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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1932
HISTORY OF THE
POPULAR SONG-"AMERICA"
(By. B. D. Bunn.)
There is probably no song in our
hool books or on our patriotic pro
rams that is more familiar than
Vmenea." However, probably very
'W of us know the history of this
ng nor do we know that there were
riginally 8 stanzas. To those who are
itertstxl I am giving here a partial
istory of th song and also the 5, G,
and 8 stanzas.
Since "America" was lir.-t sunir in
ubhc on July 4. 1832, special at
mtion was paid during our
ourtn ol July celebration to honor
-ev. Samuel Francis Smith, the
lan who wrote the song. Dr. Smith
as born in Boston on October 21,
ou. as a1 boy he attended success
ively a "dame school," the foreign
er of the modern kindergarten; the
;iiot School; and the Boston Latin
chool, in all all of which he showed
inusual talent and won many medals
or scholarship. At the age of sev
nteen years he entered Harvard
ollege. He was a classmate of Oliver
Vendell Holmes who, in one of his
lass, reunion poems "The Boys"
vrote this quatrain: '
nd there's a nice youngster of ex
cellent pith;
?ate tried to conceal him by naming
him Smith :
But lit shouted a song for the brave
and the f-ce
Just rend on his medal. "Mv country,
of thee,"
In 1831 William C. Woodbridge, a
noted educator of N?v York, visited
Germany's public schools, particularly
lor the purpose of bringing back any
idea which might be adapted for use
in the schools of the United States.
He learned what every good German
knows, that -musL- has an important
place in the life of the people and in
School life. as well rniKvinnnH,,
some of the school music books brouirht
oy mv. w oodtu-Mgc were passed
tta'ntially as they are sung today. I
did not share the regret of those who
deem it an evil that the national tune
of Britain and America is the same.
Cn the contrary, I deem it a new and
be: utif ul tie of union between the
mother and the daughter.
"1 did not propose lo write a na
tional hymn. I did not think, that
1 had done so. Some weeks later I
eat it to Mr. Mason, and on the fol
lowing Fourth of July, much lo rny
surprise, ho brought it out at a
children's celebration, where it was
I sung in puln'c." Ed'.var.l Kv-
ci'Ctt Hale, then ten vears old. w;is one
l the children in the choir.
The original manuscript of tha fa
mous ..Ming is now treasured by the
Harvard L'nivi'rsity library, to which
. .a !)t(iue..tlied !v Doctor Smiths
.-(in in 1 !14. In accepting the gift
W. ('. Lane, the Harvard Librarian
wiote, "This is one of the most pre
cious bits of original manuscript which
any American library could desire to
own."
Our glorious Land today,
'Neath Education's sway,
Soars upward still.
Its halls of learning fair,
Whose bounties all may share,
Behold them every where
On vale and hill.
The safeguard, Libertv.
The school shall ever be;
Uur nation s nrnie:
No tvrant. hand shiill mit
While with encircling might
All here are taught the Right
With Truth allied.
Grins
and
Chuckles
"What a terrible writer 1'oits is!
Hi i, ace s'.-nt a letter t:j Smith-son,
th'- jrccfi giocer, asking him to send
some tomatoes.
"What happened?"
"Well, after Smithson had used it
for a passport to France and Spain,
and a- a driving license in Italy, he
played it on the piano."
"We better make a front-page
story of this wedding." remarked the
editor.
"Why?" asked the society reporter
in surprise. "They aren't very prom
inent people."
"That mav be," he replied, "but
this is the first account of a wed
(Ihig you have turned in for ages
that hasn't held a last line, "They
will reside with the bride's parents."
--'.'ircinnati Knquirer.
Police Chief "How's that mur
der story?"
Cop "The same old bunk! They
catch the murderer in the end."
'.' . C. N. Y. Mercury.
bad
alone, to Lowell Mason, a talented
musician and pioneer in the intro
duction ol music into the Huston pub
lic schools. Mr, .Mason was not a
.tudent of Gorman. He ask-d Sam
uel Francis Smith, who had an ex
traordinary facility in languages, to
make translations from the. German
' or to write new verses which could
be set to the German music.
"On . a dismal day ' in .February.
1832, looking over one of these book's,
my attention was drawn to a tune
which attracted me by its simple and
natural movement and its fitness for
children's choirs," wrote Dr. Smith
years later.
"Glancing .-it 1h r:,v.,n ,.,..).. t
the foot of the page, I saw that they
were patriotic, and I was instantly
inspired to write a patriotic hymn Of
my own.
"Seizing a scrap of waste paper, I
began to write, and in half an hour,
I think, the words stood upon it sub-
Beneath Heaven's gracious will
The stars of progress still
Our cursc do swav:
In unity sublime
To broader heights we climb,
Triumphant over Time
God speeds our way.
Grand birthright of our sires,
Our altars and our fires
Keep we still pure!
Our starry flag unfurled,
The hope of all the world.
In peace and Light impearled,
Gi'd hold secure !
"What's the idea of the Greens hav
ing French lessons?"
