“Upon a sunny Kansas plain, our college towers rise high.” The Friends University Hymn by Dean and Mrs. O. B. Baldwin made its debut appearance on page 7 of the Talisman.

Upon a sunny Kansas plain,

Our college towers rise high,

Her massive walls, her lofty heights

Stand etched against the sky,

The morning sun first gilds her spire

To call to labor on,

While midst a gorgeous West she spreads

Her ev’ning benison.

Within her storied walls, there clings

The mem’ry of those hours,

When dreams were dreams and visions seen

High pointing like her towers.

And ever t’wards eternal truth

Her fost’ring spirit leads

To honors high or humble toil

Of lives of honest deeds.

Her sons and daughters proud are we,

And from the world’s far ends,

We’ll sing her praise with hearts that thrill,

To hear the name of Friends.

Oh, Father hear her children pray

That they may all hold true,

And that their lives full nobly may

Bring honor to Friends U