Missouri State University - Ozarko Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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l-llf CITIES rise in high serrated peaks That cut a jagged line against the slcy. A Titan aslcing an eternal why Exultant energy forever seel4s Clhrough drills and dredges, steam-shovels, whose healcs Dig deep and deeper, and whose siren cry Seems depth and height and distance to defyb For Firm foundations . . . dredging weeks and weelcs. ln such a changing world, is BEAUTY now, Without a veil . . . Fierce suns have melted mists, The Searchlight seeks her out, her up-stretched wrists Beseech, command, that all should grant, allow That simple, starlc and harsh he her appeal, A Fitting symbol lor an age of steel. -MARGARET BALL DICKSON.

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ROY ELLIS President of the College A.B. CUniversity of Missourij A.M. CHarvard Universityj Ph.D. CColumbia Universityj A message from our President through the words of the late Dr. Samuel Palmer Brooks of Baylor University: There is beauty, there is joy, and there is laughter in lifegas there ought to be. But remember, my students, not to regard lightly nor to ridicule the sacred things, those worthfwhile things. Hold them dear, cherish them, for they alone will sustain you in the end. And remember, too, that only through work, and often through hardships, may they be obtained. But the compensation of blessing and sweetness at the last will glorify every hour of work and every heartache from hardship. Do not face the future with timidity or with fear. Face it solidly, courageously, joyously. Have faith in what it holds. , WROY ELLIS. E171