Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-06-04
CARRY ON
Essay on Glass Motto Of Graduating
Glass Of 1919, Given At Class Day
Exercises Friday EVENING.
(By Ruth PetersonA


(By Ruth Peterson1
The Great War has passed into his
tory, but in passing it has left mem
cries that will never fade. Even q
trivial event may have large conse-
squences, and when anything as stupen-
dous as this war has filed all the world
for years, one can hardly attempt to
.foreten what the results may be..s In
many ways it is Renaissance. s Out
OF it arises new ideals, ideas, new words
and phrases by products as it were, of
the greater goods accomplished.
Among these new phrases, none has
caught popular fancy more widely chan
the suggestive words Garry On
(which we the class Of 1919, have
chosen for our motto).
From whose lips the words first tell
do not know, nor the time, nor. the
place. Doubtless they leaped inspired
into the mind of some one on the, field
Of battle, field pitted by shell-ho1es,
treeless; desolate, swept by ceaseless
fire Of enemy guns
It may be he saw comrades falling,
the lines wavering, yet never yielding,
because new comrades rushed to take
their places. Death, mutilation, suffer
ing could not stop them-tlley
could still "Carry On. That is the
spirit in which these words had their
origin. That is what they have meant
out in the shell-torn Western 'front.'
Never give up, no matter what the odds
against you. It was the fortitude OF
the spirit; they were aware of the
solemn ideals Of Justice and liberty and
Righteousness for which they fought
and would never give up until these
ideals were won. 1t was the logged
indomitable drive of spiritual forces
controlling bodily forces. Living or
dying these forces would prevail. They
would Garry On to the end. :.
We are told that all officers of COM
pany had fallen and but pitiful REM
nant of men were left. A private as
sumed command and by miracle saved
the situation and the lives of all the
men. Afterwards on being decorated
and publicly praised he replied very
simply, "Why, someone had to carry
on and so did it, And that was it.
To catch the torch from falling hands
and bear it onward at whatever cost,
And now that the war is over, is all
opportunity to carry on, over also? I
do not think So % These millions of
fighting men living and dead have
taught us lesson-have coined for us
the expression of new ideal and have
shown us how to work it out.
AS individuals we can do much to
carry out this ideal. Even though the
war be over we can still Garry On.
During the war we showed our ability
to do this; and now that it is over let
us still "Carry On, not in the spirit of
war; but rather in the spirit of recon-
struction. Let each and every one of
us make it his business to make Amer
lea still better place in which to live.
Let us strive to make it an example to
all other countries of the world In
order to do this it should be the duty of
every American citizen to study and
thoroughly understand the government
of the United States of America. There
are too many people who profess to be
Americans. who do not even know the
principles upon which our government
is built !; but still these same people
have. their say,in electing our represen-
tatives to Congress and the many other
public offices and if things do not go
right they are the first to. object. There
are too many people who llavebthe right
to vote who do not know" for whom or
for what they are voting. How can we
expect to have perfect union if we do
not have honest, capable men iii our
offices. Who is it that elects the UNI
capable man? The man who does not
know for whom or for what he's voting,
of course.
It should be the patriotic duty of
every American citizen to obey the laws
of our Nation as the Almighty would
have us obey his laws.
In order that the growing children
shall be good law-abiding citizens the
opportunity to attend our splendid pub
lie schools should not be neglected.
Wherever you are, always uphold the
constitution and it's right Never let
our government be insulted. : Always
pay tribute to the flag which protects
you in this and in foreign lands.
The war has left much suffering and
want in the countries where the ol1emy
have gone. 1t should be our duty to
lessen this evil to the best Of our ability.
We can best do this by keeping up the
practice of thrift which the. war has
taught us. Save the pennies, the pen
MES will soon be dollars, and every
dollar goes long ways in making some
desolate home happy again.
AS community there is much to be
done. The much needed community
spirit can be fostered through the or
ganization of various kinds Of societies,
such as community meetings, farmers
tc1nhS etc