University of Wisconsin Eau Claire - Periscope Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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Main Entrance Campus Scenes This picture shows the front entrance to the building and the walk leading to Garfield Avenue. When the mountain ash in front of the building is covered in Autumn with bright red berries, it is one of the prettiest sights on the campus. The position of the young lady at the center window is one very popular with some students. The beauty of the campus has been enhanced greatly during the past year by the work done on it. Little Niagara Creek has been straightened, rough spots have been graded, and the main building repaired and otherwise renovated. Football Field Last Summer, the football field was vastly improved at the expense of the Government. The flowers in the foreground arc also recent acquisitions. In the left center, the broadcasting tower may lx seen. Broadcasts of the games are no longer provided, however, because of the discontinuation of station WTAQ. In the background is the ridge behind Putnam Drive. The field has an excellent cinder track and is well sodded, in marked contrast to its condition when first laid out a few years ago. Putnam Drive Bridge This graceful little white bridge over the creek is situated in one of the loveliest spots near the college. On the right, a rustic path leading to Little Niagara follows the creek. Putnam Drive crosses the bridge and then turns to the left, to continue along below the Ridge. The bridge is not infrequently inspected in summer by students who are seeking surcease from the pains of too strenuous study.

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Little Niagara Little Niagara, the falls shown in the foreground of the accompanying picture, is a favorite haunt of the students in the Spring and Summer. Many improvements have been made in this vicinity in the last few years, including a new bridge across the creek and a birdie path that leads up over the bluff, which is seen in the background. Little Niagara is the most notable, historically, of places on or near the campus. In the early years of the nineteenth century, the creek of which the falls are the terminus, was made a part of the boundary line between the Chippewa and Sioux hunting grounds; that is, a line following the creek and extending northwest from the falls was made the boundary. This line was fixed at a peace conference held at Fort Prairie du Chicn. The resulting treaty was signed by Sioux and Chippewa chieftains, and United States army officers then stationed at the fort. There is also a well-authenticated story to the effect that a certain Lieutenant Davis, then at Fort Prairie du Chien, came with a detachment of soldiers up the Mississippi and the Chippewa to Little Niagara Creek to cut timber, in what is now Putnam Park, for the fort. Lieutenant Davis, the young army officer, years later became President Jefferson C. Davis of the Confederate States of America. Driveway and Building This is an unusual view of the Garfield Avenue drive and east entrance to the building. In the background, the smoke-stack of the college heating plant may be seen. There is a most interesting tunnel connecting the furnace room with the building proper. Some of the trees in this picture were planted by graduating classes. Campus Lawn The campus was literally a blaze of glory when school opened last Fall. Beds of autumn blooming flowers lined the walks, reds and blues predominating. This view shows the front campus, which overlooks the entrance to beautiful Putnam Drive, and the Chippewa River. Some of the trees shown in the picture were planted by classes of bygone years. Campus Scenes

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The Faculty Bearers of light, Guides of that vast potentiality Called Youth, Light well the path. Illumine nays Where halting footsteps pass— Uncertain, wavering, And afraid. Diffuse the light The mighty glow of which Was once only a flickering torch, Gripped in the teacher hand of him Who walked through tunneled walls, Amid the darkness, With momentary glimpses of the truth. Seeking a heritage For unborn man. TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY 1916-1936