Build the peace of all nations on the youth of today

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BUILD THE PEACE OF ALL NATIONS ON THE YOUTH OF TODAY

Building the peace of yt ns on the youth of today is

truly a challenge to our graduating class. Wisther we will be able

to meet that challenge depends solely on how we mold our lives to-

day. All of the knowledge, ideals and desirable traits which we

have acquired during our high school years, Will help us in meeting

this challenge. : |

Have you, seriously thought of your plans for the future?

fhe world is desperately in need of the clear eyed vision of

youth, devoid of hate, greed and prejudices, to help solve our post-

war problems. It is 4 chance for us to give of ourselves to some-

thing truly worthwhile. Something which is bigger than ourselves.

something, which when accomplished, will outlast our lives and the

lives of gemerations to come. That something is the lasting peace

Of all nations. and even if we cannot fully accomplish this task,

we can at least lay the foundations for it. We are being given the

boi pcan sp to: fulfil Christ's preaching of the Sermon on the Mont.

Tata senes are the Peacemakers, for they shall be called the child-

dren of God." ,

The task of building a Lasting peace will not be easy. Te bake

a gigantie job ahead of us. A gob whieh not only takes into cnet.

deration the people of america, or the people on our continent, a

all the people on the face of the earth. We cannot expect to live

With security in a world half rich and half pauperized. So long as

any people are convinced that they are being discriminated against

inithe sharing of the world's goods, we may expect violence to grow

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from that conviction. `Therefore, as a post war problem, We must take.

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into consideration the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the whole

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world. There are at present half a billion men, women and children

in the Axis occupied countries, | who are dying of diseases and star-

vation... These arcas are breeding places for all the diseases of the

body and spirit that are born of starvation, suffering and death. fo

help these people get back on their feet again will be a major under-

taking.

A second problem is the Children of Bure@pe, and of the war. torn

world. Picture those poor innocent victims of war, erying or bewil-.

dered in the midst of bombed cities and burning homes. Thousands

have lost their parents ana knoe act where to find them. Many of

these-children have never enjoyed a pure bath of health giving sun-

light. They are so undernourished that they are susceptible to the

slightest disease. Is it just that the children of half the world

are healthy, happy and well educated, while the other half are hun-

gry, bewildered and uneducated? `Something must be done somes te te-

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Thes e are only. two of the many problems which w we must undertake

to accomplish a sialidididila dBase cuba But Retore i name anymore, I would

like to list a =o of the objectives ehien we must endeavor to attain.

Our obiective would be to pe a common ground for all nations.

We must fullfill Tennyson's dream of A Worla Federation. We, the

youth of all nations must learn to work together as one unit, to have

peace, through COnmpE, At LL tae security; Prosperity , through common

economic life, and freedom through a common Bill of Bichteee,

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Will we be able to,these high objectives? That, [ repeat will

depend solely oncohow we mold our lives today.

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= io me, education stands onelve the foremost factor, influending

a possible peace of all nations. The mind `of dhe youth is flexible,

and if certain ideals and beliefs are instilled in them, they would

gladly Ste for their beliefs. Fake for example, what Hitler has accom-

plished in ten short years, by SxeP ine in the youth of Germany, his

beliefs that they are a super race, and their destination is to rule

`the world. He has endoctrinated this belief to such and extent that

the Germans have conquered over three-forths of the old continent. If

Hitler was able to fullfill higecent ideals through the strength and vi-

tality of Germany's. youth, then it is inevitable that the youth of all

nations together will be able to accomplish a lasting peace, if the

right ideals are instilled in them, 7

Looking at our graduating class today, we inom that our educa-

tion cannot stop.now, for in high school we have merely learned the

art of learning. We must become better educated, so that we will be

able to solve the postwar problewe Wisely, and for the good of all

concerned. :

"Not only must we worry about our education, but we must take

into consideration the education of all the youths in the wrld. "

Education in the future should not stress so much the material learn-

ing, but it must stress the teaching of the kind of knowledge and

character required to ma intain a just and lasting peace, - we must

give the youth a worthwhile purpose in living; Bot purpose of ac-

quiring material wealth, but a purpose of acquiring spivitual wealth.

A problem of course will be to appeal to the Axis youth, espe-

Gially the German youth, ana if possible get their cooperation. of

at would be @ atmale ee nee oe obtaining a lasting peace if the

youths of all nations learned the same things, and believed in the

same ideals and philosophy of living. When we arrive at such anc

ideal situation, all the nations of the world would be so busy work-

ing to obtain a lasting peace, that there would be no time for wars.

In fact wars would be outdated. ,

Commencement time is a sudden break with the past. 1It.is a new

opportunity. "Responsibility has begun. Life has come upon us. The

Joys of opportunity and service lie ahead. That opportunity of secur-

ing a lasting peace has been given to us twice within the span of a

lifetime. We failed the last time. bus we dare not fail again or

our civilization will surely slip back.

Our class is small in number, and may well be Seasaros to a

small insignificant seed which had it's start in a desert. It may

take that seed a long time to develope, but as it doees, it's influ-

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ence Will spread far and wide. We may think of it now as a small

graduating class in a desert high school, but if each of us shoulder

the task of building a lasting peace, our graduation will be memor-

able.

Our immediate task is to go out into the American community

and become accepted as one of them. Then we will be able to pre-

pare ourselves to undertake that task of building a lasting peace

of all nations.

I hope that our graduating class will make worthy contributions

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toward that ideal goal.

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