Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-31

long may II wave
Ger the land of the free and the home
of the brave fApplause)
We proudly salute it, and as. our eyes
look upon its new constellation of stars
they seem to look down upon us with
power, glory. w feel that we are ina
power, glory We feel that We are in a
breeze we feel a thrill Of JOY and pride.
When travelling abroad we enter the
port Of a foreign nation and there see
the Stars and Stripes waving grandly
from the flagstaff of our legation an
indescribab BE sense of at-home ness
and safety comes oyer US. Why these
feelings which cannot be uttered as
we st1nd in the presence of that ban
ner? Because hiS1A ideals and noble
| deeds have wrought i1to its very fiber
a spirit all it's own.
The Flag Bears Spirit of Splendid
Independence.
There radiates from. enr flag a spien-
did spirit of independence. Not brazen
| holiness or staggering vaGoting, but
| that sort of independence born of en-
| Iightened conviction and consecxated
energy. Our fathers possessed the
| highest type of originality. They era
| barked upon an unknown sea for an
unknown shore. All they had was Goo
and themselves They had enough.
! Out of what they had governments
| anu IdLIOIB dflu CisIflZdtivitso NSe''
| be buiIded. When they left their ma :
| tive shores they left government and
| organized religion, princes and potent
| ates. When they landed here they war :
| shipped and wrought for God and man.
They believed in God and man4They
| bui1ded new sort of church and state.
! They would suffer no interference 1t
| is not strange that they should lead
| the world in giving to the breeze ma
tienal banner. They were discoveries.
| They were breaking new paths.
What a splendid manhood was that.
A manhood whose ideals We're wrought
| out through faith and prayer. A man
hood whose ideals must be applied
| with horny hand to climate, forests,
| fields and say.ises Must mold new
paths of drought and custom must
create our of maiden forests and soil
new life, and government. and fnstitu-
l lions. For such tasks there must be
| vffiie brains, enduring bodies awaken
/ ed san,s, splendid poise. llndauntesi
| courage Our fathers had these. No
! Self denial hard toll, suffering, death.
/ None of these things made them
/ afraid
| That was the sort of task and that
| was the sort of men that put into the
fiber of our national banner spirit
of independence which has attracted
| the attention and won the heart of al
| the people of the earth There isn't q
| man living on the globe who has eyes
| seen that Old Glery whose most eXaf-
| ed dream is not some day to dwell
beneath its shadow To-day in far lands
they are by thousands making greai
resolves and supreme efforts to pass
the sea and scatter here and there II
in this land of wealth and freedom.
The FLAG sreathes With the Maiest,
Of Power.
When as citizens we stand beneath
the Stars and Stripes no fear is felt
From its folds drops down the dew @
calm and strength. This was not al
ways so. England did not realize /
in 1777. but the clash of Monmouth
and Yorktown was heaFd across tn
Atlantic. Then she realised the, pow
er which that flag enfoldehs South Car
DINA, Mississippi. Alabama. Florlda
Georgia did not realize it ffeS years
this spring. And 1t took four lSni
years and the blood of millions of olh
choicest sons to make them feel it
| But at last the skies cleared and Thu
old flag, now begrimmed with dir
and smoke, and riddIed with shot an6
shell, flung its proud folds to the winds
more mighty than ever it had been
They saw it. They owned it, and lik'
men they came again beneath its pow
err And thank God, they came not t.
be laggards in it's kingdom Thel
Ecame to men, loyal and true. Again
of Old Glory when 1t lifted its majestit
form in the cause of humanity in tn
western world. But Santiago and MI
Mia sent a thrill around the globe
and Spain must bow before the Star!
and Stripes.
| which has inspirited our flag is no
alone the power begotten of war ant
bleddshed. He rsway is owned in tn
council chambers of the nations. Wher
Russia and Japan, enIbroiled in war
felt the folly Of their game, Old Clio
| ry' highest servant held between then
the dove of peace. Under her shadow
en- American soil, with the presiden
OF the United States as arbitcr. the,
plighted peace. The world is feelin;
more and more that that flag stands
and stands supremacy, for those 'prin
ciples of life and government wlicl
under1y the worlds best civilization
and they are glad to recognize its in
/ f1uence.
Old Glory Embosoms Enlightenment
for All.
How proud we are American
when we see the Stars and Stripe
floating from the staff of every littl
schoolhouse in the city and the coun
try of these many states. No more. a p
propriate use could be made of it. TIL
life that gave it birth found its in
spiration in the ST ritual and ment,l
awakening of the 18th century. On
of the first concerns of our fathers
when they set foot upon these shores
was the education of their children
That ambition and purpose has widen
ed with the years, until everywhere
is firmly felt that the birthright of ev
cry child is a free public school educa
ton. Be that child American, Italian
POLISH, German, jew, or whatever h
may be. as one who shall enter int
the citizenship of this United State
! he shall receive at the hands of tn
government q general education.
Moreover, completely has tn
sense of the value of education take
hold upon our life that with increasin
volume the vast wealth of our countr
is turning into the channels of highe
learning. Nor is this spirit sectional
lied Starting in New England it laa
swept westward to the Pacific. Eigh
of the twelve institutions of highe
I learning are today to be found in tn
Mississippi valley. Ten millions Q
| dollars in one fund are at the preSen
moment being used to establish an
strengthen SIMILAR institutions in tn
south.
No longer is it necessary for hir
who seeks to know to cross the ocea
10 foreign universities. because tIei
equal may bee found at home. And tn
! awakening to the need of general edu
cation are sending their delegations t
America to study oureschool system