University of Nebraska Kearney - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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WE WILL NOT FORGET ii VC rtCHBEftS °o We went inside then, and the future began. Before us was the first and foremost object of our planning. Here was essentially something waiting for him which he had not left behind. Wonderingly, he walked forward into the spa- cious hall and stood gazing at the miniature building which occupied the major part of the front entrance. We waited in the background while he adjusted himself to the unexpected change and came to understand its sig- nificance. There were no words we could say which would better express the purpose of the white - walled booth than those which read, To show their sincere appreciation for the great sacrifices which this college's men and women have made in this war, the students of the Nebraska State Teachers College at Kearney established the Buck-a-Month Club in 1945 to help build a useful memorial for both the living and the dead —a memorial which will honor the past but yet build for 1

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not grieve the past but would let its loss be the founda- tion of our new maturity and the cornerstone in our build- ing for a better world. Page 3

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the future. Looking up at the pictured faces of his bud- dies who would not return, he agreed that here was an incomparably worthwhile beginning for a new life.