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Show .L A.JF." H. S. NOTES uur siudims luio bvvii-inturobtoa hi computing tiio pruo essuyit of A, F. ii. s. wun prize essays ut ttio Unit iiku lilgli bctioulH as publlHtiud In yesterday s Tribune, Uur ceitulnly coiup.iro Miry Imorubly with ttio pro-iluct pro-iluct ot tho larger city schools. uur winners, whosu osmiya uppcur below, wuiu Miss Zella Zubrlikle, neuiur; .Mr. Stephen Moylo, Junior; Miss llessiu Infeersoll, Sophoiuorv nnd Mr. Jumes Johnson, Freshman. VUlV 1 A.U Ul,Al) 1 A.U AA AMKUICAA. i It Is woudortul that on0 should bo u toreiguur una huo lUo privilege ol burnt; naturalized nnd ut llvlngin Amurlcu. but It Is far nioro w;ondor-lii w;ondor-lii I (hut ono should havo been born un "Amoricnn". For whut does It mean lo bo .Vmorlcun? U means thut wo luuu for our native laud ono of tho stiuugesl nations In thu world, ono that Is a meniiuo to no other nation, mid ono hat Is, ln tho y of tho rest of tho world, tho lundof "Hearts Deslru". It Is tho American who has freedom free-dom ot press nnd speech and religion, reli-gion, Is ho who has chances for education, ed-ucation, with no limits to his ud-vanccment, ud-vanccment, oxcopt the limits of IiIb owji ambition. It gives ono u glorious feollng to rcalizo thut ho Is an "Amoricnn" nnd that ho is enjoying tho best of tho civilized world, for It Is tho A-niorlcan A-niorlcan who enjoys most freedom, and most liberty, and who Uvea un. dor a Government of the people, by tho peoplo and Itor tho people With thoso points In mind, tho Ins. irimtlon and prldo that ono feels when ho renllzos what un American ' really Is, can not but till him with 1 enthusiasm. J I h tho Amurlcan who must struggle If ho Is going to mako n placo for hlmsolf In tho world. Tho accomplishments thut have been gained by American lives of tho past and present showi to tho world, that thu American is a person of Intellectual Intel-lectual understanding, nnd ono who understands lifo ns character and not as circumstance. America Is young. It Is n land of opitortunlty, It Is yot to bo built up, and It Is Americans ono nnd nil, who .vlll bo b'nefllcd by tho building process. pro-cess. With such chnnces beforo him and piospccts for a happy futuro, ono cannot can-not butfeel happy. It Is thoso reasons rea-sons which mako mo glad to ho nn Americnn. 8TKIMIKN W. MOYI.K |