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DENVER - Poudre High School's decision to play the World anthem for its graduation ceremony sparked an angry reaction from a parent who wanted to hear the national anthem and stirred a dust-up on talk radio this week. Gail Wagner, whose daughter graduated May 24, wrote a letter to the school principal, the district superintendent and the Denver Rocky Mountain News calling the anthem "an insipid little song about a world of peace and love" and an insult to America. She said it took the place of the national anthem. It did not, said Poudre High Principal Sandra Lundt. Lundt...

Debate over anthem surprises principal By TODD HARTMANScripps-McClatchy Western ServiceJune 07, 2002DENVER - Poudre High School's decision to play the World anthem for its graduation ceremony sparked an angry reaction from a parent who wanted to hear the national anthem and stirred a dust-up on talk radio this week. Gail Wagner, whose daughter graduated May 24, wrote a letter to the school principal, the district superintendent and the Denver Rocky Mountain News calling the anthem "an insipid little song about a world of peace and love" and an insult to America. She said it took the place of the...

The World Anthem Throughout the world, We sing our praise to peace, Our bond of love, Will serve us endlessly. May we sing loud, To fire our hopes and joys, And let us now, Believe in trust, Eternally for all. All the winds, And all the storms, All the passions, Be calm. Let the earth's foundations rise, To call us all as one. This song we sing, To lead us through the night, To see us through, The trying times, To a future bright. Throughout the world, We sing our praise to peace, Our bond of love, Will serve us...