Northern Arizona State Teachers College - La Cuesta Yearbook (Flagstaff, AZ)

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i I Xa Cuestg Uertha M. Ueos of Ilolhrook ; Adda McClure of (Ilcndale ; dcorge (lanimill and Mrs. Harriet Vvne of I ' rt ' scott ; Mrs. Laura Brindley, Mis. Bertha KUis, Delia Halsey. Ilattie Mcwhee of Flagstaff; Mrs. Carol Jones, Lorreiie Jackson and Cilia H. Cook of Tucson ; Mrs. K. F. HijifriTis of Toml)stone: Margaret Merrill and Mrs. Lmc. . leirill of .Mesa; Ceorgie Hudspeth of Cornville; Mar.v Lattin of Winklenian ; Mrs. Effie Richard. on of Saf ford ; Mrs. Fannie Red- field of Benson: Leonard EUedge of Woodruff; J. Morris Richards of Joseith Cit.v; C.irtha Kagay and Clare Thomas of Douglas; V. J. Wells of San Simon; Mav Kant ' of Light; C. F. Hargan of Cashion; Harvey Piatt of St. Johns; Mrs. Mabel Morgan of Klon- dyke ; Annie Rhodes of Leupj); Tony Mason of Bisbee; Cleona Heywood of Snowflake; J. S. Murray of Chandler, and Gladys Wingfield of Tonipe. n £ ecli iy ' r Senio - S, om€ 41 I » h sT r t c. I o r- ' Vr , , 1 jV ' i f tS ir- O II ,■ II u 11 .1 I ' . ' il O

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Xpl Cuesta ®l)p Utlliam 31. ICnng Writprfi ' (Slub The William J. Long Writers ' cl ub which was organized at N. A. T. C. during the summer session of 1925, is an organization of which we have just right to be proud. Those members of the faculty and students who were fortunate enough to hear the course of lectures delivered by Dr. Long on poetry and other phases of writing during the summer of 1925 will always remem- ber the time so spent as of the most pleasant possible. During his stay at the college Dr. Long conducted a class in practical authorship for which position he jn-oved to be excellently quali- fied. Upon his departure the members of the writing class de- cided to continue and further the work he had begun, and to make this possible this writers ' club was organized. Since that time the club has gained members from all over Arizona; so that now it is really more of a state than a college organization. The con- stitution of the club however, provides that N. A. T. C. shall always be its headquarters : so that it is in a sense still a college project. In November, 1925, the Lariat, a poetry magazine of Oregon, officially recognized the club and titled it Arizona Lariat Ci}cle No. 1, so making it a member of a national honorary literary .society of which the Lariat is sponsor. The work of some members of the club deserves special men- tion, especially that done by Mrs. Carol Jones, the Misses Jackson and Thomas, and D. Maitland Bushby, president of the club. The work of Mrs. Jones has been principally in the field of the short story, while that of the Misses Jackson and Thomas has been in the field of play writing. The work of Mr. Bushby, which has been for the major part in the field of poetry, is especially notable. His writing career dates back to 1922 when he succeeded in publishing two photo- ])lays; these were soon followed by a group of short stories. Tlien in 1924, poetry came into its own and claimed all of this author ' s time and attention. Since that time his poems have been pub- lished in a number of poetical publications, including The Lariat, Interludes, The Mesa, The Rainbow and L ' Alouette ; in addition to these, numerous state newspapers have used his poems. The 1925 volume of Our Contemporary Poets lists him as The Desert Poet. Bushby is at present, staff poet of the Winslow (Ariz.) Mail and a member of the Verse Writers ' Guild of America. We are told that Mesquite Smoke, a collection of poems by Bushby is soon to be off the press. Members of the club are as follows: D. Maitland Bushbv, President, Flag.staff; Dr. Wm. J. Long, Stamford, Conn.; J. L. Felton, Head of English Department, Tempe State Teachers Col- lege; Dr. C oates, Department of English, University of Wisconsin; George D. Helm, formerly professor of English N. A. T. C. ; Miss Martha E. Dewey, now at East Stroudsburg State Normal, Penn- sylvania ; Laura H. Judson, Esther Oakes, Dorothy Roeser, Anna Donohue, the Misses McLellan, Mrs. Pearl Williams, Miss Sarah Williams, Mrs. Ella Galliver, Miss Francis White, Edith Love and J. S. Murray of Phoenix ; Laura Schmidt, Mr. and Mrs Russell McDaniels, W. H. Raymond and Leora Blackwood of Temi)e ; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mangum of Thatcher; Gladys Roberts of Pima;

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Xa Cuesta palp ICilu All Arijinm 3lll iau ICiiur S ' mig By D. MAITLAND BUSIIBY The Desert Poet Ho! Copashi. Dost thou hear The trembling song Of Neandah, the nightingale, As he opens his soul To Keetchie IVIanido, the Great Spirit? Tish, listen My Copashi — My Pale Lily, While I, Dundwisa, sing the song That has grown in my heart for thee — As song of the soul Even as that of Neandah. The velvet wings of night are closing Over the purple lake, beloved. And the voice of Nekewasin, The chief of all redmen, Whispei ' s thi-ough the pines. Ho! Why do I sing of these Copashi? To show thv fineness and their rawness, My Pale Lil ' y. For the softness of dusk Is as nothing beside thy brown eyes, And the sweetness of Nekewasin s voice Rumbles like thunder when heart with thine. Hah — eeeeee yah ! And the tender gentleness Of a mother with her babe Is no more than thy gentleness, Copashi. Dost wonder then Oh Pretty T ' lower, That the heart of Dundwisa, Jumping Bear, Goes out to thee and seeks in thy heart Its mate? Tish — The young Hunter ' s Moon Comes creeping like a fox. I must leave thee, my Copashi. When this infant moon Is large and old with age Look thou for Dundwisa — He shall return then For the answer of thy heart. (Rei rinted from The Lariat Pootry Anthology) -l