The uplift [serial] . FT 7 See big! Look up, out of the valley of mediocrity. See your-self as the fine, strong, splendid character that you want to the big possibilities of your position. See your big opportun-ities for growth and service. See the big potentialities of yourbusiness. Open your eyes and see life with a big mind, a big heart, a bigsoul. That is the way to live a big life! NATIONAL ANTHEM WRITTEN 126 YEARS AGO September 13th marked the 126th anniversary of the writing ofThe Star-Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key. This poem,written during the British bombardment of Fort
The uplift [serial] . FT 7 See big! Look up, out of the valley of mediocrity. See your-self as the fine, strong, splendid character that you want to the big possibilities of your position. See your big opportun-ities for growth and service. See the big potentialities of yourbusiness. Open your eyes and see life with a big mind, a big heart, a bigsoul. That is the way to live a big life! NATIONAL ANTHEM WRITTEN 126 YEARS AGO September 13th marked the 126th anniversary of the writing ofThe Star-Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key. This poem,written during the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, inChesapeake Bay, has immortalized the name of this writer. Nohymn in the whole history of America is better known or morehighly honored by all true Americans than this, our national school children should know and better understand the historyof Old Glory. We are reproducing in this issue an article, AsProudly He Wrote, by Hal Borland, which appeared in the maga-zine section of the New York na THE UPLIFT AS PROUDLY HE WROTE By Hal Borland A cruiser is anchored in the Hud-son River and as evening nears thereis a gathering of men and womenalong Riverside Drive, opposite it,plainly waiting for something. Thesun dips toward the Palisades andthe shrill notes of a boatswainspipe skip across the water. Thecrowd watches. Men in white as-semble on the cruisers deck in easyranks. There is a hush and a faintbreeze ruffles the national ensignthere on the cruiser. Then the bandis heard in an opening bar and everyman aboard ship stiffens to atten-tion. The flag quivers and the bandmelody becomes clear. The meas-uredd beat rises, falls, moves on, andslowly the flag comes down—slowlyand in exact time to the music. On shore nearly all the membersof the crowd have been on theirfeet, most of them bareheaded, afew of them at awkward salute. Andthus they stand until the last notesof the anthem die away. It is onlya peacetime ceremony—the loweringof the flag at eveni
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