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

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, w ., ? , '.. ,rg A Q . 'Mfr' ' 1 -.15 2.3, K And Things Are Different A new teacher becomes acquainted with an institution first through its publications. In this field Indiana State is one of the best colleges in the nation. Specifically, I want to congratulate the yearbook. Your Sycamores constitute a record of Indiana State college life from the original Old State Normal School to the present. The second contact of the prospective teacher is with the ad- ministration. Again, Indiana State ranks first among the colleges of the nation. In President Tirey, Dean Grinnell, Mr. Elder, Dr. Watson, and the members of the Teachers College Board I found true gentlemen, anxious to advise and counsel with me as I entered upon a teaching career at this college. Every desirable quality found in these leaders was reflected in the faculty already serving these administrators. The heart of an institution is its student body. The heart of Indiana State was found to be strong, sturdy, sympathetic, respon- sive and true. A down town campus of any school is confronted with many unfavorable situations. In Indiana State I have found a progressive institution developing a campus which will be the joy of the state of Indiana and the envy of colleges similarly located in cities throughout the nation. I -RUTH L. BUTTS Instructor in Speech . . the heart is its student body. 10 A tl V 3

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N. . . greatest eciucationat opportunity . . . Because of an opportunity offered by the Federal Government, I am participating in the greatest edu- cational opportunity in history. In some ways the Army-to-College change was a small step, in other respects it was an exceedingly broad jump. Both af- ford close association among individuals who must learn to live with each other, but in the Army there was no practice teaching, term papers, or final exams. To me Indiana State is the ideal size for a col- lege, small enough for a student to be active and large enough for him to remain obscure, whichever way his inclinations lie. The part that veterans have played in campus activities since the war has been gratifying. College ofHcials have recognized this by calling on veterans to help solve veterans' problems. College life at Indiana State is the best transition I can think of between years in the service and rou- tine civilian life. -DOUGLAS SPURRIER Junior and Ex-GI Throu la An Qiier by The Government '. . . the best transition

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. . . a many-sided preparation . . .' College life holds out to the student a many- sided preparation for a many-sided world. Classes, campus activities, bull fests, faculty and student friends, the library, the practice class, even the waiting wall south of Old Main hold veins of rich ore which memory and experience refine to pure gold. Living in college with fine ardor and growing discernment of values can give the sought-for intellectual maturity. And what is equally as much to be desired, it can give social ease, spiritual depth, and emotional strength. The mysteries of self and the wonders of ideas and laws and hypotheses, the beauty of friendship and the pain of disenchantment are all in the process, all in the ore of the richest college living. -J. E. GRINNELL Dean of Instruction .. rom This Si e o Tie Desc