Arizona State University - Sun Devil Spark / Sahuaro Yearbook (Tempe, AZ)

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THE LEGEND OF THE SAHUARO OF 1926 XD the desert spread out. vast and far reaching, the lone survivor was the Indian.—the victor, the conqueror. He roamed the expansive wastes, he knew its rivers and hills, its dangers and threats. He alone knew and persevered through the ages. Then came the White Man. bringing with him his knowledge, his understanding of science, yea. even of the very universe. He created here new wonders, he made water run where water was wanted to run. he made green tilings grow where green things were wanted to grow. And in the midst of such, there came great settlements of White Men, and they learned to till the soil and raise fine crops, and the land gave forth many riches. Men prospered till great cities sprang up in the midst of the fertile lands. And in one of these cities of beauty sprang up another thing, a thing within itself. There can:e a desire for more knowledge, an earnest seeking for more civilization, so that in the course of years, welded by the hands of time, supported by the reign of prosperity, endowed with a spirit of generosity, a great thing came to be. More beauty was brought forth from the waste, —more plains and lovely growing things, and in the midst of beauty and among these cherished surroundings were erected great and beautiful buildings.—a school of learning, —grown out of the ages. A school has come to be loved, famed, honored and re- vered. a school has sprung from the desert and the uncon- querable. to be renowned and glorified,—our school! $ Ft!