The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-07-03

College Friday afternoon. DR.. Funk
addressed the class stressing the inn
portance of preserving our Liberty
for ourselves and our posterity.
President Funk said in part:
1t is timely that every 1947 grad
uate of our American schools, col
leges, and universities should con-
slider the blessings they have en-
joyed by having been Graded in
Liberty. To have freedom of speech
is the greatest blessing mankind has
ever enjoyed or ever will be priv
'ileged to enjoy. That is why we
should consider our liberty and for
tify ourselves against the forces that
are working to take from us this
great blessing and to put us and
our posterity in bondage" for CEN
turtles to come. These enemies of
Liberty would like to make null and
void the thrilling and inspiring
thought penned for us by great poet
who said "The Best is yet to be"
Those of us who would have full
realization of the poets inspiring
goal for ourselves and our posterity
should concern ourselves about the
Liberty America has enjoyed since
1776.
Young people are so likely to mis-
interpret Liberty to mean that they
are privileged to do as they please
at any and all times without rest
RANT of any kind Many think that
nothing can happen to bar them
from this great law of Liberty
They fail to understand that the
Law of Freedom can be violated,
broken or renowned quite as easily
as can the Laws of God. They fail
to understand that the violation of
any law exacts its penalty. So it is
with the Law of Liberty. For every
privilege there is an obligation.
Liberty limits your rights and priv
leges to the border line" of an
other. There it stops We cannot
extend our border line" where it
interferes with the rights and priv
ileges of another. We have the
right and the privileges to think as
we want, but, we have no right to
force our thoughts upon another
who does not agree with us. No
man or group of men have the right
to form monopoly of any kind
that will arrest from the American
citizen his rights, privileges, and OPP
portunities to live a free normal life.
A monopoly whether it be wealth,
labor, religion, education, medicine,
or any other organized group, should
not be permitted to infringe upon
the rights and Liberties of the COM
mon man. This tendency is very
pronounced today!
Therefore, 1 charge you, young
people, to interest yourselves in
protecting your Liberty for your
selves and your posterity. The
most of you are very soon to reach
the age that you will be expected to
register your vote for or against the
American Form of Government.
The personal interest of each grad
uate of four American schools, with
reference to our great inheritance
of liberty, will largely determine
whether we shall continue free
people. Therefore, l charge This
Glass to think hard, thoughtfully,
logically, consistently, constructive
ly about our American Way of Free
DOM No group of people can en-
joy Liberty without respecting the
Liberty of others, nor can they have
security where there is no security
for others. The graduates of our
American schools, colleges, and I'M
iversities must be the leaders in the
cause of Democracy if we are to
have Liberty and Security.
Those who do not have faith in
God do not believe in Man. Shall
we accept the challenge of good
government and good educational
advantages for our posterity by full
filling our obligations and doing our
duty. If so, we will be an honor to
our home, our school, our country,
and true followers of the Master.
The Class Roll
Ruth Bernice Arnold, Preston
Vernard Bishop, Clara Jean Barton,
Lyla Louise Grove, Janet M
Cramer, Doris Elizabeth DeShong,
Lawrence C. DeGrange, Diane Rob-
erts Ditto, Lois Elaine Fisher, Will
liam Everette Greene, Jr.
Irene Mary Gimbel, James Frank
lin Ham, Charles Samuel Hykes
Jr., Harold William James, Adam
Lawrence Keeney, Jr., Evelyn Vir-
\ ginia Keadle, Marion Douglas Ma
son, James Maurice Moore, David
Lewis Mills, Martha Mae Miller