To THE CLASS OF 1945: Almost the entire time of your college career has been during the world's greatest war. The fact that you have been able to remain in college, and have been called upon to endure so little real privation. is a testimony to the great strength of our nation, which for two years has been producing more war materials than all the rest of the world combined. The successfu l termination of the war, which now appears in sight , and in which many of our Harding College boys have given their lives, will not lessen your individual responsibilities. A post-war world must be built anew. Our own American political and economic structure is under great strain, and will go through certain changes. The great need of the hour, at home and abroad, is for honest, sincere, capable devoted leadership in every field of human endeavor. The Christian religion. in which you have been grounded, constitutes the best possible foundation for such sterling leadership. An understanding of the Christ is the world's greatest need·- in fact, its one need. My prayer is that you will ever respond to the increasing calls of a needy world, guided by that same beautiful spirit in which you have responded to the calls of your Alma Mater during these four war years, with their increasing shortages of gasoline, rubber, food, and labor. May the spiri t which made "cotton picking" only fun fill yom entire lives with joy and satisfaction. Sincerely, GEORGE S. BENSON
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