University of Wisconsin Platteville - Pioneer Yearbook (Platteville, WI)

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Eistmsy uf the otmal In I866 there was begun in the old Platteville Academy the first Normal school in Wisconsin. It had an enrollment of one-hundred-twelve studentsg sixty in the Normal department, fourteen in the Preparatory and thirty-eight in the Model school. With Prof. C. l-l. Allen as the first president and a corps of five teachers, a class of' eight young men and women was graduated that year. With the growing demand for room and better equipment, such im- provements were made, and during the years of 1866 to 1897 a total amount of sixty-four thousand dollars was expended. But the time ca-me when the old building no longer answered the needs of the school and through the efforts of those most interested, appropriations amounting in all to one hundred thirty-five thousand dollars were granted to erect a modern building. Work was begun in the splendid new Normal in l907. The year I909 finds the enrollment increased from one hundred twelve to four hundred forty-six, with a corresponding increase in instruct- orsg they now number twenty-three. In the forty three years of the Normal's life there have been five presidents, the longest term served by any one being sixteen years. 1 The history of the Normal has been one of growth not merely in the number of students and teachers or in the modern equippments for work, but a growth in the efficiency of every department. In this growth the competent Amen who have led have played a large partg Dr. Mac Gregor, during his long term as president, could scarcely have considered all in- terests of the school more carefully than he has since that time, as resident regent. . 7