in our 161st Year - Illinois Wesleyan University
in our 161st Year - Illinois Wesleyan University
in our 161st Year - Illinois Wesleyan University
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America The Beautiful<br />
O beautiful for spacious skies,<br />
For amber waves of gra<strong>in</strong>,<br />
For purple mounta<strong>in</strong> majesties<br />
Above the fruited pla<strong>in</strong>!<br />
America! America!<br />
God shed his grace on thee,<br />
And crown thy good with brotherhood<br />
From sea to sh<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g sea.<br />
— Kather<strong>in</strong>e Lee Bates<br />
(1859-1929)<br />
Alma <strong>Wesleyan</strong>a<br />
From hearts aflame <strong>our</strong> love we pledge to thee,<br />
Where’er we wander over land or sea;<br />
Through time unend<strong>in</strong>g loyal we will be —<br />
True to <strong>our</strong> Alma Mater <strong>Wesleyan</strong>.<br />
When college days are fully past and gone,<br />
While life endures from twilight dream till dawn,<br />
Grandly thy soul shall with us l<strong>in</strong>ger on —<br />
Star-crowned <strong>our</strong> Alma Mater <strong>Wesleyan</strong>!<br />
— Professor W. E. Schultz<br />
(1887-1964)
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