AXE Q ay > - \ ith b ESE mma Ay js Mas RS R tD) 2. s\ i PR RARE Eo a acta ba Lae tN RR IEE ECT Pi Ce ee eae et aa ean ran aber Rae as ato ase ——. IAA i a Sill in A 5 oe a v Sah KL) or Tm! “ Entered as second-class matter, September 21, 1911, at the postoffice at Rock Island, Ill., under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879, a So if I i i Cceenceannil TTT cc iin E’S just a lad, a bonnie lad, but his country calls today, And we honor him his valor, and we love him for the way That he squares his boyish shoulders and lifts high a firm, round chin, While he faces toward the highway and the distant battle’s din. il ’ He’s just a lad, a bonnie lad, but a soldier brave and true, And we'll miss him in the home town, and on Sunday in the pew Where but yesterday he stood and sang ‘My Country, "Tis of Thee,’ Swelling to a note of triumph the ‘Sweet Land of Liberty.’ cc ccc He’s just a lad, a bonnie lad, but the bugle, clear and sweet, And the glory of the colors and the drum’s insistent beat Thrill him to exalted manhood and his soul is swept with fire From the altar that was kindled by his own ancestral sire.” i ~)\ | Volume MIT | OCTOBER, 1917. Number 10. L ‘ PRT 2 ees ee DI “re Or os WEXNo | SE ORT on oe eed \ ; ps) h SIT notre eee . 0. FAD) mms {i | Din Messe 2)