isa-normaladvance-1913-00021

Description:	THE NORMAL ADVANCE21College Course anb Clas&eCOLLEGE COURSE.IF the business of a miner be to mine, andthat of a sailor to sail, it is the business ofan editor to edit.. Now, that is precisely whatwe purpose to do in presenting to the readersof The Normal Advance an account of the college course meeting of Wednesday, October 2.In our official capacity as college course editor,we wish to edit the remarks of three differentparties who were present at that preliminarybusiness meeting, concerning the proceedingsthereof.Unwilling bossism is a thing I never beforeheard of till I found it in the college coursemeeting this evening, said Prof. Lee McPhee-ters, formerly schoolmaster at Gwinns CrossRoads, Indiana, erstwhile assessor of and alsocommitteeman from Jefferson township, now astudent in the college course at I. S. N. Thepeople there didnt want to be bosses, andcontrol the election of officers and the otherbusiness, but they had no other alternative. Itwas what Editor Andrew J. Wilcox, of TheGwinrCs Cross Roads Beacon, would call aground hog case. Only about a fifth of thecollege course students were there, the businessof the meeting was to be transacted, so all theycould do was to transact it, no matter how theother four-fifths wanted it transacted. I suppose that technically they were bosses, but notby their own choice, because they wanted theother four-fifths to come in and help. However, the other four-fifths did not do so. I cannot express my extreme deprecation for them,because if teachers would interest themselvesin politics, as I heartily believe they should,they should interest themselves in what I mayterm class politics, that is to say, class elections,and class affairs generally. The officers electedwere all right, but for a while it looked as ifwe should not have enough present to make aquorum. I may add that the other businesswas very admirably transacted, considering thesmall number present.Percy Somesport graduated at ShortridgeHigh School, Indianapolis, last year. He was(so his parents thought) the brightest boy inhis class, and he took an intensely active partin class and school affairs. Filled to the brimwith school spirit, he longed to get a taste ofcollege spirit, and it was with this hope thathe registered as a college course freshman onSeptember 30. Of course he was at the firstcollege course meeting, in all his glory, and weherewith quote his impressions of it, from a letter written the same evening to her who was toPercy Somesport the only girl in the world:It was a pretty tame affair. They said thatthere were over 100 in the college course, and Iexpected to see Prof. Currys room (which isbig enough for a gym) full of excited girls andfellowrs. Believe me, kid, there were only 28there! For the love of Mike, whats the matter with the college course people ? Why dontthey wTake up ? Im sure I dont understand it.Well, as to what they did, Miss Zelpha Burkett,the president of last year, called the meeting toorder, and called for nominations for president.Just then I turned to sneeze, and when I lookedup again, Carl Miller was presiding. Well,Miller is a good fellow, even if he was electedin a jiffy. Lee Brinton was elected vice-president, Miss Hazel Nelson secretary, Tom John-son treasurer, Henry, or Heinie, Knauth, asall the fellows call him, athletic captain,Maurice Murphy editor, Miss Burkett chairmanof the social committee, and W. W. Wright andMiss Marjory Cuppy representatives to thOratorical League. A good set of officers, itseems to me, to be elected, as they were, by ahandful. We talked about our part in a kindof athletic contest to be held this fall, called acider meet, and class meetings, but my, oh me!If more are not interested in the college course
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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