University of Wisconsin Oshkosh - Quiver Yearbook (Oshkosh, WI)

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T SARA l-'ELKEK DAVID K. ALLEN MAE KELLY KATE WILLIAMSON F. R. HAMILTON, eoitor AMANDA HODDEN IIESSIE WELLS LOUIS SIMNICHT ALTA LEWIS

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MR. ALBERT E. THOMPSON. R. ALBERT E. THOMPSON, our worthy regent, has served in this capacity since February, 1895, at which time he was appointed by Governor Upham for a term of three years. He was reappointed by Governor Schofield in February, 1898. In February, 1896, he was elected vice president of the Board, and in July of the following year, president. Mr. Thompson has ever devoted himself most faithfully to the interests of the Normal Schools, and the state at large, as well as the local school, have much to congratulate themselves in the appointment of such a man to the position. During his term of office there has been a steady growth in the schools, due to the generous appropriations for increased facilities, for the enlargement of the faculty, and for their in- creased salaries. During Mr. Thompson’s administration, the Superior Normal school has been opened, the River Falls school has been rebuilt since its destruction by fire, a $26,500 addition has been made to the Whitewater Normal, all of the schools have been equipped with steam heating plants, and lastly a contract has been let to build additions to this school and the one at Stevens Point this summer. The Faculty of our school has been increased by a head of the department of Psychology and Pedagogy, an assistant of Pedagogy, a special teacher of German, a director of Observation and Method, and an assistant in Drawing. A new department has been added to the model school, a special trained librarian, an assistant librarian, and a clerk to aid the President in office work. Mr. Thompson is a native of Wisconsin, having been born in Pleasant Valley, Green Lake county. He entered Ripon College when fourteen years of age, and remained there until nineteen, when he entered upon the study of law in the office of J. M. Fish of Princeton. He early showed remarkable ability in this field, and at the age of twenty-one was admitted to the bar and became a partner of the firm in which he had been a student. He came to Oshkosh in the spring of 1879, and has since practiced law in this city. In 1889 he was appointed special assistant United States attorney, and for five years had charge of the litigation growing out of the improvements on the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. He has distinguished himself as an attorney in some of the most important cases the state has known, cases in which large interests have been involved. Being a native of Wisconsin, and so widely known as a skillful lawyer and a citizen of most progressive ideas, Mr. Thompson’s influence on Normal school problems has been most potent for the growth of the schools. He knows the resources of the state; he knows the leading citizens and they know him. With his appreciation of the needs of the schools, his devotion to their cause, his legal skill, his polished manners, and his generous heart, he is able to bring about whatever he sees is for their best interest. 9

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