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

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The most important factors in a college are the students and the faculty. The college is in the class-rooms where the student meets the teacher. In every year of its history the student body at River Falls has been characterized by a spirit of loyalty to the college and a cooperative attitude toward the faculty and the administration. Outstanding records have also been characteristic in the various activities of the school in which students have taken a leading part—athletics, forensics, publications, dramatics and other fields. The brilliant record of River Falls athletic teams in intercollegiate competition is well known. This department has been fortunate in the character and ability of the men who have directed its program. Many of these men have received appointments to responsible posts in athletic departments of some of the leading universities. The achievements of members of the faculty in class-room work has established a reputation which reflects great credit on the college. Evidence of this high standard of scholarship and teaching skill is found in the records made by graduates of the college in the graduate departments of many universities. Members of the River Falls faculty, in every period of the school's history, have been called to important positions in other institutions of higher learning, some to the presidencies of other colleges, and some to positions on the instructional staffs of leading colleges and universities.

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SOUTH HALL ERECTED 1898 1874-1949 PRESIDENTS OF THE SCHOOL W. D. Parker, 1875-1889; 1895-1898 J. Q. Emery, 1889-1893 John Hull, 1893-1894 W. J. Brier, 1898-1909 H. L. Wilson, 1909-1911 J. W. Crabtree, 1911-1917 J. H. Ames, 1917-1946 E. H. Kleinpell, 1946- MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS AT RIVER FALLS Allen H. Weld, 1868-1877 A. D. Andrews, 1877-1885 C. V. Guy. 1885-1892 E. E. Ainsworth, 1892-1895 E. Ballard, 1896 Freeman H. Lord, 1897-1906, 1909-1912 F. D. Ensign, 1906-1909 George Thompson, 1912-1913 P. W. Ramer, 1913-1929 Jay H. Grimm, 1929-1941 James A. Richards, 1942-1945 Dr. Chalmer Davee, 1946- 9

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Important contributions to the progress of the college have been mode by loyal alumni. Graduates of the college in teaching positions widely over the state have directed the attention of prospective students to the facilities at River Falls. The support of the local community in making River Falls a good place to go to school has played an important part in the growth and progress of the college throughout its history. World War II took a heavy toll of both students and faculty. Over 1000 students and graduates entered the armed forces. Eight members of the faculty took leaves of absence to engage in the war effort. The college, however, maintained its standards and the usual activities with some curtailments. With the close of the war many veterans returned to college, and the enrollment rose to the high of 831 In the fall of 1948. To promote the future expansion of the college there was organized in 1947 the River Falls State Teachers College Foundation, with Edward Rock of Hudson as president of the board of directors. Contributions were made to the fund at once, and an intensive drive was carried on during the last of 1948 and the early part of 1949. $250,000 is the goal, and the fund is well on the way to that goal. The Foundation, says President Kleinpell, will assure the future progress of the college, for it will provide that extra spark so necessary to our future building requirements. The foregoing account was compiled from a history of the River Foils State Teochers College written by J. H. Ames, former president.