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

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I’KESIDKN'T SCHOFIELD MR. BREWER H. A. SCHOFIELD, PH. B. President C. J. Brewer, B. Eo. Vice President Principal Training School Archie V. Hurst Eau Claire Regent Administration President Schofield H. A. Schofield, Ph. B., graduate of the University of Wisconsin, began his duties as President of the Eau Claire State Normal School in 1916. He is the school’s first and present president. He came here from St. Paul Central High School, where he was the principal. When the Eau Claire State Teachers’ College opened in 1916, Mr. Schofield started with a faculty numbering twenty-four. As the enrollment increased, so did the complexity of his work. His first year approximately one hundred seventy students enrolled, as compared with six hundred fifty this year. Under President Schofield’s administration, a great many changes have taken place. There has been a change in courses throughout the period of years. Many of the courses have been lengthened, and many others changed to comply with modem trends. Our school has grown from a State Normal School to a State Teachers’ College of recognized sanding. The faculty has been increased from twenty-four to forty-one. Vice President Brewer C. J. Brewer, B. Ed., holds a very important position in the college as Vice President and also Principal of the Training School. As supervisor of the practice teaching done in the Training School, he visits the various classes and conducts the teachers’ meetings, which are held every Tuesday morning. At these meetings the work of the Training School is planned. In addition to this work, Mr. Brewer teaches Principles of Education the first semester of each year. In this class thrre is much discussion of school management and the best methods of teaching. During the second semester of each year, Mr. Brewer goes about the state, particularly the northern part, visiting schools. He tries to arrange these visits so that he will visit every Eau Gaire graduate who is teaching for his first year. While making these visits, he also looks about for vacancies for which our students may be recommended, and then interviews superintendents in regard to students prepared to teach. Ri cent Hurst The Wisconsin Board of Normal School Regents consists of eleven members. For each of the nine Teachers’ Colleges in the state of Wisconsin, one person is chosen by the Governor to constitute the Board of Regents. Under its jurisdiction are placed matters concerning the hiring of the presidents of the Teachers Colleges, the settling of difficulties, the submitting of budgets to the state legislatures for approval, and the planning of new building projects. Consequently', the members of the board must be cognizant of existing educational problems as well as of general economic conditions. The Eau Gaire Regent is Archie V. Hurst, who was appointed by former Governor Schmcdeman in 1933 for a term of five years. Mr. Hurst was born at Augusta, Wisconsin, where he attended school. He is now a resident of Eau Claire. He is general agent for the National Guardian Life Insurance Company. Mr. Hurst holds a position of high esteem in the community, being among other things, a trustee of the First Congregational Church, a thirty-second degree Mason, and a Kiwanian. Page Eighteen

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State Teachers College Physical Education One year’s work in Physical Education is required of each student. Drills and games that may later he used in teaching form an important part of this work. If the student is particularly interested in athletics, the Men’s and Women’s Athletic Associations offer a varied program of sports. Miss Phelps is in charge of women’s physical education activities and Mr. Zorn is in charge of men’s. The football, basketball, and track teams arc coached by Mr. Zorn, and enter intercollegiate competition. Industrial Arts The Manual Training Department offers courses in Industrial Arts, Mechanical Drawing, Architectural Drawing, Elementary Bench Work, and Cabinet Making. The objective is to give engineering information as well as to train teachers of Manual Train-ing. The first objective in the courses in Home Economics at Eau Claire is to make the student better equipped to meet the problems of daily living. The Foods and Nutrition Course includes training in the preparation of low-cost and well-balanced meals. The Textiles and Clothing Course includes the study of textile fibres and fabrics and the acquisition of a working knowledge of the principles of clothing con- struction. Mrs. Flagler and Mr. Millircn teach Industrial Arts. Art The Art Department offers courses that acquaint the student with art principles and methods of teaching perspective, design, color harmony, and lettering. The fundamental Art courses offered include Rural Art, Drawing for the Primary Grades, Handwork for the Primary Grades, and Drawing for the Grammar Grades. Two new courses added this year. Applied Art and Art History and Appreciation, are intended to stimulate the student’s creative ability. The instructor is Miss Foster. Music In addition to the musical instruction available through the A Cappella Choir, the various quartets, the orchestra, and the band. Miss Ward offers Primary Grades Music, Grammar Grades Music, Rural School Music, and Music Directing. In the first two courses named the elements of music, rote singing, sight reading, and treatment of out-of-tunc singers, as encountered in the Primary and Grammar Grades, respectively, are taken up. The course in Rural School Music deals with music appreciation and the development of rhythm. Music Directing includes interpretation, conducting, directing glee clubs, the study of instruments, musical selection, and the classification of voices. Page Seventeen

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A. J. R. Wallin, Ph. D. Ri-K' trar Eugene McPhhe, A.M. Conference Athletic Committee Vine Miller, A.M. Dean of Women DR. WAI.I.IN .MR. MePHEE MISS MILLER Administration Registrar Wallin The office of Registrar is of comparatively recent establishment in universities and colleges. The Registrar is custodian of records of student grades and credits. He also, in co-operation with the President and the Faculty, is usually responsible for the preparation of the schedule of classes each semester, publication of catalogues, and development of curricula. The relation between Registrar and student is of particular importance. Reports of grades earned each semester are sent to all students enrolled. The Registrar has general supervision over registration, including advice in the selection of courses, directing choices in such manner that the student will complete the requirements of the work chosen. The Registrar’s office also checks the records and certifies names of the Seniors for graduation. It makes many transcripts of work done. Evaluation of credits of former students and those transferring from other schools likewise requires considerable attention. The Registrar must study and keep pace with the ever changing picture of the American college. This requires constant interpretation and readjustment. J. R. Wallin, Ph. D., who also teaches political science and economics, is Registrar here. Mr. McPhee During the past year Eugene McPhee, A. M., Principal of the Training School Junior High School, has becen the college’s representative on the board of the Wisconsin Teachers College Athletics Conference. Mr. McPhee, who is very much interested in athletics, was appointed to this board to succeed Mr. Fox, who had held that position for sixteen years. The object of this Conference is to supervise and control all athletic contests among the schools of the Conference in order that all athletic activities in the Conference schools may be maintained on a high ethical plane in keeping with the high purpose of education. Each school in the Conference is entitled to one representative, who must be a member of the faculty but may not be a member of the coaching staff of the school represented. The annual meeting of the Board is usually held in the Spring. At this meeting, schedules for the following season are arranged. Also, problems in athletics which have come up during the year are settled. Dean Miller Miss Vine Miller, A.M., has as her main objective as Dean of Women, to establish a guidance relation with the individual women students in order to help each to live a wiser, richer, and fuller life. In achieving this objective her duties are many and varied. As the college docs not have a dormitory, she must keep in close contact with the homes of those renting rooms to women students, in order to establish a better relationship between students and housemothers. This plan is intended to help students to live a more normal life in their temporary homes. Miss Miller also watches over the health of the women under her guidance, finds employment for those desiring to work for room and board, and helps standardize the amount of work done in these homes by the students. In addition to her duties as Dean of Women, Miss Miller, who teaches History and English, carries a full teaching load and co-operates in the promotion of the social program of the college. Pane Nineteen