University of Nebraska Kearney - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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Gifts to their Alma Mater so dear in the form of statues, Parthenon frieze, or a gate way, a picture or loan fund. Blazes of blue and of gold also portray the dramatic Instincts of plainsmen. In nineteen and seven, “A Case of Suspension. Staged by the juniors marks the beginning of life behind footlights. Blazes of lectures appear on the trail of nineteen five in the summer; Educators of national fame, a treat for the plainsmen; And in the following year was the lecture course of two numbers. Signs are not wanting of social festivities; parties in costume. Hikes, all-school picnics, and sunrise breakfasts by pioneer leaders. Varied and full was the life of the pioneer leaders and plainsmen. Witness of wh ch arc the three thousand plainsmen who followed Pioneer trails into Kearney in the space of five years; Out of which number were two hundred sixty-five plainsmen Pathfinders new who returned to their homes with a message; Opened new trails for the plainsmen who keep on coming to Kearney. Honor the pioneers, men and women of courage and vision. Honor the leaders, recruits, and hundreds of plainsmen “Carrying on” with the same length of stride, the same spirit. —Alma Hosic. c. A. March Alma Hosic Edith L. Bobbins Mrs. Eva J. Case Atina V. Jeunings W. E. Allen Anna Caldwell A, J. Mercer George N. Porter C, L. Anderson Grace Greves Sara L. Garret. Catherine Hicks, M, R. Snodgrass. Pres. A, O. Thomas. W. A. Clark, Carrie Ludden, Etta Brown Marion C. Smith Gertrude Gardner Virginia Mercer Mary Crawford Charlotte Lowe Grace Hamer W. M. Crichton Mary Bailey H. O. Sutton Mrs. II. C. Richmond 0. W. Neale —16—

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Lured by mystery, by the golden hopes of the unknown. Came these adventurers, pioneers, trusting their all to the prairies; Came, as their leader has said, these men and women of purpose. Rich in experience, in native ability, scholarship, vision; Came from the various fields which compose educational service; Came to the city of Kearney and pitched their camp on the school grounds. Campus of Kearney High School, and started a vigorous back-fire; Opened the way for the hundred and twenty young pla nsmen, Youdi of the prairies, who wandered in over the newly-made clearing. September nineteen hundred and five, in truly pioneer fashion. Plainsman and pathfinder wended their way along worn cowr paths. Leading through sunflower patches, and ripening corn fields and gardens, All on their way to their new educational quarters. Nor were the hardships of pioneer life left out of the picture; Nowhere to go but the floor at the top and no stairway but ladders; Nowhere where wielders of hammer and saw were not present; Nowhere escape from the deafening noise when they polished the marble: Nowhere to get any heat but from traction engines and oil stoves; Nowhere a grumbler, everywhere smiles of a sturdy, a happy note Enthusiastic big family of four hundred thirty young plainsmen, Eighteen of whom were ready in May to be leaders of plainsmen. As each year contributes its quota of well-prepared leaders. Trails over which other plainsmen, Keep Koming to Kearney Grow in number and length. We shall reach the uttermost corner. Frequent and definite blazes which point unmistakably upward Mark the well-defined path of the pioneer trail-blazers skillful. Blazes of various forms and devices mark this pathway of progress: Plans for growth in the years as they come in the grounds and the buildings Bulletins filled with ideals and ideas so needed to kindle Fires of ambition and purpose; the enthusiasm essential. Needed in clearing and blazing new trails for the feet of the plainsmen; Catalogues marking the trail as to standards and certification. Catalogue nineteen and six contains the Bachelor’s degree; Correspondence and study center classes were offered. Work in absentia for worthy, ambitious young plainsmen; Manual training equipment, an agricultural garden. Later a room was equipped in the training department, Room for demonstration classes essential for teacher and pupil. Antelope blazes appear on the trail in nineteen eleven; Characteristic, attractive, demanding and getting attention; Trail-markers second to none for pointing the way for the plainsmen. Blue and Gold are the blazes recording the life of the plainsmen. Varied and helpful with numerous organizations. Fifteen of w'hich came to life in the early years of the normal. Not the least aggressive of these is the tribe of Hall-Spooners. Another feature of plainsman life is tribal organizations. Decorative, unique are the blazes they leave at their passing; ■ w k —IB—

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Tke Plainsmen Leaders “To train tomorrow’s leaders is our task-”