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Show THE DIXIE NEWS THE DIXIE NEWS by Published students of the Dixie College. semi-month- ly Subscription Rate M"!'4'44"M'4'4 POSSIBILITIES OF DIXIE Southern Utah is the home of the and would be the productive garden of Utah if Students, who accept of the opportunities offered by her would visualize her worth and possibilities. We know that Dixie is favored with climate and soil favoring agriculture. We also know that students can make this a productive garden rather than a barren waste. Students, we can make St. George more fit to be called a college town. We can make it such a place that tourists will not pass by but will desire to live in Dixie. industrial of establishing By clubs, by advertising Dixie Products and utilizing unused land, Utahs Dixie will be nationally known. Students, is it worth while? the Dixie College 50 Cents EDITORIAL STAFF - - Mary Graham Editor Juanita Davis Asst. Editor Effie Gardner Asst. Editor Eldon Larson Business Mgr Karl Savage Exchange Editor Clinton Snow Typist Special Reporters Ezra Tobler Minnie Paxman Verna Cox Vera Harmon Karl Starr Verna Harmon Ida Seegmiller Vernon Church Letha Taylor La Fell Iverson Class Reporters Club Reporters Lofty Sentiments DIXIE Beloved Dixie! Sun-kiand verdant; Gift of the Pioneers Can we forget The prayers and tears, The unending hardships of those sturdy men, Of faithful women, and of children, g ox Who followed the Along the rough, unbroken way; Whose weary, bleeding feet, And breaking hearts Were your first purchase price? Can we forget all these, And lend you to unloving ALIENS. st slow-movin- Lend you to Aliens? And by so doing make acknowledgment, That we are less of men Than were our sires; That we forget their toil, Their constant sufferings And sacrifice; And have not faith an God, Nor in ourselves; Nor dare not match our strength, Our skill, and prowess With an Alien race. t $ The Stanford Memorial Church, Stanford University, is not only famous for its architecture, but also for its many uplifting sentiments found in the inscriptions occupying places on the walls. The following inscriptions are well worth being read, carefully and then remembered: v A noble ambition is among the most helpful influences of student life, and the higher this ambition is, the better. No man can work well unless he can speak as the Great Master did of the of all joy set before him. And this leads to the greatest and that is, the power of personal religion. We need something outside of and beyond ourselves. safe-guard- s, f4 J 4 4 4 4 y you are so different from the rest Of cities where the pulse of progress throbs, To-da- That strangers. Traversing your streets have said, Here is a White Mans Town! A place free from the sight Of alien races Quartered here a:l there; A place free from the touch of alien hands; From smell of steaming alien foods; A place thus far secure From stigma of race interminglings. A White Mans city. With a White Mans schools. We could not lift proud heads, acknowledging The justice of such fitting compliments, If we should lend you, DIXIE Unto aliens. Religion is intended as a comfort, a solace, a necessity to the souls welfare; and whichever form of religion furnishes the greatest comfort, the greatest solace it is the form which should The best form of religion is, be adopted be its name what it will. trust in God, and a firm belief in the immortality of the soul, life everlasting. 4 life that is founded on the principle of goodness, love, and power that represents the Christ has a lasting foundation and can be trusted. We speak of love, but what do we know about it, unless we see the power to bestow, and a wilWe say God ling heart to bestow it upon, and within humanity? is love, but if we do not feel the power of His love, we do not know anything about it. To be loved by others makes the power of love within our hearts grow. A wisdom I4 4 4 4 4 4 There are but few on earth free from cares, none but carry burdens of sorrow, and if all were asked to make a package of their troubles and throw this package on a common pile, and then were asked to go and choose a package again. Your heart-ache- s may be great, burdens heavy, but look about you, and with whom would you change? We have no quarrel With an alien race. If any such were suffering For aught from out our stores, Wed freely give, Een to the least desirable of these. But, Oh, We could not face the coming years, Nor shameless view the memories Of your past. Should we forget The dreams and promises of Pioneers, Your gifts, Our pledges, All the toil and tears, That made you ours. Nor will we give, or sell, or lend you, DIXIE Unto Aliens. May the peace which no earthly disturbances can mar, which is of the Father through His inspiration and love, fill your hearts, and enable you to go on in the journey of life with a feeling of trust and confidence that nothing can disturb. It is not love for God, but love for the neighbor, good will toward men universal, kindness and gentleness, that makes saints on earth. One must give as well as take of goodness, gentleness and unselfish kindness to meet with Gods approval. -- 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 I4 4- - 4 4" 4 4 4 4 4 There is no narrowing so deadly as the narrowing of a of spiritual things. No worse evil can befall him ' than in his course on earth to lose sight of Heaven. And it is not is not can civilization that can civilization that prevent thig; it compensate for it. No widening of science, no possession of abstract truth, can idemnify for an enfeebled hold on the highest What shall a man give in exchange central truths of humanity. for his soul? 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