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

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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

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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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UPPER GRADE DEPARTMENT Under The direcTion oT I. N. Warner, The up- per grade deparTmenT was organized Tor The purpose OT preparing sTudenTs To Teach in The upper grades and in The iunior high school. ln I877, when The course oT sTudy was TirsT published, Two years oT worlc were ouTlined Tor Teachers oT The grammar grades. As Hue educa- Tional sTandards oT Wisconsin changed, a Three- year course was added To meeT The higher re- guiremenTs, and in l93O, a Tour-year course. This year Hue enrollmenT in The deparTmenT was unusually small wiTh a membership oT only TwenTy. Three people reTurned The second semesTer To Tinish courses begun previously. The deparTmenT parTicipaTed in The Homecom- ing acTiviTies as well as in many oTher acTiviTies during The school year. This year Tor The TirsT Time The sTudenTs oT The upper grade deparTmenT presenTed Mr. Warner wiTh a ChrisTmas giTT. RUTH DAVIS HUGH SARGENT RUBY CADWELL Vice-Presidenl' PresidenT SecreTary-Treasurer DOROTHY BRODBECK WILLIAM GARDNER CLEO GEHRKE SecreTary-Treasurer PresidenT Vice-PresidenT SECONDARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OT all The college deparTmenTs secondary edu- caTion is The largesT. The deparTmenT, under The direcTion oT J. A. Wilgus, embraces more Than one-halT oT The sTu- denT body. This year's enrollmenT ToTals Two hun- dred ThirTy-seven: seniors, TorTy-one: iuniors, TiT- Tyy sophomores, seyenTy-Two: Treshmen, sevenTy- Tour. A Tour-year course was organized in I928 To Till The demand Tor Trained high school worlcers. IT embraces worlc leading To The degree oT Bach- elor oT EducaTion. Majors are oTTered in Eng- lish, maThemaTics, hisTory, educaTion, and The sciences. This year's oTTicers were: William Gardner, presidenTg Cleo Gehrlqe, vice-presidenT7 and Dor- oThy Brodbeclc, secreTary-Treasurer. The deparTmenT's TloaT won Third prize in This year's Homecoming Parade. While iT doesn'T engage in any independenT acTiviTies The deparTmenT's members are The sus- Taining Torce in many oT The leading school or- ganizaTions. AnoTher Picnic? THE PIONEER OE IQ37 Map STudy Page SevenTeen