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Show THE DIXIE OWL Uncle Sams Call From The Dixie Continued from page 3 spirit rise in strength until it refused to submit longer to the selfish self that has so long predominated. I see it go forth in mighty strength and dethrone kings and despots and threaten to revolutionize the whole world and 1 see the save it from itself. spirit of freedom declare itself not only under one flag but throughout the major part of the Now nation has joined world. hands with nation and have gone forth, with but one goal in view; that goal is universal liberty for all humanity, that quality of liberty such as has its organization with the people of the United States of America, that quality of liberty for which Old Glory stands. The horrors of the world wide war are too numerous, too awful to contemplate; too disastrous, too terrible for words, and yet we are all as students and friends, directly interested, but not so directly connected with the actual situation as our boys. (Heaven bless and guard them while they As fight the battles for right.) I look at the names of our boys that have gone into service, 1 cannot but remember the finest bunch of fellows that ever donned Eighty-fiv- e a uniform. percent of these boys have been students of the Dixie. Tis truly said that the human face is the master piece of God. Every time I gaze upon Old Glory with her stars and stripes, it stimulates my imagination and I see in every star the face of a Dixie Normal Hoy looking out upon the world with a smile; a smile that has back of it an honest soul, an untainted body, and an intelligent mind; a smile that speaks of a readiness that was there when our country called; a smile that spells hero. Their going was a noble In thought, nobly expressed. fancy I can see them in their uniforms as they marched proudly away under flaunting flags, keeping time to the dear old tune of Dixie, marching on to victory; to death if necessary for the sake of humanity, for the sake of all fuWe go with ture generations. them one and all alike. We are with them when they go, with them in the battle, and ever our prayers are full of supplication to Almighty God that He will be with them. When we gave Our Hoys to Uncle Sam they were nothing less than an ideal collection of human purity and we say to Uncle Sam: Take them, undress them of their robes of flesh; let the deserts bleaching sun do its utmost to destroy the bony frame that held the mortal man ever erect; take them, change them from the mortal to the immortal; but touch not with any change their human hearts, their human souls, the hearts and souls that were pure when you received them. So long as there are wrongs to be righted, so long as the strong oppress the weak, so long as injustice sits in the high places, we want you to keep our boys and use them. And should the opportunities be afforded we will be only too anxious to give you more of the same high quality, for we one and all, long for the time when Man to man the world oer should brothers be for And we as the Dixie a that. Student Body say to our boys, Equality of humanity is your cause, the Dixie is your home, the world is your nation and we are with you. R. A. Morris. To act with purpose is what raises men above the brutes. Lessing. 11 Our Visitors Continued from page 4 picting of the struggles he went through in order to get an education, should prove an inspiration to the boy of today, no matter how poor, if In has the necessary spark of ambition burning within. He then took up characters from history and showed how perseverance, tenacity of purpose and the continual thinking about the thing desired had won for each success. His talk was full of inspiration for the boy or girl who is hen; to make good in spite? of all obstacles. Prof. Cowles spoke of the importance of having an ideal and of the tremendous atlect for good it will have upon the life of the individual who continually strives toward the attainment of such an ideal, lie spoke of the splendid ideals of this nation; how we had gone to war, in every case, to fight for an ideal. It would he difficult to crowd two finer talks into the same period of time, than those given by Professors Mills and Cowles. We say come again. We Have Observed--- Tliat of the student body table, naught remains but tlu drawers. That Nettie and La Verd take the stand. That David Woodbury is still interested in the I). N. C. That Miss Snow actually Said have went over! That in the late hours of the afternoon there is more sparkg ing than work in the type-writin- room. That Grant Prisbrey is not avoiding cement porches. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. 0. S. Marden. |