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

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The Index this, but we read the book and we absorbed the book,-one apiece. It is plain to be seen, either by the inductive, deductive or dialectic process ol' reasoning. that if there isn't a speedy outlet for some of this knowledge there must be a terrible explosion. So we are glad to go forth to our work. XVe wish to give a few suggestions that may serve as an aim for the work of the next Section A. In the notices given regarding the use of thc library you will learn that library rules, like the rules of German grammar, have exceptions. Know this also, that Section A is the oufi' exception. If you are fortunate enough to be in Section A, when you are sitting next to a member of your class in the library you may raise your eyes from your book and look at your neighbor for the space of a minute if your neighbor be of the same sex. but if he be of the opposite sex for a half minute. You may even venture to smile or say three words during a period of three hours. 'Notwithstanding the desire we have to enter upon our work we are sorry to leave the sheltering protection of our dear flfuzu 11mfc'1'. XVe love these teachers, who have been such an inspiration to us. Then there is a feeling of regret that comes when we think ofthe effect that our absence must produce. XVhat a desert journey you. who are left, will have when you can no longer pause beside the laughing Brooks and the refreshing lfVells. XVitl1 these few words of parting the Class of 1901 bids you farewell. l .R.E.S. SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS. Lui-3 IfNIGHT, . President ,IHSEl'llINIf Slflei-', Vice-President Jacobi HPfINZI'2I.3I.'XN, . . Treasurer Jnii-is Ifoiein-iN, . . . Secretary Class Motto: PERGANlUS.

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The Index THE SENIOR EDITORIAL. i. T mm -fL'HE glorious twentieth century dawned upon the dear old Normal with as brilliant I W2 a class of Seniors within its walls as any that has been found there in the past, ' or any that will be welcomed in the future. lbvwwwmj President Felmley said last year at a banquet that this class was especially beloved by the faculty, and the delightful dinner at which we were recently entertained made us positive that the president was right, as he generally is. Our greatness is due to various causes, among others is the unity amid diversity that has characterized the class. This diversity has been strongly brought out in the class meetings, which far surpassed the Ciceronian Society in their opportunity for oratory and debate. The unity has been secured by our having for a leader a true Knight and our un- swerving devotion to XVright. Many and varied have been our experiences. The school has had three presidents dura ing our career, and as a result our class is made up of three distinct types of character. There are those of our number who go about with that self-suflicient air that says. I am a social force. Then we have the ones whose emotional side predominates, their favorite theme is the philosophy of love. The third class revel in the realm of intellect. They say with Bacon and Felmley, I have taken all knowledge to be my province. A certain lecturer gives an original version of an old passage. It used to be Open your mouth and the Lord will till it. He says, Fill your mouth and the Lord will open it. Now the Seniors of 1001 have gone through the lilling process. W'e each bought a copy of Rosen- kranz because we alwavs obey orders. and we were told to buy a book. We not only did

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26 The Index CLASS OF 1901. Are you saddened then, my classmates? Do you dread the parting hour? Do you wish that we might linger As in days now gone before? Are you loth to part from Normal, And to bid your fond adieu To the teachers who have trained us Teachers who have been so true! Nay: We'll not leave all behind us, For we'll carry with us there. To the field wherein we labor. XVhat we've slowly gathered here. 7 To our teachers we are thankful For the measures thev have filled For the ideals they have given us, Q XVaiting now to be fulfilled. So we'll gladly go and labor And. perchance. in others' lives Fill the measure rounded nicely That they've helped to fill in ours And although we wander widely, Each one in a field alone, Yet our work will ever bind us To our early happy home. Then when May-days have departed. And we're older grown than now: l.Vhen the marks of life's endeavors Have been traced upon our brows: XVhen. perchance. the way grows weary As we slowly travel through All the dark and lonely passes That are waiting me and your 'Xhen adown the misty future lVe have traveled. classmates. on. And the hopes of youth are measured In the laurels lost or won: lVhen in search of life's enjoyment XVe shall turn to memory's store. And with joyful recollection View the events gone before. XVe shall then with lasting pleasure Stop in Normal's sacred halls. Sacred through the lives of many Trained within her noble walls. lVe shall find a joyful haven Cheer our parting. then, my classmates As we gladly linger here, lVhile we go forth one by one, On the scene of early pleasures. And we'll e'er be one in spirit. On the scene We hold so dear. Class of nineteen hundred one.