isa-normaladvance-1903-00099

Description:	THE NORMAL ADVANCE.99exchanges.LAY OF ANCIENT ROME.Oh, the Roman was a rogue,He erat, wras, you bettum He ran his automobillisAnd smoked his cigarettum He wore a diamond studibusAnd elegant cravattum,A maxima cum laude shirt,And such a stylish hattum !He loved,the luscious hic-hacc-hock,And bet on games and equi At times he won at others, though,He got it in the nequi He winked (quo usque tandem?)At puellas on the Forum,And sometimes even madeThose goo-goo oculorum!He frequently was seenAt combats gladitorial,And ate enough to feedTen boarders at Memorial He often went on spreesAnd said, on starting homus,Hie labor—opus est,Oh, wheres my hie—hie—domus.Although he lived in Rome—Of all the arts the middle—He was (excuse the phrase)A horrid individl Ah! what a diffrent thingWas the home (dative, hominy)Of far-away B. C,From us of Anno Domini.Shun the fatal habit of putting off, as youwould shun a temptation to crime. The momentyou feel a temptation to dawdle come upon you,jump up, and then go with all your might at themost difficult thing you have to do. Never beginwith the easiest thing take the hardest and hangon persistently until you have overcome the habit.Fear procrastination as a dangerous enemy. It ismore than a thief of time it steals character,ruins opportunity, robs you of freedom and makesa slave of you.—Success.Our list of exchanges is constantly increasing.Among the new ones is The School Echo, published monthly at the Academy of the Immaculate Conception in San Francisco, California.The paper has a good form, is printed on goodpaper and has many good short stories.The Normal Eyte for January 24, 1903, is devoted entirely to athletics. Some good reasons aregiven why aNormal School cannot hope to have afoot ball team that will rank with the teams ofsuch an institution as the State University orother large colleges of the State.Little son—Papa, our garbage man is one ofthe best men I ever saw.Father—Why, my son ?Little son— Cause this morning, after he putour garbage in the wagon, he tried to start themule, but the mule stood still. He whipped andwhipped it, but it would not go. Finally he gotdown off the wagon and told the mule about Jesusand God for a long time.—Ex.Tommy, said the school teacher to Tommy-Taddells, What do you understand by the termhigh explosive ? Sky rockets, maam, replied Tommy.Sweets to the sweet, and the bold young manpassed the sugar bowl to the shy maid, on the dining car. Crackers to the cracked, she replied,handing him the cracker bowl.—Ex.Von der Lippe—Why do most people buy electric automobiles?Darling—Because they can get them charged, Isuppose.Prof, in History—What invention has donemost to elevate the human race ?Student—The elevator, I suppose.—Cascadil-lian.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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