The 1918 Reveille Student Yearbook
Remembering "Our Soldier Brothers"

Dedication To Maryland State Men in War Service;
To the Men on our Roll of Honor;
Maryland State sends greetings to her sons in the service.
Mindful of your sense of duty, your courage, your strength,
We, the classes or 1918 and 1919,
Deem it a distinct honor to dedicate this volume to you,
Our Soldier Brothers.

To the Men on our Roll of Honor
By Prof. Thomas H. Spence

Remember, fellows, that while fond hearts at home are throbbing for your welfare and safety, we, your college clan, are watching you with calm assurance. There is, nowadays, a lull on the campus - "the team is away today." We have not yet heard the score, but - "that team of ours cannot lose." You compose our squad of fourscore sturdy men, all true and tried.

We know the lessons you have mastered in classrooms, the training you have had on the drill grounds and campus, the college spirit within you that means, "Never say die." Remember, the mission of your Alma Mater is to develop American Manhood, that her highest and noblest achievement is to make a MAN.

Your sojourn at your College has not been in vain, for has she not garbed you in the raiment of power, and girded you with the sword of right? You have enlisted in the greatest cause on this earth - the liberation of man. You were born a free man; you were rocked in the cradle of Liberty; you have inhaled the spirit of Democracy with every breath which you have drawn upon the campus of your Alma Mater.

She knows, that you will not falter in this struggle, the struggle of man for manhood, the struggle of man for womanhood, the struggle of man for God and native land. May God bless you.

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