Rockford College - Recensio / Cupola Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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N sz .t . X Vex xg, E .SA X 1 Class Day Festival 'l'U1is1mv, JUNE 13, 1916 0:20 .'l..ll. The Pageant of Life The color scheme has been suggested by the colors in the Yellowstone Park, including: the rich browns and reds and yellows of the hot water sprines, and the blues and lavcnders and pinks of the wild flowers, pre-eminently on Xlt. XYillard and Dunraven Pass. - RIYICR Ol I.lI E-tY'f1r lYz'NfJfl'.Vf!H1tl RI'f'i'I'l lThe Pageant of l.ife opens with a long procession symbolic of the River of l,ife. It comes from the fountain of l,ife, over the hill by the bridge and following the ravine, and winds its way slowly down toward the !'lYCl'.l Beryl ereen with diaphonous white lfoaml. .X gliding, flowing, smooth, continuous movement. .Xnd he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal. CHII.DHOODf lI..ittle children in blues and pinks and lavenders sug festive of the forget-me-nots and lupines on Dunraven Pass, one of the highest points in the Yellowstone Park.J Heaven lies about us in our infancy. When that I was a little tiny boy TYith ahey, ho, the wind and the rain. Shakespeare, Tzwffffz .Yigliz The world is so full of a number of things I should think we would all be as happy as kings. Robert Louis Stevenson DREAMS CTwo figures representing Dreams come on and dance about the sleeping children.l 'YYhat dost thou here where the shivering reeds Lean over the dark marsh streams, O piper a-piping thy haunting tunes That dwindle and die on the dim lagoons ln the waning autumn's gleams? .Xnd the piper said under his flyine hair, l set me my nets for dreams , William Hervey NYoods s FAIRIES lThen two fairies, doubtless the subject of their dreams, Hit in and out.J Come unto these yellow sands, And then take hands: Courtsied when you have and kiss'd, The wild waves whistg Foot it featly here and there, And sweet sprites, the burden bear. Shakespeare, Tin' Tmriprff YISIONS CAs Dreams fly away, Vision enters, and as she dances about them lying on the ground, they awake and follow this beautiful vision which they see gleaming before them. She leads them up the hill where they stand for a moment with outstretched arms, with head, eyes, and whole bodies uplifted, in joy and exaltation.l Not of the sunlight, Down to the haven, And ere it vanishes Not of the moonlight, Call your companions, Over the margin, Not ofthe starlight! Launch your vessel .-Xfter it, follow it, O young Nlariner, And crowd your canvas, Follow the Gleamf' Tennyson, ATl1'I'fl.H and lfn' Cfram YOUTH QC1a.f.r Day period repfvufizfed ly Indziavz Pinky on Dunratwz Pafyj lThen gently, imperceptibly, out of the Vision of Childhood comes the group symbolizing Youth, with hope and courage in every line of their alert bodies, the realization of the dreams and visions of childhood. Youth comes down the hill onto the stage of Life with a joyous, happy dance. Then follow the other attendants of Youth, Beauty and Philosophy, and at the end of this, two wonderful tableaux are presented-one of Beauty and the other of Philosophy. The tableau of Philosophy is after a group by Kathleen Beverly Robinson. , 'lThe Waves of the sea have spoken to meg the Wild birds have taught meg the music of many Waters has been my master. Kalevala Qquoted by Fiona lllafC!eoa'J 19

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