West Chester University - Serpentine Yearbook (West Chester, PA)

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D a=— H 3JP J(TI7T — to see the good and beautiful in all about you; to help those whom vim meet, and to trust God absolutely is a symphony worth while. It is well to pay tribute to these boys in the Service in this dedicatory way and in every way. They fought the bat- tles for us and all mankind. In honoring them, the mem- bers of the Class of 1919 honor themselves for it is only the good and the true and the noble that recognize and revere goodness and nobility in others. They went forth in the spirit of Marco Bozzaris: Strike — till the last armed foe expires, Strike — for your altars and your fires. Thev trained and fought in accord with Wolsey ' s ap- peal : Be just and fear not, Let all the ends thou aim ' st at be thy country ' s, Thy God ' s, and truth ' s: They put aside their weapons in keeping with the poet who sings, ) Lord divine Thy name we praise; Victory, glad victory! To Thee our grateful voices raise. Victory, glad victory! Grant us that this, our righteous war, The last shall be for evermore. Let malice, lust and hate be o ' er, Victory, glad v ictory! How powerfully impressed the members of 1919, all the Alumni and every undergraduates should be with the sacrifice and strife shown by our brave boys. Whether liv- ing or dead, the lads teach us a great lesson and make a mighty appeal to us to be unselfish and patriotic. In the world ' s broad field of battle, In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! Francis Harvey Green. Page Nine

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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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