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

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Roy E. Spriggs B. S. Kansas State Agricultural College Agricultural Mechanics John M. May Mi A. Cornell Universitv Director Agriculture Department William Segerstrom B. S. M. Stout Institute Manual Training E. J. PRUCHA M. S. University of Wisconsin Agriculture. Registrar Clyde B. Campbell B. S. Iowa State College Teacher Training in Agriculture Arthur N- Johnson M. S. Iowa State Agricultural College Agriculture T IiftnlyFour

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THE COLLEGE SHE agriculture department was organized in 1912. It developed into a four-year course, and the graduates of this department were eligible for a bachelor’s degree. In 1928 they were granted the right to teach agriculture in the Smith-Hughes high schools. At the present time there are sixty men enrolled in the agriculture department. The department of elementary education, which consists of primary, intermediate, and grammar grades, requires two years of attendance for graduation. The primary department, which prepares teachers for grades one to three inclusive, has an enrollment this year of forty-one students. There are thirty-nine girls enrolled in the intermediate department, which prepares teachers for grades from four to six inclusive. The twenty-six people enrolled in the grammar grade department are preparing themselves to teach in the seventh and eighth grades. The junior high school department with an enrollment of ten. and the principal's department with four, have the smallest enrollment of any of the departments. The high school department has been attracting more students each year until this year it leads all of the other departments, with an enrollment of one hundred and eighty students in its different branches. In 1927 the title of the school was changed to the River Falls State Teachers College, and it became a degree granting institution the same year. Bachelor’s degrees are granted in agriculture, science, education, mathematics, history, social science, and English. The graduates of the high school department who have completed four years of college work are eligible for degrees. In its first year as a degree granting institution, the River Falls State Teachers College issued thirteen degrees. This number increased to twenty-six in 1929. Degrees will be granted to thirty people this year. At this rate of increase it is evident that in the near future all people who graduate from the River Falls State Teachers College will have completed a four-year course and be entitled to a degree. Ttrtnty-Thitt

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Margaret Chapman Eide A. M. University of Wisconsin Mathematics James I. Malott A. M. University of Mi:souri Psychology, Director of Rural Education Glen P. Junkman Ph. B. University of Wisconsin Mathematics Walter H. Hunt Ph.M. Valparaiso University Director Principals Department Charles G. Stratton A. B. Michigan Normal College Geology. Geography Irma Hathorn A. M. Teachers College. Columbia University Dean of Women Tujti u -Five 39