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

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OBKOD ram QUIVER TiP C (“(.€jU vA C . B. Pd.. M. Pd. Michigan Normal College HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE Those who come within the radius of the influence of the History and Political Science Department of the School are not at first aware of any change. But by slow degrees they perceive the effect of the beneficent vapor. Not all completely recognize it, but those who do, know it for the ethereal vapor which induces wise judgment. The ability to see all questions in their larger aspects, to set off men and events against each other, to consider, to weigh, and finally to judge, all in the impersonal spirit of History and Political Science—this ability is the kind which these instructors develop in those who seek the truth. One of the peculiarities of this vapor is that unless the student puts forth effort beyond the common kind, no benefits beyond the common kind are experienced. But to him who labors with intelligence much is given. Still, no one is completely passed by. The ether is of so vital a nature that even the most casual of students confesses to having at least perceived its power, no matter how little of its benefits he was able to enjoy. ft y?. QXfrur- A. B. University of Michigan A- ■ College; Pit. D. Harvard Twenty

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THIS QUIVER A. if. University of Michigan As one enters any of the science departments he is surrounded by a cloud of profound mystery which seems to be held up by multitudinous numbers of atoms and electrons. The heads of the various departments have the scientific attitude toward their work, and unconsciously the students get the same attitude, though in a smaller degree. Deep are the impressions that are received in all the classes. Here health is made the first requisite for good living. The students get a view of life—the unexplainable thing to biologists. A new interest is taken in the old earth on which we live. Mountains and rivers seem almost human when one studies their life struggles. The student is directed in the complicated study of natural forces, and learns to organize facts already known, but never connected with physics. Intricate mathematical problems become a pleasure because they are highly practical. Most important of all. the student learns scientific methods and processes applicable to the life of today. 7-ZfyiJrtg) Indiana State Normal; A. B. University of Indiana A. B. Boxrdoin College Nineteen Je.Oyf'AA'd?. A. B., A. M. University of Indiana

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The mist that hovers over the Mathematical Department is pierced by many mystic symbols: arcs and circles, pyramids and cones appear through rifts in its surface. Contrary to expectation, this mist is neither cold nor forbidding, nor does it act altogether by fixed and calculated rule. For the influence of the faculty who rule over the department is benign and kindly, and softens the sharp angles of geometry or lightens the sometimes rough surfaces of arithmetic. The mysteries and intricacies of calculus or the division of decimals seem clear and fascinating. Oshkosh Slate Normal Twenty-one A. B„ A. M. University 0f Michigan