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

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■■ Orville M. Hanna A. B. Franklin Collie English I,. Lccile IIA I) DOW A. M. University of Wisconsin English Nells L. Sciilosser Boston School of Expression English, Expression Undoubtedly the most important course in the school is the four year degree course which trains students to become agricultural teachers in Smith-Hughes high schools or fits them to teach other subjects in the modern high school. The River Falls State Teachers College was the first school of its kind in the United States to offer a teacher-training course in agriculture. Since 1912 when the department was first organised, it has enjoyed a rapid and substantial growth, until today the National Board of Vocational Education recognises its graduates as the leading candidates for positions as teachers of agriculture in our high schools. The school is adequately equipped to train the teachers of agriculture. Its modern laboratories afford complete academic training, while its farm and livestock offer opportunity for the practical application of that knowledge. Special training features of the department are the annual grain and poultry show, and the agricultural field day, where practice and experience in preparing projects, demonstrations, and exhibits are given. Practice touching is done in the River Falls High School, an accredited Smith-Hughes school. Charles G. Stratton A. B. Michigan Normal College Geology, Geography .Erasmus A. Whitenack A. B. Rutgers College Languages Richard B. Eide A. B. University of Minnesota English Twenty-Five

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Rudolph A. Karors I'li. M. University of Wisconsin Chemistry, Director High School Department James P. Jacobson M. S. University of Wisconsin Physics Alfred C. Vogkle M. S. University of Illinois Biology North I-Inll, a line, large, building, constructed in 1914, is given over to the science and agricultural departments. Thoroughly modern and up-to-date, it contains laboratories that cannot be excelled for equipment. The last wing is given over to the men’s gymnasium and the auditorium. Both ore large and well equipped. A new building, the best in school housing and modern in every detail, was constructed in 1927 at a cost of $150,000. This building is used for the training department, with its basement equipped for the physical training department. The school farm and the mechanics building complete an efficient and adequate school plant. The college owns and operates a farm of 100 acres lying adjacent to the campus. This farm is used for agricultural experimentation and demonstration. A herd of dairy cows is kept, and other live stock are maintained on the farm. The livestock is housed in large modern farm buildings adjaeent to the campus. The mechanics building is a large frame building with well equipped blacksmith-ing, drawing, wood working, and wood turning laboratories. The tools and equipment arc modern and complete. James D. Hill M. A. University of Colorado nletory Maud A. Latta A. M. University of Chicago History Justin Williams M. A. University of Iowa Social Science and Public Speaking Ticcntv-Four

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Marvin D. Gbbre Warren Conservator)' of Music Music Vera B. Arnold Hastings College Conservator)' of Music Music Cara Amelia Wharton Diploma, MacPhail School of Music History of Music, Theory, Piano Since the establishment of Normal Schools in Wisconsin, an important part of the work of these schools has been the training of high school teachers of mathematics, history, science and English. A recent investigation of high school teaching conditions in the state shows that more than eighty per cent of the teachers in these schools are actually teaching more than one line of subject-matter. This is particularly true of the schools in that part of the state served by the River Falls Teachers College. The teaching force in these high schools is limited in number and it is necessary for each teacher to handle several lines of work. In view of these conditions extreme specialization is avoided in the curricula for high school teachers. Each student pursues one major and one minor line of subject-matter and receives a good general training in each. The growing need for well-trained principals and supervisors in our schools today is met in our college by a department which offers curricula for the training of principals and supervisors for state graded schools and high schools. A three year curriculum for the training of junior high school teachers is offered. Alberta M. Greene Teachers College, Columbia University Art Helen Dim;lev Chicago Academy of Fine Arts Art I.illian B. Clawson Western State Normal Michigan Assistant In Art TtecntffSix