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

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DICK WOERFEL TED SAUER DALE NORTON SecreTary-Treasurer PresidenT Vice-PresidenT INDUSTRIAL ARTS TwenTy-nine men are enrolled in The Tour-year indusTrial arTs deparTmenT. Among These, six are TooTball leTTermen, and Tour baskeTbaII leTTermen. OT These Ten, one was co-capTain oT The TooTball Team and one oT The baskeTball Team. lndusTrial arTs men were also ouT Tor baseball, A Cappella Choir, debaTe, and Pioneer Gleemen. This deparTmenT is headed by V. lvl. Russell. Through his lecTures, Ivlr. Russell acguainTs his sTudenTs wiTh The acTiviTies oT The presenT indus- Trial Tield. An imporTanT acTiviTy carried ouT This year was The organizaTion oT a EuTure CraTTsrnen oT America Club. The prinTing deparTmenT cooperaTes wiTh The school organizaTions in The prinTing OT maTerials such as TickeTs and programs. TEACHER PLACEMENT The work oT placing gracluaTes in Teaching po- siTions is cared Tor primarily in The oTTice oT The principal oT The Training school. I-lere a Tull seT oT papers is on Tile lisTing The names oT The grad- uaTes, Their gualiTicaTions, The course each is Tak- ing, his maior and minor, and The special guali- TicaTions oT each. Each year early in Eebruary a general leTTer is senT ouT To employing oTTicials Tor The purpose oT discovering posiTions open. This leTTer is Tol- lowed up by Two or Three oThers. A number oT posiTions are discovered in This way, and sTill oTh- ers are Tound by The sTudenTs Themselves. In each seT oT papers There are also recom- mendaTions Trom each sTuolenT's reTerences. Copies and absTracTs are made Trom These, worked up inTo small bookleTs, and when a call Tor a Teacher comes, Three seTs oT These Tor as many candidaTes are senT ouT To The employing oTTicial. ln selecTing candidaTes and passing upon Them, The heads oT diTTerenT deparTmenTs and supervisors are TreguenTly consulTed. PlaTTeville mainTains a high percenTage oT placemenT. The work oT This deparTmenT is ex- ceedingly imporTanT. A high percenTage oT iu- dicious placemenT is viTal To The school. Shop Work Page Twenly Reccrnrne-ndaTions Tl-IE PIONEER OF I937

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sr ,..L, nf? E Ni QQ, I k me -fi , 'w f Q A.. i, . sg 'id 9 x i ow: Oehrlein, Rogers, Scholl, Newlin, Curlis, Rosl, Sclnaeler, Tiedemann, Salmon, Wrighl, Myers, Bowman, Gorman, Guisl, Deering, I-lillbrand, Grundahl, I-larris, I-Ierwig, G-undlach, Bosch, Fowell, Ganshirl, Moody. fiollom Row: I-laberman, Wells, Brewer, Winn, Walerrnan, Klipslein, Ruskell, Mazur, Markus, Vlfilkins, Chilwood, Sloneman. PROGRAM OF WORK FOR I936-37 AND CI-IAIRMEN Assisliniuclging Iryouls: Clarence Grundahl. 2. Preparalion ol I-Iomecoming lloal: Ray Scholl. 3. Reloreslalion proiecl on College Farm: LaVerne Kasler. 4. Farmers Week: John Polich. 5. Arrangemenl lor exhibil ol during Farmers Week: Garolol Beasler. 6. Demonslralion ol Iarm skills before communily clubs: Paul Oehrlein. 7. Pres- enlalion ol rural lile play belore communily clubs: Vernon Wells. 8. Sponsoring a public speaking conlesl in Ihe chaplerz William Brewer, 9. Beaulilicalion ol some spol on college campus: Roy Simpson. IO. Sponsoring ol baskelball leam lo compele in lhe college inlramural conlesls: Charles Livingslon. I I. Parlicipalion in a raclio broadcasl: Leslie Lory. I2. Spon- soring ol menls chorus: Leslie Lory. I3. Sponsoring ol Ag- roundupu during Farmers Week: Verlen I-lillesheim. I4. Slucly ol work programs in high school chaplers in Wfisconsin: Del- berl Winn. I5. Sludy ol work programs in chaplers in leacher lraining inslilulions: William Walerman. I6. Sludy ol melh- ods lor realizalion ol work programs in high school chaplersz Clemence I-labermann. I7. Arrangemenls lor annual ouling: William Walerman. I8. Arrangemenls lor soulh-wesl Wiscon- sin horse show: Willis DiVall. I9. Revision ol lhe chapler con- slilulionz Alberl Bryanl. The oulslanding evenl sponsored by lhe Collegiale Chapler ol Teachers ol Fulure Farmers ol America was Ihe round-up ol lhe members ol lhe F. F. A. The lolal allenclance al Ihe banguel' was 240, ol whom I6O were visilors from high schools in Ihe palronage area ol lhe Plalleville Slale Teachers College. Mr. George P. I-Iambrechl, clirec+or of Vocalional Educalion, Madison, Wisconsin, was lhe principal speaker. TI-IE PIONEER OF I937 Arrangemenls lor Round-Up during larm producls by rural school sludenls Soils Lab Page Nineleen

