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Pioneer Cemetery Recalls 19th Century Life and Love
By Janet Juneau
A lone barren tree stands silhouetted in the dusk of a spring evening. The twilight deepens into dark and the moon rises to cast a dim light on the gray-white tomb-stones.
Cars speed past on Highway 59 at 21st Street, two hundred yards away, but there is only quietness here in the cemetery. The worn letters of a stone plaque at the entrance read, "Pioneer Cemetery."
From this entrance the lights of the University are visible. Let us explore this place unknown to us.
TOMBSTONE SITTING — Janet Juneau, Topeka junior, and James Cable, Independence senior, examine the words on a grave marker at Pioneer Cemetery southwest of Lawrence.
The grays is mossy underneath our feet. There are no weeds and an occasional patch of clover spots the green carpet. There are no new graves; grass partially covers the cracked markers.
We see the outlined monument of a grave in the half-light. Carved in the marble are the words, "Thomas Barber—Only casualty of the Wakarusa War—Born Feb. 22, 1814, Died Dec. 6, 1855."
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A group of smaller markers seems to be a military burial place. "David Seeley, 13th Wisconsin Infantry," "G.E. Barnum, Co E, 12th Wisconsin Infantry."
A larger tombstone can be read in the moonlight.
"George W. Coat, Killed in the massacre at Lawrence, Aug. 21, 1863. Age—28 years, two months, seven days."
There is a broken marker close to it which is more difficult to read.
"Walter B. G., Son of G. & L. K
Griswold. Born Oct. 18, 1845. Died on the memorial morning Aug. 21,
1863."
All those buried in the cemetery seem to have died at a relatively young age—17 to 29 years. None of the death dates on the markers is later than 1868.
A fallen tombstone lies on the ground. The stone is cracked but the words are still visible. "J. W. Mathews—
'Cease dear friend, cease your weening.
Above the spot where I am sleeping.
When Christ appears I shall arise And I hope to meet you in the
skies,
"Died Jan. 7, 1862. Age —" Weathering on the letters has made them illegible.
Beyond the marker is another. The words are more worn than the first. All are obliterated except the last three lines of the epitaph.
"It breaks not friendships chain. Farewell, the faithful hearted Shall live and love again."
The moon becomes brighter and all the words on the nearest marker stand out clearly.
"James Baldwin, Died April 30, 1863. Age--28 years, seven months, 22 days. He was loved in life and in death lamented."
An epitaph is added:
An epitaph is added:
"Remember friends as you pass by
As you are, so once was I.
As I am, so you must be,
Prepare for death and follow me."
Summer Kansan Staff to Begin Publication June 9
The first of the bi-weekly publications of the Summer Session Kansas will be published on June 9.
A total of 16 editions will be published, on Tuesday and Friday of each week, over an eight-week period.
Faculty adviser to the official summer session newspaper as Calder M. Pickett, associate professor of journalism.
Topeka junior, editor; Harry O. Ritter, Kansas City, Kan., senior photographer; William Kane, Stafford junior, advertising and distribution.
Staff members are: Janet- Juneau.
As another school year ends, we look forward to serving you again next fall. And to the Class of '59...we extend our congratulations and wishes for success in the future.
Thursday, May 21, 1959
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Radio Programs
KUOK
4:00 Sign on and uninterrupted
Tonight
6:15 Jayhawk Jump Time
7:05 Musical Pathways
7:45 Lucky Strike Melodies and
8:05 KUOK Album Time
9:05 Music from Beyond the House
10:05 Rich Wood Show
11:00 Lucky Strike Melodies
11:15 Rich Wood
12:00 Sigh Off
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Tomorrow. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday KUOK will broadcast uninterrupted music from 5 p.m. to midnight. The station's broadcasting for the year will end at midnight Wednesday.
Crates Hatch Convicts
KANU
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — (UPI) — A state prison employee complained yesterday that the furniture crates he was handling were heavier than usual. Guards found they held four fleeing convicts, wrapped up with furniture in brown paper and cardboard.
Left Out City After Head
Tonight
OPORTO, Portugal — (UPI) The people of Oporto were out today for the head of the National Information Secretariat cartographer who drew up a new government map designed to attract foreign tourists to Portugal. He left out Oporto, the country's second largest city.
5:00 Twilight Concert: "String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor" by Beethoven
7:00 Concert Hall
7:30 Contemporary Concert:
"Quartet No. 6" by Martinu
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7:55 News
8:00 University of the Air
8:00 University of the Air
9:00 Everybody's Classics
9:55 News
11:00 Sign Off
10:00 A Little Night Music: "Quar-
tet No. 12 in E-flat Major"
by Beethoven
Green Stamps Good Here, Too
MONTGOMERY, Ala — (UPI) The police department reported receipt, through the U.S. Mails, of a letter mailed with a green trading stamp, cancelled by the post office.
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