Arizona republican., 1915-04-25
Woodmen of the World

the World are invited to be present a; Camp on tomorrow evening the 26th inst The Degree Team of the Glendale Camp will be present and take part in the initiation. Consul I Commander Brown of Glendale. who 1 ia also Captain of the team, has brought the drills up to q consi0- erable degree ce perfection. MT Brown has drilled teams in other Camps before coming west. He at ! tended the Head Camp convention recently at Ft. Worth and took note of the latest developments in team
 work So that we anticipate seeing some fine work. There will be an- other large class to initiate. Re treatments vii be served at the close ct the session.
 The meeting Monday evening was very interesting and well attended Counting two or three new members whom Deputy Stewart obligated at their homes, there were fl received into the Woodmen of the World Camp at the last session. An exceptionally fine bunch of choppers they are too At the annual memorial services NON tTtISfl Ntdtioll utIiNtItu lIlt Iol- lowing address:
 Deep among the instincts planted
 in the human heart is the desire to perpetuate the memory, and com lucnlorate the noble qualities of those who, in life. bv example and by pre- Cept left the impress of their being upon their fellow men. So the cal endars of the world are marked with fI .1 +IA ,.F the names of those who wrote in blood the story of their devotion to home and country.
 "On such days ambitious youth gathers to listen to the story of lives whose successful achievements ara the inspiration of their own dreams. and give hope to. them that they. too, may be remembered in after years for work done in the service Cf their fellow man. Dreams that are filled with the glory of success, and gilded by the fancied idolatory of their associates.
 'MaElind. from the very dawn of history, recognized the value as well as the appropriateness of such oc- casions. realizing that no precept no course of instruction, no man-made law. can foster ambition, truth, and patriotism like the inspiration of . noble life
 Yet. when whitening hairs have tempered the ambition of youth, when contact with those who fill the places which the customs of man have de- signated as posts of trust and honor has enabled him to measure these men by the standards set for mans guidance by the author of all wis com; when the disappointments of life have chastened his spirit of ego tism; when he learns that true hap Piness is alone to be found in that little world we call home. and true greatness consists in it's protection perpetuity; then at last he realizes that the true lessons of life are not to be learned by the study of the recorded achievements of those whom the world calls great, but are to be found in the unpublished record of his neighbor whose days were not spent in selfish scheming for per sonal promotion. but were devoted to the protection and perpetuity of his home.
 Then guided by the leeline which causes men to find their happiness in the associations with those of FiHdred minds and kindred hearts. he seeks the companionship of those. ho, feeling as he feels. meet with him in those fraternal organizations the fouHation of whose existence rests in the protection and perpetuity of the home.
 And here finds among his living comrades the inspiration that youth only finds in the lives of those whom history calls great. Here he learns of mans true greatness from those who must die to win" the foun- dation of whose conduct is sacrifice made in the consciousness that mol personal benefit can come to tnem but resting in the security that those near and dear to them will receive the result of that sacrifice. Here tc him is revealed the hidden thought and feeling" of those who are truly great; here he studies men. not through the rose-colored glass of sue cess, but by the great white light of frateRnal truth.
 50 to him these annual gatherings to commemorate the memory of the unknown great have deeper, truer meaning than those of others for they have that sense of personal loss, that loss of personal comrade- ship which is the essence of sorrow. and which marks the memorial meet lngS of those who have struggled and suffered together in a common cause. and who meet in a common sorrow, to mourn a comrades loss.
 As we meet today in sorrow, while all around us nature wreathes the world in flowers: when the sunshine seems to speak of joy. we realize the truth of those words spoken long ago:
 How stri<ingly the course of naturt tells by it's light heed of hu- man suffering that it was fashion eG for a happier world
 Yet how appropriate it is that cur memorial service should be held while nature is wreathed in smiles, for them she comforts us by showing how transient human sorrow is. ard how eternal is the joy that is the reward of a life well spent