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Our Mag Raising Each heart beat with enthusiasm, each heart beat with wonder, each heart beat with expectation, each heart beat with a patriotic love for its country and its symbol—our flag. On April the eleventh, nineteen hundred and seventeen, came one of God's beautiful Southern spring days. Everyone and everything seemed infinitely happy; every face wore a smile; everyone felt a mutual love for his fellow student. Thus it was on our flag-raising day. We, wishing to show our patriotism, chose to raise the stars and stripes to the highest heights on our school building, so that it might float therefrom from day to day to tell the passers-by that English High loved its country. A short, but impressive, program was given before the flag was raised. The entire school sang My Country, Tis of Thee, as only Ensley High School can sing it. Miss Bertha Bates gave an interesting and educational talk on The History of the American Flag, after which everyone fully realized what our flag means. Next came Dr. Henry M. Edmonds' wonderful talk on Patriotism, and then every one realized the good and the necessity of being patriotic and also that he had a long and rocky road to travel before he could ever acquire an intellect such as Dr. Edmonds’. General Harrison, Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate Veterans, spoke on the hardships of the Civil War, the necessity of being physically prepared in case of war at the present time, and the necessity of planting home gardens for the feared food riot. Being such an old man and having had the experiences of war, he drove it home to us as no other person could. The most impressive part of the program was rendered in front of the school building, where the student body, teachers and visitors assembled to see the flag raised to its height. Two of our boys, who are Boy Scouts, blew reveille while the flag was being raised, after which, with the orchestra accompaniment, the school sang The Star-Spangled Banner. Then with glad hearts we marched back into the school to the tune of Dixie. leaving our flag floating proudly in the morning breeze.
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