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

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Miss Ruth Willcockson After 39 years of teaching at the Wisconsin State Collegeat Oshkosh, Miss Will- y cockson retired this fall. Here since 1921, she served under three presidents and watched the school progress from a teachers’ 1 college to a state college. For her -)r first three years, she served as fifth ' grade critic in the campus school. Then, in 1924, she became an instructor of English. Miss Willcockson proved outstanding in cooperation and in the unstinted effort given to her work. She was particularly interested in American literature and the development of its related courses. She made a valuable contribution to the education of all she taught. t f t , t 'i 1 f +

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 oneuioitd w, ELCOME TO THE PAST of O.S.C. — holding memories . . . dreams . . . friendships. Welcome to the present of O.S.C. — changing . . . moving ... living. Welcome to the future of O.S.C. — always growing . . . trying . . . hopeful. It is the sincere wish of the staff that the memories brought forth of the past be as pleasant in the future as they are in the present.

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o f r f Ni T ©sc t Growth is the only indication of life. Newman. f - 90 QJea ts 0 ojj Qiiowth f t In 1866 the city of Oshkosh began negotiations for the purpose of securing a normal school. After a brief controversy over the site of the school, the land was purchased December 8, 1868. The city of Oshkosh had offered the state $30,000 toward the cost of building; the actual structure cost $70,000. It was a three-story building containing eighteen rooms suitable for classrooms and offices. There were no funds to maintain or staff the building at that time, so it remained vacant for a year. The first regular session of the school was held on Tuesday, September 12, 1871. The staff consisted of six teachers and President Albee. The original registration was forty-three. Now, ninety years later, there are over 135 instructors on the staff. The registration, approximately 2260, is increasing every semester. The college has gone from a nor- O mal school to a state college; from one building to over eleven major buildings. It is still progressing. Therefore, it seems only fitting to dedicate the 1961 QUIVER to the progress the school has made in the past ninety years as well as to the progress it is now and will be making in the next ninety years.