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

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F BUSINESS SECTION ON BARSTOW STREET - 1952 ; .yW r e on Teacher Education. Now 1952 we see a new college coming into being - - new buildings and equipment that represent many times the initial cost of the first school back in 1916. Our new college with the most modern facilities for teaching is keeping in step with the town and it will give the students who will follow in our footsteps new opportunities to prepare themselves to become better citizens, men and women; yes, better Americans. We, the students, therefore, proudly dedicote this our 36th annual, the 1952 Periscope, to all the people of Eau Claire.

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BUSINESS SECTION ON BARSTOW STREET ABOUT 1916 In 1916 our college, known as ihe State Normal School, was founded, with a first year enrollment of 184 students. To Eau Claire because of its geographic location the efforts and foresight of its citizens important industries and people came from all over the world. This was progress. This same year the school changed its name and became the Eau Claire State Teacher's College. Because of its excellent faculty and the sincere and unselfish support and hospitality shown the students by the people of Eau Claire the college continued to grow with the town until in 1949 it had an enrollment of 917 students. Nineteen hundred forty-nine saw the college accredited with the North Central Association Study OUR COLLEGE ABOUT 1916

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For thirty-liv© yean the imtitution firtt known at the Eou Cloire Slot© Normal School, then Eou Claire Stale Teochon College, and todoy the Witcontin State College at Ecu Claire, hot looked forward to ilt fin! major expantion in ift phyticol plant. Todoy the dream hat become a reality, and when college opent in September it will boat! a truly modern educational plant tilualed on one of the mott beoutiful tile in the Middle Welt. But concrete, brick and mortar ore not he real ingredienti of a college, though the © moterial thingt help. The greotnett of our college dopendt upon the devotion of teochen and the dreamt that they intpire in their ttudenft; upon the idoalt and trwtht that ore feorlettly taught here; and upon the loyalty of on electorate thot believet in free public education and in leoching at one of the greot vocations Potletting thete latter thingt. with the help of our new and beauiiful phyticol turroundingt. Witcontin State College at Eou Cloire lookt proudly to the future. May motter teochen, able tcholort and worthy citixent emerge In ever increating numbert from our camput to enrich the life of Northwettern Witcontin. the United Stolet of America and the World. Februory 6, 1952 yljj. R. 4