Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-03-14

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er aviator occupying seat in the
machine was uninjured. -
pointed to review the situation care
fully and to take steps to coordinate
plan of administration. A special
meeting of the club will be called IL
necessary. Jesse B. Burgster and P.
w. Eddy were appointed as ouch
committee.
A vote was taken, extending the
thanks of the club to H. C. Miller for
the use of a car at the time of the
Reed -Culbertson meeting, to Manag-
er Leen for the Ruby orchestra, to
Mrs. Fred Brown and her assistants
for the decorating, to the. college
chorus, to the Armory committee and
to the neWspapers.,-s
The matter of securing from the
insurance companies q better rate for
fire insurance was brought up by the
secretary. The possession OF the
new fire truck is thought to warrant
a reduction in rates President Joos
stated that he would correspond with
the representative of the underwrit-
ers and attempt to secure lower rates.
The coming meeting or school of
the Livestock Scientific Breeding as
ISOLATION, which is to meet here the
last week of March, was. mentioned.
This will draw to the city men from
Montana, the Dakotas, northern Min
nesota, northern Nebraska, and Can
ada, about two hundred outsiders be-
ing expected. The nearest point at
which another session will be held Is
at Mankato, MINI.
''MEN OF AMERICA"
ENDORSED BY CLUB
The patriotic song which was writ
ten by Dean F. B. Taylor of the col
lege some weeks ago, was accorded
high praise thru the commendation
expressed in a resolution which the
club adopted. The song has been
used at the college and also at the
recent food conservation meeting,
where it was sung by the college
chorus. When rendered before the
audience that filed the armory on the
occasion, it called forth many express
sions of praise. The music, which
was composed by Prof. Walter Bon
ney of the music department of the
college, is of character suited to the
exalted theme of the words.
Giving, as it does, an expression
of the unselfish purpose Of America
in entering and prosecuting the war,
and coming from an institution that
belongs, in very real sense, to the
city and the state, the song is worthy
of the support of the people Of this
community as home product sof
which they may be proud.
DR.. Taylor, who was present at the
meeting, modestly explained that the
idea that some had had in mind
when the resolutions were prepared
was not, he thought, that the song
was phenomenally great, but that the
purpose, was great. The expressions
were used spontaneously. He stated
that DR.. Culbertson, in commenting
upon the song at the college gather
ing which he addressed, had said
that, in his opinion, the war would
never be won until the people began
to write patriotic songs.
The resolution was read by Sec
retary Andrew Haas and was adopt
ed upon motion of s. A. Wilder, Sec
onded by E. j. Rhodes. 1t is as fol-
lows:
Resolution.
BE 1T RESOLVED, by the James
town Commercial Club, that we ap-
prove the song, Men of America, !"
and attest its complete success when
sung before an immense audience at
the Food Conservation neeting here
Feb. 26, 1918. The vigorous tho't
and noble sentiments of its words,
and the spirited, martial character Of
the music insure, we think, its use
fulness in arousing and sustaining
patriotic enthusiasm. We, there
fore, endorse the efforts of its pub
fishers to give 1t wide circulation and
request other commercial clubs and
chambers OF commerce, especially in
North Dakota, to give II favorable
consideration and to adopt 1t, II sat
isfactory, for singing at patriotic and
other public meetings. We alsp COM
mend 1t to- the friendly attention of
musicians. s3 3 = s e
This song Is q North Dakota pro-
duct, a. at expression In words and
music of the Same North Dakota 10y
atty which has largely oyer-subscrib-
led all subscrip ptiUns and more than
met all war service, and # deserves
the support of M citixsns of II the
state, q whieh 3sze bslisvs. Il viii
prove y crsdit. l sss
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