University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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More intimately associated with Minnesota spirit than is any other building on the cam- pus, is the Armory. Within its sombre walls are born ideals and hopes and aspirations. Out under its shadows, Minnesota teams for years Imve struggled on the gridiron. On its floors and in its pools, other Maroon and Gold teams have bid for victory. There Minnesota stu- dents and Minnesota athletes have learned to ivin — and to lose. There has been born that indomitable Gopher spirit which makes men marvel. Un- der the arched doorway, pro- cessions of robed students Imve passed, and emerged, diplomas in hand, as alumni. Even as a bright star guides and directs strangers on a desert, so does this historic structure guide and direct Minnesota.

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Hail Minnesota Minnesota, hail to thee! Hail to thee, our college dear! Thv light shall ever be A beacon bright and clear. Thv sons and daughters true Will proclaim thee near and far. They will guard thv fame And adore thv name: Thou shall be their ISorlhern Star. Like the stream that bends to sea. Like the pine that seeks the blue; Minnesota, still for thee Thy sons are strong and true. From thv ivoods and waters fair. From thv prairies waving far. At thv call they throng JV ' ith their shout and song. Hailing thee their Northern Star.

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Tall, graceful, while pillars, arranged in an impressive col- onnade, comprise the artistic entrance into a world of chemical substances — splendidly equipped laboratories wherein students delve into the secrets of the ancient alchemists and combine with them the appli- ances of modern science. Clear test tubes, vari-colored liquids, flickering bunsen burners with bluish-yellow flames make pic- turesque the workshop of the chemists. Behind the long, low desks, leather-aproned students discover and formulate for themselves the intricacies of a science but recently understood. Powerful reagents are combined with acids and metals and salts; ions, enzymes, and molecules all perform their varying func- tions to the end that industry and humanity materially may be benefited.