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 can be no 100 per cent. activity in a person whose body is not 100 per cent. fit. That is what we at Northfield ask—a place where we can build up and create the stamina and strength necessary for all the emergencies of American life.

"We want you to see, before you go, some of the spirit of Northfield. And so I ask the students to sing our school hymn, 'Northfield Forever.

The orchestra struck up the opening bars, and the strains of the song swept through the auditorium in a mighty chorus. It was good to hear—stirring, heart-warming. Praska, when it was done, stepped forward again.

"Without the fathers and mothers of Northfield behind us," he cried, "Northfield could not be what it is. I want a big cheer for mother and for dad."

A cheer leader came running down the aisle. "Are you ready? Everybody in on this. Make it good. Yip yip!"

The cheer crashed out probably as no Northfield cheer had ever crashed before. A storm of applause burst from the audience. Seized with the inspiration of the moment, Praska raised his hands.

"Won't you?" he asked the people, "sing