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

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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

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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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graduated here, and with the thousands that have attended, the student's book, the Annual, has heretofore never appeared. In view of these facts, dear reader, we present to you this, the first book of its kind that has ever gone from this Institution, ff The Index Class Annual of 'Q2, of the Illinois State Normal University. There are in this age professional bookmakers. To this title we renounce all claim. Our knowledgein this direction is best and only expressed by the phrase, Uno experience what- ever. With the very best wishes for the school, We began the work, how far we have succeeded in our endeavors you are to judge. Over the mistakes that we have made, We hope you will hang your mantle of forgiveness. It has been our aim to treat the school and school life here in as full a manner as possible, and to make this souvenir one of interest to all the friends of the I. S. N. U. who may read it, and especially to those who have had the rare good fortune to attend here. VVe trust, that, if there have been any hits made by our artists and joker, they will be received in the same spirit of good feeling with which they are given. To those who have so cheerfully contributed and willingly assisted us in this work, we express our lasting obligations. We earnestly hope that this will establish a custom of publishing an Annual for each year of this school's future history, and we would suggest that future classes at the beginning of the year elect' a Board of Editors to prosecute the Work. x THE EDITORS. 3... TTTT -.-Y A.-?,..g,'X J ffl.-I4 if Y .L K Y -rn-1---u ' 5 - fir 'I I if J .V rigzu 721.1 -.. 'veQ?3i :' L Q ' nw G '-H 7 :z :fs 7 - ', I f I - - K--f I 'W'-'T 4'4 -5 . 1 - Y Us 'P J' ' ft 'te--N , R ,. -V . ,,,- 1. fs . -M ' W ' 1'-A Amrfsviap Yrrk-.x, V ,.M-, , ' - ,44------- ,E-,,,.-fr