Editorial
Item
-
Title
-
Editorial
-
Date
-
December 1940
-
volume
-
5
-
issue
-
6
-
page start
-
2
-
page end
-
2
-
content
-
en
EDITORIAL
The season of Peace and Good Will blesses our Nation once more. In a world whose every Continent but ours and South America is fully occupied with carnage and destruction, these words stand out all the more for their rareness and desirability.
—
What could be more indicative of the friendships that exist in the Americas than the formation of the Pan American Games at this time? We agree with Avery Brundage when he says: “Sportsmen in all countries speak the same language and, because of this deep community of interest, amateur sport provides a most fertile field for the development of international good will.
“Since the government has displayed so much interest in creating better relations between the countries of the Western Hemisphere, I am sure that the work of the First Pan American Sport Congress, in creating a Pan American Sport Federation, will meet with universal approval.”
—
As we present this issue we shyly hint that we should be due for Birthday Greetings this month. It was five years ago that The Riposte was launched into the realm of fact and fancy. We have passed through many a childhood crisis under the tolerant protection of innocence. We haven't grown as rapidly as our parents would wish, but we have remained healthy and noisy, and that is generally a good sign in any child.
—
Our Birthday is of little importance to anyone but us. A most important Birthday, the 25th of this month, is of importance to all the world. In Christmas Day and the season which immediately surrounds it, you find an annual magic which affects man, woman, and child. It makes us want to shout our greetings to all our subscribers and friends. That greeting is “MERRY CHRISTMAS.”
