isa-normaladvance-1914-00211

Description:	yTHEINDTANA STATE NORMAL ■v LIBRARY NORMAL ADVANCE211RECOMMEND A TION.During the course of the year frequent ref¬ erences have been made with respect to our school spirit. We realize that we are lax in our interest that we should have shown toward the school and its organizations. Although the school spirit is good and has been as good as ever in previous years, we can now see missed opportunities wherein we might have improved matters greatly.Furthermore, we as a student body are ready to shoulder our share of any of the fail¬ ures that may be ascribed against our Alma Mater. And we highly resolve that these fail¬ ures shall not have been in vain but that from these we will take increased interest in school affairs.But might it not be possible that part re¬ sponsibility rests on the shoulders of others than the student body who are connected with the school? Is not the student body of this school made of the same blood and sinew that student bodies of other schools are made of? Are we a peculiar people? Is it absolutely just that all of the blame should rest with the students alone?Not long since there was held in the Normal Hall an affair that was as much a part of theschool and for the school as any function could be—namely, that of the Interstate Debate. The audience was exceedingly small as compared with the number of students and faculty there really are in the institution. Especially em¬ barrassing was it when one of the visiting team asked, Where is your faculty and your stu¬ dent body this evening?True it is that the speakers on the platform are very frequently uninteresting, but when the affair is distinctly a school affair, when the honor of the school is at stake, when the suc¬ cess of the men working on the platform de¬ pends largely on the support received from a large audience, is it asking too much to re¬ quest both faculty and students to be present for a few short hours and by their presence give the team a good moral backing? There is certainly no excuse to be made on the ground of previous engagements. The fourth Friday of April is an annual date with reference to this event.We are glad to note that at least two of our faculty, knowing that they could not be pres¬ ent, sent their wives to take their places in the audience.Carl N. Miller, {Associate Editor!)The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes, which neglects surface differ¬ ences.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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