isa-normaladvance-1903-00072

Description:	72THE NORMAL ADVANCE.The Normal Advance.Devoted to the Interests of the State Normal School.EDITORIAL STAFF.B. L. Vawter, 03 Editor in ChiefJoe H. Stahl, 04 Associate EditorAlma G. Beste, 08 • Literary EditorFred Spencer, 05 Athletic EditorMart V. Peterson, 03 Society EditorE. F. Fishback, 05 . . > , ,,_^ ,T ,„, ( Local and AlumniDorothy Venard, 04 . »Gut C. Sipple, 03 ExchangesGenevieve L. Weems Senior EditorC. E. Green Junior EditorA. T. Farmer Sophomore EditorW. L. Hanna Freshman EditorBUSINESS STAFF.A. G. Porter Business ManagerE. C. Stopher Subscription AgentBOARD OF CONTROL.Pres. W. W. Parsons, Ex-offlcio.Arthur Cunningham, Chairman.Jessie Doane, 05, Secretary.Charles M. Curry. A. T. Mayfield, 03ROT E. Halstead, 04. W. L. Hanna, 06Published Monthly from October to June, inclusive.Terms—Seventy-five cents per year, in advance. Single copies,10 cents. Commencement number, 25 cents.Address all communications to The Normal Advance, TerreHaute, Ind.All alumni, as well as undergraduates, are solicited to hand incommunications.The Advance is sent to subscribers until arrears are paid upand the paper stopped.Entered at Terre Haute Postoffice as second-class matter.Old Father Time has turned the wheel of timearound once more and we have begun a new year.If you made any New Years resolutions you neednot tell your friends for if you live them they willfind them out anyhow. The Advance will actupon this motto. However, with the return ofevery year the fact should be impressed, that itis time that you should be doing something foryourself,—something which will be an exampleand inspiration to your fellow man and thus unconsciously your life will become an impetus tobetter society and higher living.. of the article will show the modern and economicalwray in which the business affairs of the school areconducted. Moreover this method is an exampleof cleanliness which might be practiced by hundreds of other coal consuming plants in this cityand elsewhere. Seldom if ever does any smokeissue from the huge smoke-stack over the boiler-room and the city and passers-by are therefore notbegrimed by the soot from our chimney.The reputation of a college depends largelyupon the impression its students make upon theoutside world. This makes it imperative upon thestudent to be careful of his habits in public. Itis not necessary for him to wear a sedate air bordering on the serene. Probably this will leave theimpression that the spirit of tht school is sluggish and the instruction more theoretical thanpractical. The student who is likely to make hismark and help his institution is the observant person, one who keeps abreast with the times andkeeps posted on the modern methods of business.He is able to approach business men in a businessway, to use urban manners when in the city, andrural manners when, in the country. Above allthings a man should be able to adapt himself tothe society he meets, always keeping in mind thedeportment of a gentleman.We print in this issue an article on the NormalHeating and Lighting Plant, which was kindlycontributed by the president. A careful readingThe recent cold weather brought back recollections of the great coal strike last summer. With afuel famine staring us in the face in the heart ofthe coal district and what little coal is availablebeing sold at such exhorbitant prices, the far-reaching effects of the strife between labor andcapital is vividly impressed. Some one or something must certainly be wrong. Who is to blame ?Is there ground for dissatisfaction? Are strikesjustifiable ? Is anything gained by them ? Theseand like questions come to the conservative manwhen he reviews the great clash of a few monthsago. One thing is sufficiently evident, viz: thatthe public suffers the consequences.If the difference between wages and profit issuch that an injustice is wrought to either side,
Source:	http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/isuarchive/id/33821
Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

Further information on this record can be found at its source.