Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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18 THE NORMAL ADVANCE W ever he finds himself in a crowd of perfect peo- ple he keeps his hand on his pocketbook. He advises everybody else to do the same thing. There are three things he wishes to have emphasized in the schools of Indiana. They are: tli The children should be taught the laws of hygiene and how to best observe them. His argument was that the people at large must understand and appreciate the efforts of the state board of health if legislation along the lines of personal and public hygiene are to be elfective. tm The essential features in any subject should be emphasized, and the minor points allowed to fall into place. Vague ideas of the subjects taught leads to ttimpx'essionistid, teaching. One teacher lately wrote on her ex- amination paper b The Idylls of King Lear, were written by Shakespeare? m Let every teacher in the state begin a vigorous campaign for better English. It is no use to argue that the school cannot overcome the influence of bad language in the home. If the school is so weak every teacher in the land is already sadly mis- directing her energy. The entire body of normal students and the pupils from the upper grades in the training school were present and attendediclosely to the address in spite of the fact that Dr. Cook, the Arctic explorer, was to be in the city for five minutes immediately following the hour given to Dr. Aley. 1- a , t - MABBIAGES Miss Frances Snyder and Mr. Chas. Mont- gomery were married at St. Marys Rectory, Lafayette, at 8 olclock p. m., Sept. 1, by Rev. J . R. Dennen. The attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Wright of Muncie, Mrs. Wright being maid of honor and Mr. Wright the best man. After the wedding a reception was given at the home, seventy-five guests being present. The color scheme was pink and White and the decorations were asters of those colors. Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery are very popular and have a host of friends both at home and . ' in school. We are glad to have them ,yvith us this year. They are at home at 621 North Seventh street. Miss J ennie Thomas and Mr. Chas. A. Wright, ,03, were married August 3, 109, at the home'of the bride in Logansport, at 11:30 a. m. by Rev. White. After the ceremony the wedding breakfast was served to twenty-five guests. The attend- ants were Frances Snyder of Lafayette and Mr. Andrew Angermeyer of Logansport. They are at home in Muncie, Indiana, Where Mr. Wright teaches science in the High school. Miss Hannah Kiester, 106, and Mr. Claude Kimmel of Kimmel, Indiana, were married Aug. 14, 709, at Ft. Wayne. They are living on a farm near Kimmel. THE GIBBS GLEE CLUB The Girls Glee Club which has been organ- ized this term, held its lirst meeting Wednes- day afternoon, October 13, to discuss plans for the coming year. The aim of the Glee Club is to furnish a means for the study of the best glee club songs, as well as to provide music when needed at any I. S. N. functions. The membership will be limited, but applications may be sent to the secretary at any time as all .Vacancies will be filled immediately. With the interest and enthusiasm the girls are showing, the Glee Club is an assured success. The fol- lowing oflicers have been elected: President, Miss Pauline Edington; vice-president, Miss Nelle Haberstich; secretary, Miss Pauline Clark; treasurer, Miss Grace Evans, and librar- ian, Miss Freda Meyer. Regular meetings will be held every Wednesday afternoon in the music room.

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THE NORMAL ADVANCE 17 indispensable to the equipment of a normal school is evidence that athletics are an import- ant part of education. When a student tells a solicitor for the Athletic Association that he is not interested in athletics he discredits the judgment of the educational and business brains that make physical recreation possible for him while in school. Furthermore, he de- clares himself disinterested in the very thing that will occupy the most prominent place in the minds of his pupils whenever he becomes a teacher. He is doomed to a partial failurebes cause he can not expect to crush out or wisely control an interest that he can not understand. There is no doubt that the young man prepar- ing to teach should keep in sympathy with amateur sports and games. Evidently then, the question is, does the Athletic Association furnish the cheapest and the best means of ac- complishing this end? All sports and games must be subject to some interested, organized, authoritative control. The Athletic Associa- tion, an organization of students and teachers, furnishes this Control. Athletics must have financial support. This the association fur- nishes also, at a cost of $2 per term or $5 per year for each member. An admission of 25 cents is charged at games, but the members of the association enter on their membership tickets. No man can ttmake the ivarsity teami, unless he is a member of the association, and, if he plays on a class team he must join or pay the regular admission of a spectator. Of course the association furnishes all the athletic goods used, so the players are not at any expense eX- cept to gratify the desire, which many experi- I enced athletes have, of owning their own outfit. In View of the importance of athletics, in view . 0f the cost of athletics, in view of the fact that the association furnishes the cheapest means of securing amateur sports and games to both players and spectators, it is safe to conclude that the students of I. S. N. need the Athletic Association as much as it needs them. The editors feel that the field open to both students and alumni contributing to the col- umns of the ADVANCE will be enlarged by the addition of a department devoted to schools and pedagogy. They have arranged with alumni prominent and successful in school work to contribute to this department. The first article in the series appears in this number, and was written by Mr. Turner 0f the Illinois State Normal University. Mr. Turner was busi- ness manager of the ADVANCE in the early years of the paper, and is still loyal to it, and to I. S. N. However, the editors have not engaged all the material for the new department, so they will be pleased to receive articles along this line from both students and alumni who be- lieve their work is worth talking and writing about. - Students, we wish to call your attention to some of your down-town friends, the business men who advertise in the ADVANCE. Give them the preference in your trade whenever possible. They help to support your paper and your school. In turn, your business Will help them, - and they will show their appreciation by con- tinuing to treat your interests well. Items of Interest STATE'B'UPT. ROBT. J. ALEY VISITS I. S. N. At the invitation of Pres. Parsons, Dr. Aley addressed the students in Normal Hall, Wed- nesday, October 6. He pointed out how a good course of study might be either a task-master or a splendid servant. He then outlined his policy in regard to the common schools as he put it into the ttState Course of Study? He expressed his confidence in the school system as it exists, but said that he was glad that it was not, and never could be perfect. When-

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THE NORMAL ADVANCE 1 CO New Faces in Faculty OEPHAS GUILLET Dr. Cephas Guillet fills the position made vacant in the department of psychology when Mr. Bean was granted leave of absence for the year. Mr. Guillet was born at Colburg, On- CEPHAS GUILLET tario, Where he was graduated from the high school and later 0880 took his bachelorts de- gree at Victoria College in the same city. The next seven years of his life he spent in teaching in the high schools of Canada. He then came to the United States and entered Clark Univer- sity for a postgraduate course in psychology and logic. He took his doctors degree there in 1898, his thesis being itRecapitulation and Edu- cationit published in iiThe Pedagogical Semin- ary? A little later he went to Ottawa Where 1 he founded a school for boys and conducted it for five years. The next three years he spent as a teacher in the Toronto Technical School. He taught psychology and logic in the New York Training School last year, from which position he comes to I. S. N. He is the author of numerous articles published in scientific journals, among the most receht being iiReten- tion in the Child and in the Adult? published in the July number of the iiAmerican Journal of Psychology? Mr. Guillet has brought his family to the city and they are living at 1920 North Eighth street. 0. B. BACON The Senior Class 109 respectfully dedicate this volume to Mr. C. B. Bacon in token of their appreciation of him as a. teacher and as a friendeThe Iris i09. Mr. Bacon attended Peddie Institute 1888- , 1892, anti then, in turn, Brown and Columbian Universities. He took his A. B. at the latter place in 1899. He became a student at Harvard the following year and. took his M. A. in 1900. After doing two more years work there he re- turned to Peddie Institute as an instructor in c. B. BACON history. Later he became instructor in history in Cambridge E. H. School from which posi- tion he went again to Harvard University as assistant instructor in the history of philos-