Texas Military Institute - Crusader Blue Bonnet Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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THE BLUE BONNET OF TEXAS Blue bonnets have inspired the poet's pen, the artist’s brush, the cowboy’s dreams, and the orator’s eloquence throughout the prairie lands of Texas. The blooming of the blue bonnets is a spring festival here similar to the fete of the cherry blossoms in Japan, the festival of the daisies in England, or the celebration of the iris in France. It is a yearly miracle when the fields cast aside their drab winter garments and come forth decked in the beautiful blue of a Texas sky. The blue bonnet is a great home lover; it is said that it never crosses the border into any other state. Even so, it has a wonderful range considering the size of Texas. The blue bonnet is unrivaled in color and shade in all the world of massed blue flowers. Its royal beauty and enchanting fragrance have a particular message which speaks to the emotions with compelling directness. It is peculiarly fitting that the name of our annual should be The Blue Bonnet”—for nowhere does the state flower bloom in greater abundance or with more glorious beauty than about T.M.I. College Boulevard. This beautiful flower borders with a fringe of the deepest blue this road to T.M.I. and colors the fields around into a veritable sea of azure. In the midst of all this wondrous glory rise the towers and battlements of the West Point of the South.” —From the Annual of 1932.

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A cozy gathering place for the Officers after their strenuous hours of the day

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