Birmingham Southern College - Southern Accent Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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OU SOUTH ITH the drum ' s roll and the bugle ' s t, a South is being borne to the grave, e South is at last dead . . . the South of e proudly lifted head and the ideals that de a muted contrast with the dreams of a husky America . . . the South that fought and was beaten . . . and was unable to con- quer itself ... a self-enclosed South with long skirts raised from the dust about her feet . . . the South of the great planter and the slave. . .

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and NEW the great mansion in the oaks and the cabin in the cotton . . . and ours the task to salvage the beautiful and destroy the ugli- ness in it . . . and from the ashes of the old rises the new South . . . the South forged by a mil- lion blows from a million ham- mers ... a South that speaks with the voice of a robust America . . . that dreams the dreams of America ' s future . . . the South that is made rich by nature . . . that is being made great by manpower trained and educated . . . the South that is strong in the strength of Amer- ica . . . and rich in America ' s ideals ... a South that is ours, for we are heirs to the old ... a South that is US, for we, its youth, are its strength. Nk -. J- f fvt v