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Group of "Contributors" to the Animated Magazine of 1944, who were entertained at luncheon at the residence of PresidentHamilton Holt: Left to right, Prof. Percy Holmes Boynton, Carola Belle Williams, Col. Robert L. Scott, Major Alexander P. DeSeversky,Mrs. John Martin, Dr. Hamilton Holt, Chaplain Goube, Joseph E. Davies, Mrs. C. K.Huang, (Soo Yong), U. S. Senator Claude Pepper,Freda Kirchwey, Dr. Bartholomew Landheer.

GRANDMA DECLARESHER INDEPENDENCE

Mrs. John Martin, famed authorof "Prohibiting Poverty," broughta much-needed touch of gay humorto the Animated Magazine withher hilarious poem describing herreactions to the impact of aneightieth birthday. The verses werewritten for her family and friendsand Mrs. Martin says they mightbo entitled: "Grandma's Declara-tion of Independence." Topics ispleased to comply with the many

.,'•, requests for their publication:V This message I extend

To relative and friendThat henceforth I shall live at easeAnd do exactly as I pleaseNow I'm eighty.And being thus inclinedAnd firmly of this mindI note the things I've left behind.No more ski-jumps

., No more bob-sleddingInto frozen snow drifts heading.

.*• I shall not any more climb treesv...,; Nor bob my tresses: ."' Nor wear my dresses

Above my knees.{'\-J To all and sundry I give warning"" " li shall not henceforth dance till

morning.I am the master of my fateAnd I shall go to bed at eightIf I so choose—now I'm eighty.No more spinach, not a beet,But I shall eatAll the pop-corn I can holdNow I'm old.No crimson nailsNo ankle socksNo tortuous permanents for my

silver locksElectrocuted in a box.Whate'er the fashion sheet reportsI won't appear in slacks or shorts.No one shall see_ me on paradeIn a bathing suit, nor yet arrayedIn the bright light of dayin my pajamas on Broadway.It goes against my simple tasteTo bare my back down to the waist.No more lipstick, powder or paintTo make me look like what I ain't.And as for shoes—I do not chooseTo put my toes into a hole

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CELEBRITIES EXPRESS CONFLICTING VIEWSAT ANIMATED MAGAZINE AND CONVOCATION

The prevailing conflict of ideason the world war and the hoped-forpeace was strongly emphasized atthe "Animated Magazine" lastSunday afternoon on the RollinsCampus before an audience ofmany thousands, and at the Rol-lins College Annual' Convocationwhich was held the next day inKnowles Memorial Chapel.

The outstanding addresses ofthese two important public gather-ings were those of Freda Kirch-wey, Editor of "The Nation," Hon.Henry Morgenthau, Sr., formerAmbassador to Turkey, and Chap-lain Goube, of France, at the Ani-mated Magazine, and those of Hon.Joseph E. Davies, former Ambas-sador to Russia, and Major Alex-ander P. deSeversky, leading au-thority on air power at the Convo-cation.

Miss Kirchwey complained thatthe Moscow and Teheran Confer-ences were failures, that "tre-mendous political and territorialchanges are being planned or ac-complished on an ad hoc basis bywhatever power is strong enoughto make its will effective: . . . Wefind a new system of power group-ings beginning to emerge out ofthe failure of the leaders to finda basis of political unity, And inthe emergence of that system we

.see the clear and ug'ly outlines ofWorld War III."

These same conferences at Mos-cow and Teheran were called defi-nitely a success in the realistic andf'eeply considered address of Mr.Davies, an address that may wellcome to have an historic signifi-cance in the future internationalrelations of the Allied Nations.Laying down as a fundamental thatwe must expect the peace to besettled on a realistic basis by thosepowers who were strong enough todefeat the enemy, of whom theSoviet Union is1 a. leader, Mr.Davies at the same time gave astudied and unbiased estimate ofthe Rusian people and expressedhis conviction that we could dealwith them on terms of mutual trustand honor.

Mr. Morgenthau declared that wemust not only win the war butundertake world leadership as ourmanifest destiny. Chaplain Goubeunconsciously revealed the starkcontrast between conditions of liv-ing in the United States andFrance, where the daily question is"how can we keep from starving-'?1'

Major deSeversky gave a suc-cinct summary of the change inworld affairs clue to the develop-ment of air power and the dread-ful outlook which confronts ahumanity in which moral sense hasfallen behind technological effi-ciency and resources. He alone, ascientist, was' most conscious of thespiritual defect of our time!

Winter Park Topics has selectedfor quotation the addresses of Mr.Davies and Major deSeversky asexpressing authoritative views onthe most serious problems beforeevery one of us today.

SOO YONG TAKES PROPSIN HER SUIT CASE

In Winter Park and vicinity, as' well as in many cities of the UnitedStates, Soo Yong Huang is so wellknown as a monodramatist that wescarcely realize how unique herart is. WJien she makes her firstappearance in a community, how-ever, it is doubtless quite puzzlingto hor'.' I'eeepti on -committee to findt h e i r long-looked for actressgetting off the train with only onesuit-case.

