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

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4 'THE NORMAL ADVANCE mime 33021115 PROF. J. J. SCHLICHER MEN WANTED EN wantedHin letters of red The placard hung on the wall, In blood-red letters foretelling the dead WYhO lay in the distant fields and bled With the pitiless night for a pail. Men WVantet1;the crowd passed by, All set. upon pleasure and gain, But one stood still and I heard him sigh, A haggard old tramp With a tear in his eye And a look of remembrance and pain. Men wanted-in years long gone He had been a man With the rest, Had stood in the long line facing the dawn, Ten thousand chosen for service and drawn From among his countryts best. Men wantedeand forward they went, And their comrades cheering them on; With generous hearts and eyes intent, Not a one but Wished he too had been sent Into that bloody dawn. Men wanted-and then when at night Their broken ranks returned, Three out of four Who entered the fight Lay dead and silent upon the height Where the enemyas watchtires burned. Men wantedwathey had been the best, As the morrow7s burial told- Powder-burned faces and cuts in the breast, Save one, and he was not With the rest Nor had returned to the fold. Men wantedein letters of red The placard hung on the wall: It Was not for the living and not for the dead That the haggard old tramp uncovered his head And sighed, unregarded by all. T7170 FLO TVEBS W0 flowers, pale and red, beside The pathway bloomed and grew; On one I pressed my lips, and praised L The otherts burning hue. Two flowers by the wayside grew- ttChoose which you Will;7 said I; The red she fastened on her breast And passed the other by. WERE IT FOR ME EAVENWARD the tree-tops nod, Their solemn, stately measure keeping, Irksomely upon the sod The lonely, silent beetle creepinge All things living, great and small, Obey their inner call; They need no teaching to divine Their place in Godts design- Would I knew mine. Flowers dancing in the light By summerts perfumed breezes driven, Drooping With the autunints blight, Desiring only What is givene All things living are content With Natures government; Their longing and their lot agree In simple harmony-' Were it for me.

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THE NORMAL ADVANCE 3 was no God. If it were not true, if he were harassed by a vivid night mare, would he never wake up? Then a message from Juneis parents had called him to their home. They had asked him if he knew of any cause for her act. He had sadly replied that he did not. Then they had said J une had quarrelled with her mother over some trivial matter. That had been their only explanation. Then he had gone alone into the room where June lay dead, with the roses faded in her cheeks, the sunlight vanished from her eyes, and the bubbling music of her laughter stilled for eternity. For the lirst time grief touched him. Before, he had been too stupified to realize. that June was dead. It had seemed as if he were asleep and would wake up, or that he were being made the Victim of a ghastly practical joke. He had wanted to tell them all that the jest had gone far enough7 but now it all seemed real, he was alone. What should he live for? After sometime he had left and had gone home again. Exhausted by the wild outburst of emotion and the sustained mental strain, he had gone to bed. Now, in the bright light of day the dream seemed infinitely less terrible than when he had dreamed it. George was unspeakably relieved to thing it was merely an empty phantom re- sulting from an over-tired mind and body. He decided he would tell J une of it when he saw her the next evening, because this day was Sat- urday and he would be too busy to meet her. None of the household was up when George went downstairs. He carried down the text- books for his Saturday morning recitations. He left them on a table and stepped out on the porch to get the morning paper. As he leaned over to pick the paper up, the words, ciSunday Comic Supplementf, met his horrified eyes with all their hideous meaning. ttTemperance is a bridle of gold; he who uses it rightly is more like a god than a many eBmeton.

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THE NORMAL The Normal Advance DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL EDITORIAL STAFF. CARL N. MILLER ........... ' ........ Editor-in-Chief LAWRENCE J . SCHEIDLER .............. Associate Editor HILDA HATHAWAY ............ Literary Editor HILDA ZELL - Society Editor CROFFORD H. BUCKLES ............... Athletic Editor LAU .............. RA LESH ELocal and Alumni Editors EDNA TAGGART . . . . J . J . BROWN --------------------- Senior Editor WALTER SHRINER -------------- College Course Editor BUSINESS STAFF. ................. Business Manager ............... Circulation Manager HENRY KNAUTH WALTER SHRINER BOARD OF CONTROL PRES.W. W. PARSONS, Eac-Ojicio. PROF. ARTHUR CUNNINGHAM, Chairman. MIss MARY MORAN. PAUL MERCHANT, Secretary. RALPH SCHENCK, C. C. Published Monthly from October to May, Inclusive. Terms, per year ........................ $0.75 Single Copy ........................... .15 June Annual ........... Address all Communications to THE NORMAL ADVANCE, Terre Haute, Indiana. Entered at the Postofjice of Terre Haute as secondvclass Mail Matter. FORETVOIBD. 1TH this issue we begin the twentieth volume of THE NORMAL ADVANCE. It is our earnest hope, as we presume it has been the hope of all our predecessors, to make this the best year of all the years which have preceded it. This means a great deal, because there have been some very successful years in the history of the paper. , The students of I. S. N., however, should keep one thing in mind; namely, that this can- not be a successful year for the ADVANCE unless they make it so. THE NORMAL ADVANCE is the school paper, issued for the benefit of all worthy school interests and enterprises, and as the school paper, it must rely upon the student body for support. The paper can be only what they make it: First of all the ADVANCE needs material for each and every issue. We would like to have ADVANCE 5 every student in school feel that he is cordially invited, even urged, to submit to the editors any article he would like to have published. We do by no means guarantee that every article submitted will be published, but we do guar- antee that it will receive proper consideration, and if it is of standard quality it is certain to be seen in print. The other important avenue in which the ADVANCE needs support is in subscriptions. The paper, as a student organ, endeavors to support the best interests of the student body as a whole. Is it then asking too much of the stu- dents when we request that every one support the paper by subscribing for it? The sub- scription price of the entire eight issues from October to May inclusive is but seventy-iive cents, so there can be no complaint registered because of the high price. If the students of I. S. N. will but take these two things into consideration-the handing in of good material for publication, and the sub scription habit, there can be nothing that will be able to prevent the twentieth year of THE NORMAL ADVANCE from being the best ever. Is there not a large number of things which one can think of doing at the beginning of a term? The term stretches away so far ahead, and seems to be such a long time, that one is tempted to think that it will be possible to do everything that has been planned, and still have a very good margin of tinie left. The most natural course is to take this margin of time at the first of the term rather than at the last. It is owing to this fact that one sees so many students taking things easy at the first of the term, and then sees the same persons going the proverbial sixty-miles-an-hour gait during the last two or three weeks. If it were only possible to overcome this repugnanee for work toward the first of the