Southwestern College - Moundbuilder Yearbook (Winfield, KS)

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Y ' i - ' . ..FTo.r' many years South.- 'fe,s.terne'ris have , been no'wn-as The Mound- uiIdiers.i'i'tBu.t this was ,a 'ere figure of speech. Lit- 'ral.ly--they built no mounds. ut now it .is proposed that hey actuaIly'do,,so ina sol- fmn ceremony. that will at ncesymilsloltijze the tradi- ional constructive tenden- ies. of the College, andat ,hey same timeepledgelthe ' .yaltyl of faculty' and stu- entstoAlmaMater. r ' Y-Suggestioln is that night, at thefgloomy hour fi nine, every H lOyBl 'South'- western student and faculty ember Corrie to the foot f the sacred 77. Let every tudent Whois disgruntled- nid- hasfin.-hisheart nolove or-hisA.Alma' Mater not mar he .occasion byhis pres- nqce. , Let every. facullty 'amber who has lost the piritjof youth and hasrin 'ics make-up no spark of entiment -or sentimentali-L yl, if you prefer-to call'it,so',- tay at horne andgo to bed. uit' let all who love 'South- estern- and who would notj' only 'receive '-benefits from neirlAlma Mater, ,but also fontrilbu,-te something to er greatness - Ietall such 'ot fail, in this solemn hour nd, sacred ceremony. - ' L ' A.E.KiRK lpropose-the i'na'u'gl.Ira-. - e tion, of a new college cus- ' tom, 'absolutely unique among, all the colleges of 'theworld-.l nr .y o ' , 1-let eaichcome aimed in one hand' with a candle, torch or other light -and 'in the other hand with fa peb- ble, stone, rock-orbouIde'r,- on which he .has inscrinbed his na-me with pencil, chalk, fountain jpen,' goose-quill, brush, orchisel. 'Letthe col- l'ege b-and in full' regalia ' .oassembleat the same place .fifteen 1 min ultes A ibeforelgthe hou ro and- discourse' sweet music-4-' or as sweet asmay be considering the 'rehears- -als theyhave not yet had. g Then at the,so,undrof't-he cornet,'flute, harp, sapckbut, psaltery, d-l.l,lCllTlGl','V,1S3X8! phonejand all kinds ofrnu- sick, let eachstudent and - -Profil come, forth from his home, dornici.le,l room, sleeping .po-rch, attic., or 'hole and in ,solemn mein andi orderly array- line- up behind- the aforesaid band. Then as the bell in the stee- ple -strikes nine, let .the trumpets .sou-nd an -ad- vance, let the candles fbe' lit, and let the column proceed, the band playing, the flags waving, over- the campus and 'up-the sacra scalabe- the seventyi-'seven steps to heaven V+ and lagroundi the north end of Riichardson., lights gleaming, .eyes spark- lingand noses shining., o f

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iisi iii on , ,. .V V x V v e Ei l3fe 1 ns ll? ' i, A.-1 .v if 'propose the 1ilnauguirei- itiio'nf'ofe a new College. 'ou,s7 tornwg foibsolptel-y, ,Unique among fall the qoolleges of thelworld. This ceremony is tojbe ,known ass'j'The l3qiIdQ irigf of the Nlo'undAQ 'Q Nobody but 'mo,U.n'd-b'u,ilfder's can build moundsr So-no other 'college has 'n'ow-,for is ever likeliy rio have ,suohsa .sous- tomi. It is' highly appropriate to . Mouindl-byiId,ejrs,' but iwouldfhave little meaning .to.olthers. There is,a deci'd- ed,kadvainfage, ,I think, in havihgvgli least ionegoustomi that is eabnsolutelydistilnctive' of thisg institution.iSo many ogfvgourio-uistoms fqrecopiedi, not o,I1ly-by-us, but-by a thousuand other colleges. QSu.eh'ou's'toms, being f1e mere' im'itation5,,QQme tohave,lit1 tle ssi'gnifiCa'nce. A Butfl, chal- lenge anyone to -poinf to a College- ,that -has ea nyth i ng like what is pmpossed, inthe buildinguof the mouncl. U u . I V From-a speech'byfD,ean Allen,'1'92?.

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b nwa rd lealdifng, st-ill proceeding, Qlet' .their-band guidethe procession to the hallowed spot where the mound is to be built. Let all gather close in breathless silence. Let an address be given, by some 'silver tongued orator on loyalty to Southwestern or some simi- lar theme, let the mound be dedicated, 'let prayer be of- fered, let theibugles sound from over the hills, ,let each student come forward, and instructortoo, and,-inftoken -of hisjbdesire to' build his heart and life and spirit into- .his A,lmaiiMater, press the ,stone ontwhich .he has writ- ten his name into'the.sof1t cement that' shall bind thef whfileitogether - not that his rock and name beseen 4- but that it shall' be there, concealed and wrappedl up as a token between 'him 'and his Alma Mater that they understand one another and are united forever. Then let thetomtomsboom .oiverlhill and dale, flet the 'band breakforth, ,let all join hands f- permitted by spe- cialaction of the deans .for this one occasion only,- fand let a'll unite hearts and voices inthe isinigingi of Alma Mater. .Then let all gohome with peace and j-oy intheir hearts that they are a .partiofour great college. i Let none despise the -sweet simplicity of the-se ceremonies. Who knows what 1 solemn thoughts, what high resolves, may perchance be born that night in the heart of some impressionable.'-freshman or sad-eyed senior facing his last year at Southwest-' ern. Even a cocky sopho- more, a world-weary junior or a hard-boiled 'Prof. be carried on and th .mound shall grow. . ' Only this year let ther be, as a special feature ne er to be duplicated,- the de ication' of this mound. L there be placed at its-bas deeply imbedded in .ce ment, an iron box contai' ing the original of the en acting document, a copy o I'l'llgFlI, Uy H FYIITECEIG Ol grace, be regenerated in ithathour. . 4 Let this ceremony be repeated every 'September as thetstudents assemble at Southwestern, each student putting in-one stone each year of his -attendance and each instructor- one for each year of his teaching here, year after year, 'til the ,memory shall cease of who suggested 'the custom or howl or when Lit originated, but still the ceremony shall , 6 Cllllege CCll.dIUg, IIIUSUCLB bulletin, student handbook Collegian, 'Moundbuilder Winfield Courier, of the ne absence regulations, a loc of Prexyfs' hair and what er else be thought helpful future generations in ,u .derstanding the time-si which we live, including penny, a nickel, a ca celled two-cent stamp andf check for one million dollars. 'ayhap 'in eons yet to come some visitant from-