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

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26 THE NORMAL ADVANCE Exthangw UP to date eight papers have come to the exchange department, and we are look- ing forward to many more. These exchanges furnish most pleasant intercourse with other schools and institutions and keep us in touch with the affairs of our fellow-workers. From these papers we hope to receive many valuable , suggestions for the uplifting of our own paper, and we in turn should be glad if our NORMAL ADVANCE has in any way given help to another. How much easier it is to see the weaknesg in another work than in our own! So, if in this column we call attention to what seems to us reminded of our own shortcomings. If we have occasion to praise the merits of others, tand judging from the papers received we know we shalD may we, too, be commended for the good in our paper. There is an interesting column in the In- diana Student, which is published daily by the students of Indiana University. The head- ing, ttBest Editorials of the College World? reveals the best thoughts gleaned from other papers of the day. We shall give an editorial which was quoted in this paper entitled: chRE YOU EDUCATED?,, A professor in the University of Chicago told his students he should consider them edu- cated in the best sense of the word when they could say tyes, to every one of the questions that he should put to them. Here they are: Has education given you sympathy with all the good causes and made you espouse them? Has it made you public-spirited? Has it made you a brother to the weak? Have you learned how to make friends and keep them? Do you know what it is to be a friend your- self? to be a deficiency in another, may we also be Can you look an honest man or a pure woman in the eye? Do you see anything to love in a little child? XVill a lonely dog follow you in the street? Can you be high-minded and happy in the meanest drudgeries of life? Do you think washing dishes and hoeing corn as compatible with high thinking as piano playing or golf? Are you good for anything yourself? Can you be happy alone? Can you look out on the world and see any- thing except dollars and cents? Can you look into a mud puddle by the way- side and see a clear sky? Can you see anything in the puddle but mud? Can you look into the sky at night and see beyond the stars? The Racquct, which comes from the State Normal at La Crosse, Wisconsin, calls for let- ters for publication. These letters are to be written by students expressing their Views on diEerent phases of the school life. ttYou may express in strong, nay, even fiery words, your opinions, sentiments, doubts, and desires on any and every subject touching this school. The Racquet room sits with open doors, the letter stand with empty arms, and the staff llits about with eager hands. Do help us and give vent to your feelings? Why would this not be a good idea for us to copy? The same paper also earnestly advocated that the students patronize the advertisers of the school paper. Its idea was that if you pour your money into the coffers of the friends of the paper, advertising in the school paper will be a paying investment, and the advertising manager will be pursued by would-be adver- tisers. Do we at home know who our adver- tisers are? If so, do we patronize them?

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THE NORMAL ADVANCE 25 to make every one happy. The Normal school, the Rose Polytechnic, and the various High Schools of the city were represented. Upon entering each one registered his name in a book for the purpose and wrote his name on a card and pinned it on his shoulder. thile the crowd was gathering :1 list of Charades were pinned around the wall and each one was given a paper and pencil to write down the names of all the flowers he could guess. After a while the list was read and cards containing letters and numbers were passed. All who had the same number got together and tried to Iind out what City their letters Spelled. The result was OlShea7 Philadelphia, Singapore, St. Peters- hurg, Harrisburg, San Francisco, etc. After others to guess. Some good ones were, Ill-i- nois, break-fast, in-de-struc-table, and hard to beat. . Following this was a three minute contest to see who would get the most names of persons that he did not know. Miss Nona Noel, with fifty-three names excelled all others and was presented with a toy tennis racket and ball. The boy who had the least names was consoled with a stick of candy. Now all were ready for refreshments, and while some were eating, others were figuring out charades which repre- sented a Thanksgiving menu. Miss Gray, Ntiss Clinton and Miss Vernon were the most success- ful and Miss Clinton won the toy ball. After a cordial invitation to every one, who was not due elsewhere to attend all meetings music, each group acted a Charade for the tWVords, as a Tarterls bow, do shoot back upon the understanding of the wisest, and mightily entangle and pervert the judgment?9 e357 F 77272068 Bacon. of the church, the company adjourned.

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THE NORMAL ADVANCE 2'7 gamma? chestnut 5135mm HerDad: c4IVhat do you mean, sir, by em- bracing my daughter?tt Blackman: ccI was merely obeying the Scriptural injunction to Hold fast that which is good? ttVVho is that Prof?77 Dude Burton: 4cThat7s Professor Baxtere a very mild and gentle man. Has a splendid record; never in his life spoke an unkind word to his wife?7 Freshman: tcIs that so?7 Dude Burton: 4tYep,ehe7s a bachelor?7 Freshman : Sigler tin laboratoryi: 44Now tell me, do you know what the term, nasal organ, means?7 Soph: ttNo, sir?7 Sigler: ttCorrecty Miss Desmire: ttVVhy did you make that poor clerk pull down all that stuff when you knew that you did not want to buy anythingw Miss Zell: t4Why the horrid thing was in a car yesterday, and never offered me his seat, though I looked right at him, so I just decided Pd get even. Miss Bader tin observation classy : ttMr. Dalton what hours do you have vacant in the morningw Dalton twaking up With a starti : c4Erea-- in a general way, tstutter, stuttery, I dont know? ttYou have read John BunyanW thesf, said the talkative girl, ttThe name is familiar, but I cant quite place him. Which was he? One of the Pilgrim Fathers, or one of the original Progressives W UP-TO-DATE FARM TALK. thhat are you giving cows now in the way of galactagoguesw asked the university pro- fessor 0f the milkman. ttOhf, said the milkman, who has just been graduated from the state agricultural college and was not to be stumped by any college peda- . gog, Cttheir sustenance is wholly of vegetable origin; rich in chlorophyl and opulent in buty- raoeous qualities? ttA pint, if you please? said the professor. ctGrit 1in7 said the milkman.elndianapolis News. 4tAunt Mary, why is it that you never mar- riedW, ttI suppose, my dear, it was due to my policy of watchful waiting? Professor tdictating prose oompositioni : 44Tell me, slave, where is thy horseW Startied Soph: I was not using iti, 4tlt is under my coat7 but Irishman t'to salesmany : ttI want somethina for mournim wear, but I donit know exactly what the custom is. What do they be wearn, now for mournirf?7 Salesman: ttIt depends a little on how near the relative is for whom you wish to show this mark of respeEtTTor a very near relative you should have a black suit, a black band on your hat, and black gloves. For someone not so near and dear, you may have a broad band of black on the left arm or somewhat narrower for somebody more distant? Irishman: ttOh, thatts it, is it? Well, then, gimme a shoestring; its me woifs mother?