Muncie Normal Institute - Arbor Vitae Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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Editorial The heights hy great inen reaehetl and kept Were not attained by sudden tlight: liut they. while their companions slept Were toiling upward in the night. - Longfellow. lll'S it is we strive to reaeh the heights upon which our itleals are peilestztletl. lKrfS1 As participants ol' this great institute we, the students ot' Classes anal li anil Two-Year Courses, setting forth as teaehers or as ex- pectant teaehers, helieve that lite is an opportunity to work. ll' this he true, then the work ot' everyone niust he in a measure planned for hini. 'l'he main requisite is keeping an expeetant attituile ot' niincl anil wiile open eyes for the leading that shall eoine. Our preparation tor this leading eoultl he gained in no helter tlepartnient or untler no nolmler anal greater instruction than that ot' l'rot'essor XVhitniarsh, Dean ot' the Teaehers' Courses. lt lnehooves us then, one :intl all, to aspire to he greater than our environ- nient. XYe niust make ourselves worthy :intl our opportunities will t'UlllL'. llowever, they clo not gravitate to those in itllenessg they seek the worker. the lnan who ean do things either heeause he has proven himselt' in the past. or heeause he stanmls really anal willing to prove himself in the present. lt is with this aim in niinil that we are striving, antl surely with the truly earnest zeal put t'orth in our work, uniler sueh protieient instructors as are tounil in this mlepartinent. we shoultl he reaily tor the opportunity when it eoines. XVhether it he in the little one-roonieml sehool house in the eountry or whether it he in the eonsolitlatetl ones, we must prove our ability to leatli organize teaeh and win. Many times we tinil the great opportunities to he llliltlt' up ot' the little ones strung.: together, following in series like the prohlenis in an Arithmetie text hook. graded in tlillieulty antl giving knowletlge anal experieuee for the next harder. 'l'herel'ore, we niust keep paee with the raee's progress. Xvlllllllll the oltl the new eoultl not eonie into existence, yet the olml must ever give way to the new. .lust as youth is intolerant ot' age anil thinks that youth has the greater wisiloni and the greater power, so the present is likely to he intolerant, t'or- getting its great achievements and the tleht that eaeh generation owes to those that have put it into possession ol' the tools ol' l'rog.5ress. Nlary tlessell, Associate Editor. lltl

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Organization of Two-Year Course Al, l l'llS'l', l,l'L'5l1lL'lll l.lil,A KNOX, St-cr:-t us .XNNA UL-YUl'NKi, l'l'upllL-lt-ss Mtl'l l'tD: ll m-:illm-rs not lil'4iI1l wlit-llcc lllc gala- Uur ships will gn wlu-rc wc sn-t thc sails. tlnlnrs YL-llnw and Whitt- l'ilHXYL'l' l,ily-ut'-thu-V:illL-y M. N. I. NL-au' thc rlmrcs nt' nhl XVhilL- llivt-V. To thc wcslwzirtl ul' thc city, You will st-c thc Muncic NUl'llllllQ NVQ :irc prnml nf M11m'ic Normal. .Xll :iholll it wzivc thu 5LI't'L'Il lr:-us. Un :ill sitlcs tht- fr:-sli gn-t-li Cilllllllls. llruzing tlu-rc we suc wld lillL'Hll', Soc tht- hilly-gmail- black 11:11-s:1l'. Xlziscwt nt' tht- N4ll'IliiIlfllllk lll'. llt-rc :irc gaitht-rt-ml llllllly slmlcnls lf:-mn tht- L-:ist :tml t'ruin thc mirth-laiml, I-'min the wt-st :tml frum thc south-luml, lfnuh :nw striving for niuru lilltiWlL'tl2L'. Many things thu Nnrmnl 'tt-:it-lu-s llnw lu until: or :ln L'0lllUlll wurla, 'lin It-:ich sclmnl nr lic an t':u'1m-r. St-ziiii-tix-ss. chemist, nr :i p:nintcr. ltlirls nrt- lmirt- :itlnpt :it p:ninting.i.J Uncc tlluss :tml ll :tml 'l'wu-Ya-:ir l'l:ul :i picnic :it Mt-tlulluuli. Spread their cuts tln-ru in MuCullnt-h. Plaiycd tht-ir gumus :tml tunk swim- piutllu-s. Tuul: thu cukcs two lmnw tht- buys :lid.l N:-xt tilm- we will tnlau scum- posters, tiil'lr. ln.-up ull' tht- utiluu-tl Dl1lj'5.Il't7lll1tl. l-'ul' il will :assist thu lic:-por ll' 'tis plain-tl tht-ru nn thu pl:iygrnuml. All thc fun :tml :ill the frulic Only himls thu friumlsliip ulusor. .Xml in :ill thc yczxrs that follow All the busy yt-:irs that fullnw XVL- shall pl'm'u uni' uwn I'0lll Valm- To nur busy ft-lluw uruanturcs lint wt- shall oftcn think with plt-:isurv Ol' thc days that huvc gone hy Ol' thc t':iculty :ind clusslnaitus ln thu dum' olrl M. N. I. 91