Reading High School - Arxalma Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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THE ARX ALMA SONG BY MISS MILDRED E. RUNYEON -A' FOURSOUARE HER TOWERS RISE, ARX ALMA FAIR! WIDE-SPREAD HER BEAUTY LIES, ARX ALMA RARE! SHELTERED BENEATH HER WALLS SHE KEEPS HER OWN CHILDREN OF LIBERTY, WE CALL HER HOME. EVER HER CARE SHALL BE TO KEEP US TRUE, UPRIGHT, ASPIRING, WITH FERVOR DUE, CROWNING OUR VISIONS ALL SKYWARD DOTI-I GLEAM OUR SHINING CITADEL, STRONG AND SERENE. ALL DOWN THE YEARS TO COME, REVERENT WE'LL BE! TURNING OUR HEARTS AND STEPS HOMEWARD TO THEE, AND THOUGH OUR WESTWARD WAYS MAY LEAD US FAR, WE'LL KEEP ARX ALMA PURE, OUR GUIDING STAR

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THEME EXPLANATION EVER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME MAN HAS STRIVEN TO GAIN LIBERTY FROM OP- RRESSION. AS WE VIEW THE WORLD BEFORE US, WE REALIZE Tr-IE VALUE OF THE LIBERTIES WE ENJOY IN AMERICA NOW, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE VISION OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE COUNT- LESS HUMBLE FOLKS WHO LIVED BRAVELY TO GIVE THAT VISION REALITY. BUT EVEN THOUGH LIBERTY HAS BEEN ACHIEVED THROUGH THE AGE-LONG STRUGGLE OF FREEDOM-LOVING REORLE, IT ELUDES THOSE WHO DO NOT CONTINUALLY STRIVE TO RRESERVE IT. WE HAVE, THEREFORE, MADE LIBERTY THE THEME OF THIS BOOK BECAUSE, IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES WHEN THE FLAME OF LIBERTY FLICKERS IN SO LARGE A PART OF THE WORLD, WE WANT PARTICULARLY TO KEEP ITS GLOW IN THE HEARTS OF OUR GEN- ERATION, FOR NOW SAFEGUARDING LIBERTY REOUIRES MORE COURAGE THAN EVER BEFORE.