Illinois State Normal University - Index Yearbook (Normal, IL)

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TO THE WORLD'S FAIR SENIORS OF '9 THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED. l.raAnaR l,UlSI,lSHlNG HOUSE, Printers, liloomingtun, Ill,

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WT H E ' IN D ' QLASS HNNUAL Illinois State ormal University NORMAL, ILLINOIS. I.,. .... I1 q EQ 'LII EDITORS: JQHN B. CLEVELAND, GEQRGE W. RILEY, HERBERT S. HICKS.

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Salutatorg. V N T has for years been a custom I with the students of most Col- N f leges of note to publish yearly U ' their College Annual. Ever Z , 'ii'7f since the primal movement in J E this direction the plan has been ' ' ' it VT P meeting with increasing favor, M i not only with the students, but fp with the Faculties as well, until at the present day there is in our 'N fp land scarcely a X i A school doing Col- ts ' 5 ps, ig lege Work that has v if - fs f r A- 4 not its Annual so V V These Annuals', -Q - 3-1l:'fi--':'..,m ' satisfy a desire, fill A 1 U r ff' 2. place in the life - mm.. of the student and teacher alike, which nothing else can do. The perusal of these books calls to the mind of the student those weary midnight hours in which lessons hard and long, questions complicated and perplexing, have H murdered sleep, and, with the remembrance of those seemingly unfortunate hours, come thoughts of the pleasant associations, acquaintances, comical experiences, and lasting impressions with which the student's life is blest. This june the I. S. N. U. completes thirty-five years of its existence. Through the constant wise management that it has had, it has today the honor of being the leading Normal School of the United States. Its influence is felt not merely Within the confines of our great commonwealth, nor alone within the borders of our nationg for representatives of our Alma Mater are found in nearly every state in the Union, and of them in foreign lands there is a goodly number. Strange to relate, with the hundreds that have