Simpson School - Echo Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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The I7. CIIO Sophomore Group Bottom Roto—Left to Riylit: G» ml.) Hoistox. Whitfield Clkmkxts, Roson Breedlove. Rex Hums', Willard Glover. James Love. Second Row. Emvx Cvrk. Ida Ln; Downkv. Evklvs Hauisox, Elizabeth Large. Lillian Long. Top Roto: Robert Barber, Romm James. Joe Lambert. James Kerr. Charles Lamar, Gvs Boa trite. ♦ ♦ + SAMUEL JOHNSON I have never had a very high opinion of Johnson; his Item and his whole attitude grate on my nerves He reminds me of a surly child who, having had the run of his father’s bookshelves. think' he is the sum-total of human knowledge, and sneeringly speaks at everyone and everything. He. no doubt, accomplished great things and is a | err among the must erudite; yet somehow he just rubs me tl»c wrong way. I think the opinion his contemporaries had of him is sufficient. man has two reputations, they say; the one during his life, the other after his death. Johnson is very popular today. Donnell Van de Voort. ’30. 1 9 3 0

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The ECHO Sophomore Group Hollow Row—Left to Riyht: De Owen Xk hols Frank Thompson. Robert Montgomery, W. G. Montgomery. I low eh. Parrish. Wili. Miij-ex. Second Rote: Eugene MrssRY. Walter Ward, James Phillips, John Norton, James Strain. James Smith. Top Row: Frank Parrish. Agnes Walker. F'i.i aioth Perry. Mildred Napier. Madeline Shivers, Millred Smith. Virginia Mhxkm. F SOIMIOMOKKS In wisdotn, science, brains, and lore. Tradition holds we're in the fore; Our faces bear this record out. Our sense im one can dare to doubt. We bid you in our company come. With qucstH.iis prod us, and then some; If we l»c worthy heirs to stand. Extend to ns your welcome hand. We Soplxmiorcs. we arc the stuff, Ken though just diamonds in the roiiKh. Beneath our plain and simple stole Vow’ll find the metal pure as gold! 19 3 0

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The i : ciio Woodrow Wilson ft1 rise Ktxoyi For heroic | c« o crane . strength of intellect. d'gntty and pimri of mind. logic ami rku|imc(, ami withal. tine mamines of ctiaracter, ttouilixm WlluiQ ha no in any age. Woodrow Wilton »» boro at Stanton, ’a„ Heermbet JX. 1X51.. lit birth umiil five Christmas frutin tin was Mgmfiranl o| hi mission -mr ol proit to the nation . Hr wa literally a child of the mans -. Irarmng hi alphabet out of th« Shorter Cater hi «m I lie fulurr President « christened Tl»«na Woodrow•; ami ii wa Iff hi fir»t tutor, abbreviate.I into ••Tom, that he wa known In hit playmate ami rven addressed by hi fellow •tudcni at Princeton. Woodrow Wilson having finished hi» eComlary- «oik, rnirrr.l Princeton a a member of the lamnui das Of A a «tui|cnt hr dirssed very dtnpl}. livrd economically, anil associated with men of intel- lectual and moral worth, lie alnnimlrd in liu-.ttor. c«»m( fellowship, and wa» university t rlo«rd. lie wa» democratic by nature and absolutely uninfluenced ly money or ucigl position. Hr wa on the editorial st.ill III College purification and fond of humorous writing. lie excelled in debating und writing upon iMibiiral economy, in the knowIrdgr id the ht lory id the I’mird Stale , in the theory of government in general, and in the interpretation of the on iitutr n of I be I. tilled Slate Hr graduated with honor , but no one ever thought he. who wa« t give leadership ami inspiration in the World War ami lo World Peace, would ever l«r runntvied witu Princeton boini), or with that of John Wither poon, who helped lead America to lirr Independence ilaon otter aid that a a young lawyer he wntr out the nig in In office walking around the dr k waiting f«r client ; «.» he abandoned a legal caim and wrni In John tlopkin t nivrr uv. Hi writing secured him hi profr nrohip of llinot) ai Itryn Mawr, and lain a similar imition ai Princeton, where »ub r incnlly he wa made head. Life was a | rrity well rttied affair for him while be wa» Prc idenl itt Princeton It great oaks, •bailed lawn , and historic hall furnished the ettmg in which Wilwin did much of hi lileraty work, lie probably had tittle- thought of bring snatched into the maelstrom of politic and of war. lie drew some public ailcntioii in ihe fight for the preservation „( democratic ideal at the L’nivcrsity, but br Uved »n small juy tlir life of a family man. with hi bejored wife Kllen Arum, anil a lair a |9J0 m thinking of retiring on a teacher pension. Thai year the inexorable force of event come into evidence. The tide which Sweep oil to fonimc began to ri»r about him. The President of Princeton wj becoming an influential national clmractrr. in 1906. Col Harvey, editor of llar|ier'» Weekly, called Mr. Wilson a fit candidate for the Presidency of the Unittil States, and in hi paper kept Wilson' iigitte before the country In 1910 Wilson was nominated and elected tiuvernur of New Jersey. At the end of In t.nverimmlnp be »» an avowed candidate fot the democratic nomination for the Presidency In 101.?. With the support of William Jennings Hryan. hr uccredcd in Icing electcd, At that time hr didn't realize that a struggle there wa ahead of him No sooner bad Wilson taken the oath of office than trouble with Mexico started Wilton' attitude concerning the Mexican situation hurl him at that time: but today we realize that be to ik ucb a stand brcuusr be aw that tlir World War was ju»t ahead. Woodrow Wifantl nceompli hcd a great deal during hi first administration, an l in gratitudr for hi effurt thr people re-elected him. It wa at tin time that trouble wa going on in Kuropc. Wilson ■uhmitted many plana to restore peace, but all eemcd In vain. We weir given ltt»t cause for entering the World War long before we did; hut finally a line had to Ik- drwan. The Pre-sklent promptly made it a war for democracy. Ill all hi declaration , from April. PH”, to October. 191k, lie preached a crusade for democracy. In that way he influenced ami moved the whole world, lifting the move liberal element of the western Allies to a higher level of idealism, and putting the impetrialini of Clrrhthnj and her •uppurtcr niton a lonely defensive which wa most difficult tu sustain. Wilton handled tlir situation wonderfully and wa praised by many for hi aid in v ictory. In the defiths of Wilson's mind .trow the idea of the l.engur of Nation which followed the war a» an aid to WmId Peace. Wilson pained out of the White House a broken figure. The etid was not far off. On February 3id hr passed away. Woodrow Wilson i dead, yet being dead he - t»H lives in the tine thing which he deemed r» cntial—• the democracy of the nation ami thr l-Tothcrbood of mankind. History « « that thr victory went, not to those who triumphed with armies, hut to those who made that j cacr secure Iff laying the foundation for such perfect international understanding a would eventually wipe war from among nation und strengthen those human Fond that kn »w no race, nor erred, UO» Imragr when iiurstioiis of iti tiee. of right aod of wrong are nt issue. And among those men of courage, strength, and almost superhuman vision, Woodrow Wilson led all the rest. ItosiMi I i.vvins, Ml. 19 3 0