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

Page 7 text:

TABLE Introduction Pull-out Section Faculty Activities Sports Organizations Classes Index OF CONTENTS 1-8 9-25 26-51 52-69 70-91 92-155 156-231 The pages of (he calendar slip by, past football games and pep rallies, theatre productions and Christmas concerts, ski jaunts and Valentine parties, on through picnics and proms to the solemnity of commencement. The unity in the changing academic calendar is the student and his pursuit of knowledge—in lecture hall and classroom, laboratory and library, and finally, late at night, under the bright arc of a desk lamp in a silent room. The quest for truth is the silent, steady current of purpose beneath the gaiety of the student’s social calendar. 238-240 3

Page 9 text:

WISCONSIN STATE UNIVERSITY-RIVER FALLS ■•veil fau . wiieoNiiH ernoK orrai miiioint Dear Student of the 60's: A yearbook is history written as it happens. Over the years Meleteans dating back to 1912 have reflected changes in curricula and classrooms, faculty and functions, and even costumes and customs. The very first Meletean was published in the Normal School era. The publication has continued through the era of the State Teachers College and the State College. This year's edition will have special historic significance for it will be the first to bear the imprint of Wisconsin State University - River Palls. Behind the new name is an expanded concept of the role and purposes of the institution. Those now on campus are laying the foundation on which the future of the University will be built. Some examining this yearbook in 1970 may sigh, as some do now, for the good old days when the student body was small and the campus was confined to a few city blocks. By then the University will have grown to approximately 5,000 students and, in a decade from now, to more than 8,000. If the Meletean continues its present format, the 1975 edition will have more pages devoted to photographs of individual students than are contained in this year's entire book. There will be 250 to 300 additional faculty pictures. However, it is my sincere hope and belief that, even then. River Falls will be known as a friendly institution, interested in each student as an individual, and worthy of die warm support of its alumni. Sincerely yours. B. H. Kleinpell President