Muncie Normal Institute - Arbor Vitae Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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Pen Points Marie Holdren to Mr. Mercer: I don't see how you whistle through your fingg,-3 that way. l eould never do it in the world. Mr. Mercer tyvishing to L'liIllpliIllL'lIt her delieate little handslr No, Miss Holdreng it you should try it your whole hand would slip into your mouth. X3 Z!!! In Uratory lllass, seleetion from lien Hur, Mrs. Hogan to Mr. Hodson: Mr. Hodson you didn't hold tHurw her long enough. Z! Z!!! At the Domestic candy fair: Why wonit you buy some eaudy at my table? Prof. Quear: Because I only buy from the homely girls, they have a harder time making sales. She was not ottended and he worked this right down the line. 33 2222 In Prof. 'l'aylor's Geography tllass: What is lthode Island eelebrated for? Elmer llulter: Rhode Island is eelebrated for being the only one ot' the United Staten that is the smallest. xx ,, N X! President lielley to a student aeensed of a misdemeanor: Haven't you been llet'ore nie before 7 No, y'r honor. l never saw but one taee that looked like yours an' that was a photo- graph of an lrish king. He,-re. Dean, sign his excuse. 33 The NYhittier sehool has on exhibition .1 and tive feet yyide. 2: 23 32 map ot' ltaly. made by a pupil. seven feet long 22 22 l'rot'. Sunnners met a little girl in the -treet who was erying very pathetieally. she eontided to him that she had to-t a penny. Seareh for tlle missing treasure proved useless so Mr. Summers produced another and gave it to her, Uh, uttered the ehild in shoeked Q I aeeents. and did you have it all tae time' 32 31 XZ Tell l'rot'. Steward there are 2Ttl.ltiEl,325,- , X 481 stars, and no doubt he'll believe you. 'ER EY PM but if he sees a sign fresh paint he'll xerv likely have to nlake a personal in- vestigation. 5 5-s 'QQ 33 XX 22 A German captain in a dangerous en- gagement, in faet almost hopeless, said A All eheerfully to his men: My brave fellows. f, ' tight like heroes till your an1munition's f , l gone. then run for your lives. l've got a V I -,ore foot so l'll start now. Ant' Wieder- ' tm E515 -ehn. ' , .-fl l Mr. tlhas. Farmer wore a rose on his eoat lapel. the other evening to see Miss Mossy :mmf Abshire. They were alone in the parlor 1 and silenee had reigned for some time QQ? when l.ueille said: tIharleyl l'll give if' N l you a kiss for that rose. xs Q , After a little hesitation on Charles part f' it the exchange was made, where upon he X t grabbed his hat and bolted for the door. I 0 gli Why: where are you going tIharles she 1 l Ml asked in a surprised tone. wi- ll., U To the tlorists for more roses. was the I hasty reply- AY ,0w,,L,,.,,,,f4,,,,,.,,,,,,,,, zz zz xx , ,'kWf.1.,.M,,, ' ' ' First College Fellow: Watson is quite -:fifty-JI:-iZL.fgQ1 iii 5117 a magician. Y , -V 'ZYZW T- . -- -if: Second College Fellow: v That so? - ,:?7,,2,4, '-' First tlollege Fellow: X ep. l ,lust saw fi : '9 f'f'ff Hfff-M, him turn his bieyele into a lamp post. X 122

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1 Suffer little children to Come unto Me and forbid them not, for ofsueh is the Kingdom of Heucen. - St. Matthew. Chap. IU. l'. H. W'h0soeuer offend one oflhese IiIIIP ones lhut believes in file. il is better jbr him that a millstone were hanged aboul his rzeclr. und he were rust into the sea. - St. Matthew. Chap. 9, V. 42. 'Ig D. Hli above quoted words of tlhrirt are as universally familiar to teachers as are any of the words of.Scripture or the injunctions of our tlhristian religion, They are frequently and tamiliarly quoted. Among those whose special bent. or M-L-3- 'V ' dental convenience. or heart interest. or who through the stress of economic m-L-t-ggityg or fi'om any of the lnultiude ol' causes or aspirations, are thrown into the teat-ll- ing profession. none should be more sincerely or carefully applied. tlapital punishment for crime is becoming less and less frequent. With the passage ot' the old dispensation, with its eye for eye and tooth for tooth must also go the beating and mal-treatment and physical punishment ot' children, tlorporal puiiislnnent of children is reciprocally brutisb. reflecting its sinister elleet upon those who administer and those who receive it. lil the recorded history of man it is noted that a father once bad the power of life and death over his child. He could beat it at will or even kill it and no man. aye. not even the great power of what we now recognize as the Stale, was able or even thought of rising up to say him nay. Those were the good old days when wives and children were regarded as property and chattels. rather than as companions and equals and household jewels and social blessings. liven in the recent history of the making of the common law of England. which is the foundation of our government and of our civic and religious liberties today. we find that less than two hundred years ago inorc than four hundred crimes were punishable by various forms of death and torture in merry I-lnglandf' Our grandmothers of yesterday were treated as chattels to be used or misused according to the sport and play or whim of the lords of creation. A gradual cessation of the rigors of childhood and woinanhood found l.ord Blanstield. the great English jurist. even in his time. interpreting the common law lip ht- that 1, ,mm had the right to chastise his wife. but in doing so was permitted to use no instrument in the way of whip, scorpion. or bludgeon larger in diameter than the size of his thumb, The enslavement of the lives of women and children was finally conceived to be rather too severe for a people who had been taught to say. Uttar l'l2llllL'l'M to a just but forgiving God by a Savior. xvlltl, in the bloody sweat of a Gethsemane and in the agonies of a cross. had no reproach except to say, Father, forgive them for they know not what they do. I cannot conceive of those who are perlnitted to follow the Master. even into the sacred ministrations of the teacher, presuming to bring to that task other than the spirit of meekness. forbearance and kindness. How long will it take a blood-stained world to learn the truth tllat hate begets hate. and that love and order is the only fruit of love? As we go to our labor in the interest of the State and for the uplift of lnnnanity let us ever go with presence ot' mind and conti'ition of heart. believing and practicing those things ot' faith and those acts of service for which we have but the one divine and the one great Teacher of all as a guide. liven with nation at war with nation and with the spectacle in this year of a world in arms and in a sea of blood, let us still hold fast to the faith which we are told will remove mountains. For through it all. and in spite of it all can we not still hear. Verily, l say unto you. that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, 'lie thou removed and be thou cast into the sea' and shall not doubt in his heart but shall believe that those things which he sayeth shall come to pass, he shall have whatsoever lic sayt-th. Git-cn thu power and tht- opportunity to teach and to lead. how awful is our respon- sibility! This privilege and this right has come through the ages only to those who have been specially selected through the laying on of hands. ln our commencement. marking the end of our college days and our beginning of a greater life-service, let our minds and souls he not only open. but our prayers be fervent for the visitation of that Pentecost which will go with us through the years. M. IJ. lil'Il.I,Y. i