Cecil Township High School - Codicil Yearbook (McDonald, PA)

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Blow the whistles, ring the bells, Joy, O Joy, the wild din tells. Foes are silenced, guns are dumbg Ring the bells for peace has come. PEACE Blow the horns and shout for joy Gladness? Ah yes, without alloy. Pure and stainless gladness given By the listening God in Heaven. Happiest tidings these, them Angels told by Bethlehem, Save the gladness known to those Who first heard that Christ arose. Truce is signed-the war will cease: Soon will come the fuller peahe. God is listening from the skies For the praise that shall arise. That the boys-our loved, are saved Whex'e the foeman's flags had wavwl, That the lands oppressed are free For a holiel' life to he. Illow the whistles, ring the ln Joy, O Joy, the wild din tolls! Kz1iscl s lizinishcd, Christ :dom- Shall ln- King' upon the throm-. P 1 S 'U 29.

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When our boys who canned the Kaiser, Or who stayed in camp or ship Come back home arrayed with honor, Let's bid them welcome from their trip. When Old Glory passes by you, Bare your head, salute your flag. You have to thank these boys That it's not a German rag. Cheer until your lungs are bursting, Rock the buildings, shout and sing. Show the boys they own the city And can have most every thing. WHY NOT? Fill them up with pies and good things, Give them freely of our means, Turkey, goose, and young spring chicken, Put the lid on army beans. They will smoke like traction engines 'Till it's like a London fog, Stuff them full of fun and pleasure 'Till they're tired as a dog. Cart them home on rubber tiresg Let 'them sleep at least a weekg liut a muffler on the door belly Throw alarm clocks in the creek. Then, when each and every fellow Once again is clean and sane, Pay him for the loss in wagesg Give him back his job again. A. M. P. '20. 28.

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OUR PRESIDENT In our magestic white-house There lives a man we say Whose name is Woodrow Wilson Protector of the day. We see in him a character Of high and noble aims. , He rules us all as one above For justice he proclaims. He holds within his bosom No place for self conceitg For selfish aims he has no place Such evils mean defeat. His love for fellow countrymen And loyalty divine Are merely inclinations Which makes our lives sublime Honesty inspired by virtue, Truth upheld by right, Flow in the veins of Wilson, Though oft' attacked by might. He stands among our statesmen With unequaled reputation, In dealing with the nations He has our approbation. Then haughty German hoard attacked, And cruelly oppressed D'-fenseless Franceg and Belguim too This foe must be suppressed. No righteous cause upheld their aim For despot world domain But with the thought, Might make right, They tried the world to gain. The war raged on for many months involving many powers, And, tho our sacred rights were broken Neutrality was ours. But not until our ships were sunk Did Wilson lift his hand Against the German nation bold, Nor recompense demand. But Wilson by his efforts great To keep us out of warg Could not retain neutrality So we withheld no more. We praise him for his efforts great To furl the flag of peace, O'er the nations great and small Thus harmony increase. But into war we justly plunged And victory have gainedg The blood of our heroic boys The battlefields have stained. The war is o'er and peace is nearg Our President stands high Among the agitators for A League of Nations nigh. W.G. T. '20.