The Glenwood post., 1916-05-27
GARFIELD COUNTY
Z HIGH GRADUATES
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Of course we musV nave piS navy
and adequate coast defenses, in the
present state of civilization. After
that we need preparation to become
prepared. We need some methods of
rigorous physical discipline for both
men and women in schools and in col
leges of all grades-but never big
standing army, because that means dis
integration in character. We want
army enough for police duty in times
of peace and that means men enough
to serve as officers and volunteer reg
iments if war shall be thrust upon US.
4 A second reason for our love Of
America is seen in the fact that our
country provides a chance for material
comfort for every individual and every
family in the whole nation. From the
beginning this has been an exclusive
characteristic of this nation. The
homestead law was passed in Abra-
ham Lincoln's time. Before that tho
government sold land for dollar and
quarter an acre. Now a man can file
on land with practically no expense.
And there are millions of acres whish
are open yet and waiting for purpose
full men and their families. Is there
anything comparable to this among
other great nations
A mild justification of our deep love
for our own country is seen in our life
of social equality and religious free
dom. With church and state separated,
( we yet find that the free church sys-
tenn has provided for the religious life
of the nation in an unmatched manner.
With one hundred million people we
have nearly quarter of a million
churches, that is one church building
for every four hundred people. So We
can seat in our church buildings the
whole population of our country at one
and the same hour. No other country
in the world can do that. England
comes next to America in providing
one church building for each group OF
eleven hundred people. Then we have
nearly two hundred thousand ministers
Cor one for each group of five hundred
people. This shows the high moral and
religious level to which our. country
has come with absolute freedom Of
Vpinion in religion.
A fourth ground for our deep love
of our country is seen in our universal
o1,,o 1nho
a maker of character. In republic
you must have sterling integrity in the
great mass of the people. You must
have incorruptible citizens who can
neither be bought off nor frightened
off nor flattered off from the simple
and immutable right. And you cannot
Nereate citizens of that quality without
slbor; without knowing how to work
with the hands. 4
Finally we love our America be-
use we have here the open door of
opportunity to the highest and best in
education for every boy and every girl
in the nation that aspires. The history
of the republic is the history of the
amazing development in power to serve
society which has come to boys and
girls who were born in poverty or in
what might be described as compsra-
tive poverty. Your Lincolns come from
humble homes and your Edisons like
wise had no other Inheritance but tho
privilege Of working and studying and
achieving.
The foremost men in the modern
world recognize America IS another
name Tor,i0pportunity and they all
speak. THO same words in recognizing
America as the, outstanding nation Of
-sthe earth in the privileges which It
provides fof men and women and chill
dren from everywhere. =
\ The 1915 graduates are: Genevieve
Fordham, Catherine MacRae, Eleanor
Nqpnan, Katherine Gilmer, jerome
French, Leon Butcher, Maggie Reyn.
olds, Ian Bell, Helen Bigham, Esther
< ,lds, Ian Bell, Helen Bigham, Ester
< Weyand, Ro'lin Smith, Rex Smith.