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Page 13 text:
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Did you see the Juniors working. In the heat on the mountain side? Did you see a single one shirking? Xo. the task was his greatest pride. They were planting a token of homage In the earth on that mountain high: A token of love for their college. The sign of a lasting tie. So they toiled from morning till night. Their bodies were weary and aching. But there in the last rays of twilight Shone the M, the M of their making. Their spirits arose at the sight Of the tribute that thus came to be. And echoing far in the night They sang praises to M. S. C.
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Page 14 text:
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History of the M. Early in the fall of 1915 some members of the present Junior class conceived the idea of constructing a huge M on some adjacent mountainside within full sight of the college and town. The purpose of this undertaking was two-fold: first, to leave the college an enduring monument to the loyalty of the class of 1918. and second, to perpetuate the name of the class of '18 and to set an example of achievement to the classes in years to come. The plan was brought up in class meeting and the entire class at once became enthusiastic and straightway set about making the necessary preparations. A preliminary survey revealed the fact that the most available site for the M was on Old Baldy on the southwest slope just above the Fish Hatchery, but in plain sight of the town and the surrounding country. This was five miles from town, but possessed many natural advantages, and it was therefore accepted. The committee of five appointed to lay out the letter toiled up the steep slope one morning with transit and tape and after taking a few sights and engaging in much calculating and discussion they set the stakes for the outlines of the letter. A week later the Sophomores were granted a holiday and nearly sixty boys made the trip to the Fish Hatchery on bicycles, buggies and automobiles. From six-thirty in the morning until sunset they toiled without ceasing. Each man busied himself with carrying the slabs of stone which lay thick on the mountainside, and placed them on the M. The outlines as marked by stakes set by the survey party were first filled in with the larger rocks and then material of all sizes was dumped inside to fill in the letter. The enormous amount of material required exhausted the easily available material and in the afternoon lines were formed and the rock passed from hand to hand from the ledges to the letter. The task was not without its amusing features and dangers, for. owing to the steepness of the slope, the rocks had to be placed with care, for if a large rock was dropped the chances were two to one it would start down the mountainside with ever-increasing velocity, taking fifty to a hundred feet at a bound. Late in the afternoon automobiles brought out the girls of the class, who had been laboring all the morning with no less spirit than their classmates on the hill, to prepare the evening meal for the toilers. The entire class gathered around a big bonfire in one of the picnic groves of Bridger Canyon and feasted and frolicked several hours before returning to the city. Last spring the class decided to complete the letter, and May 8th saw the Sophs staggering up the hill loaded with pails of water, lime and
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