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

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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.

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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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PROHIBITION For many years folks have been working In order to have our country dry, And many men have not been shirking So that others will not have whiskey to buy. Many states have ratiiied the ammendment, I believe thirty-eight now in all We hope a time will soon be here for a new commencement Of bone-dry states fthat will never fall. We all well know what a plague this has been And a ruin also to mankindg Long, long before 'the invention of cotton gin Has this deadly thing been an unfavorable find. So now we'll hope for a greater day When all the wet states will turn dry No one but God, Himself must we pay By prayer and thanksgiving to Him on High. E. I. S. '20. IT REMINDS ME- That January tenth, Lamar wore long pants. That Stella likes Fishing VVorms. That Ray was quiet two days out of thc nine month That Joe was a questionaire. That is rained on New Year's Day. That we had Ten weeks vacation. That we all didn't have the Flu. That Theodore did'nt need specks. That Martha got the habit. That Theodore likes oranges. That Miss McBurney likes to sit by The Glenn That Mfss Kendall .never tasted Moonshine. That the Double Bass arrived. That the Sophomore boys raised mustaches in om forty-tive minute period. That some one took a trip to the attic. That the candles blew out and no matches.