isa-normaladvance-1914-00039

Description:	THE NORMAL ADVANCE39W$t JSormat SbbanceDEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOLEDITORIAL STAFB\Edwin J. Hemmer. Editor-in-ChiefCarl N. Miller. Associate EditorZelpha Burkett Literary EditorBernice Bodenhafer Society EditorMarjorie Cuppy Exchange EditorRaymond Rightsell Athletic EditorGladys Rippetoe Local EditorFaun McKamey Senior EditorSherman T. Sublette Sophomore EditorClare Goldman College Course EditorBUSINESS STAFF.Wm. L. Connor Business ManagerOscar Koch Advertising ManagerR W. Hyndman Circulation ManagerBOARD OF CONTROL.President W. W. Parsons, Ex-Officio.Prof. Arthur Cunningham, Chairman.Prof. Erle E. Clippinger.Ethel Ray, 16. . H. E. Stork, C. C, Secretary.Published Monthly from October to May, Inclusive.Terms, per year $0.75Single Copy 15June Annual 1.00Address all Communications to The Normal Advance, Terre Haute, Indiana.Entered at the Postoffice of Terre Haute as second-class Mail Matter.THANKSGIVING.TN a very few days we shall enter upon the -■■ joys of that national holiday first set aside by our Pilgrim Fathers for the purpose of meditation and thanksgiving. In enumerating on Thanksgiving Day the things for which you should be thankful, try Addisons plan, Think how much better your condition is than it might be, and how much worse than yours is the condition of some around you.To the eye of the pessimist, little good seems to exist. Everything about him seems to be going the downward path and all creation, as it were, greased for the occasion. Through a clouded vision, a faulty mind, and a cramped personality he views the world and concludes that all is bad. He sometimes finds his way into the college halls to see what may be seen. He it is who continually complains about lack of school spirit, dullness of life, and failure ofall efforts. To many of us his complaints are a guaranty that the fault lies within himself, but frequently this conclusion does not remedy the irreparable loss he may have caused to the school.With radicalism excepted, we hope the term optimist may ever be ascribed to us. We have faith in old I. S. N. We have faith in the men and women who make up the life of the insti¬ tution. The spirit of fair sportsmanship, friendship, and loyalty to fellowmen, is mani¬ festing itself more than ever before. If we view the situation through a glass unclouded by prejudices, selfishness, indifference, we shall see much that is good, much that is commend¬ able, much that is worth living for, and for which we should be truly grateful.But the largest room in the world is the room for improvement. The battle is not over, nor the victory won. There are still such as are not getting all that the school has to offer, and which rightfully belongs to them, simply be¬ cause they do not enter into the life and spirit of the work. Remember that what we. get out of college life depends to a marked degree on what we put into it. As a man soweth, so shall he surely reap. If we put into our school life carelessness and indifference, we may expect to reap a reward appropriate to the seed sown. But if we put our life into the institution, be¬ come a part and parcel of its organizations, hold high the banner of loyalty, we may ex¬ pect to reap life and that more abundantly.So let us be heroes in the strife and show what manner of stuff we are made of. We may not be able to do much, but our spirit of willingness to try will be honored. The wheel¬ barrow is not a particularly handsome vehi¬ cle, but it has at least plenty of push. Let us lay our wishbones above the door, where they rightfully belong and where they may soon be forgotten, and not allow them to be¬ come substitutes for backbone. Let us go shoulder to shoulder against the work and make this the best school of the land. Then will the pessimist retire by common consent. Then may we all be truly grateful when we enter upon Thanksgiving times.
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