Campion Jesuit High School - Knight Yearbook (Prairie du Chien, WI)

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.---f O edication O To Joyce Kilmer in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of his heroic death in battle, July 30, 1918, France. In these pages Campion recalls the fascinating story of a great man . . . a poet, a soldier-hero, a convert to Catholicism, a gallant gentleman . . . and of his attach- ment and lasting ties to the school he loved and claimed as his own. This is the true story of KILMER AND CAMPION. qv-FY!-'L3'e..Arv-1 ut qty 1 5 'TQMP ' h . cl ,,.Nv, ' yuerwef-A I LLLSDLAN0 f,,,N.,a.AJ Q1 ,311-E' 'xshlcyovf-A f ' L kt 4.l,cA,'J-rv-1'-'ir 'H' ' ' 'TX-r5 'Mbuw ' . , ,e.,.,... . ,avail ln A-'Ll L uinuly a Lv we W W N 'Nigga demic e ta., -Ne. 'W we is-0+-M T1 .-.x 4,-MM' ,.,.i,.,'-- '. L ffsfflfvi i 'i 1HL Tc fvfvv... Q I unH,1Ly7ul!X f,Tz-.AI N2 x .,s.,Cfsi lu'lLJi' , . C A tbllil LU Qin. X I blwl 1 -tn. A - ,Aw A ykfldrai X' n'Nl,,,,Al 44.4.16 1,47 .Lim-M- 'p MUMiU N, 'sin A . X ,-Utaf--X ' y UMM, ei ,,,,.-,1 hogs.-.gn 1,0 uldylxy . K 1-0 b4.'x h' 'h 'JDT':L,N1,'x . ,i JJ, . .I ,. ,c-ix ' -,usglr kjLdr'A, Al LMILJ .lj't:,,-Sh HAFLMJI' Tar'- WWA- lg-h.wg,,J.4,a-1 ,,,,a ,t'.+i ff,.taJ 4--of . was ww 1 fl.,,'iW v ,,,,..4.s.c -LM Mgwow- Kina' H tb 5 S' W' JLvvm,,.,Q.4Lf. 0, evv-qv' ' 21,04-' 'AAL' - f-NAIL Ji yfwvvfelhe 1f'f'f. ' f' , s :U ffhvxm Ll,-76 ll? I ,,,.av 43' 'Tm an adopted alumnus of Campion THE PEACEMAKER Upon his will he binds a radiant ehain, For F reedom's sake he is no longer free. It is his task, the slave of Liberty, With his own blood to wipe away a stain. That pain may cease, he yields his flesh to pain. To banish war, he must a warrlbr be. He dwells in Night, eternal Dawn to see, And gladly dies, abundant life to gain. What matters Death, if Freedom be not dead? No flags are fair, if Freedom's flag be furled. Who fights for Freedom, goes with joyful tread To meet the fires of Hell against him hurled, And has for captain Him whose thorn-wreathed head Smiles from the Cross upon a conquered world.

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