"But really everything I need isin my suitcase," says this fascinat-ing Chinese young woman. Then,with a smile at their bewilderment,she explains. "The sword, the ban-ners and the 'chariot' I use in myplaylet are all collapsible."

If any one remains skeptical asto what sort of performance one

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Mr. Davies spoke as follows:"I am speaking on Russia and

the Peace."Thanks to the cooperation of

Great Britain, the Soviet Union,China, and the United Nations, wecan now look forward to ultimatevictory with reasonable assurance.But to win the war is not enough.

"We, then, will be confronted withthe test which we failed to meet 25years ago. The question now, evenas then, is whether the human racehas sufficient intelligence and ca-pacity to impose upon itself condi-tions which will assure that thefuture will for a time at least, berelieved of mass murder, fratricideand suicide—that which we callwar.

"If peace is to be restored, main-tained, and made secure, thatburden inevitably will fall largelyupon those great nations, whosefate it was t obe powerful enoughto win the war.

"It requires no demonstrationnow, that the Soviet Union is oneof these nations,

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Pauline Betz, Tennis Championand Rollins student, who featuredthe sport page of the "Animated."

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might expect from so few stageproperties, his doubts vanish asSoo Yong Huang, without any ofthe usual theatrical accessories, ac-tually makes her audience ac-quainted with the members of aChinese family, from a venerableGreat Grandmother to her moderngreat-granddaughter.

In all this, the art of our bril-liant . dramatic monologuist is trulyconsistent with that of the classi-cal Chinese stage which dependsfor its illusions not upon such mun-dane objects as canvas castles andpasteboard trees, hut solely uponthe dramatic power of the actorand the dramatic response of theaudience — a response vividlyaroused not only in the highly ed-ucated critical scholar, but even inbhe uncouth lad who hovers aroundthe fringes of the audience.

Prom the earliest times, the Chi-nese theatre has been in very truththe realm of make-believe. It seemsto say: "Since we are making be-lieve, why not go the whole way?"For instance, if a general leadinga victorious army comes riding hisfiery steed on to the stage, whatdifference does it make whether thehorse appears to the physical eyeor merely to the eye of the imagi-nation, whether the marshalling ofvast forces is simulated by march-ing thirty or forty minor actors inand out as on the Western stage orsimply by means of a red bannerstating that the general is incharge of 50,000 troops? Why usepaper palms, artificial flowers, andelectric moon to produce the effectof a garden when all that is need-ed for the atmosphere of the playis given by the heroine herselfwho says, "The moon is vondrouslybeautiful tonight. Let us go out tosit awhile in the garden."

Those familiar, with the drama ofShakespeare's day will be remindedof the simplicity that characterized

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the early English stage, when allthat was necessary for the sceneryof a play was a few simple labels;"A Castle," "The City," or perhapsone small tree indicating a grove.The fact that the English dramareached its height at a time whenmuch more was left to the imagi-nation of the actor as well as theaudience than later more mediocredays should give pause to any onewho is inclined to consider therules of the classic Chinese stagemerely a matter of arrested de-velopment.

One might even raise the ques-tion as to whether those who heardSoo Yong in 1941 would still befeeling so keenly the thrill of thataesthetic enjoyment if verisimili-tude had left little room for theirown participation in the grand artof make-believe. In other words,if the artist had not so cleverly anddelightfully left the hearer an op-portunity for entering through hisown imagination into each vividdramatic experience.

Decide these questions for your-self after seeing and hearing SooYong Huang in her China Reliefprogram on March 3rd at 8:15 inthe Winter Park High School Audi-torium. Tickets are on sale at TheBookery.

MANY TREASURES ONVIEW AT CASA IBERIA

Winter Park people are inveter-ate travelers and collectors. Manytreasures of their collecting arenow on display at the second an-nual Good Neighbor Exhibit at theCasa Iberia of Rollins College, 570Csceola Ave.

The Nathan Comfort Starrs havecontributed a pictorial documentthat turns out to be an old Mexi-can land grant from the king ofSpain. Theirs too is a hope chestthat would be the pride of anymodern bride-to-be. A b r o n z eknocker they literally bought off adoor.

Old Spanish shawls in mellowedrose, green and bronze, with paint-ed fans to match were the treasur-ed possessions of the grandmothersof Mrs. M. M. Cromwell, Miss Ma-bel Mountsier, Miss Hilda and MissEhna Loines, and Mrs. AngelaPaloma Campbell, director of CasaIberia. A collection of dolls is thedonation of Mary Foster Bowers,granddaughter of Mrs. William G.Bowers, president of the HispanicInstitute of Florida. There are val-uable pieces from the R. B. Bar-bour and the Eugene Shippen col-lection, and from Mr. and Mrs.Joseph Brant of the Hawaiian GiftShop.

