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

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Many improvemenTs have been made on The Two Tarms which The Teachers College owns. A new archery wall has been builT on The wesT side oT The Tennis courTs. A new and inTeresTing TeaTure was Tried This year, a healTh program. The healTh commiTTee, which includes cerTain members oT The TaculTy and a represenTaTive Trom each class, has Tormu- laTed a program which began operaTion aT The beginning oT The school year. To Tinance This program, each sTudenT was reguired To pay To The healTh Tund each semesTer a Tee oT one dol- lar. The services which are rendered sTudenTs are a maximum oT Three Tree consulTaTions wiTh The healTh adviser, who is one oT The local physi- cians, a healTh examinaTion To every enTering sTu- denT, and Three days oT hospiTalizaTion. The PlaTTeville STaTe Teachers College has made many changes since I866. The name oT The presenT Teachers College used To be The PlaTTeville Normal School. The Normal School oTTered only Two courses Tor iTs sTudenTs, while our presenT school oTTers six various courses which sTudenTs may enTer. The deparTmenTs oT Today are: agriculTure, in- dusTrial arTs, upper grade, lower grade, second- ary educaTion, and rural. Various oT These de- parTmenTs oTTer Two, Three, and Tour-year courses Tor high school graduaTes. A sTudenT compleTing a Tour-year course receives a degree oT Bachelor oT EducaTion. The oTTering in The agriculTure and indusTrial arTs deparTmenTs is especially good. The presenT enrollmenT in The agriculTure deparTmenT is nineTy-six. These sTudenTs have joined a service agency which is lcnown as The CollegiaTe Chap- Ter oT Teachers oT EuTure Farmers oT America. During This year's summer session These special conTerence opporTuniTies will be given: Boys' and Girls' 4I-I Clubs, L. A. Bensend, InsTrucTor of VocaTionaI AgriculTure, PlaTTeville, and T. L. Be- wiclq, STaTe Leader oT Boys' and Girls' 4I-I Clubs, Madison, direcTorsy Religious EducaTion, Rever- end R. R. Doering, PasTor oT English LuTheran Church, direcTor7 BaslceTball Coaching in SouTh- wesTern Wisconsin, LesTer J. LeiTl, AThleTic Coach, STaTe Teachers College, PlaTTeville, Wis- consin, direcTory Rural School Supervisors, J. C. BroclcerT, DirecTor oT Rural EducaTion, STaTe Teachers College, and J. E. Waddell, STaTe De- parTmenT oT Public InsTrucTion, Madison, direc- Tors. ADMINISTRATION L. Calloway, Agnes Brigham, L. J. LeiTl, J. Kafka, F. T. Ullrich, Mrs. VesTa I-Iodson F. PosT, GreTa Gribble, C. Gehrke, A. M. Royce I-IEALTI-I COMMITTEE TI-IE PIONEER OF I937 Page EiTTeen

