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

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Not only beautiful, but a perfect spot for picnics, recreation, and lounging. South Campus provides Eau Claire students with a place to take advantage of the outdoors. Taking advantage of the Student Government picnic given during orientation week arc beanie-sporting freshmen. Marlys Larson, Betty Borne, and Audrey Schultz. In the background can be seen the barracks which serve as classrooms to accommodate the swelled enrollment. South Campus BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS Music Building Home base for band, orchestra, and choir in addition to music classes is this remodeled music building. Strains of Sousa and Sibelius drift from it as future musicians learn the “know-how of music.

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• • • A freshman's view of Old Main is seen by Kaly Fulls, Jim Kolka, and Janis Zicr as Bill McGinnis lakes them on a campus tour. Life Goes To College Life goes to college — our college, Eau Claire State. Trunks, suitcases, and boxes are the harbingers of the impending return to school. The tree-lined driveways and the quiet hallways of the campus welcome the return of activity which the bustling students give them. Apprehensive freshmen explore the spots which arc to become familiar to them — the classrooms. Old Main, the Little Theatre, dorms, lounges, and South Campus. The oldtimer upperclassmen arc reunited in the Blugold Room. The increased enrollment brings class conflicts, long tally lines, and bulging classes. The oncc-quict campus becomes alive — classrooms arc busy, the football field is battered by Blugold scrimmages, the dorms and houses are a confusion of unpacking students. The 1957 Periscope would like to present life at Eau Claire State in 1956 and 1957. EAU CLAIRE’S “Old .Main” The Administration Building, better known as “Old Main” is the hub of activity at WSCEC. Classrooms, the Union, the Blugold Room, the auditorium, the cafeteria, the bookstore, and the publications offices, as well as the library and administration offices make this building a busy place.

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Physical Education Building r r’ f- .::s; RRH ?! The center of WSCECs athletic program is the physical education wing of the multipurpose building east of Old Main. A structure that combines beauty with utility, it is the home of many championship Blugold basketball teams. It is transformed into a ballroom for the annual Junior Prom and provides room for all-school convocations. Campus School Fortunate are the students who receive elementary education training here. The observation deck which allows students to observe classes without disturbing them is a unique feature of this especially-designed building. I.ittle Theatre Broadway is transplanted to the college stage in this almost ideal setting. Guide Bill McGinnis is shown outside the I.ittle Theatre with Katy, Janis, and Jim. Students of drama and radio find here an excellent opportunity to learn by doing.