Roosevelt High School - Bwana Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Kaur-XM Twelve THE COWBOY'S DREAM lSung to the air of My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean. Q This is a well known cowboy ballad. Last night as I lay on the prairie, And looked at the stars in the sky, I wondered if ever a cowboy Would drift to that sweet by and by. Roll on, roll ong Roll on, little dogies, roll on, roll on, Roll on, roll ong Roll on, little dogies, roll on.. The road to the bright, happy region Is a dim, narrow trail, so they say: But the broad one that leads to perdition Is posted and blazed all the way. They say there will be a great round-up, And cowboys, like dogies, will stand, To be marked by the Riders of Judgment Who are posted and know every brand. I know there's many a stray cowboy Who'll be lost at the great, final sale, When he might have gone in the green pastures Had he known of the dim, narrow trail. I wonder if ever a cowboy Stood ready for that Judgment Day, And could say to the Boss of the Riders, I'm ready, come drive me away. For they, like the cows that are locoed, Stampede at the sight of a hand, Are dragged with a rope to the round-up, Or get marked with some crooked man's brand. And I'm scared that I'Il be a stray yearling,- A maverick, unbranded on high,- And get cut in the bunch with the rusties When the Boss of the Riders goes by. For they tell of another big owner Whose ne'er overstocked, so they say, But who always makes room for the sinner Who drifts from the straight, narrow way. They say he will never forget you, That he knows every action and lookg So, for safety, you'd better get branded, Have your name in the great Tally Book. -From the Lomax collection, Cowboy Ballads

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Eleven ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL

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WIAN CHOOSING A SUBJECT FOR BWANA HAT a world of imagination the word cowboy suggests! We see him through a heroic mist, a strikingly familiar figure who is always colorfully dressed, riding wildly, freely, with the glory of the setting sun enveloping him. No wonder he is the nucleus of every small boy's dreams, the goal of his hopes and aspira- tions! To us the life of a cowboy is prodigious. For that reason, his life is a popular theme upon which innumerable plots of modern romances are based. We thrill to the reckless gallantry of the cowboy in the movies: the public caters to a bucking-bronco rider. And whether he has appeared as a veritable being on the screen, or as a wholly fictitious character in Beach's latest novel, he is still a romantic figure, envied by school boys and almost everyone except, perhaps, another cowboy. Of course we should not say boys have the pre-eminent interest in the cowboy, girls, too, delight in the thrilling adventures of these Westerners: and what adult is so antiquated that he cannot enjoy a good cowboy story? There has always been a deep interest in these rough riders. From the earliest times when they first settled in the West, fighting Indians, shooting buffalos, making history for our country, up to the present, they have played such an important part in the development of the West that our interest has been increased rather than lessened. l-le is indeed unique. Considering his educa- tive value, his importance, both past and present, in the history of America, besides the pleasure and entertainment to be derived ,from his life and work, We believe that the Bwana Staff of Roosevelt l-ligh School chose wisely when it selected The American Cowboy for the subject of the school annual. I THE EDITOR 'N XX U Thi rtee n