isa-normaladvance-1909-00296

Description:	296THE NORMAL ADVANCEClass of 1890CAROLINE COLVIN 490Head of Department of History, Universitvof Maine, Orono, MaineTo The Class oe 1890 Greeting:When I received the editors request the first thing that cameinto my mind was the picture of a bright June morning when Aveall gathered in front of the main entrance, of the then neAV building, to be photographed. Another incident, Avhich during the in-terAening nineteen years, has not eA7en groAvn dim in my memory,Avas my effort to teach the Avord doll in Miss Mavitys room inthe training school. Although I haAe not forgotten I shall refrain from stating here the exact number of times Professor Sandison said I led the children to associate the idea with the oralinstead of the printed word. I have never since had the courageto try to teach the Avord doll, but T have come more and moreto appreciate the value of the training received during my coursein the institution, and I am inclined to think that it is, at least inpart, due to the men and women that I met there as felloAv-students that my faith in co-education has not yet been shaken.Caroline Colvin.Great things happened in the nineties,But none greater came to pass,Than the splendid graduationOf the good old nine naught class.Noav, Ave far and wide are scattered,From the far Atlantics shore,To the coast of the Pacific Fate decrees, we meet no more.Four have passed beyond the darkness,Where the fetters of the soul,In new light, are stricken from it,Free at last to reach the goal.Thirteen men and fourteen maidensOf the forty-five—too feAv—Felt the call that makes eternalThe old story eA^er neAV.MARY E. MORAN, 90Assistant Professor of Literature, IndianaState Normal
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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