The Junior Historian, Volume 10, Number 5, March 1950 Page: 26
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THE JUNIOR HISTORIAN
WINDS OF WEST TEXAS
by CARLOS MASCORRO
Brackenridge High School, San AntonioEXAS winds were terrible; they
were wild, destructive, and tor-
turous. Out on the western prai-
rie it roamed endlessly. The sand, too,
with the wind as its force, drove on
madden-like which only the wild, sav-
age horses of the plains could with-
stand. No human being could stop or
defend himself from the mighty winds
of the west. Women were its number
one enemy. The wind would rob her
of her good looks. It dried her skin till
it grew brown and tough as leather.
The wind got to her nerves and drove
her crazy with its constant blowing
like the clock that never stops ticking.
Man and dog could get along with the
wind, but not the women. The wind was
a furious thing that men respected and
women hated. The wind was the master
of the prairie, ruled as it pleased. The
wind with its mighty force and the
sand as its weapon, nothing could chal-
lenge it. Women suffered great ordeals
from the wind; they were so small,
weak, and powerless. Could they chal-
lenge the wind and sand? Could they
outgrow themselves and learn to laugh
and shout at the wind ? If so, the wind
would then become silent and calm.
But the winds of West Texas were not
to be denied their power.
Today, however, civilization has
tamed the winds. Men tamed the winds
that roamed the prairie by building
houses and fences, by planting trees,
plowing the land and making it into
farms; this lessened its power to hurl
the sand in fury across the wide and
empty plains. Man has conquered the
once mighty winds of West Texas.
COUNTRY CAMPUS, TEXAS
(Continued from Page 17)
The Country Campus Journal, has been
established; a branch of the art depart-
ment in silverwork and jewelry making,headed by a silversmith from Mexico,
has been created; and wood and metal
shops of the industrial arts department
have been built. Classes in home eco-
nomics and related subjects, including
a co-operative nursery for children, are
offered to the wives of students.
The agricultural department has in
use about 650 acres at the Country
Campus, which is devoted largely to
the production of beef cattle. A mod-
ern, well-equipped slaughter and meat
packing plant provides an integral
part of the training of agricultural
students. Small gardens and individual
animal projects supply some of the agri-
cultural students with food as well as
practical experience.
It is truly remarkable to see the pro-
gress that has been made and is still
being made in this thriving community.
The spirit of sharing and helping one
another prevails in Country Campus,
Texas.
THE PRIDE OF ANN THOMAS
(Continued from Page 3)
for a small pittance received from the
county, after 1888.
And in Cuero Ann died, buried not
in a pauper's grave, as one would
imagine, but in a quiet grave in the
Hillside Cemetery.
Yes, Ann did without the necessities
of life, in order to save enough to buy
a small tombstone and a lot on which
she finally could be laid to rest in a
manner befitting Ann Thomas.
Standing by her recently found
grave, we read the inscription engraved
upon the tiny tombstone; words chosen
by Ann we are sure:
In Memory of Ann Thomas
Born Nov. 5, I8Io : Died Mar. 9, I897
"The bitterness of death is past"
2 Sam. 15, 23
"For whoso findeth me findeth life."
Pro. 8, 3526
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