University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Ivy Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Copyright 1953 Walt Kelly Sowing little seeds of knowledge

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As They Leave In September of 1922, Miss Irene Harbeck ac- cepted the position of second grade teacher at the campus school of Wisconsin State College, then known as the Milwaukee Normal School. Now, having fulfilled her teaching duties, she will retire in June. Miss Harbeck has always been a busy figure both on and off campus. At the college, besides her work as a critic teacher, she partici- pated in the Newman club and A.C.E. She has already co-authored two science books, and her future plans will undoubtedly include more craft work, a hobby which has brought her many awards. Leaving her post as assistant director of the Elementary education division. Miss Elizabeth Heiny is retiring this June after thirty-eight years of faithful service. She came to us from the teachers ' college at Mayville, North Dakota. Hun- di ' eds of students in lower elementary will espe- cially remember and value the guidance gained in her children ' s literature course. Pi Lambda Theta, national honorary sorority for college wo- men, and the Wisconsin Kindergarten Association are among the many outside interests to which Miss Heiny has devoted her time and energy, in addition to her duties at the college. After twenty-seven years of teaching in the physical education department at Wis consin State college. Miss Alta Wolcott retired in June of 1953 to her summer home at Ellison Bay, Door county. Miss Wolcott ' s greatest interest was in the field of modern dance, a course which she aided in establishing here. Many college women will long appreciate the grace, poise and better understanding of free expression which she helped to instill in them. Miss Wolcott ' s extracur- ricular interests included ad ising Dorado, the women ' s swimming group.

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