University of Wisconsin Eau Claire - Periscope Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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dedication ★ TO ALL VETERANS of World War II wo dedicate this Periscope, particularly to those who have returned after several years in the service of our country to complete an education that will better equip them to make up for time lost in service. Your return to us has meant so much — somehow the whole school lias taken on new life and purpose. You come back as serious minded students eager to get at this business of living without further delay, and this attitude has made itself felt in the entire student body. We appreciate vhat you have given for America, and know that if all of us will now give you as much and more in the solution of the peace-time problems of a democracy in a war torn world, your sacrifice will not have been in vain. W. R. Davies

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Forward with Learning ★ EDUCATION is progress manifested. School systems are the evidences of progress. Schools, if rightly operated and used, are the foundation for progress. It is now known that schools in some European countries have not been rightly used in the past two decades, and instead of furthering progress, have been the birth places of the so-called “isms” which have warped the minds of countless Europeans. It has often been said that there is nothing new under the sun — it is only the form it takes or the way it is manifested that makes it appear different. Through learning, American traditions, which were once set up because of a special need and which, in most instances have served their purposes, are studied and those which are proved to be a hindrance to progress are eliminated and new methods are employed. There is nothing new under the sun — it is just that better and more progressive ways of doing things are learned and applied. Education enables one to learn about the past in determining the mistakes that have been made, and to formulate better and more progressive ideas in order to avoid the mistakes of the past. Through the process of education, especially by the study of economics and a social science, better methods as to the regulation of business, industry and our social order as a whole, are learned and applied in the ways most advantageous to humanity.