University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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HI JSa pj e- ■■ c- 3 - TT»r ' T T ' rp-iTT-T ' T ' » THE OLD MILL Beside the jkming, blue uatcrs, then, near the silfcry hhirb and single of misty waterfalls, mills of picturesque beauty ap- peared, and an unending splash of paddle- wheels resounded in liqidd melody through the breathing, pulsating forests. From the virgin fields, ivaves of grain began to sweep into yawning mill bins, and silvan pines were made into lumber, later to be transfornxed into houses, then villages, towns, and thriving cities. Church spires pierced the daivn and dusk of the heai ' en.s, and the stars at night shone upoii a neiv eiiilization instead of trackless woodlands and wigwam dotted river-banks.

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THE PRAIRIES OF THE SOUTH Over the rollirig pnurics that stretched endlessly in the South, betiveen cool, um- brageous groves and clusters of green spreading trees, oxen plodded before crude ploughs that turned over neic and fertile soil. But later, beneath the clear skies, horses dragged the gleaming blades across the fields until gi ' eat creatures of iron and steel appeared, moving tirelessly 3 et noise- lessly owr the land. Then, carai ' ans of people came along the narrow, curving roadways, lured ever on by the freshness, the beauty, and the plenty of a strange and boimteful coimtry, and spirals of thin gray smoke curled upward from the chim- neys of small and happy duellings.

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MINNESOTA SUMMER Nor did beauty vanish when, in the warmth of summer, the I ' oiees of a vast multitude rang through what once was primeval wilderness. There still remained the sky-blue water of ripplirig lakes and bending streams to mirror for the gods the golden reflected gloiv of sunset and dawn, or the inajesty of arhorial branches that reached patiently, unceasmgly for the infinite, unattaimd-ile , and silent heights. Here it is that the soul of man , troid- led with the heavy burdens of life and living, finds rest and peace and the mspiratwn to carry on the work in all the many activities of the commonwealth.