The 1944 Terrapin Student Yearbook
Remembering Those Who Have Fallen

Yearbook Dedication

The ultimate meaning of democracy, like that of religion, is love.... For that, if for no other reason, democracy will survive; because life itself would be destroyed if the forces of hate could permanently overcome the power of love....

For what a man loves, he will give his life. Also man will fight for that which he thinks is right. Thus as long as men are permitted to think freely, they will cling to democracy.

In a democracy, one finds universities which offer fact and truth and reason and logic and friendship - foundations upon which to build love and understanding.

Ever-present in such institutions are men who, through the years, have built wisely upon such foundations, and who give thei lives to the helping of the generations that follow, that their paths may be made smoother and happier. These men are loved. The University of Maryland during the past year lost two of its warmest friends, Dr. Levin Bowland Broughton and Dr. Charles Brockway Hale.

And there are others who are called by circumstances to fight for democracy and the right to think freely. Many of those men have gone from the halls of the University to make the supreme sacrifice upon the battlefields of the world. These men are also loved.

To the memory of Dr. Broughton and Dr. Hale and to those students who have given their lives in the service of their country and to the students now fighting in the armed forces…that the hilt of the sword of today may be turned skyward to become the cross of tomorrow, We, the present students of the University of Maryland, dedicate the fifty-first yearbook, The Terrapin.

In Memoriam

In memory of those boys whose lives have been given “over there” and to those who will again walk the paths of their beloved Alma Mater, this book is dedicated. We have built no monument to our dead, no insincere scripture has been written for the living; there is only the deep love and gratefulness of the friends they left behind.

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