Word: hymning
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...Hymn for the Men at the Front...
...Battle Hymn of the Republic...
...misfortune with "America" as a national anthem is not that it is too intricate, nor too subtle, nor too martial. It partakes of all the grand simplicity of a Wesley hymn or a ballad of the people. The misfortune is that, like some other good things, it is not exclusively our own. In England it is known as "God save the king." And in the tuneful land of Germany the words people sing to it are "Heil dir im Siegerkranz, Herrscher des Volkes ganz." It would be somewhat of a pity if at some patriotic gathering Americans doffed their hats...
Walter Marshall Horton '17 of Arlington has been awarded the competition for the Senior Baccalaureate Hymn. As a result of the competitions for the Class Day ticket designs, those submitted by Harold Lewis Dayton '17 of Cambridge for the Yard and the Stadium exercises have been chosen. The design of Earle Henry Bean '17 of Melrose has been accepted for the dance tickets...
...when a band or orchestra play it. The mumbling and lipcontortions which immediately ensue are not conducive to raising the level of one's feelings. Perhaps at no time in her history has our nation so needed all the latent patriotism that exists. Learning the words of our national hymn may be a valuable contribution in these critical times, and this bit of memory effort is not too much to ask of apparently patriotic citizens...