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Back Row: GreTa Gribble, Margare-T Frye, Georgiana Clark, I. N. Warner, E, F. Riley, J. W. WhiTe, F. T. Ullrich. EronT Row: G. R. Deyoe, V. M. Russell, J. C. BrockerT, VJ. I-I. Williams, J. A, Wilgus, A. M. Royce. ADMINISTRATION WiTh an enrolImenT oT Tive hundred eighTeen sTudenTs, The PIaTTevilIe STaTe Teachers College is compIeTing iTs sevenTy-TirsT year oT preparing sTudenTs Tor Teaching. This enroIImenT shows an increase over ThaT oT IasT year. The adminisTraTive board which was organized in T934 Tor experimenTaTion has become a per- manenT parT OT The adminisTraTion. The commiT- Tee This year has been working on a seIT-survey program. School policies are discussed and pre- senTed To The TacuITy Tor Tinal acTion. The Training school TacuITy is working on a course oT sTudy. Several changes have been made in The per- sonnel oT The TaculTy The pasT year. During The TirsT semesTer Randall T. Klemme subsTiTuTed Tor R. E. Moody, who worked on his docTor's degree aT Madison. Dr. Rachel Salisbury had a leave oT absence Tor The second semesTer To compIeTe a book which she was wriTing. Dr. DoroThy Don- dore, who is head oT The English DeparTmenT aT Elmira College, New York, subsTiTuTed Tor Dr. Salisbury. Page Eou rTeen Two oTher subsTiTuTe Teachers ioined The col- lege TacuITy during The illness oT Miss Irene I-Iaan and Miss Elisa Neal. Mrs. 6. P. Deyoe TaughT The home economics classes oT Miss I-laan, and Mrs. Will Shepherd Took The Third and TourTh grades Tor Miss Neal. BoTh were Trom PIaTTe- ville, Wisconsin. STaTe aid has made iT possible To have Two regular assisTanTs in The library. They were Mrs. Bernice Cardin and Miss Magdalene Thompson who had charge oT The reserve books. As was done Tor The IasT Two years, These books were separaTed Trom The resT oT The books-making iT possible Tor Them To be more easily obTained and accounTed Tor. Numerous improvemenTs on, in, and around The buildings have been made. The main room Tloor was sanded, and varnishedp The seaTs were rearranged in The main room: The sTage has been enlarged: and a cyclorama placed on The sTage. The walls and ceilings oT The rooms and corri- dors on The TirsT Tloor, and The oTTices oT The TirsT and second Tloors have been cleaned and painTed. All The Tloors on The TirsT Tloor have been sanded and varnished. Besides doing all oT These Things The WPA made various chesTs and cupboards Tor members oT The TaculTy. A new rooT has been laid on The agricuITure building. The Women's Union is compIeTeIy Tinished buT noT compleTeIy Turnished. Tl-IE PIONEER OF I937

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NWS MM EDWARD FISHER DAYLE BALBACI-I I-IANNES ANDERSON Vice-PresidenT SecreTary-Treasurer PresidenT RURAL DEPARTMENT SevenTy sTudenTs, enrolled in The iunior and senior classes, consTiTuTed The I936-37 rural de- parTmenT. Early in The year acTiviTies began in The 3C Club, which rneT The TirsT and Third Mon- days OT each monTh. This year The club became aTTiIiaTed wiTh The Na+ionaI CounTry LiTe Asso- ciaTion and received The Rural LiTe Magazine. 3C Club acTiviTies were wriTTen by The corre- sponding secreTary and senT To This naTionaI or- ganizaTion Tor pubIicaTion. AbouT 30 oT The seniors began cadeT Teaching in The rural schools The second six weeks period, Thereby avoiding incIernenT weaTher condiTions. Socially The deparTmenT TuncTioned in I-Iome- coming TesTiviTies and TogeTher wiTh The I:uTure Farmers gave a balloon dance early in February. May marlced The daTe oT The annual rural re- union which was aTTended by The TacuITy oT The college, criTics oT The Training School and rural schools, alunfni, and members oT The deparTrnenT. WW.. Q 4 as . I L im . E I 1 'vu if gf: i T' 1 , as I ' .. , T 'f Tl ' .gif as 'T 5 'TT Q : . .QL - , 'vw-f..f s. - i f' is 'T' fs-1' 1 . ., , as M. A Model Earm Page Sixfeen iw yy' LOWER GRADE DEPARTMENT To Train young women Tor Teaching in The TirsT Tour grades is The purpose oT The lower grade deparTmenT. This deparTmenT is under The direc- Tion oT Miss Georgiana Clarlc. The worlc con- sisTs oT observaTions and sTudenT Teaching in The IcindergarTen and primary grades. STudenTs oT This deparTmenT are given a wide background oT subiecT maTTer oT which crediTs are accepTed aT Tull value aT The UniversiTy oT Chicago, Teachers College oT Columbia Univer- siTy, and Iowa STaTe. Those who Tinish The Tour- year course receive a B. E. degree having a ma- ior in primary educaTion or in anoTher Tield. AII sTudenTs graduaTing Trom This deparTmenT IasT year were placed. Members oT The lower grade deparTmenT are acTive in all organizaTions oT The school open To women such as Band, Y. W. C. A., AThenaeum, Pioneer Players, OrchesTra, Mixed Chorus, PIO- NEER. I I I I MARGARET KOPP VIOLA JOHNSON MARJORIE MEYERS Preside-nT SecreTary-Treasurer Vice-PresidenT Lower Grade I-Iandworlc TI-IE PIONEER OF I937