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    "title": "Poems and Letters relating to Peary's 1909 North Pole Expedition",
    "description": "This file contains poems and letters dedicated to Robert Peary and the 1909 expedition to the North Pole. Also included are poems relating to Frederick Cook and his claim of reaching the North Pole first.",
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    "ocrText": "The Stars of D.K.\nAir: (\"TAMMANY.\")\nFrom far and near we've gathered here, within these festal halls,\nTo answer \"present,\" with a cheer, when Delta Kappa calls.\nSome heads are gray, but hearts are gay in our great Fraternity;\nWe drink the wine of youth divine 'neath the stars of D. K. E!\nthe stars of D.K.E!\nChorus:\nD.K.E! D. K. E!\nShrine of friendship and of glee,\nYouth and truth and loyalty\nD. K. E! D. K. E!\nWe drink thy wine of youth divine!\nD.K.E!\nFirst we toast the President of these United States;\nAs scholar, soldier, statesman, he is strenuous and great;\nHe made war down in Cuba, and made peace in Asia, too,\nThen digs the Panama Canal to sail our Navy through!\nto sail our Navy through!\nChorus:\nRoosevelt ! Roosevelt !\nIn Russia and Japan he is felt,\nAnd like the Kaiser \"um die Welt!'\nRoosevelt! Roosevelt!\nHe's a Delta Kap and a glorious chap,\nRoosevelt\nWe hail Commander Peary, Theta's gallant son and bold,\nWho has carried to the furthest North the crimson, blue and gold.\nHe comes from Maine, and rides the main like a Viking bold and free,\nIn Zero Land he's a hero, and he's a loyal D. K. E.!\na loyal D. K. E!\nChorus:\nRobert E. Peary ! we\nBelieve you will achieve your goal,\nNail our banner to the Pole!\nRobert E. Peary! we\nDrink to your name and lasting fame!\nBrave D. K. E!\nA toast to Whitelaw Reid, the Nation's chief Ambassador!\nThe halls of Fame have known his name for a score of years or more;\nAs editor great in affairs of State, as Minister then to France,\nThe peace with Spain was the work of his brain, and his motto is still \"Advance!\"\nhis motto is still \"Advance!\"\nChorus:\nWhitelaw Reid! Whitelaw Reid!\nHe knows the diplomatic creed,\nWins in Britain all we need.\nWhitelaw Reid! Whitelaw Reid!\nOld Kappa's pride and ours beside!\nWhitelaw Reid !\nOthers have won glorious fame, of whom you all have heard,\nBut time's too short to name them all, if only with a word;\nSo brothers, rise and drink the health of every loyal son,\nWho wears the diamond pin of Delta Kappa Epsilon!\nDelta Kappa Epsilon!\nChorus:\nD.K.E! D.K.E!\nShrine of friendship and of glee,\nYouth, and truth, and loyalty\nD. K. E! D. K. E!\nWe drink thy wine of youth divine!\nD.K.E!\nNEW YORK, January 16th, 1907\n\"N\"78 \"A\"81"
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