The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-25
GLORY OF CLAN
WAS RETOLD
Continued from first page.

to take on new life, new blood came into
the clan, enthusiasm waxed warm and
members were added by tens and TWEEN
ties; and we soon became competitor
with Clan McGregor, No. 5, of Quincy
Mass, for the honor of being banner
clan of the order. Renewed effort on
the part of the officers and members
brought the desired result which was
maintained for a long time. The Nc
Gregors, not to be daunted by the Cor
don motto, Touch me who dare redou-
bled their efforts and not only dared us
but wrestled from us the coveted honor
] believe the time is ripe when we should
again 90 after the honor with the same
courage and determination that has car
ried the 'Gordons to so many notable
victories, and if we do, success will sure
~ crown their efforts.
"Of course, / do not believe that sue
cess is to be measured by numbers alone
and unless we have the results to show
outside of that, our claim for support
would be greatly weakened but our rec
ord for benefits distributed will COM
pare favorably with any organization |
know of. When the order was started,
as well as our own clan, there was CON
siderable feeling over the motives behind
our organization, the argument being adj
vanced that they were un-American and
should not be encouraged; but time and
results have swept away all such preiu-
dice and criticism. Nowadays no one
believes that in cherishing and perpet-
uating the best ideals and virtues of the
land of our birth we are doing anything
that is inimical to the welfare and prog
ress of this, the land of our adoption.
"There are very few now who believe
that member of our order is less pa
triotic citizen because he cherishes the
memory of such patriots as Wallace and
Bruce or that he is less likely to be a
worthy citizen because he has been
taught to revere the memory of Knox,
the pathos of Burns, the brilliancy OF
Byron and Scott or the genius of Watt;
men who by their lives and works have
given us ideals and performed services
to the world of which we as clansmen
may justly feel proud. Our apprecia-
ton and reverence for those Scottish
worthless are a he'll prather than a him
drance to us in making us realize and APP
preciate more fully the services rendered
to this country by such men as Wash
ington, Longfellow, Whittier Edison,
jefferson, Lincoln, Grant, Sherman,
Morse, Moody and hundreds of others
whose lives have been spent in one con-
tinual effort for the betterment of their
country and humanity in general; this
spirit may fifty be characterized as fra
ternalism in its larger and better sense.
Let us as clansmen, in our small way,
supplement the efforts of these greater
men and we will work out the broader
and better principles of all worthy fra
ternal orders; keeping in mind that the
underlying principles of true fraternal-
ism is the privilege as well as the duty
that it imposes on the strong to help
the weak; and while we are enjoying
our full strength and manhood let us
push along the good work and the great
er will be our record. If we do not re-
quire any of the benefits of the order
we can comfort ourselves with the
thought that by reason of our good for
tune we have been the better able to be
helpful to those who are less fortunate
but who We're willing to help us if con-
ditions had been reversed. If. by reason
of good health and prosperity, we are
not called upon to avail ourselves of the
many benefits provided by the order the
greater should be our enthusiasm for its