Bucyrus High School - Bucyrian Yearbook (Bucyrus, OH)

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4AN UNHERALDED HERO Solomon, the wise, once wrote, ill saw under the sun, that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill.H Ages have passed since these words were written, but each has borne men, wise, brave and noble, to whom there was neither riches nor favor, and to some not even bread. Not only in Grayis little country churchyard are the unknown Hampdens and inglor- ions Miltons to be found, but in every nation great men have lived and accomplished their works without honor. Indeed, since the true test of a great man is his having been in advance of his age, true glory often never comes to him until many years after his death. Thus today we are placing: lanrels on many a worthy work neglected at the time of its accomplishment. So con- scientiously do we honor these ancient heroes that we never think we too may be committing that hasest of all crimes, ingratitude. But listen! About twenty years ago there returned to America one of her citizens. After studying and toilingr many years in foreign lands, critics had pronounced him the most important tone-poet ever produced, the greatest American musical genius. He was classed with the great masters of Europe. In his works, he was always the essential poet, the clairvoyant impressionist, dealing with life in its large and profound as well as its intimate aspects, limning tenderly yet with a controllingr and serene philosophy, snehphases of the visible and human worlds as touch and quicken his imagination. He awakened in music that sense of the invisible, the hidden wonder and enchantment behind the manifest presence of the world which it is the signal privilege of the Celtic imagination to discover and enforce. He evoked the incalenlable spell, opened a door into a new and shining world. But he learned, as many other masters before him, that appreciation comes but slowly to the great. The revenue brought by the sale of his music was not suHicient for his livelihood and for many years he was compelled to waste his energy on work which others could have done almost as well. Even while faithfully performing his duty in one capacity, he still found time to write his wonderful melodies. Recently this double labor bore its fruit in the most tragic event in the history of American art, music or letters - the mental breakdown of our greatest master. Then it was that popular feeling, so long indifferent, began to realize a hero was passing away, a man who had done more to raise the standard of our civilization in the eyes of other nations than had the combined victories of armies and navies. When death came as a release a few months ago, our nation felt what Johnson has called the bitterest of all sorrows, the death of one we have injured without reparation. Such was the life of another man of skill to whom there was no favor, another man of understanding to whom there was no riches, our unheralded ltero, Edward Alexander MacDowell. ELSlE R. GEBHARDT Philomathean Asslt. Ed., ltBucyrian Ragus Girls

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WILLIAM A. GARDNER Philomathean Foot Ball, ,06 and lo7 Basket Ball Bradwurster Member Sr. Debating Team Athletic Edi, iiBucyrianli PATRIOTISM tDelivered on Washington's Birthdayl In commemorating the anniversary of the birth of so noble a man, naturally our thoughts revert to one of his greatest Characteristics, his devotion to his country his patriotism. He seems to have embodied in his actions, thoughts and life, the sentiments of Martyn, who said, iiMy country claims me all, claims every passion; her liberty henceforth be all my thought; for her my life Iid willingly resignili A manis Country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers and woods, but it is a principle, and patriotism is loyalty to that principle. It is the love that moves a man to serve his country by protecting its rights, by defending it from invasion and by maintaining its laws and institutions. Patriotism is like the family instinct; in the child it is a blind devotion, in the man an intelligent love. It is a love that is absolutely unselfish, for it was not his olive orchards and almond groves that made the Greece of the Greek; 1101' was it for his apple orchards and potato fields that the farmer of New England left his plow standing in the furrows and marched away to Bunker Hill and Saratoga, but for the love and devotion he bore to his country. True patriotism is not that excitement which is caused by public danger, and which a few months of active cam- paigning will entirely destroy, but it is something which is so deeply rooted in character that it will endure until death. It is patriotism that makes the true statesman to whom a country owes its welfare, for it is seen throughout History that a country has but little infiuence upon other nations when an unselfish patriotism is looked upon but as the enthusiasm of youth Which will gradually pass away with the coming of maturer years. The man who is born in this country is born to a patriotic regard for it. His mission, without doubt, is to increase the love of liberty and to maintain his country in the position in which it now stands, as a protest against absolutism; opposing freedom to feudalism and slavery. These men are truly patriots, who in times of danger march off amidst the rattle of the drum and the martial music of the fife, with the determination to die, if necessary, to protect their Country. These are not the only patriots, how- ever, for even now, many are showing their love of country by protecting its laws and institutions, whose devotion is complete, and who in Civil life show as great bravery as do those who face the cannons mouth. A large percentage of our dangers are domestic, not international. American citizens would do more good7 and live more in accordance with the principles of true patriotism if they would constantly keep before their eyes a clause contained in Washingtonk Farewell Address, iiTo provide institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge, developing an enlightened public opinion; to perform the duties of American citizensf, Or perhaps even better than this, the words of Webster, ilLet our object be our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country. And by the blessing of God, may that country become a vast and splendid monument, not . of oppression and terror, but of wisdom, of peace and of liberty, upon which the world may gaze with admiration, foreverf,

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THE IMPORTANCE OF LITTLE THINGS MAE A. HAMMOND Alpha Zeta. Ragus Girls How much of our lives and character is dependent upon little things. Those little joys and sorrows, those little duties which must be performed, those triflingr details which must be attended to, all make up the sum of human exist- ence. Or as the poet says, ilOur lives are measured by the deeds we do, the thoughts we think, the objects we pursuefi Our characters are built upon little words of kindness spoken and little deeds of kindness done at the opportune moment. A word is a little thing, but one thoughtlessly spoken inflicts a wound which can cut deeper than a keen sword. A kind word spoken to a person weary and discouraged, will cheer and gladden him, and a smile will bring sunshine into his darkened soul. A minute seems too trivial to mention, but sixty of them make an hour and in that time many golden opportuni- ties may present themselves which if grasped will lead to great and grand results. It is the odd moments we have we ought to utilize. By carefully making use of his odd moments, Macauly wrote his history of England in the successive intervals of waiting for his breakfast. . Accumulation of knowledge and experience are the results of bits of knowledge and experience Carefully stored up. No one has ever leaped to knowledge. The wisest man that ever lived had to learn to read, write and figure, then he gradually attained the greater things in store for him. Look at nature and you will see how much is really made up of little things. This old earth of ours is made up of tiny grains of sand, the ocean of little drops of water. The flowers all grew from seeds very small and weak and the mighty oak sprang from a tiny acorn. It is the little things that have shaken mighty nations and inEuenced humanity. Only an apple led to the fall of man with all its woes and misfortunes. Sir Isaac Newton established his laws of gravity because he was set thinking by the fall of an apple. A fair face and Winsome smile led to the ten years seige of Troy and inspired Homer to write his great epic. Discoveries and inventions have been the result of observation of little things. The foundations for astronomy were laid twenty centuries ago, when what is known as conic selections were discovered. The germ 0f the telegraph lay in the fact that Galvani discovered that a frogis leg twitched when placed in contact with different metals. Franklin robbed the thunder cloud of its lightning, by means of a kite made of two crossed sticks and a silk handkerchief, discovered it to be identical to the electricity which today lights whole cities. Since then, it is the little things that make up life, so it is the multitudes of unknown men and women that contrib- ute the most to national prosperity and success. Although our names may never flourish in history, no one is so obscure that he does not in his or her own way exert some little influence which will unconsciously pass into the lives of others and there propagate good examples for time to come. 30