The exhibition continues throughSunday, March 5. On weekdays itis open from 10 to 12 and from 4to 6; on Sundays from 3 to 6. At4:30 on Sundays Mrs. Campbellwill comment on the collection.

In Casa Iberia, one of the housesrecently added to Rollins College,Spanish and Portuguese classes areheld and each year an exhibit isarranged pertaining to the part of

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the continent explored and colon-ized by Spain and Portugal, thetwo countries forming the Iberianpeninsula.

The exhibit at Casa Iberia ispart of the Inter-America programthat Rollins College has arrangedto cooperate with the Good Neigh-bor Policy of the United StatesGovernment.

DRAMA PRIZE FOR 1944As in other years, the Allied

Arts Society is offering a prize of$50 for the best one-act play. TheDrama Prize is open to anyone andthe plays must be turned in byApril 1st, latest. Plays should besent to Dr. H. P. Spring, 616 Semi-nole Drive, Winter Park.

The Unitarian Women's Allianceare at present helping with the oc-cupational therapy program at theOrlando Air Base hospital. For thiscause they are soliciting materialsnecessary in this work, yarn, oldsilk or rayon hose, cotton and woolsuitable for making hooked orbraided rugs and many otherthing's. The materials are first dyedattractive. colors, then prepared sothat the patients can convert theminto useful articles. Many of theconvalescent soldiers find this worka pleasant change when tired ofreading or writing. A number ofthem are learning to knit and en-joy making scarves. The commit-tee will be very grateful for anydonations of this kind. Just tele-phone Mrs. Spurr, 348R and shewill arrange to have them calledfor or advise where materials canbe left.

The fifth lecture by Dr. HerbertL. Willett on the series "GreatBooks of the Bible" will take placenext Wednesday evening, March 1at the Congregational Church at 8p. m. Dr. Millett will speak on"Daniel: Hebrew Apocalypse." Hewill discuss such topics as: TheUnique Place of Apocalypse inliterature. Its occasion and Char-acter, Pseudographs1, Enoch, TheBook of Daniel, The Language of

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SOCIAL NOTES

Dr. and Mrs. Eugene R. Shippenwill entertain at a tea tomorrowafternoon at their residence "CasaFelice" in honor of their neighbors,Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Clark. Thisis one of a series of teas the Ship-pens are planning. They have askedMrs. Sumner Brooks, Mrs. LouisC. Cornish, Mrs. James Eankin,and Mrs. Ambrose Walker to pourduring the afternoon. Mrs. VirginiaShaw and Mrs. Rebecca ColemanHolt will preside at the punch bowlin the patio. The decorations willbe Spring flowers in blue and yel-low shades. Mr. and Mrs. Clarkrecently purchased and remodelledthe former Jewett house at thePark Avenue entrance to the Ship-pen residence.

Mrs. S. G. Goss, Sr., left thisweek on a ten-day business trip toChicago and Glencoe, 111.

Mrs. E. M. Conger, of Newtown,Conn., has arrived to visit hermother, Mrs. David Link and sis-ter, Miss B. Lillian Link, of 125Interlachen Ave.

Lura Stover, soprano, and LydiaSummers, contralto of New York,soloists for the Bach Festival arehouse guests of Dr. and Mrs. Al-bert Shaw, of Eben Holden Drive.Mrs. Samuel Snelling, of SwopeAye. has Harold Haugh, tenor so-loist as her guest. Mr. Haugh is onthe faculty of Oberlin College Con-servatory, Oberlin, Ohio.

Miss Miriam W. Webb, of Wil-mington, Del., is the house guestof Dr. and Mrs. Richard Wright,of Chase Aye, and of Miss MaryGoodman, sister of Mrs. Wright,of Hartford, Conn., who has beenvisiting for the winter. Miss Good-man and Miss Webb were collegefriends at Smith. Dr. Wright'sfriends are glad to know that heis improving steadily and has beenout riding a number of times in thepast few weeks.

Miss Emma Hall, who has beenvisiting her sister, Mrs. W. A.Avant, of Antonette Aye. was thespeaker Monday morning at themeeting of the Woman's Auxiliaryat All Saints Parish House follow-ing the Cox'porate Communion.Miss Hall, a member of the Na-tional Executive Board of theWoman's Auxiliary, spoke abouther work in that capacity.

Mr. and, Mrs, Sam G. Goss, Jr.,and their daughter Mary Jeanne,arrived Saturday from, Glencoe,111., to make a visit with the form-er's mother, Mrs. S. G. Goss, ofPalmer Avenue, • i

Mr. and Mrs, Thornton Hollins-head of Moorestown, < New Jersey,were guests of the Misses Herronon Sunday for the Animated Mag-azine exercises. Miss Mary W. Net-tleton and Miss Julia Baker ofWashington, Connecticut were alsotheir guests for the clay.

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Dr. Louis C. Cornish, presidentof the International Association forLiberal Christianity and ReligiousFreedom, will be the speaker at theregular Friday meeting of theWoman's Club this afternoon.

