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

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ALMA MATER Dear Alma Mater, Mother of Ours We raise our song to thee,-Thy children stand a loyal band, Though far they scattered be. Dear Alma Mater, Mother of Ours We raise our hearts to thee,-And hold thee close by night or day, In reverent memory. Dear Alma Mater, Mother of Ours, What e'er the years unfold; Keep true our hearts in duty done, Beneath the White and Gold. White for thy light, so pure, so bright; The Gold for thy garnered grain. —W. C. Hewitt MR. WALTER C. HEWITT Mr. Hewitt was a native of Wisconsin, having been born in Milwaukee, May 17,1859. His early life was spent in Michigan. He graduated from Ypsilanti Teachers College in 1882, and in 1902 that college conferred on him the M.A. degree. He was superintendent of several Michigan school systems in his first ten years of teaching and then came to the Oshkosh Normal, where he served for forty-four years. At the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1892, Mr. Hewitt was superintendent of the Michigan educational exhibit. It was there that President Albee met him jnd recognized in him the qualities that were needed for the position of Institute Conductor in the Oshkosh Normal. He was by nature and through training an outstanding teacher. As Institute Conductor, he wielded great influence among the teachers of Eastern Wisconsin. His fluency as a speaker, his broad sympathy and understanding of young people, his keen sense of humor, and his wide range of information made him a favorite speaker at all sorts of gatherings. When the position of Institute Conductor was abolished, he continued a heavy program of addressing clubs, societies, conventions, and commencements. His appreciation of the humor to be found in the ordinary relations of life made his lecture on this subject a favorite. Five weeks before his death, he gave this lecture, for the last time, before the Traffic Women s Club of Chicago. He was an author as well as a lecturer and classroom teacher. His book on Humor and another on Civics had wide distribution. For many years, he was active in community affairs, being a Mason, an Elk, a member of the Library Board and a charter member of the Candle Light Club. Students who never knew him in person will remember him through the words of our Alma Mater which he wrote. 7

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