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

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22 THE NORMAL ADVANCE E. B. MILAM. At Eloise, Florida, on J une 4th, occurred the death of E. B. Milam. Mr. Milam graduated from the Indiana State Normal in the class of 1872 with President Parsons and Vice Presi- dent Sandison. He has been identified with public school worli all of his life. From 1876 to 1878 he was county superintendent of Knox County. Later, he moved to Florida where he taught until his death, which occurred in his sixty-first year. Throughout the years he has been loyal to his state and to I. S. N. 91 have fought a good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith? such men may say these words with the Apostle Paul. WILLIAM BRYCE On Sept. 17th occurred the death of William Bryce, our itBillf, at the Deaconess Hospital in Indianapolis. His death was the result of an at- tack of typhoid fever, which is thought to have been contracted at Sparta, Wis., where he was called to do field practice as a member 0f Com- pany A, field artillery. tiBilPi graduated from the Normal with the class of i08, and from the Indianapolis Law School in ,09. He had contracted to assume the principalship of a school in Oklahoma, and it was his intention to set up in the prac- tice of law there at the end of his term of school, but grim death has stepped in and cut short his promising career. During the time he was a student here, he was prominent in athletics, especially track and basketball. He was a member of the Forum Literary Sbciety, and was one of NormaPS best public speakers. The whole student body and faculty knew and loved him, and his death came as a sad blow to all. In Memory of GOLDIA MILDRED GRESSMIRE, Who died August 29, 1909. .Thy gentle voice is hushed, Thy warm true heart is still, And on thy young and iniocent brow Is resting deathis cold chill. Thy hands are clasped upon thy breast; We have kissed thy lovely brow, And in our aching hearts we know We have no Mildred now. -From her Pi Zeta Sisters. 9L0 ! some we loved, the lovliest and the best That Time and Fate of all their vintage prest, Have drunk their cup a round 6r two before, And one by one crept silently to Rest? -0mar Khayyam

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THE NORMAL ADVANCE The Training School , Some changes have been made in the corps of teachers in the training school. since last June. Mr. J. O. Engleman has resigned the principalship in order to accept a position in the faculty of the state normal school at La Crosse, Wisconsin, and his successor is Mr. Guy C. Hanna. Mr. Hanna has done a great deal of GUY C. HANNA public school work, having been, in turn, dis- trict, graded and high school teacher, and city superintendent. He is a graduate of the Col- lege Course at I. S. N. For the past two years he has been head of the department of peda- gogy at Marion Normal School. This experi- ence has prepared Mr. Hanna well for his duties in the'Indiana State Normal Training School. Miss Alma McCrum has had charge df grades three and four since last J une. Miss McCrum graduated from the Huntingten High School. She is also a graduate of I. S. N. in the class of t08, and has done more than a year,s work MISS ALMA McCRUM at Indiana University. She has taught two years in Indianapolis. Her friends believe that her scholarship, her experience in teaching, and her splendid persbnality qualify her well for the work she is doing, and they heartily wel- come her back to the school in Which she has spent so much time as a student. I ttThe Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves 011: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your tears wash out a Word of it. eOmar Khayyam.

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THE NORMAL ADVANCE 23 ATHLETICS THE NEWiPARSONS FIELD The old rolling mill site, bounded on the north by the Big Four railroad, 0n the west by First street, on the south by the Vandalia' railroads and on the east by Second street, is undergoing rapid transformation into our new Parsons Field. The rough grading has been completed and Professors Kelso, Higgins and Baxter of the Department of Mathematics, as- sisted by members of the trigonometry class spent Friday and Saturday, October 15-16, surveying the grounds, setting the grade stakes and preparing data for the contractors. The job of completing the grounds will be let at once and we may expect to see the field com- pleted this fall. The field is of regulation size, Within easy access of the Normal school grounds, and when completed will give a new life to athletics at I. S. N. FOOTBALL Owing to the fact that the Board of Trustees has sold Parsons Field and purchased another athletic field closer to the school, it looks as if football will be one of the future sports at I. S. N. With this in mind the students thought that it would be well for them to begin football this season and thus have something to work from next year. At the present the prospects for a good team this year are very promising. Manager John- son has secured Dr. McCarthy, a former I. U. player, to coach the team this year. iiDocli is a hard worker and is doing all in his power to develop a team that will make a fair show- ing on the gridiron. Owing to the small num- ber of men to pick from and many of them without experience, this is no easy task, but with such men as Bash, Whitaker, Sink, Hunter, Wood, Nugent, Bowles, Sharpe, Un- verferth, Clayton, Martin and Powers, it seems as if there will be something doing yet. The Athletic association has been at a great expense this year in securing a coach, and it deserves the support of every student. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION The Athletic Association held its annual election Saturday morning, Oct. 9, and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Wm. Bass; Bowles; treasurer, Elmer Row; secretary, Pauline Edington; football manager, Guy J ohnson. At a recent meeting of the Athletic board, Mr. M. B. Nugent was appointed cus- todian. iiThe Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns asheswr it prospers; and anon, . Like Snow upon the Desertls dusty Face, 0 Lighting 2. little hour or twoeis gone? -0mar Khayyam. vice-president, Adami