Southwestern College - Moundbuilder Yearbook (Winfield, KS)

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' Shadow and Substance , star- ring thc four pillars of Richardson Palely beautiful in the white-Fired August sunlight, the Four stood. passers-by marveled at their cool serenity, the four only gazed out across the valley in stony silence, remembering. The long years stretched shadow-lilce down the hillside, years of upholding ideals of lcnowledge, courage and progress in the West. But the tour towered free of the shadows, for they were made of sturdy Stull-of lndiana lime- stone. -lhe lour pillars of Richardson l-lall gazed out across the sun-crisped valley. Then the whimsical one, left center, spolce: Hl.isten, you can almost hear the quicl4ened pulse of things, now that September is nearing. Don't be stupidln snitled the practical one on the north as Charlie sputtered out from the cedars on the electric lawn mower. Theres your quicl4ened pulse beat, and the darn thing cost- Ah, yes, everything has its price, quoth the philosophical pillar. But wouldn't mowers come at cut-rates? quipped the merry one with the southern exposure. The stony silence was resumed, then it cracked sharply. There was a hoarse scream Page 6

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-of ,V 3-f-ir. ,mu w-,,,.,, - 1 ' - ssffy- -.V A to xv., X -2 p , in you who move with us through this story ol a year at Southwestern 'sg we give as charm against all evil the Jinx, whimsical, impudent Figure of collegiate mythology, guardian of the traditions which have en- dowed our campus with a spirit ol indomitable courage and loyalty. So come with our Jinx up the H77 steps to where Four tall pillars V, lceep the friendly doors ol Southwestern. t l ,zf:,fS'3?' r Eff 'i , . ' , C i 4 Q! ' u l Qs ,,,u,.:'-- ' 'H u ' P-,fa- ' Xin- -iff'-,,, ' WW. , f 0 N .1- g W Y f V 7 gk S . , . .fer 'Ja lr ', x I C P ....--:::::-'1 1 . l , X if i 2 li 2 A -I A T 5 -t...,,.,.' Page5 L V A A 4,-,

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Page 7 and an explosion of white steam like Vesuvius gone berserk at the bottom of the hill. Blast that boiler house, blowing oft steam againln And with Qld North, as aged and skittish as it is, stand- ing right along side, too. Bahl Old North can stand the internal tremors of bass horns and physics labs, l guess it can stand a little thing like a boiler house for a bosom companion. Frankly, l think it's a good idea to blow up once in a while, look at l-lelen Grahamf, Just then Charlie on his two-wheeled lawn shears pt-t- trrmphed across the landscape, and a sweet young thing on the path leaped like a Ballet Russe dancer. Recovering, she came up H77 slowly, counting each step. as New, observed the philosophical pillar. Sensible,H added the matter-of-fact one. Young, smiled the poetic one. l3retty,,' completed the gay onef Hmmn, ver-ry pretty. So this is Sunset l-lill and Southwesternl l've heard of you for so long,H she confided to the stoic pillars. And down thereys Old North, looking a bit tipsy for all its last century primness. Qver there must be Smith, where my sister