isa-normaladvance-1909-00180

Description:	180THE NORMAL ADVANCEThe Normal AdvanceDEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOLEDITORIAL STAFFWill, E. Edington ■ • Editor-in-ChiefRay Jared Associate EditorWalter W. Harvey Literary Editor■ - • Society EditorBernard Schockel Athletic EditorERNEST Stirwalt 5 Alumni EditorsRaleigh Schorling (Ernest Stirwalt Senior Editor Junior EditorFern Densford ... Sophomore Editor Freshman EditorBUSINESS STAFFGeorge W. Rowe Business ManagerHarry E. Davis ■ Advertising ManagersWm. O. Winkler > Circulation ManagersAdam Bowles SBOARD OF CONTROLPres. W. W. Parsons, Ex-OfficioJames L. Lardner, ChairmanJesse Wood, 10, SecretaryArthur Cunningham, Will T. Barbre, C, C.Otto Schoeppel, 09, , 11Noble Cluny, 12Published monthly from October to June, inclusive.Terms $1.00 per YearSingle Copies ... .... 10 CentsCommencement Number - 35 CentAddress all communications to The Normal Advance, TerreHaute, Ind.Upon change of address immediately notify The Advance.All alumni, as well as undergraduates, are urged to hand in contributions.Entered at the Terre Haute post office as second class mail matter.ECONOMY AT THE EXPENSE OFEDUCATION.The State Legislature has met it has alsoadjourned. Perhaps the most interesting thingsdone were the passage of the Sunday base-balllaw, the defeat of the bill for the repeal ofCounty Option, and the beautiful feats of jugglery in the preparation of the general appropriations bill. The first is of interest to baseball magnates and preachers the second toJohn Barleycorn and humanity and the thirdto politicians, supposedly to taxpayers, and toeducation.But practically speaking, the only ones whobenefitted greatly by the general appropriations bill were the politicians. It was noneof the peoples business and educational requests were treated almost as jokes, being usedas a veil for pretended economy, by first inserting them in the bill and then for economysand the poor peoples sakes cutting them outwith such a vengeance and with so much noise,that the poor taxpayers for whose benefit thedrama was enacted, to show their appreciationought to go into ecstasies of joy at the greatinterest manifested by their representatives intheir welfare.When the bill was brought before theHouses for final action, after having beenworked over, by the Ways and Means Committees, and the Committee of the Whole, amessage from the Governor stated that a cutof at least $600,000 or $700,000 must be made orthe State would be thrown into bankruptcy.Then the party in power to make good itscampaign promises must cut the amount at least$600,000. The paring began, and after goingentirely through the bill, only about $350,000was cut off and of this the three State collegeswere the victims by about $250,000. IndianaUniversity lost $20,000 annual maintenancefund, Purdue the same with $35,000 additionalin building allowance, and I. S. N. got nothing, $115,000 being cut off for buildings and$20,000 annual maintenance fund being markedoff. Thus the real needs of the growing institutions were made to suffer for economys sake.But it has always been so in Indiana. Thehistory of the State Colleges is one long struggle on account of the lack of sufficient funds.The failure of the State Legislature to see theimportance and value of education has beenone of the noticeable facts in their activities. Acomparison with most of our other leadingStates will show what is meant.However, the action was not without itsbright side. Although I. S. N. received noadditional appropriation whatever, yet a valiant fight was made by the representatives fromthis district, especially Representative Sunkeland Senator Beal, and it is to them that I. S. N.
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