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®lir Glass of 1919 rrnuuuEtug llir umrk ano realising thr uuirth of ®br Prst Gllirstrr talr Normal School loijs in thr § rrmrr oroiratra its rrurntmr to thrm WHAT meaning lies enfolded in the phrase West Chester State Normal School Boys in the Ser- vice! Hoys — youthful and full of promise; ambitious and full of hope; red-blooded and full of deter- mination; vigorous and full of activity;— earnest, en- lightened, enthusiastic. Our Boys — fellows who have figured at th is school of our choice and training; walked within these memoried walls; studied within these hallowed halls; shared with us the privileges and privations of the place; won victories and suffered defeats on our Wayne Field and in the Gym; wor- shipped in our Chappel and Y. M. C. A. meetings; shown their loyalty to the institution that has helped them grow in gray matter and moral fibre. In the Service — of their country; of all commendable countries; of humanity — a service asking for righteousness, seeking justice, demanding democracy; a service rendered willingly, vigorously, successfully. Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die. With genuine appreciation and hearty congratulation, we think of them all. We are proud of those that have been faithful and efficient in the home camps. All have done valiantly. We praise and welcome those that have been over there but have now returned to their native shores; Patfe Sevt n
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[ we follow interestedly and prayerfully those that yet tarry on European soil; we mourn those that have passed into the Great Beyond. To modify the imortal words of the matchless Lin- coln: ' The world will little note what is written about them, but it will never forget what they did in the home land and beyond the seas. Their names stand upon our roll of honor, their stars speak to us from our service flag and their conduct leads us to hold them in highest esteem. Nearly four hundred of our lads have served in the great struggle. Four golden stars illumine our service flag tel- ling a sad and sacrificial story. Elmer D. Fickes of the Class of 191 1, C. Justus Criswell of the Class of 1913, Robert Pritchett, an undergraduate, and Ira E. Lady of the Class of 1913 were killed in battle or died of wounds received therein. The death of these fine fellows is deeply regretted by every Normalite. Their names and nature are tenderly recalled by their classmates and will long be held in remembrance by the students of their day and successive years. To live in hearts we leave behind Is not to die. Of these fellows that were called upon to give their lives, Lieut. Lady looms large in our thought — partly be- cause he was a teacher in the school, partly because his brother and sister are members of 1919. He was a rare spirit and the place made vacant in the school, in his home, and in our hearts is hard to fill. Read and heed some words from one of his letters written a little while before the ringer of God touched him and he slept: The world is looking to you fellows to right it, to fill it with love, and to give it a new ideal, an ideal worth while. What will be your response? It will be what you have set up for your own ideal. Any man can make his life what he will, if he is willing to pay the price, but only those will make their lives what they can be, who catch the spirit of trust, obedience, sacri- fice for the best things. To be sincere with all the world; Page Eight
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