Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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19 THE JI' REVOIR 41 Gfs you oufd Bike gf M. 'FIIEIIESA YVIEUI-:1-'i-:Lo They tell us. no matter how the war may end. we shall live in a new kind of world. That would be true if there were no war. For culture to develop there must be change and continuity. The process may be slow: then we move .with the changes into new aspects of the culture without being conscious ot' diii'ercnces. Only in retrospect can we see what has taken place. The process may bc rapidg then achievement will be determined by the standards and values which motivate the changes. Normal living means normal change. Emergency living means emergency change, change which operates quickly to solve the problems inherent in the exper- iences of the conflicting situations which bring about the emergency. Rapid change means also a survival of the littest: the tittest among the people, as the aged. the ill, the crippled, mentally and physically, cannot keep the paceg the tittest among ideals, for in proportion to the rapidity of the changes are some values sacrificed. VVars are emergencies which bring about rapid changes. Vvhat will this new world be like? That it will be ditferent in many ways we know. Can we consciously and deliberately control the changes so that we may guarantee that it will be a better kind of world? The real issue lies in becom- ing fully aware of our individual responsibilities. in being ready to give the neces- sary thought to planning our future living together. WVe can begin now to determine the answers. lVhat will be the status ot' the family in that new kind of world? WVill there be an increase of separate houses. one for each family. or will slums endure and tenements increase? lvill there be a real job for every person able to work? ll'ill new industries take up the slack in unemployment? Yvill wages be sutiicicnt to help raise the standard of living for all? Will there be two political parties, or will there be but one? lVill men be as free as they are today in the pursuit of happiness? Such questions can be answered by considering some seemingly simple ones of everyday living. YVill father be head of the house? Will all the sons of the family have to be soldiers? lvill the young folks control the old folks? lVill escorts still be dates , and will dances end at twelve o'clock or at six in the morning? Yvill the babies be parked or checked in and out of the Baby Stations while their mothers go out to work? Yvill children have mumps and measles? lVill the doe- tor have a cure for the comlnon cold? lvill false teeth tit better. and will bi-focals still be prescribed by guess work? NVill there be enough letters to n:nne the known vitamins? Will there be quiz programs on thc radio? Shall wc have to listen to blues singers? YVho will take the place of the crooners? YVill radio announcers still be talking about romantic alluring hands ? lvill chewing gum last longer. and l'onlinuerl on Page U9 9

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