The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-11-10

thy soil;
From the Lakes 10 the Gulf, fren
Atlantic's wild roar
To majestic Paeiic's gold-glistenina
shore
Were q foe thee to threaten. tbs
name 20 despise,
Thy sons In invincihla ranks would
Cchorus.)
| 1 love thee. columbia. and, true
e'er to thee,
I'll strive for thy glory, o land OF
the frae.@ r--.-.s .es- =
May Justice to ALL" be thy motto
so brave,
where none shall be master, and
none shall be slave
A nation united, as one we will
| stand:
Our hearts pledged TO thee, our dear
native land.
(Chorus,)
My own, loved country. o set thou
the goal! .
Throughout all the world spread the
reign of thy soul!
o guide thy the nations, and bear
To mankind Stiil SURFING in bondage
and night
That freedom and peace, with the
blessing divine,
Prevail DER the earth and the glory
be thine!
So. (Chorus.)
"An unknown writer sends in
some verse entitled. Let Freedom
Breathe. we hate to interfere with
the respiration of Freedom, but We
wish "An unknown writer" would
not be discouraged, try again, and
sign the communication the next
time. D.
To The Editor OF The Forum:
Inspired by your editorial of Each
purl a prayera I sat down the other
evening and tore off the following.
while my wife sat twisting her
mouth and her toes trying to finish
the end of G. sweater. Can ! pry In
to the Mail Bag with II?
A Knitter's Husband.
You just make 1t. Here 1t is:
''The hours spent In knitting sox
Were but q training school for me,
Now I'm knitting sweaters while my
husband mocks,
My Rosary. NY Rosary. s-t
Each stitch purl; each purl
To warm some chest for Uncle Sam,
I count each stitch unto the end, and
I find rye dropped a stitch and say:
oh7-confound 1t.
Oh ripping out and starting Ger
oh barren gain and bitter loss!
The things think would never do
But-what's the use? The boys
have gone across.
To The Editor of The Forum:
The writer greatly enjoyed ana
profitsd by hearing the lecture or
Prof. e. q. Meinzer OF the Agricul-
tural college that he delivered before
the Polytechnic society at the col
lege Wednesday evening. Professor
Meinzer is the author Of and quoted
from a handy volume OF North Da-
kota history that is being used in
some of the public schools OF the
state, which gives valuable informa-
tion regarding the Indian, the begin
ming OF white settlement. ranching,
homesteading, bonanza and diversi-
fed farming. He also referred 70
the different nationalities represent
ed in our citizenship and some OF
their characteristics. and mentioned
incidentally the first territorial gov
ernor VIM. Jayne. Roosevelt, the
rancher, Sakakawea. the school
children's heroine, and North Da-
kota's gift to Norway, Of the statue
Of Abraham Lincoln, the liberator,
made by the young North Dakota
sculptor F'jelde. and presented In be-
half Of the state by former Gov. L.
B. Hanna on July 4, 1914.
The president, DIR. I. j. PtereAi
called upon several persons to dis
cuss the various phases Of the sub
iect. which brought out many inter
esting "reminiscences OF personal ex-
perience and observations on the
part Of some Of the old timers pres
ent, In some instances showing
North Dakota's leadership in nation
al affairs.
The Importance Of obtaining and
preserving in suitable form for use
in our schools and colleges, reliable
information, while the men and wo-
men who have made and are max
ing the history are living, was
urged.
Eben Il. Saunders.
Fargo, N. D.. Nov. 7.
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