North Georgia College - Cyclops Yearbook (Dahlonega, GA)

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- IN MEMORIAM - DEAN J. C. SIRMONS READ IN ASSEMBLY OCTOBER 1, 1953 in has passed away at North Georgia College which leaves a lo ly inheritan ely place on our npus. Dean J. C. Sirmons has gone to Christianity is a triumphant thing. Sometimes when the heart is lifted on the wings of song we feel it. Under the spell of a great speech or sermon we feel it again. And the truth sweeps over us in great tides when we look upon a life like that of Cy Sirmons. Christianity IS a triumphant thing! I was on the way to the college when the news came to me of Dean Sirmons ' passing. I am at that stage in my own journey I ' hen I cannot afford to lose friends. Sometimes when we look over our shoulder and see good friends passing away into the shadows beside the road, then we feel a loneliness as we go on under the burden of grief. Someti if you have the sort of faith that made Dean Sirmons ' life shine in the stars, you reali shadows, but have passed from the light — through the night — into the light as God pr girded with this great truth, you lengthen your step, fix your hand a little more firn toward your own bend in the road. passing away es you think life is hard, even evil. Then, ■ that they have not simply dropped into the mised. This assurance strengthens you, and y in the hand of God, and keep working I have seen many alumni : ask, Do you know Cy Sirmon: have said, He he ' Iped me with in him a sympathtic friend. nd friends of North Georgia College both here and in other ' How is Dean Sirmons now? School teachers have remarl smile and a good story when I felt awfully blue. Rich, parts of the State. Wherever I go, people 5d upon his great sense of humor. Some loor, girl, boy, man, and woman found Cy Sirmons was a man whose halo was unstained and who well found it easy to exchange the royal robes of earthly servant for vhatever spotless garment God provides for those who pass under the shining arch. The world is a better place because J. C. Sir- nons lived on the campus of North Georgia College for a score of years. — By Will D. Young, Dean.

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C. E. Stevenson Associate Professor of Education and Psyclxilogy Oglethorpe University, A.B.; George Peabody Col- lege for Teachers, A.M.; graduate study. University of Georgia, Duke University. ESTELLA M. SlRMONS Assistant Professor of English LaGrangc College; Emory University; Georgia State College, B.S. in Ed. JLTY Marion C. Wight Associate Professor of Mathematics Mississippi Southern College, B.S.; Vanderbilt Uni- versity, A.M.; graduate study, Louisiana State Uni- versity, Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Will D. Young Associate Professor of Social Science Cumberland University, A.B., A.M.; graduate study. University of Chicago, George Peabody College for Teachers.

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