University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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THE RAZQRBACK 1945 NIVERSITY OF ARKA

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O THE PGST-WAR WORLD . X We who are undergraduates in college today I are facing a grave challenge, a challenge not only for the present but for the future. lt is our oppor- tunity and our responsibility to carry on the prin- ciples of the four freedoms, those principles which have arisen out of the World chaos, those principles upon which the future of our civilization must rest. To every one of us the four basic freedoms have become more than symbols. We have all seen the importance, the absolute necessity, for their adoption, not only for ourselves but for all nations and for all peoples. To achieve the four freedoms We must depend upon international action and co-operation, for in this competitive society of which We form an integral part, We need the assistance of other nations as much as they need ours. In this, as in the last war, We are fighting for democracy, and we know that this time we must make the peace a lasting one. We are today thinking internationally, and We must continue to do so. We must not, when the War is over, turn our backs on the rest of the World. The opportunity of the university undergraduate lies in the fact that the American university is an institution of the people, one not limited to a select few but offering the possibility of education to all types of people from all Walks of life. The fact that its research and its teaching belong to the people is one of our great sources of democratic strength. We have all seen the disastrous effect on the German people of the distortion of the German insti- tutions of learning, and we should realize from this the importance of demo- cratic education.