isa-normaladvance-1913-00214

Description:	214THE NORMAL ADVANCEEQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE.THE Equal Suffrage League has had twovery good meetings this term. At thefirst meeting, April 11, Mrs. Shryer gave an interesting talk on Suffrage Conditions in England. Friday, April 25, Prof. Curry in hisusual charming manner, gave a brief revieAV ofa debate on woman suffrage in which he tookpart about twenty-fivTe years ago. In this debate he took the negative, and Prof. Monroe,now of Columbia University, took the affirmative. The portrait that Prof. Curry drew ofthe big-footed, red-nosed suffragist Avon overthe quiet facts presented by Prof. Monroe.While the gloAving picture painted by Prof.Curry Avon his hearers, the research, togetherwith the convincing Avords of Prof. Monroeconverted Mr. Curry, and from that day tothis he has been a firm supporter of theAvomans equal suffrage moArement.C. A. Although there are other Camp Firesin the city this is the only one composed exclusive] v of Normal girls.The flag on the Normal tower fleAV at half-mast Thursday, May 1, and school Avas dismissed that afternoon to honor the memory ofJoseph Gilbert, Avho Avas brutally shot doAvnin his home on Fruitridge avenue, the preceding Sunday, by a man probably maddened byliquor. Mr. Gilbert was the father-in-law ofProf. Gillum and the almost life-long friend ofPresident Parsons. He Avas a member of theBoard of Trustees of the State Normal from1880 to 1890, and it was partly through hisefforts that the school acquired its present efficient head. Mr. Gilbert was a Avell-known andmuch beloAed citizen of Terre Haute, and hisdeath is felt Avith the deepest soitoav by many.We as a school feel that we haA~e lost in him avaluable and valued friend.CAMP-FIRE GIRLS OF AMERICA.There has been for the last year a club existing among Normal girls, of which little hasbeen said. It is the Kawai chapter of theCamp-Fire Girls of America. The KawaiCamp Fire meets at 3 :30 oclock every Fridayin the city Y. W. C. A. The guardian of the•Camp Fire is Miss Lewis, of the City Y. W.MONTICELLO SEMINARY.At Godfrey, Illinois, there is a school forAvomen that is shortly to celebrate its seventy-fifth anniversary. For seventy-five years thisschool in a quiet, dignified Avay has been doingAvonderful Avork for education. The readers ofThe Advance will be interested in knowingsomething of this institution and its purposesfrom a purely educational standpoint, but thereis a closer relation that makes this interestlarger at this time. Miss Martina C. Erickson,for many years Dean of AVomen in the StateNormal School, is now at the head of Monti-cello, and is putting the stamp of her splendidability upon the school. Our readers Avill alsobe pleased to know that Miss Elizabeth Rose,Avho, for many years, Avas a A-ery efficientteacher and a decidedly influential force in ourschool, is a member of the Monticello faculty.To understand Avhat Monticello means to thecause of education Ave must think oursehesback three-quarters of a century, cast awaythree-quarters of our everyday reactions andget a different vieAvpoint. In that day verymany people believed that Avomen could notlearn if they tried, and more believed that ifthey did try, it Avould be to the detriment ofsociety. It wTas supposed that they Avould nothaATe time for domestic affairs and, therefore,Avould make less efficient home makers. Thefounders of Monticello proposed to prove thatAvomen could learn and that if they did theywould make better Avives and mothers. Asthe mother, so the children, Avas their motto.They also wished to demonstrate that a schoolfor girls could command sufficient public support and interest to exist from generation togeneration.The argument by objectors was that a schooldepended on the personality of the teacher atits head, and would decline at the death of suchperson, and that therefore the life of any schoolwould as a rule be limited to a generationsspan. Mary Lyon said, Not so once estab-
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