Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, IN)

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lcJJ .----: gS MAYFLOWER-1934 L- - n The Legend of The Blue and Golei % “Oh Grandaddy dear,” begged Elizabeth Jane As she drew up her little red stool, “Won’t you tell me a story of long, long ago Of the davs when vou went to school?” ‘Well. I think of a story,” said (iraiuhladdy Jim “Which I love, ami I'll tell it to you. It’s a legend which tells of the virtue and power Of two colors, the gold and the blue. “There once lived a king in a far away land With his beautiful daughter Elaine; Her suitors were many from near and from far Bur each one of them wooed her in vain. “At length when her father had tired of her play He published a great proclamation. ’Twas a contest for winning the hand of Klaine, For the princes all over the nation. “To the prince who was able to bring to the king Two symbols of virtue and power Which combined would be able to conquer all things He would give the long-coveted dower. “At last came a prince who was handsome and bold And be rode on a black prancing steed : And the princess was charmed when she looked on his face So she bade him good-bye and God-speed. “He traveled afar and his quest seemed in vain ’Til above him one beautiful day He saw the blue sky with its sunlight of gold Surely virtue and power were they. “In haste he returned. ‘Oh your majesty see. No tokens 1 bring, but behold In the blue of the sky is the virtue you seek And the strength in the sunlight of gold’.” By Helen B rkf.r. ’24. ‘ant Fourteen