The many friends of Mr, B. R.Colernan are glad to hear of hiscontinued progress toward recov-ery after a serious operation at theFlorida Sanitorium.

Mr. William A. McLeran, of Bal-timore is visiting Mr. and Mrs.Walter Charmbury of Sylvan Blvd.

The women of the differentprotestant churches of WinterPark are observing the World Dayof Prayer today with services atall Saints Episcopal Church from10 to 11:30 a. m. with Miss MarthaDennison of All Saints presiding.The different denominations will berepresented by Mrs. Joel Phillips,Mrs. John H. Neville, Mrs1. LyleChambers, Mrs. Ernest Pye, Mrs.Mrs. Norman Storer, Mrs. Sher-man Dewhirst and Mrs. KeithChidester.

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AFTERNOONS IN THE GARDENOn Saturday, Feb. 26th, 2:30 to

6 p.m. the first of the "afternoons"will be held with the Dirt DaubersCircle of the Garden Club receiv-ing visitors at the lovely AzaleaGardens on Alabama Drive. This isa beauty spot of Florida and noone who loves Florida plant lifeshould miss this opportunity to en-joy an ideal afternoon. Guides -willshow visitors about the garden andpoint out rare and beautiful plantsgrowing there. Mrs. Ted Kerv ischairman.

On March 4, the second afternoonwill be held with the North EndCircle receiving. Mrs. J. S. Copenis chairman. The gardens shown atthe Kraft, Nelson, Harris, Osbornand Spring Gardens—all lovely andworth lingering in all afternoon.One dollar ticket admits the holderto all five afternoons held Feb. 26and through the month of March,live delightful days to which wemay look forward.

March 11 the Research Studioat Maitland will be shown.

MISS RITCH'S RECITALMiss Mabel Ritch, contralto; and

vocal instructor at the Rollins Con-servatory of Music, won many en-cores from :the large audiencewhich attended her recent recitalin the Faculty Series at the AnnieRussell Theatre. Miss Ritch hasestablished1 herself as a singer ofnigh artistic interest and a makerof prograbs that shun both thehackneyed and new songs whoseprincipal distinction is their new-ness. In excellent vocal estate, MissRitch gave authoritative renditionsof a group of Brahms, introduceda colorful novelty in four songs bythe Russian composer Wassilenkobased on incantations of AsiaticSiberian nature worshippers. MissRiteh's enthusiastic admirers weredelighted to hear her again in theever-popular aria "My heart at thysweet voice" from "Samson andDelilah," which she gave as an en-core. Kenneth Newbern, youngConservatory piano pupil of Prof.Walter Charmbury showed excel-lent and consistent ability as anaccompanist.

By special request the Hunger-ford School Singers will presentwith full chorus their own arrange-ment of the dramatic Spiritual"Were you there when they cru-cified my Lord?" in a program atthe Congregational Church at fouro'clock Sunday afternoon.

MISS KYLE TO SHOWPICTURES OF ITALY

"Dizzy Spots and Danger Spotsin Italy" is the subject of the il-lustrated lecture which Miss AnneD. Kyle will give on Tuesday eve-ning February 29th. at the Con-gregational Church. Miss Kyle,after finishing her college coursespent four years in Italy takingmany moving pictures in themountains and cities in which theEighth American Army is nowfighting. Miss Kyle's recent talkbefore the Womans Club was en-thusiastically received. The lecturewill begin at 8 o'clock.

Preceding the lecture two ofMadam Louise Homer's pupils,Miss Becky Keith and Miss BettyWaddell will give a Recital. MissDaphne Takach will be the Pianist.The Recital will begin at 7:30o'clock.

centration camps but so effectivelythat many checks came in to swellthe fund already given.

Father Goube emphasied theduty of the Americans is not towaste. Even tho this does not alle-viate the suffering of the Frenchpeople, the respect for their hard-ships is of tremendous moralvalue.

Father Goube was asked byChaplain Son and Chaplain McKaneto speak three times to large ai>-diences of military men and civil-ians at the Orlando Air Base. Hewas enchanted with his receptionand his week-end in Winter Park.

Commandant Meyrieux won thelovely picture offered by NewtonMerrill. Dean Cleveland won theCartier bracelot and Misa Timber-lake, a student, won the beautifulvase from Yowell-Drew.

GALA FRANCAISE ATMAISON PROVENCALE

Never was there present a moreenthusiastic ami generous group ofWinter Park visitors and residentsthan that which attended the saleof gifts and, tea at LaMaisonProvencale, Friday afternoon Feb.18, when Father Gonbe spoke ofhis escape from a German concen-tration camp as a prisoner.

The sale which lasted only onehour, was crowded and little Vir-ginia Nelson, dressed as an Alsa-tian proved herself the ablest ofthe salesgirls.

A feature of the afternoon wasthe auction, by President Holt, atthe request of Baroness Van Boe-cop, of a picture' of Quentin Roose-velt,1 taken while he lay dead nearhis plane on a battlefield in Franceduring the last war. This picturewas presented by Mr. E. T. Brownwho took it from the pocket of aGerman prisoner. It brought twen-ty dollars.

