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BADIN, NORTH CAROLINA
FRATERNAL BADIN
ADIN is a city of fraternities. There is no place
offering greater possibilities to a man who delights
in this work, and who wishes to put his whole soul
into the task of serving his fellow-man, and work
ing for the upbuilding of his community. BADIN has for her
citizenship men from nearly every State in the Union—men
and fellow-men. As he meets with his fellows from time
to time, and shares their joys and sorrows, it makes him
realize that there is really much to be held in common with
all mankind—that all of us have our sorrows, and none
reach the place where the kind word of encouragement is
not welcomed.
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who have been leaders before coming to cast their lots with
us. To such men belong the credit and honor of starting the
work of the various fraternities in our city.
Among the fraternities holding regular meetings are to
be found the Masonic Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Woodmen
of the World, Loyal Order of Moose, and The Patriotic Order
of Sons of America. These meetings are held on the second
floor of the BADIN Theater Building, in a spacious hall that
has been especially fitted for work of this nature. One of
the remarks that is frequently heard from visitors is: “You
have the finest lodge room in North Carolina.” The Tal-
lassee Power Company has gone to considerable expense in
constructing this building, and it is one of which the entire
community is proud.
When a man connects himself with a fraternity that
stands for something, as do these fraternities, and lives up
to the teaching and standards set forth, he is placing him
self in a position to be a greater asset to his community
A great task is confronting the fraternities of BADiN,
as well as those of the entire world. It is the problem oi
saving men’s lives, by the study of their welfare and the
promotion of every feature of our common life. America is
called to a world-leadership; and the fraternities that stand
for all that is good, pure, and upright will be counted on
to have a large part in this program. It will be ours
secure the development of men’s lives; their education; their
culture; their moral uplift; and their spiritual growth.
“Build thee more stately mansions, O, my soul.
As the swift seasons roll;
Leave thy low vaulted past;
Let each new temple, nobler than the last.
Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast,
Till thou at last art free.
Leaving thine outgrown shell
By life’s unresting sea.”