We were reminded in chapel last Saturday morning that it is not necessary to limit our loyalty to one friend or one organization or one thing. Loyalty should be elastic, and the more people to whom we are loyal, the stronger that attachment should be. In other words, the scope of our faithfulness should be so enlarged as to include all types of people, whether they be friends or not, and all types of organizations. There are a number of types of loyalty—loyalty to colors, to college, to friends, to acquaintances, but the manifestation of loyalty to a friend in need stands high above all the rest—and we must remember that one circle of friends should not be so narrowed as to include only a few. The scout motto: “Do a good deed daily” is one form of loyalty—faithfulness to humanity. It would be well if we each adopted this as a motto.
Be faithful to people with whom you come in contact; lend aid when it is needed; be ready when called on to do your duty; and in the end your friends and companions will feel that whatever the time or circumstances, they can count on you for support.
From the editorial page of The Salemite, published weekly by the student body of Salem College, Winston-Salem, N.C., Saturday, Oct. 31, 1925
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