Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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Briar!! tif ?EUif0if5. Bl Editor-in-chief - - Robert Waite Sullivan. Literary Committee. Edna Rose Thornton, Mary Helen Hunt, George Elroy Howell, Gorden Clark Beck, E. Benjamin Yale. Lorena Matillijah Woodrow Art Committee. Florence Parish, Anna Belle Beattie, John Hughes Hislop. fake Committee Howard Edward Brillhart, Lawrence Clifton Irwin, Mary Caroline Megginson. Business Manager. - Walter Curtin Hampton. Assistants. Arthur Handly Hixson, Paul Stillwell McKihben, Thomas Johnson Bolger, John Solon Bridges, Edith Florence Thomas.

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li! mwtoriam. me Ashbell Fairchild Simpson was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, October l9, l880, and received his early education in the common schools. Later he attended Mount Pleasant Institute, from which he gradu- ated. ln the fall of i902 he came to Denison, entering as a freshman and bringing with him that strong and interesting personality which won for him the high place that he holds in our hearts. He was ever an enthusiastic and loyal member of the class of l906, and many of the students, for which that class is famous, were inspired by Ab's ready wit and inge- nuity. ln the class room, as in all other realms of college activity, he made an enviable record for his intelligence and capacity for work. His fun-loving disposition often helped to brighten the dull round of duty, and many a good-natured prank could be attributed to Ab's inventive genius. His eamest, cheerful Christian life was an inspiration to his fellow-students, and when he entered that bitter struggle for life he suffered with such bravery and patience that he Won the admiration and respect of all. When the end came it seemed almost a cause for rejoicing that peace had come to a tired spirit. g ln the College Cemetery, near the old buildings which held so many happy memories for him, he was laid to rest for the last time. Many esteemed him, more loved him, but to us all it is given to cherish his memory as long as these dearest of remembrances--the joys and sorrows of college days- shall live. PAGE FIVE

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yarvinorll. 39 HAT there is no end to the making of books is a general state- ment which one may apply to the A d y t u mn without much fear of contradiction. There have been HA d y t u m sn beyond the memory of most of us, and unless all signs fail they will still be with us. It is with some gratification, however, that the Board representing the Class of 1906 realize that this particular book is finished and now in your hands. Ours has not been a path of roses. We have all been busy and EA dy t u mn time had to be snatched from other pressing duties. A change in the business staff delayed that department somewhat, and then they had all sorts of trouble getting ads. Still we have enjoyed the work and shall not soon forget the preliminary discussions of the fall, and the subsequent meetings of the judicially-minded Literary Committee, of the Joke Committee, which were always very serious, and of the Art Committee, which were usually very social. The book as it stands is not the fruit of the first of those meetings, nor of the last. We had in mind to prepare for you a year book in its true sense, representative, harmonious, complete. We wanted, too, to get just a little out of the rut of past Ad ytum s. The rut was deep and it was hard to pull out. Whether the result is worth the effort is for you to say. We made mistakes and some of them are obvious. They have their place. You'll appreciate the good points all the more because of them. It will be noticed that we have included an unusually large number of grinds. Our purpose was not to make the A cl yt u m a jeer book PAGE SEVEN