isa-normaladvance-1909-00151

Description:	THE NORMAL ADVANCE151special tax. Representative Culbertson of Jefferson county opposed the bill because^ he said,it would be an injustice to the twenty-two accredited Normal Schools of the state. The capacity of the Terre Haute Normal School, saidMr. Culbertson is 1,300 students, and the catalogue showed that there were not over 600 students, except at the periods when the springand summer terms overlap. This argument wasopposed by champions of the bill, who declaredthe present Normal School could not accommodate the students.The vote on the bill was close. When it wasseen that the bill would be defeated Rep. Talbot, who had spoken in its favor, changed hisvote from Aye to No in order to be ableto call the bill up for reconsideration.In the afternoon of the same day Representative Hostetter moved to reconsider but Representative Thornton, of New Albany, moved totable the Hostetter motion, and his motion carried. By the rules of the House, this vote killedthe Muncie bill for the remainder of the session, so there will be only one State Normal inIndiana for at least two years longer.The Legislative Visitation Committee, consisting of Senator Hanna, and RepresentativesGreiger and Sicks, which was here last fall, inits report recommending regular and specificappropriations, turned down I. S. N.s requestfor $178,920 to be used in the construction of anew science building and the buying of a platof ground. The request of I. S. N. was theonly one completely denied. The argumentbrought in defense of the action was that I. S.N. did not need the building and that economyin State expenditures was absolutely necessary.However, not to give up without a fight,President Parsons and Judge J. Jump, of TerreHaute, and Captain W. H. Armstrong, of Indianapolis, of the Board of Trustees, immediately appeared before the committee on Waysand Means, and presented the true condition ofaffairs at I. S. N. So effective was their pleathat Chairma,n Garrard of the Committee, declared himself ready to report favorably onthe appropriation. But since all the committeewere not present, no action was taken. However, President Parsons has not given up. Hehas been at Indianapolis the greater part of thelast two weeks, being present at almost all thecommittee meetings, and bringing every particle of his energy and influence to bear with thecommittee, in hopes of securing the appropriation. And it is to be hoped by every loyal student that the justness of the appropriation willbe seen by the Committee and that it willact accordingly.Judging from the treatment I. S. N, received at DePauws hands in the basketballgame played at DePauw, it seems high timethat I. S. N. was severing all athletic relationswith DePauw, at least until the present bunchof athletic leaders at DePauw is either graduated or superseded by a more manly group,who will know how to treat visiting athletes.In the Indiana State Oratorical contest heldat Indianapolis, February 12, Notre Dame carried off first honors. Earlham took secondplace, Wabash third, and DePauw and Hanover tied for fourth place,A total of 1,040,563 pieces of mail matterwas received in the division of Dead Letters atWashington during January, 1909. Of theseletters, 5,879 contained money amounting inall to $6,050.58, of which amount $5,198.54 wasreturned to the senders.According to statistics, of the 1,001 womenwho fainted last year, 987 fell into the armsof men, two fell on the floor, and one into abath tub.—Ex.
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