The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-12-30
The Springtide of Life.

The Springtide of Life.
Perhaps the editor is too much iu-
clined toward sentiment, too youthful
at heart to grapple with becoming
seriousness with the more material
problems of life. Be that as it may: ii
remains that the nest joyous feature of
! the holiday season was to us the home
coming of the boys and girls.
They came back with such rush of en-.
thusiasm, suchbright faces, such spark
ling eyes. SUCH jolly laughter that went
long way to prove that this gray old
worlG is not becoming played out, that
life, fun and laughter are not lost arts:
that energy and strength and gay en-
thusiasms are still extant. We see
again what all the world was before
the touch of sorditlness or care hard
ened the face lines. or the thunder.
storms of life soured the milk of human
kindness
There was the Chicago contingent,
three fine manly boys. McHenry, 70.
mans, \ Dung all of them full of vigor
and vim. The Iowa University boys,
Hunt, Walker, Gregory, Miller and
Morris, splendid representatives of the
best type of Denison boys, came back
to loving hearts and welcoming homes.
Merle and Charles Gable, looking as
sound as one of their fathers best ap-
Piles, and Ferd Ranniger returned from
Simpson college. and if they could be
seen by all the Dow City people there
would be no further question in that
community as to the quality of the
! boys turned out at Indianola.
Adds LAZY returned from the great
university at Notre Dame, Ind, where
he has made a splendid record The
military discipline and exercise has
already given a splendid bearing and
he is as full of energy as twelve-horse
power automobile. Miss Lally re-
| turned from Der Wisconsin Seminary
/ sometime ago and with ali the children
at home, the Lally household was i'm
deed happy one.
Among the girls Bertha Kelly re-
turned from the state normal where
she is pursuing her course with the
marked ability that mas characterized
all the young ladies of that family.
Garnet Romans and Ethel Gulick up
hold the fair name of Cornell, Score.
tary Shaw may Halter himself that
Cornell will remember Denison on ac-
count of the fact that he attended that
institution. For once the Secretary
would be wrong. Denison is famous in
Cornell for the lovely and lovable girls
who have gone from this town to
quicken the pulses of Cornell, boys.
The Denison representatives now are
fully able to sustain the reputation of
our city and if one shuts hiseyes, their
talk of the eternal beet' of Bowman
hall reminds one exactly of the talk of
other girls in other days.
l. The Misses lone and Junia Romans
returned from their studies atJackson-
vile, III. hearty. happy and enthusia
tic over their school.
John ShawVan, Howard Wygant,
Ralph Seymore, Luke Weeks, Frank
Evans and John Peters were among
those who had been out in the world
looking the problems of life in the face
and making their own way. 1t is a
pleasure to know that not one of them
has been a failure, that each has done
we'll his work and that the parental
pride with which their return was
greeted was not vain pride but honest
ly deserved. If for no other reason
than for the return of the loved ones
is the Christmas season blessed For
tunate indeed are those who have
children to return, strong, hearty and
happy, to the roof tree, and still more
fortunate are the youth who know that
a mothers arms are outstreached to
greet them and that fathers love
compasses them about.
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