Drury University - Souwester Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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- Drury 's 'Win-:lt X , ' gl! Edythe Wes 'Ag' .- A' 'Alle 1 ' ' .Qps' It 1 iv xi Naming and describing Edythe West are difficult One tries artist teacher friend even genius lrasclble loving honest, creative, funny, courageous, pained. They fail. 'N 1? N The dates are not important - no more so than her height and weight. She seemed to have lived forever but she but nothing would have been enough. was not very old. Her ideas were freshg She did this silk-screen for a Danforth she was young. conference. She was an abstraction. Q, She didn't wake one morning in June. a beautiful day, and we could have cried

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jf- . ' .. l . a .1 . 1 li Wh-it N . . Q-if K A I 4 I I x I f f 3 Ig ' 'X . v. . x gf ' f I-'N I 1' 2 - - it ' l 5 K -e ' f 7,4 5 Louis XIII was king of France for 33 years, l6IO-43. lt was a remarkable period in French history. in drama Corneille was exalting the will at the expense of human emotions: St. Francis de Sales and St. Vin- cent de Paul were working on Catholic reformation. and Rene Descartes was completing his great works in philosophy. science and mathematics. And mama. Marie de Medici. after having spent the careful treasury of Henry IV, was intrigu- ing to rule the country. ln the beginning. Cardinal Richelieu was her friend and protege. but with the growth of his pow- er. she became jealous. and the king sent her into exile. Was Richelieu an example of ON POUR TOUS, a patriotic French- man? Maybe. lf we can't be sure about Richlieu and France. we can be certain about Stone Chapel. It was erected in I88l and is the oldest building on campus. fPresident's House dates from I895, Pearsons Hall from l9Ol, and Burnham Hall from I909, the date of South Gym.J Stone Chapel was mainly the gift of Mrs. Valeria G. Stone of Malden Massa- chusetts. eight years after the establish- ment of the college. She had been im- pressed by the efforts of the Yale faculty to found a liberal arts college in Missouri. and made a large gift. The building is native limestone, it has a seating capacity of SCD. and the most famous organ in Springfield. It's truly ON POUR TOLIS. for college and community.