She raised a large Emblem that we have purchaced at
fifty cents each, and said in a thrilling voice that our beloved
Country was now at war, and expected each and all to do his
duty.
"I shall not," she said, "point out to any the Fields of
their Usefulness. That they must determine for themselves. But
I know that the Girls of this school will do what they find to
do, and return to the school at the end of two weeks, school
opening with evening Chapel as usual and no tardiness permitted,
better off for the use they have made of this Precious Period."
We then sang the Star-Spangled Banner, all standing and
facing the piano, but watching to see if Fraulein sang, which
she did. Because there are those who consider that she is a
German Spy.
I am now sitting in the Upper House, wondering what I can
do. For I am like this and always have been. I am an American
through and through, having been told that I look like a tipical
American girl. And I do not beleive in allowing Patriotism to be
a matter of words--words, emty words.
No. I am one who beleives in doing things, even though
necesarily small.
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