Simpson College - Zenith Yearbook (Indianola, IA)

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i laisE Kenneth Holmes “Dislikes to be talked about. Motto—‘Let every man mind his own business Glen Daft What's the use of all this strife? And hurrying pell-mell thro' lifef” 3 Brntih E Bessie Noble Blest with a good reason and sober sense. Phyllis Phillips I don’t care how you spell my name! I’ll change it some time anyway. Paul McDade His cogitative faculties im- mersed in cogibundity of cogita- tion. Helen Scurr She has tons of knowledge— and, what’s more, the bottom ain’t out of it like with some folks. Ethel Card Her hair is not more sunny than her heart. twenty-six

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Class, of 1918 And now, dear friends, as you are about to gaze upon our faces—the Junior Glass of Simpson College, you will no doubt marvel at the ingenuity, variability and orig- inality of the countenances thus set before you. But, it is impossible for us to picture to you, as we might desire, the contrast between this noble body when as Freshmen we gathered in shy reserve almost three years ago, and this hearty band which now as- semble in all solemnity as the Junior Class of our school. Simpson has done great things for us. Here a parenthesis is necessary. We would not for one moment allow our readers to think that our class in its younger days was anything but exceptionally intellectual, alert, and progressive. It must not be forgotten how our fond Seniors, then Sophomores, strutted around with such an assumption of false dignity that proper self-respect made it necessary to challenge such class to a duel. Also,—the famous night must not slip our memory as we see our Freshman flag kept securely on its post while ambitious “Sophs” made vain attempts to cast it from its place of honor, only to be driven back again and again, a sight unprecedented in the history of our school. Oh, the torn shirts; oh, the pulled hair; how early we learned to act together! Through all this, however, through class meetings, with honored members crawling in and out of the windows through numerous escapades better not mentioned, through it all, our class has manifested a certain earnestness and solemnity which spoke of the real vital purpose for which we came to college. And in such a spirit of earnestness where could one be more satisfied than in old Simpson? We feel thankful for what our school has meant to us, for giving us many deep friendships which must ever be most pleasant memories; a sympathetic association with an earnest and friendly faculty and above all we are thankful for the true Simpson spirit of friendship, loyalty, and understanding which has become deeply fixed in each one of us, and which following, we may hope not only to recognize, but to realize our highest ideals. Now as we look into the future we must smile for how evident it is that this is the contribution old Simpson will be making to her students for countless years to come. We see evidences of it in the spirit of our under-classmen, in the spirit of our faculty, and in the spirit of our new president who has unswervingly proven to be a broad- minded, honest, and ambitious man who will undoubtedly help to retain our Simpson “Spirit”, leading us on into its further realization. M. G., ’IS. jl ■ ■ —-4 Zmiith tiucnty-eiyht