Show Winning Essay Education And The Masses The is the text of the first place essay entered in the Day The author Is Richard a freshman Basle Communications Man has advanced to the point today where he can either destroy the world which he inhabits or build a greater Until he has succeeded in sublimating his barbarous desires and passions and has turned his attention toward creating a world free of all the destructive elements that have plagued human progress in the he will continue treading the pathway to As we observe the world around us we see a rapid deterioration occurring in man's relation to his fellow In the important field of human relations mankind is retrogressing rather than The question arises as to what forces can be utilized to counter the present trend of Could education be the force that will either destroy the world or save The masses of the world want peace and universal prosperity bat unfortunately a small minority of reactionaries are still busily planning a destructive course for all Even in the United States the forces of reaction and stagnation are plaguing the efforts of those who seek to reform the to give it new life and The forces of reaction in this country are growing not For the most part the leaders of this movement are seeking only to elevate themselves to positions of power whereby they can build a totalitarian national society based upon the subjugation of the Robert leader of the ultra-conservative anti-communist John Birch is just such a He is one of the most ruthless and dangerous reaction-aires to appear on the American scene in twenty He is a power-hungry demo-gogue like every other in our wants only to become dictator of the United The John Birch Society is growing in and organizations similar to this one are springing up all over the They pose a serious threat to the continued existence of the democratic way of life in this country inasmuch as many of them if need the suspension of constitutional liberties in order to more effectively combat the spread of communist The fact that although professing to be intensely these groups are actually aiding this criminal conspiracy in its drive to enslave the It is becoming more apparent with each passing day that free society is being threat ened from not only the Par left but also the far It would be safe to categorize both the Communist Party and the John Birch Society as reactionary in that they both seek to destroy the freedom of the individual and establish totalitarian systems of Why are the reactionaries gaining such tremendous strength in the battle now being The answer is very They have seized the initiative in spreading their fallacious doctrines to being uninformed and at best possessing only a very vague understanding of the are uniting themselves with the forces that seek to enslave The problem confronting free men where is how to eliminate this threat to the continued existence of human And the fact is that the only way this can be effectively accomplished is through the inauguration of a gigantic educational program designed to orient the masses toward a new and more dynamic way of toward a new outlook on the Only through such a program can the world be deterred from its present course and its be made aware of the fact that many of the institutions of the contemporary notably the have outlived their usefulness and only serve to perpetuate the decadency of the They must be made to realize that the salvation of the world lies in the elimination of these obsolete institutions and in the creation and establishment of a Federal World Union dedicated to the principle of universal The educated elite of this country and the world must as-sume the responsibility of affecting the success of this As the great English statesman Lord Henry Brougham stated in a speech before the British House of Commons years makes people easy to but difficult to easy to but impossible to If the forces of freedom and reform are to win the great ideological world war they must successfully recruit the support of the masses who in the end will determine the fate of RICHARD JORGENSEN |