. The uplift [serial] . ople. Here in America the soldier boys, as theyhave come from all parts of the United States, have mixed and min-gled with each other, and to a large extent have forgotton many ofthe deep-seated prejudices of other years. This has been a longprocess of growth for the United States itself. Then, too, it is true that our prejudices vary in the differentperiods of life. Small children have no prejudices, but they developthem as they advance through the years. In this connection, thephilosopher Montaigne once asserted: Every period of life has itspeculiar prejudices; whoeve
. The uplift [serial] . ople. Here in America the soldier boys, as theyhave come from all parts of the United States, have mixed and min-gled with each other, and to a large extent have forgotton many ofthe deep-seated prejudices of other years. This has been a longprocess of growth for the United States itself. Then, too, it is true that our prejudices vary in the differentperiods of life. Small children have no prejudices, but they developthem as they advance through the years. In this connection, thephilosopher Montaigne once asserted: Every period of life has itspeculiar prejudices; whoever saw old age that did not applaud thepast and condemn the present time? In conclusion it may be said that great indeed is the person who 6 THE UPLIFT can distinguish between the dictates of petty prejudices and who canat the same time guide his own destiny by wholesome convictionswhich may be the product of prejudices; and great is the person whocan see his own faults as he attempts to evaluate the prejudices THE UPLIFT LOCAL HAPPENINGS Reported by Boys of the School Department Radio ProgramBy Thomas Stallings, 9th Grade Last Tuesday morning the radioprogram sponsored by the boys of theninth grade and under the supervisionof Mrs. J. C. Baucom, was one of adifferent nature from those given be-fore. This program was on the lifeof Stephen Collins Foster, and severalof the scenes were in play-like form. Stephen Foster was born on thefourth of July, 1826. Foster tookan unusual interest in music at anearly age and continued his musicstudies into his early manhood. Ste-phen Foster gave us many beautifulsongs of home which the Americanpeople love to sing. Two of his mostfamous songs were Oh, Susannaand Jeanie with the Light BrownHair. The latter he wrote for hiswife Jane McDowell. Perhaps noone place influenced Foster in hissong writing as much as did his homeat Federal Hill which he made fa-mous in the song My Old KentuckyHome. It was while visiting Ken-tucky that he got t
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