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

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13102115 rock: the result is a perfect side of bacon. Across from the bacon is a bowling pin. We have reached the end, so let us turn back. l have saved some inter- esting sights for our return trip. Look, there is a large tiger head with a black eye, its mouth opened wide, showing the teethg altogether it is quite a vicious-looking beast. On the other side of the wall is an army of soldiers ready for attack. Across from them is a large alligator. A little ahead is a lake of lily pads. You all oh and Mah, and oh and ah a bit louder as you keep discovering formations more spectacular than the others. A little farther on, you will see a bed of ocean wavesg these waves have been caused by the wind and the current in the water. We are back again in Sand Hill Dome and begin our inspection of the left fork. You will notice how very much drier the passages are that you have just seen than the ones deeper in the cave. This is because the wind from the opening of the cave has a better chance of drying the surface. Every once in a while you have seen cracks in the floorg this is due to the water beneath the floor which is dissolving the limestone. This room is called the Ball Room because it is practically level. There are no stalactite formations but only halagtites. The ground above us is slopingg therefore the rain is seeping through the side of the cave instead of the top of the cave. The refreshment stand is to your left. just as Rip Van Winkle was sitting in the dining room, Wall Street is situated in a ball room. Just alongside Wall Street is a lady dressed in old-fashioned hoop skirts and with a shawl about her shoulders. Opposite her a peacock is proudly dragging its feathers. Be careful, don't bump your head when going through this passageway. l suppose you have observed by this time that the rooms are all connected by passage-ways. This room is called the Royal Rotunda Room. Yes, l quite agree with youg it is the most beautiful. Even after you have seen the others, you will not change your opinion. The formations are smaller, more delicate, and more colorful. See that large ice-cream cone and the monkey looking into a small pool of water. There is Queen Marie in bed, the moon rising above her. This is again the result of putting a plain light behind a thin piece of rock. The Missouri State Capitol stands sedately in the background. The Little Red Castle finds its place in this strange collection. Nearby is the Leaning Tower of Pisa. An ear of corn hangs from the ceiling. Here, set off to itself in this magnificent display is a miniature fairyland, Alice in Wonderland's fairyland or any child's fairyland. A little farther on you see Moses talking to the children. Our next passageway has been nicknamed Fat Man's Misery because of its size. It leads into the Cactus Room. Here you will find the Wishing Well. Make a wish and throw a coin into the Water. According to the legend, if your wish has been unselfish, it will come true. The water in this well has been tested and found to be pure. Two little pickaninnies' faces are in the floor. There are more breaks in the floor. That is because we are closer to Twenty

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EWZHE the Lost River. We are just in time for the wedding: the bride and groom have just stepped before the priest. ' We are now on a sort of a hill. All about us and far below us is the Grand Canyon. There are steep steps leading down into the canyon. But before we descend, there are some things I would like to show you. I shall turn off the lights. You focus your eyes above that hill in front of you. You are going to see the rising sun. Oh, how wonderful! How is it done? CA battery of hidden lights throws the light rays over the hill.D l know you are anxious to get to the bottom of the canyon, but there are few figures l would like to point out. See the calf and the racing pack-horse right alongside it. ln front of you, up almost to the ceiling in that small crevice, there is a white-breasted owl hanging by its left wing. It is a bit difficult to locate, but it is a perfect formation. Now you may go down the steps. What is that hanging on the railing? It is a fungus. That slope to your left is Hillside Cemetery. To your right are the Three White Sisters. A little ahead is a shepherd carrying a small lamb. We begin to hear the rush and roar of water and soon see it. On one side is a quiet, muddy pool about four feet deep and very coldg on the other is a clear, rippling, shallow, rnoisy stream whose source has never really been found, but because of the manganese dioxide in it, it is believed to have its source in the Rocky Mountains, since Montana and Arizona are the only places where manganese dioxide is found. Farther on, we notice a petrified forest. Now comes the wonder of wonders! It is a stalactite more than fifty feet in diameter supported by each wall. You have been walking beneath it but only when you passed to the other side did you notice it. It has been named the Big Swinging Canopy. You have reached the end of the cave. l have saved some interesting sights for our return trip. Notice the little white Easter rabbit perched on the shelf above you and the deer head. Farther ahead are the ruins of the ancient city. Off to the side, in and out between cones, we shall come upon the Natural Shower Bath. The water is dripping from the ceiling for a distance of about forty or fifty feet. All along you have noticed that many of the cones have broken apart and shifted. The break is so clean it looks as if a knife had cut through the center. Look out! You almost bumped into that scrawny-looking witch. uwhy must they put such pleasant things next to such horrible things, a group of campfire girls sitting before a fire while the witch looks on! What a sturdy asparagus bed! ln, these two boxes with the glass covers are skeletons, one of a mang the other of a bear. It is generally believed that about fifty years ago this man and bear met in the cave. Each killed the other. There is a coating of onyx about one-fourth inch over the bones. Since it takes from hundred to hundred and eighty years to form a cubic inch of the rock it must have been about fifty years ago: and, since both skeletons have the same amount of onyx covering, the theory seems plausible. Twenty-two