University of Tennessee Chattanooga - Moccasin Yearbook (Chattanooga, TN)

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.iHiiffifi. 2049 HAVING FAITH IN THE FUTURE AND FEELING THAT THERE WILL EXIST AND GRADUATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHAT- TANOOGA A CLASS ONE HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW, WE THE CLASS OF 1949 RECORD OUR LIFE AND ACTIVITY TODAY AND PRESENT THIS RECORD TO THE FUTURE IN A TIME CAPSULE. WE GREET YOU . . . WE HOPE THAT WHEN YOU OPEN THIS CAPSULE THE WORD WAR WILL HAVE AN ARCHAIC MEAN- ING. WAR, AS WE KNOW IT, IS SOMETHING THAT NATIONS, OR RATHER THE GOVERNMENTS OF NATIONS, RESORT TO WHEN THEY CAN NO LONGER REACH AGREEMENTS. WE HAVE JUST EXPERIENCED ONE OF THE WORST CATASTROPHIES WHICH HAS BEFALLEN MANKIND, AND WE ARE AGAIN UNDER THE THREAT OF ANOTHER CONFLICT WHICH MAY INVOLVE THE WHOLE WORLD.

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U E HUNDRED YEARS ----- SOME OF OUR LEADING SCIENTISTS TELL US THAT TEN YEARS FROM NOW THE HUMAN RACE, CIVILIZATION AS WE KNOW IT, MAY NOT EXIST. BECAUSE WE REFUSE TO BELIEVE THESE SCIENTISTS AND BECAUSE WE HAVE PLACED OUR FAITH IN THOSE WHO HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN THE ENDURING DESTINY OF MAN, WE HAVE PLANTED THIS TIME CAPSULE TO PROVE OUR FAITH IN HUMANITY AND THE HARDINESS OF OUR RACE. WE LIKE TO THINK OF YOU AS OUR DESCENDENTS IN TIME. ONE HUNDRED YEARS FROM TODAY YOU WILL OPEN THIS CAPSULE AND WILL HAVE BEFORE YOU THIS FAIR, IF NOT COMPLETE, RECORD OF OUR EVERYDAY LIFE . . . THE CLOTHES