Stetson University - Hatter Yearbook (DeLand, FL)

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A SOPHOMORE LOOKS AT THE FUTURE It cannot be conceived that we will have any normal collese life, for the world just won ' t settle down to a static peace when the Armistice is again signed. There will be chaos and changes, which if not controlled and directed will complete the cycle and will promote a catastrophic war in the next quarter of a century .. .our sons and daughters. Yes, we hope for a Christian peace. Wilson had a dream of a world at peace. Only the scope of his plan was directed toward Europe. Now, there is an altruistic document .. .the Atlantic charter, which needs as a companion a Pacific charter. One of the most potential forces is arising in the East and unless directed into friendly relationships with th e United States, there will come our next year. The economic imperialism that we have practiced will have to be discontinued and the local capital allowed to enter free competition for world markets. This will bring about internal economic development. A sound economic system is one of the primary elements in governmental development. There is another force that will confront us, that is that system of government called by the Russian communism, which in the United States we cannot define. Com- munism is, in its pure state, the people working for the good of the state, hiowever. In Russia, those who think that this system still continues urge it without reserva- tion to be adopted. But, our system has grown up in a capitalistic expansion, while their ' s was at first a cooperative organization. Their economy has so evolved that now there can be rewarded personal initiative. There is one inalienable truth of human society; that all of the world is held together in an economic world union. The existence of this new state has been grow- ing for the past two hundred years, starting with the machine revolution in England and augmented by the many inventions and improved methods of transportation that carry goods into all parts of the inhabited earth. Goods are the greatest travellers, even greater than humans themselves. This state was coming into its advanced, but imperfect stage at the outbreak of the present year. This economic and cultural unification has so speeded up that it has completely left politics behind it. The retarded growth has obstructed all development, and now it must cease if this system is to continue. Culture knows no frontiers. By this I mean not only the fine arts, but also the sciences. The scientist is a natural and confirmed internationalist, looking farther by having the shoulders of others to stand on. In the same way, the economic wholeness of the world is maintained through the faith of men, built up through this relationship of debt and credit. Yes, economic and cultural unification does exist. This unification is growing stronger every year, and must be matched by a political unification. This unification with the help of some general limitations of sovereignty, will progress and function without conflicts of interests that invariably end in war. Our welfare as a people requires that world-wide wars must cease, and that can only be brought about by an enforced peace. This cannot become a reality until there is a general limitation of sovereignty. Until this is done there cannot be an actuality of Mr. Roosevelt ' s uni- versally guaranteed Freedoms. We have the task to nobly save or meanly lose the peace. hHow can there be more?

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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS RACHEL ALLISON DeFunialc Sprinss MILDRED BEST Ft. Gaines, Ga. CHRISTINE CAINE DeLand CAROL EMERSON Sebring LOUISE FUGATE Williston MARCIA HAMMER Ft. Pierce MILDRED JAUDON Tampa ANNETTE JOINER Mcintosh MARGARET JUSTICE Ft. Lauderdale MARTHA MILLER Jacksonville JEANE NEELY Sarasota VERNICE NICHOLS Panama City FAYE ROGERS Ridgeville, S, C. SUSAN SAUNDERS Port St. Joe MARY NELL SCOTT Panama City EVELYN TURPENTINE Mt. Dora

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1 RUSS . . President B. FLETCHER . . Vice-President C TEDDER . . . Secretary F. JERNIGAN . . Treasurer