1950 Magnet Yearbook

JARVIS C OLLECIATE 53
Tire lJ..ited Natifl" .'i
Ax x« GOLIlSTEI:", 4()
Xcxt to Xt'W York's busv F.a~t
River,
where tugboa[~ hurrv dailv (;11 the errands
of the great citv. tht; mas-live steel J:irdl'r ~
oi a new, unfill i~ht...! buildi nJ: climb towant
th e sky. Pain ted a bright orange.
the "kd fra mework sta nds out skeleton ­
like agai nst the d rab buildings of ~I i d ­
town :\Ianhatlan . A "ign at the base of
the ,,It....·1 skeleton announces that th e
permanent Headqu ...arters oi the L'nired
Xali ull~ is ",: iug built here.
BUI th is lie, in the fu ture : it will not
I"" compten...1 un til 1951. Th e present site
i" at Lake Success. Lo ng b land, Here ,
the members oi thl' Un ited Xations str ive­
10 ;.an' future Kl'll t'ration~ irom the hard­
-hips oi war a 1111 10 promote -ocial pm~ ­
~t'~" and a bet ter standard of lif e,
On (A:tul)('r 24, 1945, the Charter was
drawn up and the l 'ni!t't! Xations carne
into effec t. There a re now fiftv-nine
nll'1lI1 ",'r,.. The L'ui tcd Xarion- t~ut'h e "
all forms of hum an endeavours and
('on'r,. [ht, whole ranKt' of international
relat ions. It ('f, n,.i ~t