The Civil War continues to be fought throughout the South. Transient malcontents seem eager to chip away at our southern heritage and traditions. Statues of Confederate heroes have been sent into exile, and battle flags have been lowered. In some sections of the Old South, the white flag has been raised in place of the Stars and Bars, but down here in Hays County, there is still an army of Rebels who are fighting for their rights.
The administration of Hays Consolidated Independent School District underhandedly banned “Dixie” as Hays High School’s fight song back in the summer, claiming the song had racial undertones. The shifty school administrators, hunkered behind a willowy board, never expected such fierce resistance from the local community and faced a continuous barrage from determined students, parents and alumni at every school board meeting.
Unfortunately, the Rebels lost the battle of “Dixie” when a suspicious student committee voted to select a new fight song for Hays High School. Like the flag and granite statues of heroic soldiers, the traditional song of the South has been pilfered from proud southerners by scaly scoundrels of northern descent.
