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

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BOARD OF REGENTS MRS. WILSON CUNNINGHAM JOHN CALLAH.RN Superintendent Public Instruction fExfOHicioj fffff Madison EDWARD J. DEMPSEY f 1 Oshkosh W. L. SEYMOUR f Elkhorn MRS. W. CUNNINGHAM Platteville J. H. GRIMM - f River Falls JOSEPH PADWAY f f f Milwaukee MRS. C. H. CROWNHART f Madison ROBERT E. CURRAN f - Superior A. W. ZERATSKY f La Crosse ARCHIE V. HURST f Eau Claire GEORGE H. MAR'r12Ns - Stevens Point EDGAR G. DOUDN.'K, Secretary Madisolu Paz1eSixtL'cn

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HISTORY Vsfhen the Pioneer State Teachers College, Platteville, first opened its doors on October 9, 1866, a total of five teachers were ready to inf struct the few who attended, and by November the student group numbered eightyffour. By the end of the year there was a total of one hundred forty students. During that first year and until August of 1907 the school occupied the building known as the Platteville academy, formerly a private institution under the auspices of the Congregational Society. During that year the property was formally purchased by the state of Wiscoiisiii after the board of regents had selected Platteville as the site of the first Normal. Until 1888 attendance at the Normal was limited. Each assembly district in the state was allowed to send six students who were nom' inated by the superintendents of their various counties. The requirement was that they be over sixteen years of age and pass a general examination in the common branches of learning. Two courses were offered to the entrants. One was a two year elementary course designed for common school teachers, while a three year advanced course prepared teachers for work in the state graded schools. The student today has the opportunity of entering any one of six various courses which were introduced simultaneously with the change in the status of the school from State Normal to State Teachers College. The department divif sions have been made along the lines of second' ary education, industrial arts, agriculture, upper grade, lower grade, and rural. Various of these departments offer two, three, and four year courses for high school graduates. The four year couse in all except the rural leads to the degree of Bachelor of Education. In 1933 the THE PIONEER OF I936 board of normal regents passed a resolution ref quiring two years of preparation for rural teachers and three years for students preparing to teach in either the upper or lower grades. The summer session of 1934 was the last opporf tunity for anyone to enroll in the one year rural or in the two year upper or lower grade courses. The old academy, now the Wiscoiisiii State School of Mines, was built in 1853 and gradual' ly grew too small for the increasing number of students who came to Platteville. ln 1907 Platte' ville's Normal moved to new and more spacious quarters. By 1916 a new addition in the agriculture and industrial arts building was added on the south campus. Witli the new buildings, new equipment provided ever increasing opportunities. The college plant now includes the school farm, two main buildings, well equipped laboratories of various kinds, a large library, two gymnasiums, and facilities for outdoor athletics. Two gymnasiums have been equipped to provide for physical educationg the girls' gym is located in the main building, the men's in the agriculture building. Land for the athletic field, which was equipped with night lights several years ago, tennis courts, and play grounds was purchased in 1911. The college library is divided into sections for reference books, text books, periodicals, and juvenile literature. The library is open for use each school day, Saturday morning, and Mon' day, Tuesday, Wediiesday, and Thursday eve' nings from 7 to 9 p. m. The school farm now totals one hundred and twentyffive acres, of which twentyfthree acres were purchased in 1916, and one hundred two acres known as the Boyle farm, in 1926. Laboraf tories of the school are equipped for the study of chemistry, physics, and biological science. Practical workshops are provided for students in industrial arts and home economics. In addition to this property the school now owns three other dwellings on the campus. Two of them, known as the Collegiate Inn and Russell House, have been converted into cooperative houses for men. The third is in the process of being converted into a WO1H6l1iS Union in which students may entertain or spend an occasional leisure hour. During the last summer the plot of ground in the southeast corner of the campus was converted into a space for parking cars. The training school provides opportunities for seniors of the college to do practice work in teaching under supervision. Page Smfmzlfnz