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TRAINING SCI-IOOI. The presenl lraining school has lealures bolh old and new. Il began as an inlegral parl ol lhe Normal School in I866 and remains as such lo- day. Al lirsl lhe lraining school was chrislened Model School , wilh doublless 70 lillle model children, one model crilic, and wilh model ways ol doing lhings. Aller len years il was reenamed lhe lraining school and has remained such ever since. In lhe deparlmenl lhere are I75 children, a lcindergarlen leacher, seven supervisors, and live leachers ol special subiecls. Sludenl leaching is ollered in lhe cily schools also. For lhis worlc lhere are lour supervising leachers in lhe high school and live in lhe elemenlary school, malcing il possible lo lrain eighleen sludenl leachers each semesler. The work in lhe school, as in all elemenlary schools, has gradually changed lrom lhe lormal lo lhe aclivily lype. Through crealive aclivily lhe children in lhe lraining school have devel- oped numerous proiecls. The lirsl grade has conslrucled a minialure larm. The second and lhird graders are cenlering lheir inleresl lor lhe presenl around guinea pigs. The lourlh graders worked oul a proiecl on puppels. The lillh grade carried oul a proiecl correlaling nearly all ol lheir sludies, culminaling wilh lheir sludy ol lhe selllemenl ol lhe Uniled Slales as lar wesl as lhe Mississippi. The sixlh, sevenlh, and eighlh graders have car- ried oul many unils wilh lhe use ol lhe sand lable and clay. The sludenls ol lhe lraining school lrom grades live lo eighl inclusive have organ- ized an orcheslra. There is a line chorus, made up ol pupils in lhe lillh, sixlh, sevenlh, and Lower Grade Aclivily eighlh grades. These musical organizalions lalce parl in various programs and do well. Al presenl lhe lraining school lacully is work- ing on a new course ol sludy which il is hoped will be published nexl year or lhe year aller. Il is planned lo work oul lhis course ol sludy in a way lhal will show lhe subiecl maller in unils. Some ol lhese will be worked oul in delail while olhers will be lisled as desirable unils lrom which choices can be made. The course loo will sel oul lhe aims and obieclives ol educalion as con- ceived by lhe lraining school. An exhibil ol lhe aclivilies ol lhe school is held every lwo years, and an enlerlainmenl is given lhe allernaling years. This year one hundred lourleen sludenl leach- ers have been lrained. The school is slill housed in lhe college building, bul hope is brighlening every biennium lor a new 5200.000 lraining school building conslrucled according lo presenl- day school plans and wilh lull eguipmenl. Dramalizing Transporlalion TI-IE PIONEER OF I937 Page Twenly-one