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Show INSPIRA INSPIRATION INSPIRATIONI INSPIRATIONBy TION By BT THOMAS ARKLE CLARK CLARKLata CLARKLate CLARKL&to CLARKLto I Lata Late & Dean of Men MenUnlver , Unlver.tT UnlvertT University . ity of IIlinoi 111.001 111001 Illinois . * . . Few rew ew I of ot us realize rcnllze , I 1 am sure to toWbat towhat Wbat bnt e extent eccent tent the faith and confidence confidenceof confidenceot ot of those who arc aro arcbehind arobehind arobehind behind us , who be- be belIe.e behove be believe - - lieve lIe.e lIee hove . In us , who are aredependlnA aredepending arcy arcyti ti depending dependlnA ' u upon P 0 n nour " " " ,1 1 , our Cllrr carrying Ing on on.I onI , . y \ jj has upon our ac actions act actions acI < t * . j tlons tions Inspliatlon Inspltatinn InqpIJ ' ! tlon tlonof . pA _ ' ' 1 of one sort or nn an another nn1 \ A K ' -1 1 - ' - other Is at the hot bot bottom 11 * , tom of most success suecess suc sue I cessI t/a t a - ' scess cess cessIt / h It 1t V7as was rlt at n a footbnll foot < + - i bnll ball a game years yenrs yenrsago , Wi x xago | ago \ when hen Illmolsws Illinois Illmols J IllinoisJ j w\s w s wgs " " ' \ Pinving plating pitH Ing Chi Chicago (111tjify 111tjify ( 'hi hi 'hisago ' cago sago and Dnd Hershberger Hershberger Hersli Hersh - bergcr berger was W'lS WlS ' capt'1in capt1in captgin capt'1inof captginof captainof ' of the Unl\ Unl University Unlerslty Unhersity \ erslty of or Cliicngo Chicngo Chicago te team teamand texmand 1m 1mand and It was "DS DS " upon him and Ills his leadership leader leadership leadership ship apparently nppnrentl that tl1'lt tl1lt ' the success sucC'SS sucCSS { ' ot of otChicago ofChicago ofChicago Chicago depended , \ when hen the Incident Incidenthappened incidenthappened Incidenthappened happened which Illustrates Blustrntes my point pointThe pointThe pointThe The game had hardly begun beA'Un beAUn ' \ when hen the thebrlllhnt thebrilliant thebrilliant brlllhnt brilliant captains captain s ankle anl.Je anlJe . was brol.en brolen broken brol.ennnd brokenand brokenand . nnd and he was carried carrlcd helpless to thesidelines thc the thcsidelines thesidelines sidelines It was the most serious ac accldent accadent accident cldent cadent which "hlch hlch " could ha have vo happened happenedWithout happenedWithout happenedWithout Without Hershberger tlie the game gameseemed gameseemed gameseemed seemed lost and nnd the team \ went ' \ ent back backinto backInto Into the scrimmage despondent and al at almost atmost almost most hopeless But all nil the time therewas there therenas therewas nas was Hershberger lying on the side side- sidelInes sidelines sidelines - - lines and he became becnme at once the In Insplratlon inspiratlon Insplratlon splratlon spiratlon of or the crippled team As Asthey Asthey Asthey they lined up for play some one cnll'd cnlld called cnll'dout calledout calledout ( ' out , "Remember Remember " Hersht'j Hershtj ilershey IIershe ' , felIo\\ felIo felIos fellotti fellows"and fellowsand \ s , , " nnd and that was W'1S W1S ' the slogan whichthroughout whIch whIchthrouhout whichthroughout throuhout throughout : the game gume urged them on onto onto onto to victory For ror Hershberger , crippled cripplednnd crippledand crippledand nnd and out of the game as he was W'lS WlS was W'lSthe wasthe wasthe ' the Inspiration Insplrntlon \ which hlch brought bis his bist'am histeam histeam t'am tam team ( ' to victoryFew victoryFew victory victoryFew Few of us WO vvoik work ] 1 . for Cor ourseh oursei ourselves es aloneBehind aloneBehind alone aloneBehind Behind us there Is some one urging urA'lng urAlng ' us uson uson uson on putting faith In our accomplIsh accomplIshmente accomplishments accomplishments I accomplIshI mente ments ; belle\ belle believing belleIng \ Ing that th'lt thlt ' vve we will wBl do some some- someI something something something - - I thing " worthy "arthy arthy of praise pr'llse prllse praiseIt pr'llseIt ' It s \ was \ 'IS IS ' is f ' Polton's Poltons relton's reltons < , lton's ltons ' wife who " was wgs 'lS lS ' his hisI hisIncplratlon hisinspiration hisInspiration I Incplratlon inspiration Incplratlon'lturall inspirationgturaliv : Naturally \'lturall\ 'lturall lturall \gturaliv gturaliv \ 'lturallhe ' \ ' heas he \ was \\as as shy sliyunaggrcsslve , unaggressive and 1 I ept himself hlmcelf ; In the theh1Chground thehgckground thebackground h1Chground hgckground ItIS It \ was \\IS IS : : she ehe who brought broughtlum broughthim broughthim lum him out \ who ho recognized recoglllNI recognl7ed ? his strong strongpoints strongpoints strongpoints points and uigod Ulg-ed Ulg ed uiged - him him on to make mal.e male . the themost themost themost most of them He was wns cleverest cle\erest cle erest \ and andbrlA'htest andbrightest andbrightest brlA'htest brlAhtest brightest ' " when "hen hen she \ was ae : ; sitting clttlng near nearHe nearHe nearHe He pushed himself hlmsel1 ' ahead because it itpleased itpleased Itpleased pleased her to h'n hn have hive ' e him receive rec recognltion recognltion recognltion ognltion She really re'llly rellly ' made m'lde mlde m'tde mtde ' a new man manout manout manout out of or him He followed her to the thegrae thegrave thegrave gra\e gra e grave \ very ' ver 'er er quickly qulc1.lv qulc1lv . , for the thev they , had h'ld hld ' no nochildren nochildren nochildren children and nnd " when "hen hen she was gone there thereseemed thereseemed thereseemed seemed nothing to \ work ork for foro forollls . His llls In Insplratlon inspiratlon Insplratlon splratlon spiratlon \ was ns gonem gone 0 m < 1933 We WMtcrn Weetern tern Ntwspapcr Newspaper Union - - - |
