isa-normaladvance-1903-00019

Description:	THE NORMAL ADVANCE.19Exchanges.Half the world falls into temptation and theother half is tempted into falling.The only time most people can save money bynot spending it is when they havent got any.—Exchange.The average man who borrows a thousand dollars from a friend saves up that amount to pay itback, but goes and buys an automobile, while hisfriend continues to ride in street cars.—Exchange.Can a saw buck?—St. Joseph News.You bet! Can a horse fiddle ?—Keokuk GateCity.Sure. Can a chimney swallow ?—ChicagoTribune.Certainly. Ever hear a ginger snap ?—TopekaCapital.Yep. Ever see a bed spring ?—Kansas CityJournal.Of course. Can a rail fence ?—New YorkWorld.To be sure. And wouldnt a railroad tie? Howwould a crash suit?—Baltimore American,First rate. But isnt the weather vane?—Philadelphia Telegraph.Rather. Was it a banana peel that made thenight fall?—Chicago Times-Herald.And all this in a civilized country in the year1902 !—Exchange.It is said that a man who squeezes a dollar never squeezes his wife, which has prompted an exchange to remark that in looking over his subscription books one would judge that very fewwomen in this country ever had their ribs cracked.—Exchange.A CONUNDRUM.By Madeline Bridges.Sweet Kitty, tell me why a kissIs like creation ? Lost in moodPerplext, she could not answer this:Or—would not, if she could.As one who had not much to fear,He grasped her hand, and nearer stood:Because, tis made from nothing, dear,And—God knows its good.—Exchange.TALES OUT OF SCHOOL.Told by Anna Cleora Ball.Teacher—Bob, if you offer your sister one-halfa sack ofcandy, what part will you have left?Bob—The sack.—Exchange.Miss T—Jesse, what is the plural of molasses ?Jesse—Syrup.—Exchange.While two young men were driving along theroad in a buggy, one remarked: Yesterday I wasdriving along and had a glass of jelly sittingagainst the dashboard, and was holding it therewith my foot.And you mashed your jelly, ventured hisfriend.No but I thought if I had Id have mashedmy foot into jelly, retorted his friend and thenL. R.—My brother went out West on a hunting trip and took with him sixty pounds of ammunition, a seventeen-shot repeating rifle, a repeating shotgun, a revolver F. M.—Great guns !The Normal Eyte, which is published by thestudents of the State Normal School of CedarFalls, la., is certainly an up-to-date paper.It emphasizes the part of school life that is sooften neglected, and that is the proper care of thebodj. Many students fail to take sufficient exercise and sit in their rooms nursing a book until alate hour at night, and then are compelled to makedesperate efforts to keep awake during the recitation the next day. This may be one thing thatcauses so many students to respond to the professors questions by saying: I dont know what youmean. We would suggest that that expression bo.eliminated by substituting the answer: I dontknow what yon are talking about. Please go wayand let me sleep. Those who do not mingle in society, who do notattend the athletic games, who canot afford timeor money for a lecture course, who never take atrip to various parks, who study until they aresick in mind, body and soul, and then wonderwhat is the matter with the rest of the people and
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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