Mansfield University - Carontawan Yearbook (Mansfield, PA)

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J JUL Truth often suffer v mt ne by the iieat ' of its defenders, • tha from jRe 3rgurrrent$ ( o£ fs opposers. Bt , ■ ■ ' ■ ' ■ i ' ' — WILLIAM PENN u Sggjli » w » .- ' jar v - B X % , ..- « 1 X sr- fc; - I than ballast. — WILLIAM PENN

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I n M mm. .- B nation. From 1643, when the ennsylvanja has played a major role in i shaped the course of the nation ' s growth. .ous events shaped the course of the nation ' s growth, glsoil to which, in 1682, William Penn brought his ideals which »»r1flZ-the ?ualcer Colony and still dominate American thought. this soil, at Fort Necessity, in 1754, Washington jfought his first battle. 1 Pennsylvania came the delegates of the 13 colonies fe adopt the OJflaj of the Uni+ed c Si|toHji o+ on,y preserved here. At Gettysburg mmed, and the Unioriisaved. Dn Pennsylvania soil are the bes ependence Hall and the Liberty . - alley Forge, and the 1863 Battlefield at Gettysburg Kipling in his poem, AH [eystone SwTy Ivania, pays the following tribute to It you re or And wish Mtfpve the truth of what 1 say, I pledge my word you ' ll find the pleasant land behind Unaltered since Red Jackets rode that way. Still the pine woods scent the noon, still the catbird sings his tune, Still autumn sets the maple forest blazing, Still the grapevine through the dusk flings her soul-compelling musk, Still the fireflies in the corn make night amazing. They are there, there, there with earth immortal «• (Citizens, I give you friindly warning.) The things that truly last when men and times have passed, They ' re all in Pennsylvania this morning! ■ t«ii l|i

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We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the s best that we find in our tr|Vets isjjpn honest friend, le is fortunate voyager who fimfcirmal ,. - ■ We take for granted the beauty of the hills of Pennsyl- vania until we have been away from them for a period of time. On returning, we realize that we have missed their splendor.