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War and Peace: Introduction

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Introduction

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The symbol representing the Center on the Study of the Causes of War and the Conditions for Peace.[1]

In 1966 President Daryl Chase of Utah State University created the Center for the Study of the Causes of War and the Conditions for Peace. Dr. Chase wanted the students of Utah State to understand why war happened and what was necessary to obtain the ultimate goal of peace. After Dr. Chase's retirement in 1969, the role of the Center was minimal.  The Center lasted until 1990 under the Office of International Programs but convocations and activities were no longer held. 

The Center for the Study of the Causes of War and the Conditions for Peace worked hard to include the community and the nation in their efforts, yet the success of the center only lasted a few years. 

The Center, while a successful movement for its first few years, failed to catch the attention of the student demographic at USU. The Center was scholarly and academic, creating an environment that students did not find inviting. In the end, without the support of the students and continuing academic support, the center was not able to create lasting change at the university. 

The Finlandia Hymn

"A Song of Peace" was performed at the dedication of the Center and many of the convocations put on by the Center. 

 

A Song of Peace

 

This is my song, O God of all the nations, 

A song of peace for lands afar, and mine;

This is my home, the country where my heart is,

This is my hope, my dream, my shrine;

But other hearts in other lands are beating

With hopes and dreams the same as mine.

 

My country's skies are bluer than the ocean,

And sunlight beams on cloverleaf and pine.

But other lands have sunlight, too, and clover,

And skies are sometimes blue as mine,

Oh, hear my song, thou God of all the nations,

A song of peace for their land, and mine. [2]

 

[1] Chase, Daryl. Center on War and Peace Scrapbook. Utah State University Special Collections and Archives. University Archives. 7 December 1966.
[2] Cantus, “The Finlandia Hymn,” YouTube Video, 1:59, 6 January 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDXNHPeRB0k.