University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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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.

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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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Hi MINNESOTA WINTER And ivhi n the uhitc peace of northern winter folded itself like a pleasant, misty dream over the land, covering the brown fields and barren, outstretched arms of the trees with a pale blanket of snow thai sparkled in the clear Ught of the sun, the soul of man rejoiced in the beauty of nature. While, on the tree-tops, stray and lingering leaves of gorgeous red and restful brown rustled in the crisp, tingling wind, giving forth a strange, melodious music of the ore5t that gladdened all who listened and heard, and which sounded like a distant, far-off summons tellmg the woods to be silent and to lie in repose until the winged creatures from the south come soaring (n- to awaken all with their song. m