Sul Ross State University - Brand Yearbook (Alpine, TX)

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y . . ■ ■ 7..;. „ - v pcae jRlPl 1 A L( Il ((%(i((u Mu V VvV 4 V J 5 v U. ' «Xn4 LS V WJ X v« V V ' V ' V N ) ' V Dedication So the Cowboys of West Texas, those blithe, fear¬ less young riders who follow the herd singing, dream¬ ing dreams of romance and high adventure; and those riders of the old school, whose dreams have given place to memories, — thrilling memories of fight¬ ing the rustlers and the Indians and trailing cattle north of 36 ,—to the cowboys young and old, in ap¬ preciation of their loyalty to our great rugged West and of their part in shaping her ideals of open- hearted hospitality, progress, and freedom, we dedi¬ cate this, the seventh volume of the ‘Brand. Six

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u ■ niiy ' i ' vywyw UK. ' UU ! ' £ ' . •7KE tenp; Vt 7 , . UJg IW 11 [l ((((( ! ( wY UU V VVV V V V ir. V Will James Q I ILL JAMES is a real cowboy. He has spent his life in the West among LKJ cowboys and has written many stories about the life that he knows so well. “This life,” he says, “can’t be learned by setting on the corral fence, you’ve got to mix in the dust.” And those who have read his stories know that he must have had a part in the steer-roping and bronc-riding and all the happy things of cow¬ boy life he writes about. His stories are written in the cowboy vernacular, and they have the homely shrewdness and humor of Will Rogers. “The Drifting Cow¬ boy”, “Cowboys North and South”, and “Smoky”, the story of a cow pony, are his well known books. His latest series, “All in the Day’s Riding”, is now appearing in Scribner’s. Mr. James is one of the few men who draw the pictures to go with their own stories. All of his stories are generously illustrated with life-like pictures of horses, for he is “a man to whom horses are as familiar as men, who has lived with them, fought with them, loved them all his life, who has watched every play of muscle so accurately that he can put it upon paper.” Eight