Father Gonbe emphasized theing and simplicity of his experi-ences in different prisons and con-

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"Just how that postwar recon-struction, will work itself out is notyet clearly discernible. But ear-tain basic things are evident. Itwill have to be projected, not bygods, but by men in a world ofmen. It will have to be done prac-tically. While based on altruism, itwill have to be implemented bypractical common sense. Egoisticselfishnesses of nations, whethergreat or small, will have to becontrolled for the common security.Even as rights and privileges, con-sistent with, social welfare, must be.protected; so, too, for the samepurpose, duties and responsibilitieswill have to be assumed—or im-posed. That calls for mutual coop-eration and confidence, particularlyamong those who are charged withthe responsibility of power.

"The physical significance of theSoviet Union to this problem isobvious.

lfIt contains the greatest con-tiguous land area of any of thenations of the earth.

"Their resources — agriculturaland mineral — are inestimable.Their's is still a frontier, whichwould support a population sixtimes that of the entire earth with-out being more populous than arethe British Isles. Their people arevigorous, physically strong, emo-tionally rich and idealistic. Theyhave demonstrated superb capacityfor sacrifice and devotion to anideal. They are neither cynical nordecadent. They react quickly towrong, Their art, their music, theirscience, their literature, t h e i rachievements in war and peace,bespeak a great people.

"Their leadership has demon-strated extraordinary foresight,wisdom, and executive capacity inthe severe tests of this war. Noleadership foresaw the oncomingmenace of Hitlerism with greaterclarity; none made greater andmore intelligent preparation tomeet it. The Soviet Union, obvious-ly, is as vital to postwar peace asit is to the winning of the war.

"So far as the principle of estab-lishing a world order to securepeace is concerned, both the Sovietforeign and internal policy is es-tablished by both their deeds andtheir declarations. Any objectivestudy of the actual facts and per-formances, as well as professions,of the Soviet Union of the pastfifteen years, will sustain the opin-ion, that both for ideological rea-sons, as well as because of practi-cal necessities, the Soviet Unionwill contribute as highmindedly asany of the great nations in thegreat enterprise of securing a dur-able and decent postwar peace.This is conditioned upon their con-fidence in the good faith, sincerity,and reliability of the western de-mocracies. The Soviet Union and

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the democracies both suffer from aheritage of past wrongs and pre-judices, and these "legacies of sus-picion" linger to disturb mutualtrust.

"Difl'erences in language haveadded to the difficulties. The war it-self has induced stresses andstrains upon both sides; but these,because of the wisdom and large-ness of mind of the leaders of theSoviet Union, England, and theUnited States, have been sur-mounted and overcome. The Mos-cow and Tehran conferences settledthat.

"As to the future, the situationwill largely depend upon the de-gree with which the Soviet peoplewill trust the avowals of purpose,and good faith of ourselves andEngland. Neither they nor we •willenter into a long-term contract ex-cept on a basis of trust and confi-dence in the good faith of the otherparty. So far as future peace isconcerned, it may be more im-portant as to what the Sovietsthink of us than what the westerndemocracies think of the Soviets.

"So far as our attitude is con-cerned there are many thingswhich would sustain our confidencein the people and the leadership ofthe Soviet Union. Their philosophyof government is an altruistic one.It is based upon altruism and cen-ters on the betterment and devel-opment of the individual. The Stateis not the master, but the servant.Unlike the Nazi philosophy whichdefies the State as the ultimateend, the Soviet philosophy looksforward to the complete liquidationof the State.

The historians of political revo-lutions are generally agreed thatin the first violence of revolution-ary impact, many outworn institu-tions are eliminated; but that inthe post-revolutionary phase, thevital institutions are resumed anddeveloped. This seems to have beenthe case in connection with thecommunist revolution in Russia.For the past 15 years, there havebeen definite changes in the policyof the Soviet government. Theyhave abandoned many of the clas-sic theories of the original fanat-ical ideology. Militant atheism, de-struction of the family, have beenreplaced with constantly growingreligious tolerance and very de-finite stimulus1 to the family rela-tionship and monogamy in sociallife. Trotsky's idea of world revo-lution has been abandoned, and inthe cycle of the revolution theSoviet government has adopted apolicy of cooperation and that ofthe good neighbor. It has promotednationalism. It has adopted theprofit motive as an incentive tomake their socialistic experimentswork. It abolished the CommunistInternational, the agency for pro-jecting class warfare and violenceoutside of Russia. It has reestab-lished and recognized the Greek

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Orthodox Church and the Chris-tian religion. Because of the recog-nition by their government thatthe spur of individual interest wasnecessary to make their systemwork industrially, the governmentwas abie to provide an army ofsoldiers and civilians with the in-dustrial and other equipment withwhich they have performed mir-acles of effectiveness in the defeatof Hitler.

