Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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College Song All hail the College that we love! At the throne, the throne of wisdom ' s sway. Oh, let OS lift our songs above The thronging multitude to-day. No pride of riches here may s«e: • The head, the heart, the hand. United must be true — Be true to thee, our White and Blue, When they join our happy band. There is no emblem half so sweet As our colors, colors pure and true; There is no banner that we greet. Like ' thee, our dear old White and Blue. No youth its beauty ere denies; Such thought no maid alllows. For blue is in her eyes — For blue is in her bonnie eyes, And of white her thoughtful brow. CHORUS: Then cheer anew for the B. Y. U.! We ' ve come to work, to live, to do; We ' ll raise the standard — bear it through; Our hearts are true to the B. Y. U.

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Homes of the School N historical sketch of the Brigham Young University takes the reader back to a time when Provo was a country village. The city is not yet completely urban- ized? for the meek-eyed cow still pays the land-tax, even on our fine cement side-walks. But in 1875, and even for a decade thereafter, the threshing ma- chine hummed on more than one spot where now clicks the typewriter, and the old-fashioned horse power cumbered Main street at many a front gate, for brief intervals. the preeminence which Provo is destined to at- a swift growth of the city, built a structure Nevertheless, men foresaw even then tain. One man in particular, believing which must have surprised and delighted the sturdy pioneers, and encouraged them to shed their log cabins and put on adobe. The Lewis block, for so it was called, occu- pied the ground now partly covered by the Farmers ' and Merchants ' bank. It abut- ted on the sidewalk, and consisted of two long store-rooms below, with office rooms at the back, and a public hall above. Di- rectly over the two offices was a stage which was elevated four feet above the main upper floor. Three feet more had been taken from the height of the ceiling in the offices below; and the space thus cre- ated midway between the ground and the roof, made room for actors to drown or hoist ore, or be hurled down rocky preci- pices, to soft bed-springs below. This cellar in mid-air is of historic significance, in The Lewis Block [9]