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

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jliurmal we 'ikememher VVe care not what the future may hold of weal or woe, Wheii we leave our dear old Normal right hopefully we'll go, Strengthened by our knowledge and the fact that we'ye been true To our dear old Alma Mater, our own l. S. N. lol. Youlll find at son of Normal where ever you may go, From the hot and garish tropics to the land of ice and snow. Some are gone adyenturing, some are there by ehanee And some that you may look for lie in the soil of France. The Red and Wliite has ,qat,hered'ma,ny laurels in the past, And this shall be our duty now to make her glory last: Her ancient fame and honor shall never, never die, And time will make her greater as the years go rolling by. Normal we remember, Normal We are trueg Rah for dear old Normal, Our own I. S. N. U! From lV01'mcLl lVe Rcmemhere -BRADFORD STIQWART 17 77

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Ghz iiaumezfliuming g Landmarks, Milestones, Red Letter Days-call them what you will--are the never-to-be-forgotten times and experiences in the lives of institutions as of individuals. Such a time and such an experience was 1. S. N. U. 's First Home-Coming, which was celebrated on the fourth a11d fifth of November of this school year. The starting time was General Exercise Period on Friday, November lth, when the early arrivals were introduced to the Home-lf'oming song. Normal, Nile Remember, written by Bradford Stewart, '18, and set to music by Prof. 'Westhoff for the occasiong it was all over by midnight of Satur- day. November 5th,-less than forty hours, all told, not allowing for sleep or study of which there was little or none-but how much excitement, joy, and real happiness were crowded into those few hours only those who were a part of it can know. Groups of the Varsity Club members and some of the men of the faculty, assisted by our far-famed and invaluable musical organization, the Sympathy Septette. met the trains and escorted the visitors to the Home-Comers' Regis- tration Desk in the Main Office Where they were presented with a souvenir book- let, a badge, and a, bunch of wahoo berries, and given requested information about various topics of interest. By Saturday noon nearly seven hundred former students and graduates had registered. Those from farthest away came from San Mateo, Florida. and Bremerton, Vklashington, but the majority were nat- urally from nearby towns although all parts of the State were well represented. Many who could not attend wrote letters of sincere regret to President Felmley. One of these letters came from far-off India. Vwlhen the curtain rose on the Jester Play at 8:15 on Friday evening the Auditorium was tilled to capacity with Home-Comers and their friends, for every one was a friend of the Home-'C'omers. It was this friendly spirit which added to every thing unusual pleasure. The Auld Lang Syne Party after the Play was composed of a gay crowd busily engaged in recalling good times of former years. It was at this party that everybody found everybody and ex- pressed surprise and joy in the discovery. Saturday began with breakfast, as most days do, but this breakfast was different because it was cooked and served by the Domestic Science Girls for the Home-Comers and their hosts. It consisted of waffles, coffee, bacon, eggs, et ceterag it lasted four hours for the Domestic Science Girls, but the Home-Com- ers came. feasted, and hastened elsewhere, because-Miss Milner was greeting her many friends in the Library, the Nature Study C'lub was meeting, Class Reunions were going on all over the Main Building, and the VVomen's Athletic Association had set 12 o'clock the hour when seventy-five of its present and past members should eat luncheon together in Bloomington. Both time and appetite had to be reserved and conserved for these other activities or each Home-Comer might have eaten breakfast all morning, and that would not have been fair because the Kindergarten 'Club was serving lunch on the Campus and all were welcome. Besides the already mentioned affairs, the business men of Normal had a large procession of automobiles waiting at 10 o'clock and many 18