University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Someone must take the lead, le+ it be the students and faculty of our educational institutions. Let us associate ourselves with peace. We must begin to act, and to do that we must begin to think. We must think simply of a way to work toward peace not war. With the aid of our faculty, we must work out a plan. A plan that does not have to be THE plan, or a panacea for all our ills, American soldiers in England were able to attend English universities during the war, as was this Gl studying at Cambridge. However, many of the soldiers were given the opportunity to study at American schools set up by the Army, such as Shrivcnham and Biarritz. These instances and their success, show the value of foreign study, whether under American or foreign direction.

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To work collectively, we must work Individually. At the same time In working Individually we must begin to think of our much valued Individualism on the basis of individualism for the man next to us. All must work together for peace for themselves and for their fellow men. Self interest at the cost of peace must be sacri- ficed. The man in Bamberg, Ger- many or Foochow, China is just as involved In the situation as we in this country. All will be affected In a war, and all will be affected in peace. Accordingly, all must work to avoid that war and to achieve that peace. Still this does not tell us what we can do, for to actually sacri- fice self interest Is greatly differ- ent from saying that It should be sacrificed. Education must be the founda- tion of any earnest effort at at- taining peace. It Is the respon- sibility of the educated man to realize the necessity of peace, and to take the lead in establish- ing that peace. SPAN took icverfll American students to Sweden last summer, and the students who visited the country found themselves heartily welcomed. Below, the library of UppsuU University could be Burton Auditorium, as four Americans ask a Swedish student some ques- tions, while still further below. American students prove their uic- fulncfti while working on Swedish farmt. Page 12

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but just a feasible method of liv- ing together. What to do with a plan, when we have it? This student and faculty association, must then strive to make the people of this nation accept the plan, and put it to work. The people must be made to want peace and not war. They must be made to realize what another war will mean. If the people earnestl y desire peace, they will want the solution to work and help to make it work. The people will then form a tremen- dous pressure group, which will force the political parties of the country to build platforms for peace. This action can take a long time to produce positive results, but then again it can also realize quick results which can forestall another war. Then we can work with a larger end in mind — world federalism. But until then we must as prospective leaders find the means for achieving peace. Student cichangc t«k«i place btlwccn colltgci and unlvtrjilicj on (hi» continent, with many American students in attendance at such schools as the University of Montreal, pictured above. Foreign students are alto flocking to American schools, and as a result foreign study is becoming more and more widespread. Page 14