'The fact that the ideologicalconcepts of our governments aredifferent does not, in any manner,preclude our cooperation with theSoviet Union to preserve the fu-ture peace of the world for thebenefit of all of us."

SEVERSKY CALLS FORMORAL AWAKENING

Major deSeversky's address de-scribed the development of true airpower which enabled the English,stripped of all foreign aid, to stopthe onrushing Nazi victors of Eu-rope. We quote from the conclu-sion of his address1 in which hegave a shocking picture of thedestruction of civilization if thewelfare of humanity continues tobe subordinated to power politicsarmed by science.• "The epic tragedy of the human

race in modern times is this: thattechnological progress has so farand so furiously outrun moral pro-gress. In terms of scientific me-chanical power we are on a levelfar above the moral level on whichwe still linger. Because we havecome into possession of fearfulforces of destruction before we

have matured spiritually, we are,—all the so-called civilized and un-civilized nations alike—very muchlike children playing with matches.Unless the lessons of experienceare heeded, unless prudent andhuman sympathy find expressionwe are in danger of burning downthe house of civilization altogether.

"The,problem of enduring peace,we are being told on every side, isto find ways and means of keepingdown the conquered nations. But Ibelieve that this is only thelesser portion of the problem. Moreserious, more difficult, more chal-lening is the problem of keepingourselves, the victorious nations-*—in check. The question is whetherwe can raise our moral sights highenough to attain the self restraintnot to use the incalculable destruc-tive powers that modern sciencehas put into our hands.

"We need not console ourselvesthat only highly developed nationslike our own will be able to wieldthose powers. The invention anddevelopment of deadly machines ofdevastation calls for mental pow-ers of a high order and exceptionalsocial progress. But the use ofthose deadly machines .does not.Let us never forget that primitivepeoples can readily learn to oper-ate the most advanced types oftechnical instruments. One of theparadoxes of technology is that asit becomes more complex in func-'tion and construction it becomesmore simple and often purely auto-matic in operation. The elementarytools of the past required moretraining and skill for their proper

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SEVERSKY CALLS(Continued from page 4)

use than modern machines. The jobof: mutual annihilation, too, is be-coming more automatic—a matterof pushing buttons and pullinglevers.

"To make modern "weapons ofwar available to backward peoplesis to court destruction. The way inwhich the Japanese, morally on alow and even depraved level, havemanaged to direct the full weightof modern weapons against us is acase in point. To bring twentiethcentury technology to primitivepeoples without bringing, at thesame time, a deeper moral aware-ness is like putting a loaded re-volver or a hand granade into thehands of children.

"The task that faces all of us—and especially you young peoplewho are first entering upon theresponsibilities of maturity'—• is tobring about more of a balance be-tween technology and the moralsense. Somehow we must find with-in us the intelligence and the moralstrength to match the forces un-leashed by modern mechanical andindustrial genius. The alternativeis calamity not for one country butfor all mankind.

"Let us not blame modern sciencefor the horrors of war. Let usblame ourselves. Every instrumentof destruction represents a per-version of something' that could beused constructively. The amazingprogress in aeronautics holds outpossibilities of fuller and morecivilized living. It is not the faultof science but a failure of thehuman spirit that we use it insteadfor more extensive killing and dy-ing.

"The, airplane can become ameans of drawing the peoples ofthe world more closely together.It makes possible a swifter andfuller sharing of culture, a moreeffective exchange of the productsof industry, a deeper sense ofneighborliness and understandingamong nations. Whether it will beapplied to these purposes or mis-applied to wreck man's work onearth depends on all of us—andagain especially on you young menand women who will have to re-construct the world which is nowbeing torn to pieces.

"The scientific genius of man-kind has put unprecedented forcesinto our possession. We can turnthem on ourselves, in an act ofsuicide. Or we can' turn themagainst the enemies of the humanrace — against disease and ignor-ance and hatred.

"One thing . is certain, whetherfor the purposes of war or ofpeace, human existence on thisearth has acquired a new physicaldimension through the develop-ment of aeronautics, especially inour America, the classic land ofmodern technology. We must ad-

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_ "We have entered the new era ofair power. If we want to see ournation victorious in the presentstruggle and be able to enjoy theheritage of our free institutions, itbehooves every American to be anairman in his heart."

Honorary degrees were con-ferred as follows:

U. S. Sen. Claude Pepper, Doc-tor of Laws; Joseph E. Davies,former ambassador to Russia, Doc-tor of Literature; Maj. AlexanderP. de Seversky, famed Russianaeronautical engineer and author,Doctor of Science; Freda Kirch-way, editor and publisher of "TheNation," Doctor of Humane Let-ters: the Rev. Theodore P. Ferris,rector of Trinity Church, Boston,Doctor of Divinity; Robert M.Haig, noted economist of ColumbiaUniversity, Doctor of Laws; Gen.Charles McCormick Reeve, Yale'soldest living graduate, was award-ed the Algernon Sydney SullivanSociety medallion.

