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Show 1)1X11. OWl r i v,lf &' fyY C$LSV a t y ,' "i I v.C f J 2 C i' A .y ,i Wall'S w?- - , (y.-.Fsf- 'Vy ;W'ptF" e v fVj.V k'4 jir J ; wnfr ?i tjf I I ? t ' ry t- : H -- llll Loyalty to Our School Josiah Uoyce s;iys, The first type of those who love to use the term loyalty consists of those who employ it to express a certain glow of enthusiastic devotion, the type of the students when the athletic con. To such tests ate near persons, or at least at such moments, lo. alty is conceived as something brilliantly emotional, as a Kverv passion of devotion. student should he lo.al to his school not only when athletic contests are near hut eery day It is eas and at all times. to he to our school loyal enough a ha we when are ing league bashall Then our loyalty ket game. is conceived as something brilliantly emotional as a passion of devotion. Hut is it possible to be this loyal to our school not only during athletic contests but in all of our routine woik evei y l UN 111 I! DIM., 1)1 ol,M I, (' I.U'.U Let us see what is meant loyally. Mr. Royce says that by loyalty he means, the thorough-gointhe voluntary, and the practical devotion of a self to a cause. Our school is our cause. It is the unity by which many persons are brought together in one common life. How can wo. then, have a thorougdevotion of ourselves h-going to our cause? before we can have a thorough-goin- g devotion we must ha e a voluntary devotion of self to cause. We must come to school because we want to come and not because mother wants us to come. We must come to school because we want to gel what the school has for us; because we want to get the most out of life, an not because John comes to school. r not because it is easier to come to school than it is to stay home and wash dishes or to work in the field. If we do these things we have a thoroughgoing and a voluntary devotion of ourselves to our cause. Next comes the practical devotion of ourselves to our cause. 'This is a very important part of loyalty and one that is very often day? by g, I overlooked. If a student bode officer should ask another st udent to lake part in a program and that student refuses, has he a practical devotion of himself to his cause? If he goes to his class pai ty and will not take part in the games or will not hell) entertain others has he a practical devotion of himself to his cause? If he fails to pay his class fee has he a practical devotion of himself to his cause? If he is not active enough to vote for his officers and assist in upholding the standaids of his school, has he a practical devotiem of himself to his cause? Only by realizing that he is a part of Ins society. that he has a share ef and that by shirking his responsibility his society ami tlmrefore himself is made poorer by his failure to act, can he have a practical devotion ef himself to his cause. If we have the thorough-going, the voluntary, the practical devotion of emrselves to our school we have leya Ity in its ruest sense. t L. Watson. |