St Margarets Academy - Dayseye Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Gods Power Rose Beaty What’s behind the March wind to make it blow, Turn and twist, Shriek and go, Sweeping every inch of snow Into biting nothingness? Perhaps it’s Mercury on wing Wbirring the approach of spring From summer lands where Jove is king. What’s behind the March wind to make it dare Fight the vaulted volumes Of the prairie air, Alone and ware, That every shore and every stone Fear its bare and stinging flare; Make it dare Tempt the seas, Drive mirages of green leaves From the stark and staring trees? Perchance, it’s Satan raging In demoniac vagaries, Shrieking from orbits’ ends, Cawing from shoreless seas Embossed with souls of hell’s disease. What’s behind the March wind to make it live, Make it give Winged ambition? The splendid tender ecstasies, The awful, mighty reveries That awaken at the nod Of God.

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The Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis' Most Beautiful Church

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Patriotic Wings Regina Kelly He clasps the crag with hooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure world, he stands” These startling words of Tennyson bring to mind a vivid picture of the Eagle which has been used by nations for many centuries as a symbol of patriotism and power. As far back as we have access to knowledge, the kingly bird stood for greatness and majestic prowess. In 400 B. C., the Persians marched proudly to war with the eagle’s form shining from their battle-shields; in 105 B. C., the Romans had the head of the eagle placed on the tips of their spears to fill their soldiers with strength and courage while on the battle-field. During Napoleon’s era France adopted this incomparable bird as the symbol for her courage; and the German emperors, probably to pretend they were the proud successors of Caesar, adopted the eagle as the emblem to adorn their coat-of-arms. It is no wonder then, that the United States of America should choose this glorious bird as its emblem, depicting it with out-stretched wings, carrying proudly the shield of America upon its breast; and clutching tightly in one talon an olive branch, symbolizing a peace-loving people and its peaceful enterprises; and in the other talon grasping a sheaf of arrows, signifying that the people of America, although peace-loving, are not to be over-ridden by any country. In this glamorous bird’s beak is a scroll upon which is written E PLURIBUS UNUM. This readily shows the history of the nation which it so capably represents—out of many, one—Democracy. The Flag of the President of the United States ☆ 4 ☆ ☆