Thomaston High School - Owl Yearbook (Thomaston, CT)

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EDITORIAL In this hour of chaos the school and the education of the young people play an important part in the world of today and for the world of tomorrow. Here the young people are being taught the history of what has happened before so that they will be bettor equipped to take care of all situations arising in tlu future. These situations will never again be the same but there will bo enough similarity for this knowledge to lx. of value. Preparedness is th. most important fact'- r in insuring the safety of uiT Nation. Now that our country has entered the war it is even more important that we should b.. prepared. Plans must bo rushed and work done on an even larger scale, -e sav in the last war and in the many European countries cf today that to be prepared, for whatever may happen is most important. To sit back and. say It can't happen to us is foolish, for it can happen--and it has happened. It is th duty of every American now to do all in his pov r to See America prepared, for the worst. Everyone, from the school children to elderly men and women, must be ready to do his part no matter how small. A good start has been made but there is still much to be done. We must learn to cooperate with the officials that have boon trained to lend us and who know just what to do. V e must keep calm and not get panic-stricken no matter h w bad things may Seen, for a terrified, disunited nation can accomplish nothing. This is the tin., for Americans to prove that they are equipped to protect all the freedom and’liberty given us by our ancestors who fought long, hard yea.ys ta. establish these privileges and this freedom. 2