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that the kind of training embodied in the report of the Advisory Commission
will not only make our youth better equipped to serve their country, but
better mentally, morally, and physically. The experience of living
together and fulfilling a common responsibility should strengthen the
AMD
RECORDS
SERVIGE
spirit of democracy. It will be an experience in democratic living, out
of which should come in increased measure the unity so beneficial to the
welfare of the Nation.
We must remember, above all, that these men would not be train-
ing in order to win a war, but in order to prevent one.
I am confident that our educational institutions understand the
need for universal training and recognize it as a vital responsibility
of citizenship in our day.
The obligations of our educational institutions which I have
been discussing are great, but in the world today, there is a still greater
obligation. It is the obligation of service to all nations in the cause
of lasting peace.
There can be no greater service to mankind, and no nobler
mission, than devotion to world peace.
The course has been charted.
The Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization states the basic truths by which we must be
guided. That Constitution reads: "Since wars begin in the minds of men,
it is in the minds of men that the defenges of peace must be constructed."
The construction of the defenses of peace in the minds of
men is the supreme task which our educational institutions must set
for themselves.
This convocation is a symbol of what our educational insti-
tutions can do in the cause of peace. It marks the end of a
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