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To the Editors of the CRIMSON:
I am submitting for your approval a little original poem which was written in the hope of helping a special Harvard junior to make his decisions...
I'm a man now and can evaluate
The blessings which attend my fate.
The greatest blessing I now can see
Is being born in this land of the free!
John Harvard, with wisdom and foresight complete,
Founded Fair Harvard, with opportunities replete.
George Washington, unselfish and brave,
Cast his lot with the patriots, their freedom to save.
He led them through hardship 'til vict'ry was won;
They chose him as President and worthy was he
The Union was started all men to be free!
Adams, Jefferson and others of like legal skill
Framed the Constitution which governs us still.
Abraham Lincoln later on became the Great Emancipator He could boast no Alma Mater.
His great wisdom and guidance in strife
Preserved this great Union at cost of his life!
These men all, so history says,
Sought God's guidance in all their ways,
In summing it up I have come to believe
That a life worth while is not all to receive,
But to give and to serve for the good of mankind
Calls for the best that is in us, I find.
Two more years of study and when I am through
I shall ask God to aside as to what I can do
To aid fellowmen lasting peace to attain,
And give my best towards its ultimate gain! --Olive J. Ranck, Boston
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