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

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Constance Ewing Marion Beye Margaret R. Fisher Walter Wilson McMillan Elvira Mark Ida .. Breitkreutz

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Mr. Summers Manual Training Livingston L. Summers was supervisor of Sloyd work in Cuba before coming to Oshkosh. In 1891, he graduated from Grinnell College, specialized in Manual Training at Pratt Institute, and studied in London, Paris, and Naas. Sweden. In spite of the fact that he get» so mad a peaceful atmosphere seems to pervade our popular manual training room. MiSS Potter Assistant Librarian Lucy A. Potter, our assistant librarian, was born in Oshkosh and educated in its schools. She is a graduate of the High School and of the Wisconsin School of Library Science. She is a ray of sunshine in the sometimes dark and gloomy room of l ooks. Mr. Small Psychology Maurice II. Small, one of our most beloved instructors, came to us from the East. He received his education in the public schools and Academy of Wilton, Maine; at Colby University : ami at Clark University, where he devoted three years to a Ph. I), course in Psychology and Education. For some years he taught in New Jersey, prior to coming to Oshkosh in iqo.v If any of us had previously doubted the practicality of psychology and pedagogy, acquaintance with Mr. Small has promptly allayed all misgiving. MiSS Rooney Associate in fiuglish Anna 1.. Rooney was l orn in New York, and attended a private school there, but preferred Michigan for her higher education, graduating l oth from Kalamazoo College and the University of Michigan. For seven years she taught in a High School in that state, coming to Oshkosh in 1903 as assistant in English. We Juniors can vouch for Miss Rooney. Many a poor, shivering lass, late with her essay, has taken encouragement from her kindly smile, and the vision of an additional assignment has sunk into oblivion. Mr. Clematis Chemistry E. A. Clematis was lioro in Clcmansville, in this county, attended the district school there, and graduated from the Oshkosh High School while President Halsey was principal. After teaching two years, he attended the University of Michigan, graduating in 1901. He taught Physics and Chemistry in Ray City and Detroit until coming to Oshkosh in 1906. A broad, fair-minded, and all-around man whom the students enjoy coming in contact with, is our estimate of Mr. CIcmans. Mr. Parley Observation and Methods Allison A. Farley is a Michigan man, but showed his preference for Wisconsin by graduating from Beloit College. From thence he attended the University of Chicago, pursuing there a course in Psychology and Philosophy, and graduating with the degree of Ph. D. Before arriving at his final great distinction, he was superintendent of schools in Iowa and South Dakota. Through his arduous efforts, we sincerely trust that our future pupils and successive generations of Wisconsin will not lie educated without the facilitating use of the Preparatory Step. Miss Moulton Drawing May B. Moulton was lx»rn in Neenah, Wisconsin. Her first work in teaching was done in Oshkosh. After graduating from Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, she was supervisor of drawing in the schools of Aurora, 111. She has been here only since September. 1907. but she has created great interest in the subject of art by her effectual teaching. 21

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• MtSS Fisher Gymnastics Margaret Ellen Fisher came to the Normal this year from Massachusetts. Site is a graduate of tlie Boston High School and Normal School of Gymnastics, besides taking a course in Physics and Chemistry in the Institute of Technology. From 1904-1907 she was assistant instructor in Physical Training in the Bridgewater (Mass.) State Normal School. For one so young, we consider her achievements quite remarkable, namely,—within this short school year she has examined the hearts of all the boys, and the eyes and brains of all the girls. The results are not published. Miss Ewing Assistant in Drauring Constance Lee Ewing came to the Oshkosh Normal last fall. She was educated in the public schools of I .os Angeles, and attended the Normal school there. In 1903. she graduated from Pratt Institute. Before coming to Oshkosh, she taught at Brownell Hall. Omaha, Neb. Strange to say (?), Miss Ewing would have ofttimes been mistaken for a student save for a certain unmistakable dignity which marks the brows of our worthy faculty, and which she so faultlessly carries. Miss Mark History Elvira E. Mark was educated in Illinois, graduating from the State Normal and University, and her record boasts of wide experience in teaching. Shortly before coming here ••lie was instructor in the Albion Normal School of Idaho. If our impressions are mutual. Miss Mark will desire to continue another year with us. Mr. McMillan Algebra Walter MacMillan, commonly called ‘'Pete by the student body, is experiencing a year of Normal life as instructor in Algebra. He was educated in the Illinois University and Monmouth College. Together with his college airs, and the fact that he is the only unmarried man in our faculty, lie has become the center of attraction among the girls. Miss Cun (Iiff Vocal Music Hannah B. CunditT joined the ranks of our illustrious instructors in February, taking the place of Barbara C. Moore in the Musical department ’ Her first studying was done in Detroit, later in Chicago, New Vork. and London, Ontario. After teaching music for several years in the public schools, she took up children’s operatic work, which carried her to California. Nebraska. Minnesota. Missouri, and Canada. Previous to coming to Oshkosh she had charge of the largest Catholic choir in Madison for two years, and last year was soloist in the Congregational choir of that city. Though we sorely feel the loss of Miss Moore, we thoroughly appreciate and enjoy the artistic work done by Miss CundifT. but we are not yet able to follow her through the mazes of her wondrous genius, by which those “full, round tones” arc produced. Miss Breitkreutz Clerk Our new clerk is one of those good-natured, helpful, and pleasant individuals who always make themselves welcome wherever they go. Whether on an excursion, in the office, or wherever she may be. she is always right there. The council has found that to send a boy to the office to study is no longer a punishment. Many are taking lessons in stenography watching the clicking keys of the typewriter ( ?). We certainly are fortunate in our new clerk Miss Beye Composition Marion Beye, a graduate of Smith College, is the last to have been added to our list of instructors, haying come here at the beginning of the spring quarter to fill the position left vacant by the illness of Miss Barden. She was born in Chicago, and made her home there for many years. She has taught in the Port Huron High School and the I-a Salle-Peru Township High School. 23