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

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THE NORMAL ADVANCE The Normal Advance DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL EDITORIAL STAFF. WILLIAM GROSE ......................... Editor-in-Chief MARIE BUDD. .......................... Associate Editor ZOE J. BQDENHAFER ...................... Literary Editor GLADYS HOPE MCCLUNG ................... Society Editor CLEM O. THOMPSON ...................... Athletic Editor GLADYs DAVIES ............. I A . 4 ., a NELLE VVALLER ............ J10031.1 and Alumni Fdltms OWEN L. MITCHELL ....................... Senior Editor JAMES W. STANDLEY ...................... Junior Editor HARRIET DELAY ...................... Sophomore Editor LEONA CAST ...................... College Course Editor BUSINESS STAFF. VICTOR C. MILLER ..................... Business Manager CARL A, SCUDDER ................... Advertising Manager MERVIN E. SWANGO ................. Circulation Manager BOARD OF CONTROL. PRES. W. W. PARSONS, Eac-ijiciot PROF. CHAst M. CURRY, Chairman. PROF. ARTHUR CUNNINGHAM. CLYDE SHAW, 11, Secretary. WILLIAM GROSE, t12. KENNETH S. MITCHELL, 1,3. LEE V. BRINTON, C. C. Published Monthly from October to June, Inclusive. Terms . . . .' ............................. $1.00 P81 Year Single Copies ................................. 15 Cents Commencement Number ....................... 35 Cents Address all Communications to THE NORMAL ADVANCE, Terre Haute, Ind. Upon change of address VANCE. A11 Alumni, as well as Undergraduates, are urged to hand in Contributions. immediately notify THE AD- Entered at the Term Haute Postoffice as Second-class Mail Matter. WVe, the students of the Indiana State Nor- mal School, for our mutual improvement, our individual enjoyment, and the promotion of our school interests, d0 establish this Constitm tion for THE NORMAL ADVANCE. y We wish to call attention to the preceding paragraph, the preamble to the Constitution of THE NORMAL ADVANCE. This paper belongs to the school. It was organized for the school and we hope the school will support it. The paper was created in order to satisfy a desire for a medium through Which the students could have access to each other and t0 the world. All the students of this school should take advan- tage of the opportunities offered them by this paper. They should contribute to the paper and they should subscribe for it. The students 13 should not wait until they are individually asked to contribute. Let them Offer anything they think is worth While. If their contribu- tions are not up to the standard they should not despair. Let them contribute again. No student should read this paper unless he has subscribed for it. If it is not worth the sub- scription price, it is not worth reading. Subscribe for THE ADVANCE; get a friend to subscribe. Contribute to THE ADVANCE; ask a friend to contribute. Patronize the advertisers that have patron- ized your paper. This is a promising year at I. S. N. Our basketball team is developing rapidly. Biany 01d players are in school. These, with the boys just in from high school, are fast be- coming a team of which we may well be proud. Dent forget to join the Athletic Association. Become a member and help support our repre- sentatives. Attend the games. If you cant play basket- ball, join a rooteris club. Do something. We regret that we were not able to place in this paper pictures of our new faculty mem- bers. The material failed to reach us from the engravers. The pictures will be placed in the next issue. t The association and literary rooms have re- ceived some long needed repairs. These rooms have been redecorated. The improvements add much to the beauty of our school. A new tier of stack rooms is being placed in the library. This addition facilitates the use Of our large library.

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12 Dyeing Acts, and the Blakehouse Act. After this a royal commission was appointed in 1861, whose reports revealed the necessity of making laws to overcome the evils and abuses which existed in the trade of letter-press printing, book binding, brick and tile making straw plaiting, silk weaving, hosiery and lace mak- ing in manufacturing articles of wearing ap- parel, paper staining and fashion cutting. When these unfavorable reports were made known a bill was introduced to protect these laborers which became law in 1864. This law was a death blow to the conventional notion of. factory legislation, and included not only tex- tile industries but a great many others, such as paper manufacturing, glass, tobacco7 lettere press printing, etc. It did not change the age of protected persons, nor the normal hours of labor, nor the mode of administration hitherto found effective. The chief purpose of the law was to extend the protection of the State to other industries besides textile. Thus far no provisions had been made for domestic occupations, small handicrafts, and all forms of manual labor carried on in work places, where less than fifty persons were ein- plot'yed. After a long consideration the Work- shop Regulation Act was passed. This act was to be enforced through the local authori- ties in the several districts where the work- shops were situated. There were other pro- Visions in the law, which differed from those in previous laws. The interaction of the two statutes that is the 4tFactory Act,7 and the g4Workshop Regulation Act? caused great dis- content among the laborers and the inspectors. Finally in 1871 a Factory and Workshop Act was enacted by which the enforcement of the Workshop Regulation Act was transferred from the local bodies to the inspectors of fac- tories. In this way the workshops were also brought under government control. Ever since the act of 1844 had been passed, THE NORMAL ADVANCE a great agitation of adult labor was prevailing. The question under debate was whether adult labor should be controlled by the government or not, and whether there should be a sex dis- tinction. The subject was greatly debated upon, but was left for the future to decide. The next act of importance was the one of 1878 which consolidated and amended the eX- isting acts, so that the discrepancies prevailing among them would be removed, the minor in- dustries relieved from the pressure of legisla- tion, and the independence of. adult labor would be more secure. It was called the Fae- tory Consolidation Act. The act of 1891 con- sisted of sanitary provisions7 safety, special rules and requirements, period of employment, holidays, condition of employment and other miscellaneous provisions. In 1895 another one was passed which protected those working in the laundries7 while in 1900 Sir Matthew White Ridley introduced a bill with regard to dangerous trades, especially diseases of occupa- tions, which became law. Thus we have enum- erated some of the later and recent acts per- taining to factories. A retrospect of the history of factory legis- lation will give us a more concise idea of the subject. First, the industrial revolution con- stituted the origin of the labor agitation or rather the labor agitation grew out of the in- dustrial revolution. Capital became concen- trated in the hands of the capitalists, factories were constructed, women and children were employed almost more than men, and here the horrible evils of the factory system began. At first acts were passed protecting only laborers in textile industries, chiefly apprentices. Grad- ually governmental control were extended to other industries. There were a great many minor acts passed which have not been men- tioned, but the more important ones will suliice to comprehend the factory acts.

