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LA CUESTA 1930 IMZPOTENT Black, moonless night descends in awful Darkness there where mighty waves Pound out incessant rhythm on sandy shore, By rocky cliff. The power of God is there- Fearsome yet beautiful- There in that pounding surf, In that ever-moving, ever-pulling tide. Dawn breaks- Storm softens- Light of new-born, glorious day Falls upon the sand-across the rocks- Across the body of a man. Man- Conqueror of earth, of air, or sea, Lies conquered- Impotent. -Margaret Allen IN WONDERLAND A mountain-climber, proud and hale, The San Francisco Peaks to scale I started walking well and fast But, ah! my pace could hardly last. I stopped to rest and breathe, and gazed Ahead and up. I was amazed. The Peaks that seemed so friendly nigh Now looked most strangely far and high. Great pines stood strong amid the snow- I felt so small, so weak, so low! With drooping head I turned away Across the desert sands to stray. The burning sun, the blazing sands Blistered and scorched my face and hands. Suguaras stood serene and grand- How small am I in Wonderland. -Anne Gilloghly Reagan One Hundred Forty-n
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LA CUESTA 1930 A SOLDIER'S REVERIE I wonder, will the lilacs bloom again When spring comes back with bursting bud and leaf ? And will the mounds, so newly made, be covered With soft, green grass to heal a nation's grief? Will shell-wrecked villages, deserted streets, Resound once more to notes of peace, content, Or will they sleep in ruined glory still, With moss and ivy by a kind God sent To ease the wound, to heal war's jagged scar? This world made desolate will soon forget The horror and the awfulness of war, The pride Eve paid-the price we're paying yet! A million hearts were broken, tears were shedg The ground ran gory with our youth's life-stream. We sacrificed our lives, we gave our all, And yet how soon 'twill be as but a dream. Men will forget, earth will go on the same No better for the sacrifice Eve made, 'Twould seem, and yet perhaps our goal was reached, Perhaps some great disaster has been stayed. Yes, lilacs will return with coming spring To fill the air with fragrance as of old, Then love will come to mend the shattered hopes. Earth will again be rich with living gold. -Berdena Baxter One Hundred 1' ty-eight
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LA CUESTA 1930 HOW THE YUCCA GOT ITS NAME Many years ago a certain tribe of Indians lived on the edge of the Colorado desert. In the canyon where they lived the conditions were not as they are now. There was a stream of clear, blue, sparkling water that flowed through the middle of the canyon. Along the green, grassy banks grew magnificent palm trees and willows, while here and there in the meadows that formed its banks grazed ponies and cattle. Near the mouth of the canyon the creek broadened until it was quite wide and some ten feet in depth. Here willows overhung the bank, and here, too, Indian lovers met to sit on the banks or to go canoeing. In this village of Indians lived a young maid, the most beautiful maid of the region round about. She had long, thick, black hair, and her eyes were as bright as stars. A handsome young brave, Yaqui, the sonl of the chief of the tribe, secretly wooed this maid, Wanika. The father of Yaqui wished him to ma1'ry the daughter of the tribal medicine man, but Yaqui refused. One evening, as the two met and were secretly drifting about in their canoe, Yaqui confessed his love to Wanika and asked for her hand. Wanika consented. The following day, as they were wandering about together, Oosika, the eldest daughter of the medicine man, spied them, ran swiftly to the lodge of the chief of the tribe, Nolima, and related to him what she had seen. Nolima was angry, but not more so than Oosika, for she wished to become the bride of Yaqui. When the lovers returned, Nolima sent for Yaqui and asked him if that which Oosika had told him was true. Yaqui replied, Yes. Nolima then asked to see Wanika. She came, and with her gentle ways and sweet voice soon won a place in Nolima's heart. I When Yaqui asked for his father's consent to marry Wanika, Nolima readily gave it and blessed the two as his beloved children. When Oosika heard. of this, she vowed vengeance, but another brave wooed and won her, so the vow was forgotten. One evening Yaqui and Wanika came upon a tall, stately plant that appeared to have the shape of a tree. What is that? asked Wanika. I have never seen it before nor heard of it, answered Yaqui. It shall be called the 'Yaqui' after you, as it resembles you in height, state- liness, and beauty. No, Wanika, said Yaqui. Do you see those beautiful white blos- soms on the tree? It shall be called the 'Yucca' after both you and me, for you are the beautiful white blossom of my life. In this way endeth the legend, How the Yucca Received Its Name, one of the beautiful legends about the desert flora of the southwest. -L. B. One Hundred Fifty
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