Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-23


.lbool .ystoms In the nation.
n gives Ms unusual pleasure TO present
Ia v6ur school, A. well ~ to the other
..fools Of YOUR city our national emblem.
Ne give Il In the trust that beneah IT,
sd Won may grow io be useful, intclli-
s,utand patriotic citizens of tho republic.
Cordially your friend
"TIE Nou1u's CoNrASioS.'
ADDRESS OF ACcEpTASCE.
Following IL the address Of accept.
sncr given ia all the schools:
Tho school accepts with pride tho em-
bem OF the Republic. IL II our happi-
mes To bo tho ones to whom I, Is hrst
committed. but we receive n also for
those who shall IN tho coming year. a.
,smblo undor It's folds.
We shalt love this flag for what II has
meant to the patriots who have gone be-
fore MS,
In the young days " the nations indie.
nfudence, ~ ihr farmers gathered to sec
ihcnow banner for the fir-t time run up
The pol0 on tho village rrocni ~ the
regiments grew accustomed To follow it,
dashlng light In battle; II siruhcd 20
them that liberty Tor which they were
taking thoif desperate chance along an
unknown WAY.
When liberty was won, the flag came
10 sneak another message. Americans
grew conscious ~ the republics uppor-
unity, unmntchOd In the worlds long
course "a country without old customs 10
fe,ter the tres utIotHuc.s Of It, manhood;
A land with room enough Tor ALL -
sources and bounty beyond measure;
place for ovOry energy, ind for
the unhindorei working out Of every
problem of humanity; and moro than all,
-bloultl nation, one OF origin, ono
In labor and ia arms, ono In faith and Ia
destiny OF all this opportunity and
This national life the nag has been tho
aeftd symbol for more than hundred
ysar.. The nag has been the language
u tho passion for America. The DYING
soldier ha~ smiled towards II rs to his
mollefs face. II was worth dying To
ave hhas been worth living 10 honor
.rni 10 serve.
And we shall also cherish the flag for
isstl richer message lur the generations
10 come
Il i possible tor our hag To mean that
the people who walk beneath ltllre bound
together In mutual obligations. r. Is for
It yet to signify that tho nation Is a family
where the strong are ambitions Tor the
weak; whore there l. truo equality of
opportunity; where fraternity l. NJ real rs
liberty.
Moreover, II Is the privilege NJ tho
stars and Siriros To express higher IDEAL
u patriotism than the world Ia, known.
A they speak OF tho nations honor, they
shall also be the sign of u, unqueslioned
Justice. As they mark the republics
rights, they must likewise acknowledge
itsouligatiOns. True patriotism h the calm
determination that America shall be true
to her highest self, Tho flag Will mean
naF al 4
10 In behalf of humanity that the prlnci.
PIES ofthls now world have been working
towards their triumph; that this Is tho
destiny of our great republic ~ bo tho
worlds leader In prDgre,s and teacher In
peace.
But the public school holds the key OF
the future. II N the scholars Of these
last years Of the nineteenth century who
will shape the America Of the twentieth
century. Whether the principles Of tho
fathers of the republic arc to be maintains
cd, whether the United states are TO deal
tru thlully with the new questions OF The
new age, whether patriO ism shall bo In
ielligNut, and whOihOr Intelligence shall
be pntriotic--l0pends- on tho young
Americans who are now In the public
schools.
The ilng we ralso today il TO be our ro-
hinder Ofthese things. As we daily SOC
Il Heating above our school we shall bo
proud We are AuieriCnns, The history OF
our nation viii have a deeper interest
Tor NJ. We shall loo stimulated TO be in-
ielligent ON tho great ISSUES Of the pres
oni. We shall reflect that upon us, ~
much ~ upon any company of students
IN the land, rests the republics future.
40 we accept this flag aud pledge 10 II
our allegiance aud our lives. The public
school Is the nations institution; and
here, with the ilag above Us, we begin
our citizenship.
The following patriotic song, written
expressly for the occasion by Hezekiah
Bulterworth, was sung In every
school.
CHEER, CHEER WE THE FLAG EVER
TRUE.
Tune "Red, Thlie and niue"
Wake tho song to the nations defend trs,
Tho years OF prosperity glow
me aaial day welcome that renders
HE love we To Washington owe,
HI,se the nag that our fathers undnuntod
llnel aimed, when the nation wac new,
SHOULD foat for the freedom they planted,
ANA be TO the right ever true.
ohoRus-Cheer, cheer we tho ilas ever truol
Cheer, cheer we tho nag ever truo'
The ensign for iiberiy plantcd
The Aag 10 the right ever true
when the red cross OF England contenlod
WIN new star NJ ilnerly's light,
ogr iathrrs arose and defended
.t of y ednm tn cause of the rglt.
lnen dared they the tceptro TO sever,
t9t rlght TIE dim forest ways trnd
Ahl templud the far hils wherever
lhelr s'ardards were lired toGod, -CuoHus
lhe banners " tyranny faded
Ihe red cross aud llllles Of gold,
And TIE nag no dishunOr had shaded
ana Tue stats u nn omp rt unrollnd.
Anu thgy pledged n, those horoeA VICTORIOUS,
~ 70 librrty's breeze n unfurled,
10 We blrlhrght " man, ever glorious,
ana Justice, the hope of the wnrld.-Gnonus
Lel the school. for Americas glory,
no pledge Of the tlthera renew.
y .uhled years telling th,ir story
thousand years rising IN yiNw,
Nnl ~ long aa our oid c0nrteiiauAn
.oa,il Nnat on the plni1nt % light,
Hial thr school be ~ altar aui station.
'o' hfngfess, Tor peace and tue right -
FIRST SCHOOL,.