Taylor University - Ilium / Gem Yearbook (Upland, IN)

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Taylor intentionally sought to train boys and girls from the lower economic classes. Promotional literature included such statements as Taylor University is the school for the poor boy and girl and Taylor is the school of the plain people. While the institution also welcomed the enrollment of children of the well to do, it urged them to provide for themselves a simple wardrobe ... in the interest of ... school democracy. Probably no other Indiana college mat- ched the Taylor zeal in the anti-liquor cause. In the period before the beginning of national Prohibition, the Taylor faculty and staff almost always voted for Prohibitionist can- didates, and several members actively par- ticipated in temperance activities. Opening Oo IS

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How the Ilium Is Usually Read FIRST FIVE MINUTES Looks for himself in all the groups with which he posed, and finds his name wherever he can possibly do so. This is the most enjoyable period of inspection. SECOND FIVE MINUTES Does the same for his girl ' s name and picture. THIRD FIVE MINUTES Hunts every roast on himself. LAST FIVE MINUTES Makes sure of everything, then shuts the book forever. After this, if matters do not concern him otherwise, he concludes by saying that the ILIUM is not as good as it ought to be. How the Ilium Should Be Read Take it up at your odd moments; have a just pride in the more solid literary efforts, and do your best at kindliness in falling into the spirit of every joke. Look at your ILIUM three or four times a week, till you are thoroughly familiar with it. It was worked up with much labor to cheer your heart for years to come. Be sure to enjoy it from cover to cover, for you may be on the Editorial Staff yourself some time. 16 CX3