{"id":48711,"date":"2017-12-22T15:13:11","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T20:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=48711"},"modified":"2020-06-11T16:42:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T20:42:11","slug":"pmss-school-song-across-hills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=48711","title":{"rendered":"MUSIC PMSS School Song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pine Mountain Settlement School<br \/>Series 30: Music<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>PMSS SCHOOL SONG &#8220;Across These Hills&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"636\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/nace_1_028b-1024x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13436\" srcset=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/nace_1_028b-1024x636.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/nace_1_028b-300x186.jpg 300w, http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/nace_1_028b-624x387.jpg 624w, http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/nace_1_028b.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>[View across campus toward Grapevine Knoll, in snow, c. 1946.]   [nace_1_028b.jpg]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TAGS<\/strong>: Pine Mountain Settlement School song; school songs; music; mountains; humanity; truth; honesty; self-control; Burkham School House II;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Composed by the Pine Mountain Settlement School 1944 Senior class, this School song is firmly rooted in place.  It is a powerful but brief set of verses firmly centered on identity with place but carrying the hope and guidance of educational values turned toward a bright future. <\/p>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Across These Hills<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Across these hills our fathers came,<br \/>Found this land and here did see<br \/>That man might live and love&nbsp;and dream<br \/>And strive his truest self to be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The words by time made dear to us<br \/><em>Humanity<\/em> and sturdy<em> truth,<\/em><br \/>Deep sprung from <em>honesty, self-control,<\/em><br \/>These are their challenge to our youth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For greater skill of hand and mind,<br \/>Joys of heart and friendships free<br \/>For quickened feeling, truer aims &#8212;<br \/>For these our lives will richer be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">O guarding mountain, staunch and strong,<br \/>Our hopes and spirits oft renew.<br \/>Help us and guide us in all our ways,<br \/>O keep thy children straight and true.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Words &#8211; Srs. 1944&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Tune &#8211; Parry<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The reference to <strong>Humanity<\/strong>, <strong>Truth<\/strong>, <strong>Honesty<\/strong>, and <strong>Self-control<\/strong> references\u00a0the stones laid into the foundation of the 2nd Mary Sinclair Burkham School House. Today the stones sit mute, but powerful in the field in front of the mound where the Burkham School House once stood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">SEE<br \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15354\">MUSIC GUIDE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=10430\">1944 GRADUATING CLASS<\/a><\/strong><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=40902\"><strong>1944 PINE MOUNTAIN FAMILY ALBUM<\/strong><\/a><br \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=23198\">BOARDING SCHOOL STUDENTS 1929-1949<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=12378\">LIST OF BOARDING SCHOOL STUDENTS BY GRADUATING CLASSES<\/a><\/strong><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=1364\"><strong>NOTES &#8211; 1944<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pine Mountain Settlement SchoolSeries 30: Music PMSS SCHOOL SONG &#8220;Across These Hills&#8221; TAGS: Pine Mountain Settlement School song; school songs; music; mountains; humanity; truth; honesty; self-control; Burkham School House II; Composed by the Pine Mountain Settlement School 1944 Senior class, this School song is firmly rooted in place. 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