Simpson School - Echo Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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Let joy’s own roses wither in their vase, Let clouds appear to take the sunlight’s place— Conic darkness! Let life and love l c hut any empty husk. One’s soul a gray and wintry hill at dusk— Reign darkness! There is a dawn to such a night as this: A dream of youth, and with this dream of bliss— Comes light! One breathes, one drinks the lieauty of its glow. Sorrows vanish, memory’s breezes blow— Reigns light! Dmer Reed. ’27.

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foreword Our school life is so short that it seems “Not quite a waking truth, not quite ti dream. A visitation, bright and transitory. Therefore, each year uy embalm in ink our most pleasant memories, to make our school lire serin more real in the years to come. Herein r.v preserve a thought, a dream, a mem ry an echo of student hearts and minds, mingled with love and reverence for our school. The whole future will be richer and happier for that student who lets the sacred influences stirred by occasional glimpses back into the faces and scenes of dear old Simpson have free stray in his life. Tor this very purpose we issue this volume. May its pages never fail to strengthen that which is best in the heart of a single student.

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'Dedication Because in him we find till these truer qUtilities of Christian manhood, the courtliness of a perfect I'ir-i inia yen!lemon, the gentle consideration of a father the patience of a loving teacher, the unpretentious and childlike qualities of a true disciple of the Master, the painstaking care of the scholar—in short, all those virtues of mind and heart that make every student and teacher have the deepest admiration and love for him— «iv dedicate this .Innual to our beloved teacher. Professor J. ll‘. Tinsley.. By his example, as well as by his faithful teaching, he has been an inspiration to the students of Simpson School for many years. His life and character make it easier to have faith in humanity. II e honor ourselves in honoring hint.