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-

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complished without cooperation. Cooperationf should, be the keynote of the peace. With tolerance, loyalty, sacrifice, and cooperation America will stand united, without these she will fall. , A- 44.1 V1 . - is - x- D Vaneta Furman '45 A--',.' The Magic Key A? M A North Platte, Nebraska, and a street called Locust, where stood a humble cottage sheltering a family of eleven. The father was earning the altogether inadequate sum of fifty-five dollars a month. This meant that if any one memberfof the family required more than five dollars per month for food and clothing, it would be at the sacrifice of another. Luxury was unknown to them. William was fourteen years old when he realized that more money had to be earned. One day he set out to do some- thing about it. He soon found himself in a foreman's office of the Union Pacific Railroad shops. .Tho foreman lookedfthe boy over,'and entrusted him with the job of sweeping floors. He was to begin work at seven in the evening and work until seven in the morning. His wages--fifteen dollars per month. Fifteen dollars 'his parents. was oceans to William, and he brought joy to 4 He found many things in the shops he wanted to do, and so he would spend his free hours in the shops helping other workers. The telegraph appealed to him greatly, and in re- turn for running errands, for which he refused pay, the agent taught him how to send messages. , 5. A X Two years passed, then came the day when a new clerk was' needed in the maintenance department--and William put his broom awa . The timekeeper in the shops had his difficulties Y and William did the timekeeper, f In his new to practice his called for, and part of his work. 'mme passed, and so did and young Jeffers became timekeeper. position, William had even more opportunity philosophy of doing more than the pay envelope he was moved up to train dispatcher. His salary rose to three admirable figures monthly. And one day the railroad company needed a trainmaster at Green River, Wyoming. They looked around for a responsible man. So Wlllf iam found himself at Green River, but it wasn't long Before they needed a man for a bigger job in Denver, and Green River lost the best trainmaster it ever had--he did many things not required of him William M. Jeffers became president of the famous Union Pacific. And the street in North Platte that used to be call- ed nLocust,nls now uJeffers Street.W