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

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I EDITORI L S. NOU. SECTION A. 1903 ALK ABOUT the Coronation, Wliiit are wars or strikes or ructions, Cf Prince Henry's great ovation, Or political deductions, There is nothing of importance VVhat the Philippines or Boers, From September round to May Or the questions of the day? That can send such thrills of gladness They are subjects lit for nothing, Through the school. or banish sadness Save for jesting or for scoiiing From the hearts of lower sections Wlieii compared with ideas lofty, As a smile from Section A. Wiisely voiced by Section A ln the classes gone before us -ls the cry that comes in chorus- 'WVC admit were members valiant Ever eager for the fray. But they pale before the gleaming VVith a transient, ghostly, seeming, VVhen compared with all the brilliance Heaming forth from Section A. Section Al 'tllitle hallowed to those gone before who were possessed of it, we hail you Y Brilliant has been the throng enlisted under your banners. Qf the happy days when we were under your enlistment, we shall, foster tender memories. The past is a land of dreams-a gleaming light, then shadows thronging over it-the bright and dark, the slow and swift! Our past has been no exception. With timid hearts but with a divine thirst for knowledge we sought these venerable halls. Eagerly we drank the wisdom poured upon us. We questioned not. As elay in the hands of the

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sf THE ALUMQNI is IIE ILLINOIS STATE NORMAL UNIVERSITY now enrolls upon its Alumni Register nearly fourteen hundred fifty names. Of this large number of graduates which have gone forth from the institution since 1860, all but about one hundred are still liv- ing and their present addresses and occupations are published biennially in the Alumni Register. One needs but to glance at this record to see how Widely the influence of this school is spread, not only throughout the United States, but indeed, even to foreign lands. This roll is a roll of honor and the mere calling of this roll is ample justification of the perpetuation and expansion of the institution. As a body, the Alumni have the kindest feeling toward their Alma Mater, and although they are not inclined to be extravagant in their admiration for the old school, still the faculty and management can always rely upon the cordial support and Well Wishing of the Alumni. Owing to the Wide territory over which the alumni are now scattered the annual Alumni meetings are but fairly Well attended, but for those Who can attend, this is one of the pleasantest occasions of the year. Upon this occasion each new class is received into the fold with hearty Welcome as the youngest member of the Alumni of the lllinois State Normal University. F. D. B.

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Ebe llnoeg 17 potter We had placed ourselves to be moulded into useful shapes. But gradu- ally it dawned upon us that we were not clay, that naught but our self-activity Would realize our ideal and then in field and hall and class rooin, our deeds and Words shown forth. Our pride and our anibition have built up great castles on our plains of thought. Cillanie beckons, sitting high in the heavens, and joy lends a. halo to the Visionfl The heart is stirred with a thousand resolves-the hand is hot and feverish for action--the brain is iilled with plans and schemes. Bril- liant phantonis dance along the horizon of the Future. Ah, Future, thou art a great land, inan cannot compass thee in a day, not nieasure thee With a bound, not hind thy harvests into a single sheaf. How We delight to Wander there to Weave the passing into the coniing life. ,Tis to the border ot this niagic land, dear Section A, I bring yon,-the past is yours, the future yours to inalce. Out from this diin and shadowy past, from unrealized hopes and live ainbitions may you erect a fabric that shall stand staunch and unharined ainid the stornis of lite and when the day ends, inay the sun set calmly, glorious with criinson and gold. H. H. SENIOR CLHSS OFFICERS. ROY WEBSTER, President. EDITH EDWARDS, Vice-President. GEORGE LAFFERTY, Treasurer. LUCY Boswomu, Secretary. CLASS IWOTTO:-The Arlaieffeffzefzff of time part are to be exreflfd.