The Rollins Decoration of Honorwent to Capt. Louis A. Kimball,Jr., commandant of the Star Unitat Rollins during the Winter, Pau-line Betz, 1943 Rollins graduate,twice national women's singles ten-nis champion, and William Fred-

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NURSERY BOARD ELECTSMRS. YOUNG AS HEAD

The Winter Park White DayNursery Board elected Mrs. J. S.Young to serve as president theunexpired term of the late' Dr.Fannie French Morse, at the reg-ular meeting on Tuesday. Mrs.Young has been on the Board sincethe founding of the project threeyears ago, and is an active leaderin local organizations interested insocial welfare. Plans were dis-cussed for the improvement of thelimited conditions at the Nursery,and Mrs. Young appointed a com-mittee composed of Miss KatherineFoster, Mrs. W. H. Grant and Mrs.Willard Morse to work on policy

concerning the children. A com-mittee was also appointed to con-sider the financial arrangementsnecessary for further expansion ofthe work, composed of Mrs. Fred-erick D. Trismen,, Mrs. A. B. M'or-gan, and Mrs. A. L. Robinson.

Although the maintenance fundshave been promised through theUnited Drive being conducted thisweek, funds for an adequate build-ing as planned by Dr. Morse, willdepend on the generosity of thefriends of the Day Nursery, ma,nyof whom have expressed a desireto establish the building' as a me-morial to Dr. Morse.

After reading your copy of WinterPark Topics send it to your friendsMil North, it xtiill save writing a longletter.

Help Maintain Morale Both for those in Service and Civilians by Assuringthe Continuance of the Concerts of the Central Florida

Civic Music AssociationThis series of Concerts each year brings the finest musical talent to

Orlando Municipal Auditorium. Only those who take out membershipsduring the annual MEMBERSHIP WEEK, from Monday, March 6th toSaturday, March 11th, may attend the concerts. These memberships areavailable during this week only. Anyone here during the drive, who doesnot sign up cannot join later. No single admission tickets are sold to anyconcert except to members of the armed forces.

Please do not wait for solicitation but call or phone Orlando head-quarters in the Angebilt Hotel.

Winter Park representatives are R. L.Leedy, Winter Park's Depart-ment Store, Tel. 214-M, adjoining the Hamilton Hotel, also Mrs. W. W.Nelson, 802 Georgia Ave., Tel. 448.

Adults dues are $5.00, plus tax of 50c

Student dues $2.50, plus tax of 25c

Membership dues will be accepted at these figures if paid before March 1st

New members signing up will be guests of the Association for therecital of the famous Russian pianist, Alexander Brailowsky, on March24th.

Give your support to the finest artistic undertaking in Central Floridawhich has brought the following celebrities to Orlando:

Gladys Swarthout Ballet RusseArthur Rubinstein Erica MoriniJarmilla Novotna Conrad Thibault

Giannini and Dickson

Salzedo EnsembleEzio PinzaFray and Braggiotti

Roland Gundry, Violinist

Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor

The same high standard will be maintained for next season

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GRANDMA DECLARES(Goiitimied from page 1)

And my heels in the airSo I shall take careWhen all is said and done,To wear a broad, flat steady soleThat I can call my own.On this my resolution's clinchedI will not have my waist line

pinched.I will not go to batFor any crazy hatDesigned for a Zulu or for a GypsyBy a milliner who must have been

tipsy.But some day I'll wear a white

lace bonnetWith a single musk-rose on itAnd a black velvet ribbon rounds

my neck,By heck! (that's to rhyme with

neck)As I've always wanted to do. And

quiteUndaunted too. I'll w e l c o m e

wrinkles as they come.For what harm have they ever

done?Instead of regarding them as det-

rimentalWhy not view them as orna-

mental ?Think of each wrinkleAs just one more crinkleIn a piece of beautiful old Chinese

crepe.At eighty you can discard allureThe best you can do is to look de-

mure,To down temptation, strength, by

age, is lent,You can go to a ladies' tea-party,

and come back as pureAs when you went. You can watch

soldiers marching byWithout batting an eye.Prayers for your salvation can now

be waived,For if you're not saved at eightyYou never will be saved.But the path of virtue easier

grows, you'll feelAs you find you're running short

yourselfOn sex appeal.And if you would be wiseI'll give you some advice: ;Don't let the Psalmist stop you

thenWhen he talks of three score years

and ten.Keep on going, and at eighty you'll

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knowYou've beaten Moses ten up—and

some to go.And at eighty if you don't hear orSee quite so wellDon't worry or think it toughIn a world that seems bound for

hellBelieve me, you'll hear and see

quite enough.But should Hitler ever, fast or

looseTry to make you do the step of

gooseYou can tell Herr FuehrerThere's nothing yori'll find surerThan at whatever costAmerican old-folks can't be bossed.Not when they're eightyWe've got some dough-boys who

at the drop of the hatWill see to that.Thus-while to old age my thoughts

I giveI find I'm just about ready to live,No glamour boy could turn my

thoughts to RenoBut faithful to the comradeship

that we know I'll cling as fastand as long as ever I can

To my old, one and only man,Now I'm eighty.

