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

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will consider, lastly, the department of Engineers,a department used merely ■ for the sake of uniformity, and one which has two distinct divisions. As ■ I p engineers of the office. there is Mrs. Riordan, President Keith’s secretary, who % ■ m always maintains a bright and sunny disposition in spite of her many duties; and Miss Frances Burke, who is very often seen at Proxy’s desk taking dictations or seated at the typewriter, giving form to the numerous letters and tabulations to which the administration of this large institution gives rise. At the head of the department of physical engineers stands Mr. Vincent. He regulates the weather for the school, being quite a rainbow chaser and wind stormer. He also superintends broom calesthenics, and all the contests, at the commencement of the school year, in locker opening and combination interpretation. He has two men to assist him in this work. Professor Lathrop W. Vosbcrg annoys the heating and ventilating systems oi the school. The professor has done post graduate work in the leading schools of the country. He has been honored with membership in The National Association of Stationary Engineers. His lieutenant, Mr. Faust, occupies the chair in the boiler room—when he is not slinging hash for the furnaces. Mrs. Mabei. Riordan Oshkosh Normal. 21 Frances Burke

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CHE department of Mathematics of the Oshkosh Normal School is under the supervision of Miss Emily Webster, Professor W alter C. Hewitt, and Professor Raymond Manchester. This department is In-inn revised, to some extent, to meet the requirements of the two years of college work now offered at this institution. Miss Webster teaches arithmetic 1 and II. These include the fundamental principles of arithmetic, fractions, decimals, percentage, interest, carpeting, papering, plastering, and professional work in the teaching of these topics. Professor Hewitt teaches geometry, lie instructs in the subject matter of geometrical science and the method of logical deductive argument, placing special emphasis on the method of demonstration and the originality of the proof, and laying great stress on the solution of original problems. Professor Manchester’s work includes forty weeks of elementary algebra, which tends to enlarge ami enrich the conceptions developed through the study of arithmetic: and ten weeks of a short course of algebra consisting of a complete review, serving as an introduction to the subject matter constituting higher algebra, and offering some professional work to meet the demands of those seeking high school | ositions. Also, he has charge of the mathematics offered for the first .year of college credit. This includes ten weeks of advanced algebra, preparatory for trigonometry and analytic geometry: ten weeks of trigonometry, dealing with the basis and relationship between sides and angles of triangles, with special attention to real problems in measurement and surveying; and twenty weeks of analytic geometry, which is an algebraic analysis of geometry. The study of calculus i to he instituted with the establishment of the second year «i college work. It is essentially the aim of this department to make practical applications of mathematical problems. Waltkk C. Hr.witt Emily J Wkrstkr Oswego Normal School. Oshkosh Normal Scljpol. B. Pd.. M. Pd. Michigan State C . 7 - - Normal College. . , Cc 20 Raymoni E. Manciikstkr . B.. A. M. University of Michigan. L

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