isa-normaladvance-1914-00108

Description:	108THE NORMAL ADVANCEfriendly enemies across the way, the Rose Poly¬ technic students. The Technic is a well or¬ ganized paper, representative of the school, both in its work and in its play. Perhaps it would not appeal to the average reader, because of its purely technical nature, but we take it that a student publication is intended primarily to meet the needs of the student body and this we feel sure the Technic does.We are glad to see that out over the state of Indiana our juniors are doing excellent work. There come to our desk six magazines, represent¬ ing six of our Hoosier high schools—the X-Ray, from Anderson High School the Press, from Clinton the Lincolnite, from the Lincoln High School of Princeton the Purple and Gold, from Sullivan the Survey, from Marion, and the Informer, from the Geneva High School. We are glad to express our heartiest approbation of the things which these papers express, of the spirit which they reveal. We need feel not fear but that these young people who are to take up our work when we must leave it, will be able to carry it on successfully.From Indianapolis comes the Indianapolis Medical Journal, containing a wealth of worth¬ while information on subjects of vital interest to all who follow the development of the human mind in the field of science. Especially interest¬ ing to us, as present and future teachers, is the Teachers Journal, published at Marion. It is best described in the words of its own sub-title, a practical educational periodical for progressive teachers. Our brothers at Danville send us the Central Normal College Booster with graphic and interesting accounts of their social and intel¬ lectual activities.But we need not remain in the confines of our own state. From the south comes the Student of the Eastern Kentucky State Normal, an en¬thusiastic, alive paper, affording both interesting and profitable reading. To the north we find other friends. In Holland, Michigan, the students of Hope College are giving vent to their literary gen¬ ius in the Anchor, which is among the most in¬ teresting of our exchanges. The State Normal at LaCrosse, Wisconsin, puts out a paper, the Rac¬ quet, which gives us a glimpse of life in other state normals than our own. From Wisconsin, too, comes another paper which is of especial interest to our German students, the M. H. Aerolith, published by the Mission House College at Sheboy¬ gan. We would do well to follow its excellent ex¬ ample in German composition.Three states of the great West must be in¬ cluded in our list. Frorm Siloam Springs, Ar¬ kansas, we receive College Echoes, a little paper but an interesting one, published by the students of the Arkansas Conference College. The State Normal School at Wayne, Nebraska, sends us the Goldenrod, which gives us an excellent idea of their school life, but would perhaps better repre¬ sent them if it were a little more literary. The Lead High School of Lead, South Dakota, sends the Nugget, which is truly a nugget, not of lead but of gold, for it is an excellent paper.Last, but far from least, there comes to us across the western seas, from that wonder world which the Germans call the morning land, the St. Johns Echo, published by the students of St. Johns University, Shanghai, China. It is one of our best and certainly one of our most in¬ teresting exchanges. We are glad to clasp hands across the seas with these, our comrades in the land of the rising sun.We have completed the circle, and are home again, tired, perhaps, but certainly broadened by this contact with the wide-awake young people of the country. To all we offer our heartiest thanks and our sincerest wishes for a prosperous year.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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