Plymouth State University - Conning Tower Yearbook (Plymouth, NH)

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MARIAN MORRILL COLLINS Laconia, N. H. Speedball (1) (2) (3) (4); Volleyball (1) (2) (3) (4); Varsity Basketball (1) (2) (3) (4); Basketball Leader (3); President Athletic Association (2); Representative (1) (2) (3); Solicitor (I); Associate Justice (4); Senior Glee Club (1) (2) (3) (4); Pan-Athenaeum (2) (3); Editor-in-Chief of Yearbook (4). A good sport, a good friend, Merry brown eyes. Bring one end — Marian. HELEN MAUDE LEE General Medfield, Mass. Speedball (1) (2) (3); Volleyball (1); Baseball (1) (2); Bowling (2) (3); Badminton (2) (3) (4); Math Club (2). Helen is one of our Out-of-Staters, but we think that during her four years here she has found that New Hampshire has many charms. OLIVE HARRIET MARSHALL Nashua, N. H. Speedball (1) (2) (3) (4); Basketball (1) (2) (3); Junior Glee Club (1); Math Club (2); Social Club Council (3); Baseball (1) (2); Class Vice-President (}) (4); Photograph Committee for Yearbook (4). She’s witty, sociable, full of fun; With knack for getting all work done.” 20

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Another error of the nineteenth century might be called the mathematician’s fallacy: Given infinite time, all kinds of worlds will result. In harmony with this theory is the remark that man is a cosmic accident. There may be accidents for our limited vision, but they are not cosmic, because they occur in the cosmos. A universe that did not contain any higher principles than those necessary to produce a sand pile would never produce animals. In a cosmos that did not harmonize with mind there could emerge no being with self-consciousness. The exposure of these fallacies has given a much wider opportunity for logical conclusions. Consider the argument by presuppositions. This means that if anything is given, or experienced, whatever is logically necessary to make the condition possible is true. You are familiar with this logical process from Kant's examination of man’s moral nature. Man does have a conscience, and if his analysis is without flaw, then his conclusion is valid: “It is morally necessary to presuppose the existence of God.” The problem of genesis, of man’s origin, does not enter. Important problems for careful thinking are to be found in the realm of values. If values, such as truth, beauty, goodness, freedom, justice, arc of utmost importance for man, then they must have a meaning in the universe as a whole. The universe will be better understood in the twentieth century than it was in the nineteenth. Harry Preble Swett 19

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BARBARA ELIZABETH PATTEE Barb — Bar Plymouth, N. H. French Club (1) (2) (3) (4), President (3); Senior Glee Club (1) (2) (3) (4); Badminton Tournament (3). “Merry eyes, serious eyes, high ideals; a loyal friend—that’s Barb.” MARGARET ISABEL PLUMMER “Issey” Plymouth, N. H. Speedball (1) (2) (3); Volleyball (1) (2) (3); Tennis (1); Badminton (3) (4); Ring Tennis (3) (4); Bowling (1); Baseball (1); Band (1) (2) (3) (4), Secretary (2); Orchestra (1) (2) (3); Senior Glee Club (1) (2) (3); Math Club (2); Editor-in-Chief of Yearbook (4). “Here’s to the girl with the golden hair, When you need a pal, she’s always there!” WALTER ALAN SCOTT “Scotty” West Thornton, N. H. Social Club Council (2) (3) (4); Manager Basketball (2) (3); Forensic (1) (2) (3), President (4); Varsity Debating (2) (3) (4); Sheriff Grafton House (2) (3) (4); House of Representatives (1) (2); Art Editor of Yearbook (4). Do you want any art work done? Want any poems written? Have you any questions? If so, find Scott. 21