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14 THE NORMAL ADVANCE SOCIETY ALPHA. The Alphas entertained October 4 with a buHet luncheon at the home of Louise Grillum on Gilbert avenue. The Alphas present were Louise Gillum, Maybelle Peck, Ruth Price, Marguerite WVelsch, Lucybelle Settle, Louise Barbour7 Margaret Curry, the Misses Minnie and Mary Hill, Myrtle Landerholm, Miss ,Bertha Smith, Grace VVeiIls, Ethel Seudder. Their guests were Bell Boyer, Nadine Reed, Amy Sterling7 Mary, Ralston, Margaret Fer- nandez, Hazel Carpenter, Emma and Tone Hazledine and Sarah King. The Alphas were the hostesses for a winter picnic October 7 at the home of Miss Bertha Smith 011 South Fourth street. The Alphas present were lVIiss Bertha Smith, Louise Gil- 111m, Marguerite VVelsch; Louise Barbour, May- belle Peck, Lucybelle Settle, Margaret Curry, Alma McCrum, Myrtle Landerholm, Miss Mary Hill, Grace TVeills, lVIary Phillips, Hazel Armstrong. They had as their guests Lucy Leibing, Emma and Tone Hazledine, Nellie E1- der, Belle Boyer, Nadine Reed, Hazel Carpen- ter, TVTargaret Fernandez, lVIary Ralstou, Amy Sterling, Sarah King and Lena Combs. The Misses Minnie and NIary Hill enter- tained the Alphas and guests October 11 with 2L tea at their home on North Fifth street. Those present were the Misses Minnie and Mary Hill, Sarah Swihart7 Bertha Schweitz- er, Elizabeth Crawford, Bertha Smith, Alma MCCrum, Myrtle Landerholm, Louise Gillum, Louise Barbour, Lucybelle Settle, Ruth Price, Maybelle Peek, Margaret Curry, Grace XVeills, Ethel Scudder, Hazel Armstrong, Simon Creise, Francis and Lucy Leibing, Emma and Tone Hazledine, Alice Fink, Lena Steinhart, Nadine Reed, Belle Boyer7 Mary Ralston, Sarah King, Nellie Elder and Hazel Carpen- ter. Friday, October 13, the Alphas entertained a, few of their friends with a dinner at the Filbeck Hotel. ATHLETA. The Athlete Chapter entertained with a five delock tea Thursday, October 5, at the home of Bliss Marie Rucker on Ohio boulevard. In the dining room the walls were decorated with Athlete pennants and with the section colors, red and gray. The center of the table held masses of red salvia surrounded by red candles. Miss Mae Bowsher poured tea in a charming manner. The evening was spent in music and dancing. The guests of the section were: Misses Fink, Stienhart, Fernandez, Price, Mc- Keever, Clippel, Hamilton and Snyder. The following members of the section were present: Misses Saupert, Harstine, Rucker, Bowsher, Alexander, Brunker, Andrews, Kadel, Cutshall and Forbes. 011 Wednesday, October 11, the Athletes gave a spread at the home of Bliss Alberta Harstine 0n Poplar street. The guests were: Misses Grose, Clippel, Hamilton, Fink, hic- Keever, Price, Stienhart, Snyder and Samuels. The hostesses were TVIisses Brunker, Harstine, Saupert, Bucker, Alexander, Kadel, Fisher, Cutshall, Bowsher and Andrews. The Athletes were hostesses Monday aftere noon for a marshmallow and Wiener roast at the home of Miss Jessie Andrew, 1434 Chest- nut street. VVieners and marshmallows were toasted over a Cheerful grate fire. The after- noon was spent in music and dancing. The guests were the Misses Helen McKeever, Helen Price and Fay Hamilton. The members pres- ent were Misses Elizabeth Kadel, Frances Pey- ton, Jessie Andrew, Edith Brunker, Alberta Harstine, Marie Rueker and Flora Saupert.