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Show Copy for Thia Department Supplied by th American Lecion New Service.) LEGION MAN IS 'U' PRESIDENT Cloyd Heck Marvin Heads University of Arizona; Proud of His Captain's Bars. Legionnaire and youthful president of the University of Arizona are two mmmi oi lite quaiiucu-tions quaiiucu-tions of Cloyd Heck Marvin, who has a string of Initials a foot long after that name, but is proudest of all of the Capt., Inf., U. S. A., that he once wore. His is a singleness single-ness of purpose that has carried Cloyd H. Marvm. him far into nIs thirty-three years of life. Through grade, high school and several colleges his aim has been toward the peaks in educational affairs. af-fairs. The outbreak of the war found him nearing the top. He dropped plans and enlisted ; was sent to the second officers'" training camp at the Presidio ; was made a captain and assigned as-signed to charge of spruce production In the Northwest. After the war Mr. Marvin undertook business advising, aiding several firms in Los Angeles and in the East. He returned to his chosen field when the post at the head of the University of Arizona was offered of-fered to him. ON CROSS-CONTINENT FLIGHT J. W. Jackson Made Tour of Twenty. Five States Boosting Next Convention Con-vention City. Starting on a cross-continent airplane air-plane flight, on two hours' notice, would dampen the enthusiasm of most advance agents, but J. W. Jackson, anxious to win the 1923 American Legion Le-gion convention for San Francisco, answered an-swered "Let's Go," when the summons came, stepped into a naval plane with naif a dozen apples for provender ana started a little air journey that covered cov-ered 25 states and part of Mexico. And San Francisco, exploited by his achievement, did get the convention. The San Francisco Legion committee commit-tee laid careful plans to capture the majority of the votes at the last Le- ' gion gathering In New Orleans. Jackson Jack-son volunteered to travel to the Crescent Cres-cent City by plane, provided a pilot and plane were turnished, and scatter S. F. propaganda, after the same fash-Ion fash-Ion that aviators scattered leaflets over enemy trenches in the late fracas. The steering committee accepted Jackson's tender of services and set about getting the plane. Nothing came of it. Jackson gave up the Idea and bought his round trip railroad ticket to New Orleans. He was about to leave his home for the railroad station when a telephone message informed him that Senator Hiram Johnson had obtained the air equipment for the Journey. Jackson gathered up a few apples, put on some fleecy clothes and gave up his lower berth to a lady. San Francisco swept the delegates off their feet by Its appeal and there was no hesitancy about naming It the convention city. Then Jackson, scornful scorn-ful of railroads, decided to go on to the eastern seaboard, advertising his native city by the Golden Gate, as he went The plane took him to Washington, Wash-ington, then back through the Middle West, across the Rockies and back to the shadows of Mount Tamalpals. Legionnaires of San Francisco have raised $100,000 to entertain their comrades com-rades In October. Lieut. Gen. Hunter Liggett, former commander of the First American army, is In cnarge of arrangements. THE FLAG. Tlie following poem, written by Stafford King, adjutant of the Minnesota Minne-sota department of the American Legion, is popular with Legionnaires in all parts of the country: When the American flag was created. God, Jn his infinite wisdom, Blessed It as a symbol of freedom. Inspired it as a thing of beauty, And wrote it deep within his book, "A Melody of Service." It Is fashioned With the gold and the fleam of the stare Against the vaulted asure of a summer sky; It is spaced with, the sheen of a allverod moon Upon the pure, aweet anow Which gleams from the lily's petals; And striped with the crimson name Which leapa and glances From the baby's heart Within lta blue and white and red la enfolded all there la Of liberty. Justice and democracy. Sanctified to ua by blood and tears; Mothers' teara. Which shine through sacrifice Like glistening pearls Beneath the softly undulating waves of southern seas; And blood of men who died. As One who has died upon the crjisa. That othor men might live. To such a flag Americans can say: "Whither thou goest, I will go, And whither thou lodgest. I will lodge) Thy people shall be my people, And thy God, my Qod." |