Dear Friends,
Tomorrow, November 23rd, is Thanksgiving; a holiday that has always been observed at this institution beginning with our first year of operation in 1908.
The first Normal Echo that was published in November 1909, was the Thanksgiving Number, and a big turkey was pictured on the front cover. On page three a poem about Thanksgiving was written by Mina Renfrow of Rison, Arkansas. Ms. Renfrow was also the president of the Crestomath Society in 1909, a literary society for women.
The front cover of the first Normal Echo and the poem about Thanksgiving by Mina Renfrow, can be found in the PDF that accompanies this email.
I wish all of you a VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING