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Show 1 t 'IO L.-1 - ; f FJYE • ,: Published Semi-Monthly _l'i HIS TORY OF OUR I ~RARY Of TH£ FLA.~ The Union Jack, the national flag of the British Empire., in which vrere combined the crosses of st. George and st. Andrew, was used by the .Amerioan Colonies in their early period. Sometimes a pine tree or hemisphere W'!:tS figured in the upper left-hand quarter. The Revolution and pre-Revo luti onary controversied brought many d~vioes for flags and banners, the lar ger portion bearing mottoes def iant of the British government. Soon after the fight at Lexington the volunteers from Connecticut put on their flags the arms of the Colony, with the legend Qui tr ans tuli t s us tinet ( He who brought us over s us t e.ins us). Official s.otion was taken with regard to s. national flag on June 14, ;, '1777, when the Continental Congress ps.ssed a res1olution; "That t ht!! flag of t he thirte8n United Sta~es be thirteen stripes, al t C'irna.te red and white ; thai; tho union be thirteen star·s·, white in a blue field, representing a new i,onstellation." Many writers have considered the design to have been suggesteu by t he coat of Co. 2539 Brigham City, Utah arms of the Washington family, which contains both the stars and stripes. Paul Jones claimed to have been the f irst to raise the new flag over a naval vessel. On Jan. 13, 1794, Congres s decreed that the · flag have fifteen stripes, alternate red and white; that t he union have fifteen st..;:u-s,. white in a blue fiold., the intention apparently being to add a stri pe and a star for each new s tate admitted. iin 1818, however , the number of states having increased to 20, Congress enacted t hat the 111.,mber of stripes be reduced to 13, to t y pify the original 13 States; that the number of stars be inoreas.-ed to 20; and t hat 11 on,the admission of averf'new State into the union one st0r be added to the union of the flag, a..~d that such addition shall take effect on the Fourth of July next succeeding suoh a.dmissi_o n. PURFOSE OF THE BIRD CENSUS Leon Brandon The object of the bird census is to find out what Uncle Sam, is doing with the money he is putting into t he bird sanc tuary. He is to make the refuge more habitable for f'J0.2B June 15, 1937 .the different species of birds, mostly vrator fowl. 01.)r job is to locate the nests, count the eggs, mark the eggs, and watch them until the eggs have hatched . This is to get an idea of how muny birds habi tate t he refuge en.ch year. There nre three main covers that the birds use for nesting. They o.re: cattail, rot1nd rush, thre e square. The birds of ·:ost inter est to the government are: tho c~ada goose, mallard, gadwall, bald.:.. fate, wi dgeon, pi ntail, red hon.d, green winged teal, bl ue vringe d teal, shoveler., ruddy duck. OHAPLA.IN CURTIS BRINGS moGRAM TO CAl.vIP Chaplain Curtis was in camp last week bringing with him a group of girl entertainers, The numbers consisted of dancing readings, songs and musical selections . All of this program was im.mensley enjoyed by all who attended the program. I believe if we had our lives to live over again, that we would all wish to be a chaplain as is Chaplain Curtis. --- . ... - - -- - - - " - ' - - |
