isa-normaladvance-1914-00078

Description:	78THE NORMAL ADVANCEeral, and in order to stimulate participation on the part of all the girls present, as well as to guard against even an approach to one of those harrowing praises, slips of paper were dis¬ tributed on which were writen appropriate quo¬ tations gleaned from many sources. The girls present know whether the attempt was success¬ ful, and (this is a secret) if you care to find out for yourself, just come to the next student meeting. We are going to have some more. Do you know what important event occurred on the first Tuesday in November? We all knew, even though we are not voters, because under Miss Morans guidance we considered another phase of the same question. The newspapers at that time were saying much about Clean Politics, and in order to be entirely up-to-date we also discussed the question, and found that the subject could be applied admirably to our class-room conduct, both as students and later as teachers, and to all our other social relations as well. Such talks give abundant food for thought.Another interesting meeting was the one post¬ poned for the Booster celebration. The second week in November is observed by students asso¬ ciations throughout the world as the Worlds Week of Prayer, but since the school was closed on Tuesday afternoon the special meeting was held the following week, and Mr. Mark, pas¬ tor of the Centenary Methodist Church, talked to us informally.This year we were all glad to have the oppor¬tunity to celebrate Thanksgiving, because in spite of difficulties our outlook is broadening and we are gaining confidence. The member¬ ship in the organization is the largest in our history, the average attendance at meetings is good, and we still have a future to which we can look forward. Its a good thing always to feel that there is something beyond.The Thanksgiving service was a joint meet¬ ing of the Y. M. and Y. W., and special efforts were made to insure an interesting program. At each meeting we have had special music of some sort, and since our Y. M. C. A. friends were present on November 25th they also helped with the music. The subject for the talk given by Rev. Brown ,of the Washington Avenue Church, was The Courtesy of Giving Thanks.Now, in addition to regular meetings, the Y. W. C. A. has organized a Bible Study class, and a Mission Class, both of which are doing very well. Miss Bailey has charge of the for¬ mer and the class is studying the Old Testa¬ ment, as the record of the development of a race. The Mission class, however, has no teacher this term and instead, we are having a series of lectures on immigration, given by speakers selected mostly from the members of the faculty. Both classes are very interesting and any girls are eligible to enter them.We have all heard a great deal about being Boosters, that is, we have if we are in the habit of attending chapel exercises. Were Boos¬ ters for Y. W. Dont you want to be one, too?The present is a point to which but little thought appertains, while the mind hovers back¬ wards and forwards between the past and fu¬ ture, expending the store of its regret upon the one, and wasting all its wishes upon the other.— James.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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