Prestonia Mann MartinFeb. 20, 1944.

SYMPHONETTE'S MUSICSELLS MANY BONDS

The War Bond Concert by theAAFTAC Symphonette gave astrong impetus to the bond driveand at the same time marked anartistic triumph musically for thisnew orchestra in its eagerlyawaited first appearance in WinterPark. The High School auditoriumwas well filled by an enthusiasticaudience who paid over $21,000 inbonds for admission and an addi-tional $4,200 at intermission forthe encores.

The program, including the manyencores, embraced a remarkablevariety. The orchestra excelled inits, interpretation and execution ofthe modern as well as the classicand maintained consistently a highdegree of artistic finesse. The vig-orous and exacting qualities of theBach, the stimulating and thrillingsono-rities of the "Concerto Grosso"by Block were lightly and humor-ously contrasted with "Mr. BachGoes to Town," "Holiday forStrings" and "Maneuvers by Ma-nusevitch", not to mention themany beautiful pieces that lay be-tween.

The concert was a real thrill toWinter Park's many music loversand can be counted as one of thefinest ever given here. Congratu-lations to S/Sgt. Victor Manuse-vitch, the director, and these sol-dier-musicians for achieving sucha high degree of artistic superiorityand putting their talents to suchan important service as the bonddrive.

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COME WHAT WILL?What of the post-war era ? Shall we see this colossal pros-

peiity the economists foretell? Will America dominate thewoiitL? Wiii Huey Long's bait of "Every man a King" cometrue? Or are we heading up to a socialistic nightmare withour wives chained to super-tractors and our children "heiling"some new cult?

Come what will, since we can't control the HOW of thenext decade, we can at least determine its where.

If Babson, and Durant and Baruch are right, why doesn'tliving in Winter Park offer a ringside seat from which to watchoranges shipped by plane to India, the country's sugar andvegetables giown in the Everglades, and Z vitamins somehowextracted from the local sunshine and shipped to a shiveringNorth? In 1950, will Dr. Holt confer "D.F.V's" and "D.S.C's"(obviously "Doctor of Florida Fruit" and "Sugar Cane") ?

If, to the contrary, we are mentally sterilized by edicts fromMoscow, can we not at least find asylum from "Eleanor Club"servants and Government Reports in twenty-four volumes, byleading the simple life in Winter Park, with the male of thespecies operating the solo washing machine and the femaleexchanging cultural gossip with her neighbor across a patch often orange trees?

Come what will, those of us in the realty and building tradeslook forward joyously to our part in the future of Winter Park.In a State that, on the 1930-'40 population chart, shows seventimes average, and twice its nearest rivals increase, there canhardly be room for pessimism. Our job is to translate optimisminto homes occupied by those who- are being slowly convincedthat COME WHAT WILL, this City offers the best in life ata price beyond possibly deflated dollars.

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PETITION CIRCULATED TO PLACE WOMEN ATPEACE DISCUSSIONS FOLLOWING THE WAR

That women should have representatives at the international counciltable when the future peace of the world is to be adjusted is the objectof a petition now being circulated in Winter Park and Orlando.

The proposal for this more active participation of women was theresult of a discussion following the recent Peace Conference at RollinsCollege, and was suggested by Mrs. Norman W. Storer to Dr. HamiltonHolt, who' urged that it be drafted as a Petition and sent to Washingtonas soon as a representative number of men and women in this section'had given it their approval by signing their names. The Petition isas follows:

TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATESA PETITION

In view of the recognition which has already been given to womenin the Cabinet, the foreign service and Congress; in view also of thefact that women in large numbers are members of the Armed Servicesand are playing an important part in maintaining the industrial produc-tion so necessary to the winning of the war, we the undersigned citizensof the United States desire that the women of the United States havea voice in shaping the peace that is to follow victory. In truth werespectfully claim that women have an equally vital interest in thedeliberations that from now on must engage the minds and hearts ofstatesmen of this country.

We therefore urge that from the nation's outstanding women,qualified representatives be appointed on equal terms with men to thecommissions created to study the problems of reconstruction both beforeand after the close of hostilities, and to whatever international gather-ings or councils may be formed by the United Nations for the rebuildingof world order.

Mrs. Storer explained to the Editor of Topics that the late JaneAddams1 had tried after the First World War to secure representationfor the interests of women but was told that she could not have a meetingin Paris. She bitterly opposed much that was done by the Peace Com-mission resulting in the Treaty of Versailles, saying that they were"Sowing dragon's teeth."

Miss Addams was the organizer of the "International League forPeace and Freedom", of which Mrs. Storer is a member, and was soproud of it that she wished to have recorded on her tombstone that shewas the "Founder" of this organization.

The Petition is- now being placed before various organizations inWinter Park and Orlando with the object of secLiring signers.

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