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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19 THE JL' REVOIR -H Zim jfexf Seventy- ive ears On a boat crossing the Atlantic this winter, Dr. Alexis Carrcl, a famous natural scientist, made this statement: Science and invention has reached a point today where it can give mankind cserything-everything except the one thing it needs. That one thing is love. Many great scientists agree that the greatest dis- coveries of the future will be in the spiritual realm. In fact much more isialready known about the democratic principles of equality, liberty, tolerance, and peace than is practiced by men or nations. Even now America is engaged in a revolutionary struggle to combine humanity with economic ctliciency. and social equality and economic security with the main- tenance of genuine democracy and individual freedom. VVe are beginning to take stock of all our spiritual needs and resources, and are becoming more articulate in defending democracy by reviving an appreciation of it, particularly of its spir- itual foundations. The next seventy-live years will be a time of threshing out the grains of democracy in the nation. and for humanity the harvest promises to be worth its weight in gold. Men are attempting to find ways to indicate their convictions on public ques- tions without using predatory pressure groups: to strengthen leadership in public affairsg and to help nations to play their part in world relationships. Out of the improved methods of organizing and disseminating knowledge to all, and out of the criticising of democratic ideas. will come a better public evaluation and public action. The informed and alert citizen will make definite contributions to the social good while defending his own rights with intelligence and spiritual courage. The world is weary of the opposers of press freedomg those who are unwill- ing to preserve the ideals of democracy handed down to them from the past, weakly subscribing to a doctrine of defeatism and escape from honest effort. Surely this is no time for neutrality, but resolute opposition to the forces which threaten in- stitutions that express righteousness and make life worthwhile. Happily fro111 many directions come indications that humanity is experienc- ing a great awakening of the social conscience. Yvriters long indifferent to heroic deeds and sometimes practiced in the debunking of ideals are hastening to write: For democracy in actiongthe unending labor of creating liberty for every man- democracy in action is a cause for which the stones themselves will light QArchi- bald MacI.eishj and whence do they tthe virtucsj come if not from Christianity which has made them the law of the world? QThomas Mannj. In the United States. a voice is heard crying for free schools for all the people. and the cry will grow louder. Effective measures will also be found to root out the causes of totalitarian ways of thought and action in the school-room. and adequate means of defending democratic living will be ushered in. Mrs. Beatrice Clough Rath- bone recently declared. It is because we don't know enough of one another that l'0nfinucd on Page 100 11