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

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 T li « Q iiivor I } :t l President Forrest K. Polk

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T It «■ (| ii i v .• r I » .‘I « Tli » Pn idonfs The past year has l een marked by a struggle on the part of parents and students to keep morale at a level which will permit serious and uninterrupted work. The remarkable patience of all our jx;oplc, confronted with heart-breaking conditions, has been reflected once again in the sane conduct and increased effort shown by their sons and daughters. An observer can note unmistakable differences in attitude between the early j ost-war years and today; young jK-ople question things as much now as then but there is discernablc in their interrogations a saner orientation and also there is a sincere attempt to think out answers of their own. With educated young jxjople, the lot of the propagandist has never been so hard. In a material way we have brightened up our physical plant through the aid of the Civil Works Administration. The addition of a real Men’s Room to our facilities is worth mentioning because it is such a satisfaction to its new tenants. The razing of the Old Auditorium (formerly a women's gymnasium) has improved the appearance of the campus. The student body has this year been aided directly by about fifty Legislative scholarships and by direct loans for necessary exjxmses during the second semester. Sixty students are employed at part-time jobs. By the terms of Miss Emily 1 '. Webster’s will, the Alumni l.oan Fund received a share in her undivided estate. A memorial service addressed by Mr. K. J. Dempsey, President of the Board of Normal School Regents, commemorated her long and honorable service to the school and the January bulletin was dedicated to her memory. We do not have an adequate auditorium nor any facilities for athletics and recreation in the way of a playing field. Both are recognized adjuncts of a complete college and although an intelligent student body, good teachers, and an excellent library are most necessary continents of a complete educational plant, it must lx acknowledged that an auditorium contributes greatly to inspirational, educational, and recreational accomplishments, while a playing field, if rightly developed, can repay any exjxmditure many times over in dividends of health in mind and body. We can only hojje that these needs of ours may lx met when the long pull to restore security has lifted us from the slough of despond to the plains of plenty. Page fifteen