand the meanings of tolerance, of loyalty, of sacrifice, and of cooperation. Ne have been asked to buy bonds, to save waste fats and paper, to donate blood, to write letters tc service men, to abide by ration- ing regulations, and to aid in many other ways in winning the war. In our anxiety to do all we are able toward winning the war, we are forgetting that it is just as important to win the peace is we do not want to have to do the job over again. There are certain attitudes of mind we must cultivate if -we wish to make this a war 'to end all wars'. In the first placefwe must learn to be tolerant. We must not forget that the other fellow has the right to have his point of view. He is entitled to it, His ideas may be as good or even better than our own. Our boys over there are giving their 'last full measure of devotion' to preserve for us the right of free. thinking and of free speech. Let us not let them down on the home front. Let us try to be more understanding of our next door neighbors, of the different sections of this country, of our world-wide neighbors. Let us learn to be mpre tolerant. Next, we must learn to remain loyal. We must shut our ears to all those rumors that are floating around about how badly the government is being run, or how high taxes are, or how we are losing our democracy. Talk like this is just what Hitler wants to hear. Bossibly.the government is not being run as we might wish it, but we must realize that the men at the head are only human beings who make mistakes as we do. we must also realize that those men are put there by us. Be- fore we start complaining, we should start taking 'a more H. active part in electipn. we must also remember that high taxes is a small price to gay for a,war so destructive as this. We are getting off easily in comparison to the average European and Asiatic Country. w I really feel that most Americans are loyal although they do not always sound so. I suppose it is the American manner to gripe. We complain about giving up pleasure trips or nylon stockings, beafsteaks or shoes, but do we often hear of'a War Bond, a Red Cross, an lnfantile Paralysis drive fall ing short? We have dug deep down into our pockets and we will dig even deeper. ' Finally, tolerance, loyalty and sacrifice, will amount to little without,cooweration. He are all in this thing to- gether, your friends :rd mine. What we do to helo one of our friends may help one Q,,, of yours. Wy pint of blood may save a relative of yours, your oint might save a relative of mine. Creed and dolor make little difjerence. When there is a job to be done, it should be done as quickly and. efficiently as possible. No task as large as winning this war can be ac-