University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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The Land That God Forgot. A Song of the West. Oh, the land that God forgot, Where the sand and cactus ruled, Paradise of rattlesnakes, Bald and arid, brackish-pooled ; First the Conquistadors came Lusting after precious stones, And the fiery desert waste Whitened everywhere with bones; Then the Forty-niners passed With their oxen gaunt and thin, And they only knew the land As a place to perish in; P ' t at last the soul of men Understood what God had willed And perceived the land was there To be set abloom and tilled, And long ditches ribbed the sand With their rippling fluid bars And revived an ancient world Like the waterways of Mars, And the tender grass grew up And the sleek kine laid them dowii, And the freights toiled in and out Fat with wares from many a town. There the sunflowers golden-rayed And the blue alfalfa flowers Lured the labor of the bee Through the languid torrid hours, There the wheat grew tall and t ' . ' ight, And the ancient ocean bed Shot up leagues of tasseled com High above the farmer ' s head; Schools were builded, churches rose; Children to the clime were bom, And they loved and praised the lan( Once a hissing and a scorn. ihe land that God forgot, Barren with oblivion ' s curse? — But it hid a wealth like gold In a miser ' s wretched purse. The land that God forgot, To Apaches, cruel, wild, Abandoned, where the stern F ' ace of Nature never smiled? — Nay, to deem that God forgets Were but blasphemy and shame; He withheld the magic touch Till His sons desired the same. Harry H Fbm!

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George Miles March, A.H., La vrence, Kansas. K ; Y. M. C. A. Witty, fun-lovin , jovial, care-free — a good fellow is Rareback. ' He never cared anything about girls, either, until Well, a fellow has to commence sometime, and as George says that his final ami i ion is to settle down with a Mrs. Rareback to enjoy life, we ' ll forgive George is a Lawrence product and says that he hates to leave the place so badly that he will stay another year and learn to be an engineer. Rebecca Elizabeth Moody, A.B., Lawrence, Kas. KA0; Quill Club; Y. W. C. A.; Class Secre tary ' 04-05; Freshman Social Committee; Sopho- more Social and ' Sophomore Committee; Junior Farce; Senior Play Committee; Senior Play; Jayhawker Board. Rebecca is one of the youngest of our fair sex, and has proven to be one of the most popular — as clearly shown by the Senior vote. Always a strong girl in the Class, from making sandwiches for scrappers to being a representative on the Junior Line, she has shown herself the right kind. She has a case, but even when he was in school it was an ideal one, and not of the popular strolling variety. Edwin Clyde Morgan, A.B., Clay Center, Kas. I B0n; A ; French Play, ' 05; Glee Club, 06-07; Junior Farce; Vice-President Hospit 1 Ass ' n. Ed came to us a pretty boy, with his automo- bile cap and fancy necktie, and has won a place in the hearts of all who know him. As a ladies ' politician, Ed holds the record from the fall of ' 05, and the affections formed then were so varied that it has always lieen hard to tell where the bulk of them lay. Ed is going to be a doctor; and we are sure that, with his ways and happy expression he will make a successful one. Genevieve Clark, A.B., Lawrence, Kas. I Y. W. C. A.; Secretary Sophomore Class; (k ' rman Club; Penior Pliy. Clarkie gained popularity with her Class in the very early days, partly on account of her good-natured giggle and j)artly because she was always willing to help us out, no matter whether it was to provide sandwiches for the boys after a Class scrap, or to lie a candidate on a pink ticket. In her Sophomore year she develojjcd a severe case with a Senior and tivday she is wearing a diamond.