Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 294, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1919 — I. U. RENEWED ITS AMERICANISM NOV. 11. [ARTICLE]

I. U. RENEWED ITS AMERICANISM NOV. 11.

(Indiana University Daily Student.) Though it is passed, the celebration commemort tins the signing of the armistice v./U long be remembered by the students of Indiana University and the citizens of Bloomington who witnessed the wonderful spectacle on Jordan Field. Literally the entire university was Nothing compelled the students to be present. They came of their own accord confident that it was a day on. which they should show their loyalty to their Alma Mater and to their country. They were more Wan wining to turn their thoughts to the gra-t. part America had played in the v7> rid war. Happiness and sorrow were two mighty feeling- that seemed to go hand in hand :..id, in fact g'rmeated the very air. And perhaps there was another feeling that grew stronger as the ceremony continued, that was accentuated by the words of President Bryan. It was a determination. to revert to that all impressive war term, “C'rry on.” A feeling that the war was not over as yet fastened itself in the wind of every person there. That In these days of reconstruction there was a great deal to be done and it was to be done through wisdom. Nothing cduld have been more impressive than the sight of this large assemblage standing with heads bowed listening and inwardly feeling the power of Chaplain -White’s prayer. The solemnity of the occasion, the strong clear voice of the chaplain as it carried to every corner of the field made everyone’s heart quicken just a little, for those who had made the supreme sacrifice and determination for the living in echoing -that famous phrase, ‘‘Th'at these dead shall not have died in vain.” It made cne g’acl to be among such a group and to know that they all .thought alike, that they were all staunch Americans and that America came first in- their thoughts. Everyone left with a warmer feeling in his heart. Left with a feeling of duty done and braced for the struggles that are sure to mark the reconstruction period that Is at hand.