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

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Preface I N this part of Texas, rich in legend and tradition, the Sul Ross student who has eyes to see and ears to hear has only to look around for glimpses that sug¬ gest other civilizations, and sounds that echo the clamor of past generations. The BRAND of 1928 attempted to portray our Indian background, and to that end pictured the red man’s life before the tread of the conquistador was heard in the land. The Indian’s caves, his pictographs, and his relics were reproduced. The present BRAND lias set itself the task of furthering acquaintance with our friend and neighbor, the border Mexican, and of catching in art the border background—the adobe comercios and restaurantes, the old cemeteries and mission bells, the goat trails and various natural scenes along the Rio Grande, all of which give character to the Big Bend Section and make our environment distinctive in the locale of American colleges.

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T HE Peak of Castillon, whose outline is here reflected in the pellucid waters of the Charco at its feet, guards the white and lavender beauties of the so-called Petrified Forest of the Big Bend. Here there are no flaunting colors, no flagrant reds, staring purples, or crass, bright yellows; these colorings are all pastel—the soft yellow of the desert’s sand, the mauve of a mountain shadow, the delicate pink, lavender, and gray of a volcanic ash. And over these ex¬ quisite tints and tones, peace broods eternally. But Castillon has had its day of strife, and has shown its mettle to man. Once—perhaps a decade or more ago—a band of scouting soldiers climbed to the top of Castillon. They were forced to remain upon its top for several days, until others came with ropes to help them scale its sheer, precipitous sides. Thus Castillon stands, proud and unconquered, a monarch sur¬ veying his own.