University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Editorial 1948 — Mankind is faced with another war — a war that will blot out what social structure we have — a war that means death for millions of people — death through bacteria, through gas and through atomic bombing. Another war! Does it mean what it says? Think of it! Death, famine, pestilence, loss of all family rela- tionships, love destroyed, loved ones destroyed — destroyed in ways repugnant to mankind. More Dachaus, Buchenwalds, Lidices, more, many more. More Bataan death marches, rapes of whole cities, cannibalism and savagery. Another war. This is what another war means. Can any intelligent human being contemplate these things without shuddering in fear? This is what responsible men of science have pre- dicted for mankind in the event of another war. It is inevitable, they say, and they should know. They have developed the means to wage such a war. These statements sound greatly like exaggera- tions, but actually if we are to take what the scien- tists and thinkers of today say as fact, then at least we should look at the cards they are laying on the table. Still, many refuse to do this, holding that be- cause we did not extensively use gas in the last war, we will not use atomic weapons or bacterio- logical warfare in another war. For those, a glance at the price of the last war may serve to make them realize the cost of a future war.

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Another scholastic year is done with, and at the same time another Minne- sota GOPHER has been produced, following months of worl{ and preparation. Sighs of relief by students, glad that their studies are finished for a time, are echoed b the students who have managed, in addition to their studies, to pub- lish a yearbook . This year ' s boo { is in many ways much lil e other yearbool{s, and in some ways it is different. The ' 48 bool{, as have others, has attempted to cover as many of the year ' s events as is possible in the space available. At the same time, the book, attempts to present as many people as possible, that have figured in these events. First, we have increased the number of pages, and second, we have increased the number of pictures on these pages. Also we have tried to make the book ore attractive, through the use of e e-catching art work and attractive photography. The art work serves a dual purpose, m that it carries out the theme of the book- The rings that you will see on the cover and on the division pages signify the University ' s place in our world, and the part that it must play. It is to this theme that the book has been dedicated, and an editorial about it has been written. All m all, the book changed. It has had to change, simply because the University is changing, and the life we lead here, has changed. We hope that the modernistic trend displayed in the design of layouts and in the art work, will please you, and we hope that with a larger book, ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ■ ' found space for your picture. With the changes in this book, hope we have k pt up — k pt up with a dynamic university in a dynamic world.

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A step toward some sort of international understanding was made when University students started what they were to call the Student Project for Amity among Nations. Last year these students put their program into operation, and 40 of them studied their own projects in four European countries, England. France, Sweden and Spain. In this picture, on their way to the Continent, Jeanne Odcncrantz, proffers a cookie to Elaine Oberg. while two other SPAN lasses wait their turn. First, according to our present Secretary of State, loss in manpower, announted to the staggering figure of 15,000,000 men killed or missing in military service. This does not in- clude the millions of civilians and non-combatants who lost their lives. Page 9