University of Wisconsin River Falls - Meletean Yearbook (River Falls, WI)

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E. EUGENE WILLET, Music. Springfield City Normal; American Institute of Normal Methods. WINIFRED WINANS, Assistant Librarian. Library School, University of Wisconsin. E. F. WRIGHT, Manual Training. Warrcnsburg State Normal; B. S., University of Missouri; Bradley Polytechnic Institute; Stout Institute. 20

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®fje Class of 1915 About twelve hundred men and women have been graduated from the River Falls Normal School since its establishment. The young people of these forty classes have been distinguished by certain characteristics. One of these characteristics, from the foundation of the school down to the present time, has been the high ideal of manhood and womanhood which has been set up and cherished here. The Class of 1915 trusts that in the judgment of the president of the school, of the faculty, of the underclassmen, that it too may lay claim to this characteristic; that it, as a class, may not be denied the honor and participation in this virtue. Members of this class will be remembered in the old school for their loyalty to its highest standards and its best traditions; for their support of its president and his wise policies; for their earnestness of purpose in their preparation for the high calling of teaching school. The class of 1915 may be observed to have certain particular characteristics. Perhaps not most important but still of consequence, this class is the largest in the history of the school, numbering one hundred thirteen. Of significance also is the fact that this class has a larger proportion of men than any class graduated heretofore, being 40 per cent. It is also worthy of note, perhaps, that this class counts more than double the number of men of any other graduated class from this school. In viewing the class one might observe certain other physical characteristics which seem to distinguish it from others. It may well be doubted if other classes have had larger men or taller women, or, so far as that is concerned, smaller boys or younger girls, or more grey hairs or more bald pates, or more of this or less of that. It may not be betraying a confidence to state that the examining committee of the Board of Regents after their searching examination, pronounced the class of 1915 the wisest class ever examined by them in this school or any other. The Class of 1915 has played an honorable part in the life of the school. It has not been found wanting in class room. The names of its members may be found on the honor rolls of literary and debating societies and religious organizations, and on the rosters of the school’s athletic heroes. Within the class there has been harmony and co-operation. The many important undertakings have received the hearty support of the class as a whole. Relations with other classes have been most cordial and not marred by bitterness of feeling nor narrowness of spirit. The faculty has aways met with a ready response to all requirements. In all the work of building a greater River Falls Normal School, to which task President Crabtree has set his hand, the Class of 1915 has been proud to have been counted an humble and loyal ally. The cordial response of the Class of 1915 to the President’s appeals for whatever would contribute to the betterment of the school or any of its members may always be a bright memory. J. H. AMES, Adviser of the Class of 1915. 22