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

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INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL Main BuildinrlSBB n Way 25min! 5 3' WWW: 4

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El ,1 : Mani? titmww'i I.S.N.S. iv THE FOREWORD ACII spring the bonim' chm l'it't'ls the must niglliflt'zilil paws from the his- tm of the 't'haol yon :Ind builds fi'um thmn a hook. 'l'hv mhunt' is Ye V Ely mitt appropriately known 1s THL AnmNrE. for it t-hmuit'h-s tiw du- t'ehipnwut of the schuoh and the pl'ngrcas and gmwth 0f tudent lifv. In past yuul'a. Tm: A1; . i has had :i twofold pnl'pt o. It hn .ct'vt-tl the school :Ia A memento of the. md to tlw sPlliOI :llltl utlwt 'tlulent it has ilPt'll at talisman ptm mwel'. for all futurt- tiiuv. lu rumil nwmm'ivs 0f the happy school d' wSO. in tho t . This y ', howev .thinga nn- ditl't-i'ent with u: at I. S. N. Ulu' nntiun is at war. Wally 0f the men of Ulll' .st-huui 11:: V9 szlt'riht-etl :lii 1m- mnl ambitious :Iml plm 'm' the futurv. amt are one from mnnng , They hurt: gone gladly. tn pl'm'o timil' faith in thvmori'z mi tn t'tll'l fi'eudmn to all the wm'hL Those of us who have not lii'on pm'mittwl tn meet tht- foe hand to hand. have remnined behind to hem thu imllll' lii'w hunting, to learn the broader meaning of pntrintism. uml the true Jm-zlmng 0f ust-rvice i As we curry tm the work of tho 'iunur lines. our thuughts are ever with our cmm'nth' in the uumps :Iml trenchv. .-thost- wlm : lighting fur u. and doing mlr wo 'k for 1 i. They also think 0t us. nmi express the desire of kvvping in lunch with 11m Old schnul. Antl so. thi im'. nut of changed conditions. has grown up a now purposu Fm- an ANVV n It 0 form miuthur honrl hotwovu 1119 two parts of the student lmdy. for It L 10 give it glimpse of tho life of each to the other. It has been :1 wonderful year with than um! with u ' imd the hope is that this little wzu' hook, in its plail Iml himplo suit of khukt. l n' M lczlst tn :1 slight. th'gx'vu liut'potlutttl, tht- spil'il 0f the year, so that all who read ilh p21,! is, now and in the future. mny hid the inspiration which has ht'en theirs in camp. and ours m L t. .tlut'ing till' your 19174918. ma hum. 19183 H 'i

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QWJ-zg ?zmxiszsmu. mm: .W : W.Wn 9' E.S.N.S.EE WE OUR SCHOOL OON after the close of the Civil XVm'. the state legislature: feeling the need of 21 training school for teachers, pwssed n hill providing for the establishment of an Indiana State Normal School. The ideal Was fir. nggestell by the late D1: E. T. Spots- wond of this cit V then repreaentative from Vennillion County. Terre Huute hm mg been decided upon as the location. the school was upened January 5. 1870. in :1 building partly occupied by the Torre Hante High Srhool. The faculty of the new State Normal was composed of three and :1 half tezlche and the student body nlunbered fifteen. The library cnllhlsted of :1 dictionary, and the curriculum sz extremely limited in . mpe. HoweTer, thm-onglnn ilhlllatl' and a de. re to learn n'm-e foundation stones of the Institution. Its glnrhng principle. has always been the de re tn be in the educational forefront. and to meet the evergmn'ing needs of the state. Due to the generous prov- idence of the state legislature and to the n Guidance of the 1111.5- tees and othe 'onllected with the ndmini Ition. it. has succeeded remark 1313' well in these 1' 'peets, and therefore it has grown. Moreover. the growth has been constant. From time to time. as the need has appeared. new t-mn'. departments. and teachers have been added. new laboratories fur scientilic and vocational work 2mm: nguWhn-sm- '2 have been equipped. thousands of books have been added to the lie Int and new and modern buildings have been built. Appreciat- ing these advantages. the best. young people of the statue the most earnest and ambitions. have come to the school. bringing their aspirations. industry and personality. and in return carrying forth into the schools 01' Indiana the broadest educational ideals, and the moat modern and approved pvdag 'cal methods. Our school is :1 thoroughly democratic ins tution. As tuition is provided free by the state. ones financial condition is of little n10- lnent. and no one is barred because of it. The supposition is thnt all who present themselves and Ire guided by n desne to attain high idea xtlnlents are honest and industrious, ' nf education and of utMenship. The faculty members appreciate lKIHPbl effort and give credit for it. Each student has an equal chance, with each of his felloxm and the pnurea and must ill favored of all may rise to the pusition of highest honor and respect among them, Because of those facts: and nthe considered a great school. not only by use but throughout the na- onr Indiana State Normal is tiolL It is nationally rev gunned :1 one of the must efficient and progressive of the prufe unal trznning schools. xmw ..