Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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THE GENIUS OF THE PRAIRIE 5 • No beaut) ever bloomed bill I hat il rose Hesponsive to our thoughts that lie asleep Like shadows in unfathomable deep: hat 1 1 1 11 ' siirli dreams are made of no man knows. nd to create is only to disclose What lies within. The prairie poet sings Tones of low winds, far lonely erhoings; His hues are limpid w ine-and-amber glows Of summer dawn, or sunset’s vivid red. Or distant pale-blue shimmerings of prairie heal ; I Ms rhy t Inns, slow I n pulsing, ocean-sped. Like the long sweep and dip of blowing w heat. Would each could li e his poem in the might Of (iod’s creation, ere death brings the night ! Olive w Metre

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() November .‘ 50 , lit. ' tt. Dr. K. Kariek was appointed president of lilt- Fort Hays Kansas State College, taking tlie place of the late President Y. A. Lewis. Dr. lisiricrk had been serving as acting president, and since his appointment to the presidency has adequately shown his ability as an executive and leader. Port. Hays State may reasonably be proud of her new president.

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FORT HAYS KAN Introducing the College, Its Buildings, and Its Faculty, just as it appears to a stranger on the campus. II V M RJC)RII% W LLKRSTKDT F ' ro.m one frame building. two faculty mem- bers and 5 I I udenl.s our Colic ! lias grow n h nine large slonc buildings, 57 famil y mem- bers and o r 800 1 udents. ll l his has taken plat e in I In Iasi X years. The land site of I In college includes approximately 1,000 arris and I he campus proper cov ers 000 acres. The buildings are of native slone and are modern ami commodious. n irrigation planl pro- idi water for I In I rees and shrubbery on I In campus. Cedar. poplar, elm, maple, walnut, hack berry, oli e, spruce, ash, pine, and syca- more trees may be seen on the campus. d- joiniii the ' ollege grounds are the Fort Mays I i - ntier Historical Park and the Fort Mays I ; leriim nl lal it n. v hit h is I he largest of its kind in the world. Two buiTalo live on the past ure lot he nort heast of I In campus and are living reminders of the huge herds that lorin- erly wandered over the prairies. I»ig ( reek, near the campus, is a popular place for boat- ing. lishing, and skating in season. Many picnics and hikes are enjoyed along tin in- it ing course of I he 1 ream. I In at IdH ic held is so arranged that a soccer held, a track, and a football field are available to the student. The barracks at the fair grounds were remod- eled this summer and 100 hoys have lived in them this year. It is called (‘amp Lewis and is efficiently organized. The first building tin student enters when starling to college at For! Mays Kansas Stale The far ally of Sicken lloll meets to discuss a few mailers. Mrs. ( ' .raise . Mrs. (i olden. Miss lc- C.arrol. Mr. f)jde. Mrs. Mark wet I, Miss (iorhaur. Dr. Mcfirulh Miss Dun I and Miss Doris. Page to