"They have adopted a French baby,
and want to understand what she
says when she begins to talk."
During an extremely cold spell in
the I'litrf SiniiTwl rtrtimfi.,, Lm.tl,!nn
gummed the works of a thermometer
nung ouvsiue me t-namoer ot com
merce buildine- and th worst it rnnlH
do was 72 below.
Along came a man bundled up to
his eanrs, but :-till shivering. For a
moment he gazed at the themometer
then turned away in disgust saying:
'Ain't that ju;t like the Chamber of
Commerce, anyway?' "
Algernon ( reading joke) : "Pawn
cy this, Percy, a chap here .thinks
inui a looioau coacn has jour wheels. '
Percy: "Haw! Haw- And how many
wheels has the bally thing?"
"My daughter's music lessons are
tun- to me."
' How is that?:i
"The v enabled
neighbor's houses
'Just what good have you done)
humanity?" ;.sked 'he judge he-t
ing sentence on the pick-
to
lcr pas
Docket.
"Well." replied the confirmed crim-j
inal, Tv - k-pt thro? or four detcc-i
tivis working regularly." St John's
Teleeram. ,
It was approaching midnight and
the young man still hovered around
the door. The stillness was sudden
ly shattered by a loud crash up
stairs.
"Gracious, dear" said the
swain, "wha could that be?"
lfeplied the miss, "hat's just
dropping a hint." Pelo-Mele.
timid
"Oh,"
papa
Whv won't you marry
me to buv the
at nan pnee
Gazzettino Illustrato (Vienice.)
"What's the matter with that guy?"
"He is complaining to his wifP that
hi.-, stenographer dresn't understand
him.'' Louisville Courier-Journal.
Father
Fntz?"
Daughter "I
man who know.'
its rciTov.s."
Fathei "I -te a w-'ul ,v.er
Deutsche Illustriete i Berlin.)
will -nly marry a
life ami has learned
Granville County farmers haw
started an onion growing project as
a source of cash for the coming y?ar.
"And here, I suppose, is another
of the horrible portraits you call
';'rt'!" snorted a cross and near
sighted old lady in an Oklahoma City
antique snon.
"Kxjcuse mo, madam." said the
snopiveeper quietly, "hut that is a
mirror."
.VA;il ( IIJUHMX'S HOOKS
1'he .following books have recently
been placed on the shelves of the
local- library.
The Patty Hooks (o. by Carolyn
Wells.
Bouquet Hill, by Jane Abbott.
Corey Takes the Scent Trail,
Smith.
A Boy Scout With Bvrd, Siple.
The Arrow of Tire, Snell.
A Boy Scout Round the World,
Huld.
Mystery Boys in Ghost Canyon,
lions.
(Bought with Mr. Th
money,)
I- - WIU III I'U II L1 1 II
air would disagree with me."
, Hubby "My dear, it wouldn't
dar?!" Humorist.
HOW ABOUT THE
CHILDREN'S SHOES?
Get out last year's school shoes and send them to
us and we'll return them to you good as new, am!
the cost will be very small.
Don't wait until cold weather sets in sent them
today.
Next To Western Union Telegraph Office
THE CHAMPION SHOE SHOP
MAIN ST.
E. T. Duckett, Proo.
NEXT WESTERN UNION
"Did you t vcr hear a fisherman
e th,. trill iV"
"Yes, 1 hea.-d one call another a
liar.
With bowed shotilde-s llomsr Smith
entered his house. His ' .dragging
feet .shuffled their way through the
front hall and into the kit-hen whore
his wile was preparing the evening
meal. The smile failed from Mrs,
Smith's face as she noted the woebe
gone appearance of her better half.
"Homer!" she cried, --.Slumping into
a chair, Homer Smith 'stared straight
ahead with dead cys. "Toll me, d.-irl-
illL'." l)p;ltitif hw vjil'p. -iV. i.nmn i,i.
to Homer and lifted hi, chin in her
hand. Homer Smith moistened his
lips with his tongue. "The worst,"
he said dismally, "has happened."
"No!" cried Mrs. Smith, aghast.
"Yes!" said Homer. "This afternoon
just before quitting time the boss
called me in and gave me the busi
ness." ,
Thev wcrn cfintnH tuirncn V,rt tolOn
y wv v.v ui'.J ,ui; ihuic
from each other in the restaurant,
ine weanny octogenarian and the gold
digger.
' ' W i 1 1 vrtll man-lr i. it T V. . . ..
health rejuvenated?" he asked.
"I'll marry you, all right," she re
plied, "but you leave your health the
way it is." American Legion Monthly.
There is
-. wvvo.......:. .v. ...
a
Santa
Qaus
Mother "Now, do vou know where
oad little girls go to?"
Molly "Oh, yes they go almost
tverywheri"." Everybody's Weekly
( London.)
SI (tearfully) "You said if I'd
marry you you'd be humbly grateful."
T'" (sourly)-.-"Well, what of it?"
Sir.? "You'rn not- von'rw mi"iml.l
ling hatefully." Boston Transcript.-
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