isa-normaladvance-1909-00213

Description:	THE NORMAL ADVANCE213The 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 EditorHeber C. Martin •Raleigh SchorlingHarry Lanning Senior Editor Junior Editor Sophomore Editor Freshman Editorj Alumni EditorsBUSINESS STAFFLoris Julian Business ManagerHarry E. Davis Advertising: ManagersWm. O. Winkler > ... circulation ManagersAdam Bowles )BOARD 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.NOTICE TO STUDENTS.The editors of the Advance desire to stateto the various societies and organizations of theschool that all pictures to be used in the Commencement Number must be given to the editorsby May 8. This is necessary that sufficient timemay be given the editors for securing the bestworkmanship on the half-tones and careful arrangement of the material in the number itself.Within the next few days lists of names ofAlumni, whom we are desirous of locating, willappear on the Bulletin Board. We wish everystudent to read these lists through, and if thereare any Alumni whom you can definitely locate,and know what they are doing, write this information on a piece of paper and drop in theA box of the postoffice between the BulletinBoards. Help make the Commencement Number a great success.Perhaps nothing interests an American morethan the rapid development of our countryduring the past hundred years, for, indeed,growth in population, power and resources hasbeen marvelous as the following few comparisons will show. The comparisons are based onthe returns of the first census, in 1790, and thecensus of 1900.The population in 1900 was 19 times as greatas that of 1790, and the area nearly ten times.The population of the New England States hasincreased slightly more than five-fold, that ofthe Middle States, fifteen-fold, and of theSouthern States a little more than six-fold.At the first census but 6 cities reported apopulation of approximately 8,000 inhabitants.Compared with this number, in 1900 there were286 cities and towns in the same area having apopulation of 8,000 or more. In Rhode Islandalone, the smallest of all the states, there weremore cities of 8,000 inhabitants than there werein the entire United States in 1790.The aggregate population of all the cities inthe area enumerated in 1790, which in 1900 reported more than 50,000 inhabitants, was 185,-207 in 1790, and 10,259,186 in 1900.The average size of families in 1790 was 5.8persons. The variation shown by the Statesenumerated in 1790 ranged from 5.04 in Georgia, to 6.4 in Maryland. In 1900 the average forthe area enumerated in 1790 was 4.6, rangingfrom 4.1 in a number of States to 5.1 in NorthCarolina.This last comparison should be exceedinglyinteresting to those who predict the downfall ofFrance because of the slow increase in population, for evidently in due time we shall be facing the same problem. Is it any wonder thatsome of our leading statesmen are becoming
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