Decatur High School - Ravelings Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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THE KID HAS GONE TO THE COLORS The Kid has gone to the Colors And we don ' t know what to say: The Kid we have loved and cuddled Stepped cut for the Flag today. We thought him a child, a baby With never a care at all, But his country called him man-size And the Kid has heard the call. He paused to watch the recruiting, Where, fired by fife and drum. He bowed his head to Old Glory And thought that it whispered: Come! The Kid, not being a slacker, Stood forth with patriot-joy To add his name to the roster — And God, we ' re proud of the boy! The Kid has gone to the Colors; It seems but a little while Since he drilled a schoolboy army In a truly martial style. But now he ' s a man, a soldier, And we lend him a listening ear, For his heart is a heart all loyal, Unscourged by the curse of fear. His dad, when he told him, shuddered. His mother — God bless her! — cried; Yet, blest with a mother-nature. She wept with a mother-pride. But he whose old shoulders straightened Was Granddad — for memory ran To years when he, too, a youngster, Was changed by the Flag to a man! W. M. HerscheU. Three

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K DECATUR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL To You Who have gone forth from this school- -to you and the many milUons more Who fight for the Ideals of Democracy Do we dedicate this publication

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UUU To THE Men and Women of D. H. S. Jj IN THE Service of Our Country • €-.j- : J . y ?, ? s WE SHALL fCEEP FAITH