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

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MISS JENNIE I, MIRVIN Member of the Foculty September, 1888, to September, 1930 There ore but few educotors todoy who hove spent o lifetime in one school. There ore but few who hove watched the development of theory and practice, have contributed from their own experience, ond have emerged with the strength of the old and with enthusiasm for whot is best in the new. The Teachers College lost this year one such pioneer teacher. Miss Jennie G. Marvin, born near Randolph, Wisconsin, November 25, 1858, passed away on November 6, 1946. She attended the country school in her home district, graduated from the Randolph High School, ond continued her education at the Fox Lake Seminary, which later became Milwaukee Downer College. After teaching several years in rural ond village schools, she transferred her credits to the Oshkosh Normal, now the Oshkosh State Teachers College, graduating with such high honors that she was immediately assigned to the faculty of the preparatory school. Later she studied at the universities of California and Wisconsin, traveled widely in the United States, visited in Canada, and went to Europe with her friend and mentor. Miss Rose C. Swart. From her subordinate position Miss Marvin was very shortly promoted to the princi-palship of the Junior High, a position which she held to the time of her retirement in September, 1930, when she withdrew from teaching after forty-two years of continuous service in this one location. At that time tributes to Miss Marvin from all parts of the country told of the success and gratitude of her former students. Of these students she had made admiring friends, who gave her credit for their varied achievements, and who accorded to her a lifetime of devotion. The students of this college honored her with the award of the Meritorious Service Key. Miss Marvin served under four presidents ond two acting presidents of the Normal School and College. She stood high in the estimation of all. She met requirements and surpassed them; yet, in a resume of her own work, she expressed the belief that her most noteworthy achievement, aside from doing her best day by day, was the organization of the Junior High School City, which is still a distinctive feature of our training program. As a member of the community. Miss Marvin wos a vigorous leader in numerous fields. She was one of the three founders of the Twentieth Century Club and one of the founders of the Business ond Professional Women's Club. She helped to organize the Camp Fire Girls in Oshkosh, and was extremely active in various departments of the Congregational Church. She was on honorary member of the American Association of University Women and of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society. Friends and coworkers who had attended with her the twenty-fifth and fiftieth anniversaries of the founding of our College missed her last October at the seventy-fifth anniversary. Illness prevented her from being present at this celebration of the school to which she had devoted the major portion of her life. As a pioneer, she had carried through the years, with their chonges wrought in philosophy and research, the strength of her forbears and the ability to leave upon her pupils and friends the imprint of her own strong character. 11

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MISS OK I1 11 1 I VVOLL iiMiK September, 1928, to September, 1946 Orpho E. Wollongk, friend, teacher, and adviser, was an inspiration to those with whom she came in contact. She was a member of the faculty of the Oshkosh State Teachers College from September, 1928, to September, 1946. A life long resident of Oshkosh, she was closely associated with its institutions. After attending the local elementary schools, she graduated from Oshkosh High School. Loter she completed the three-year course in German at Oshkosh Normal School. Her professional preparation included both the B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Wisconsin. She continued post graduate study at Northwestern University. Most of her teaching activities centered in Oshkosh, where she taught for many years at the Washington School. Later she became supervising teacher in the sixth grade at Rose C. Swart Training School. In addition to teaching, her devotion to public education was evidenced by her willingness to serve on committees and to accept offices in the Oshkosh Educational Association, Northeastern Wisconsin Educational Association, and Wisconsin Educational Association. On the college campus she was a member of Alethean Society, and later was its faculty adviser for many years. Her friendliness, her buoyancy of spirit, and her ability to challenge the best in one, will long be remembered by pupils, students, and faculty who were privileged to know her and to work with her. 10

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ROSE C. SWART TRAINING SCHOOL 1! (11) k ONE: The School IS 1) II k T H O: The People IS I) II k THREE: (1 r»a n i i a 1 i o n s IS (1 II k FII U It: Soci e 1 i e s IS (1 (1 k FIVE: Athletics • 12