Roy Wallace Thomas

Roy Wallace Thomas attended Simpson College, where he was president of the Y.M.C.A, and a member of the debating team. He also participated in tennis and gymnastics. In an age that reveled in robust and “manly” physiques, “Tommy” (as he was affectionately known) did not fit the bill. Instead, his STH classmates poked fun at him for being small and perhaps a little effeminate.

So tiny is our little Roy,
He’s oft’ mistook for papa’s boy.
He talks just like a dictionary,—
A model for his “little fairy.”
And e’en his voice is piping small,
We wonder if he grew at all.