isa-normaladvance-1914-00066

Description: 66THE NORMAL ADVANCEl%e JJormal gfobanceDEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOLEDITORIAL, STAFF.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 STAFE\Wm. L. Connor Business ManagerOscar Koch Advertising ManagerR W. Hyndman Circulation ManagerBOARD OP CONTROL.President W, W. Parsons. Ex-Offtcio.Prof. Arthur Ciinninoham, 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.CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.WE have but lately passed over the season
of Thanksgiving, that holiday set aside
each year by the President, for the purpose of
giving thanks for, and meditating over, the
blessings that the year has showered upon us.
We are now approaching the Christmas holi¬
days, that period of the year for which Thanks¬
giving is only the preparation, when we are
imbued more fully with that spirit of true
christian fellowship, and at which time we pass
the thankful stage and rejoice.It is indeed a season through which and for
which we should rejoice. Rejoicing is more
than thanksgiving. When we add to thanks¬
giving the element of jubilation or exultation
we have rejoicing as the result. That is the
difference there should be between Thanksgiv¬
ing and Christmas. We are thankful atThanksgiving that the year has been profitable.
We rejoice at Christmas that these profits
make it possible for us to make some one else
happy and thankful.We must beware of the present day agitation
that would do away with so much useless giv¬
ing. Too much giving might, of course, be
overdone like anything else, but to give too lit¬
tle would be a curse indeed. Free and cheerful
giving at this time of the year is the main thing
that holds for Christmas its spirit of Christ¬
ian fellowship. Brightly decorated postcards
are nice things for newlyweds and the folks
back home during a summer vacation, but the
day is yet to come when they will be worth a
snap of the finger as a remembrance to be kept
and valued for years as a memory of by-gone
friendships. They wear out too easily and
have been known to get lost and misplaced.
The person who does all his shopping at the
postcard counter, does not get much out of
Christmas. He doesnt make a big enough in¬
vestment.But the mere fact that many of us have not
enough money to get much besides postcards is
iiT> drawback. Our services are always far
more valuable than what money we have to
spend. If any one does not believe this, let him
freely offer his services to some home mission
or social service worker and see how often he
is refused. There is no end to the agencies
through which one may offer and give ones
services in order to advance and increase the
true Christmas spirit.It matters not what talents we possess to
give another happiness, but whether or not we
employ those talents. Certain it is, that if we
wish to make the most out of Christmas we
must put into it all that it is possible for us to
give. Give, and give freely, and then will we
all be able to really and truly rejoice.CHAPEL CONDUCT.We are told that order is heavens first law.
In glancing over the columns of one of our ex-
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