University of Wisconsin Stevens Point - Horizon / Iris Yearbook (Stevens Point, WI)

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High School Department The High School Department this year upheld the old tradition of being the largest department in the college. Under the guidance of Mr. Smith and the able assistance of Miss Jones the students have received sympathetic and unfailing assistance. These teachers will be held in the highest esteem as congenial friends who are always willing to sacrifice time and energy for the promotion of higher standards in this department. Since the department was first organized in 191b. it has made rapid progress. Starting out as a two year course it was soon necessary to add one more year to the curriculum. This is the first year in the history of the department that it has been given the power to grant degrees to four-year students. Many students have returned to take advantage of this opportunity. Nineteen students are graduating with B.E. degrees from this department this year. This is looked at as a favorable beginning and a happy prospect for the future is the outlook. This department has been well represented in all phases of college life. Forensics, music and athletics have been ably supported by its members. The Forum, our official departmental organization, has aided immensely in the promotion of fellowship and the development of scholarship. Ernest T. Smith Bowdoin College, Graduate University of Chicago. Summers University of Wisconsin, Summers Pojce lutm y 19 2 8

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Primary Department The Primary Department was organized for the express purpose of training girls to be teachers in the primary grades (consisting of grades one. two and three). The girls in this department are given a two year special course' in primary work in order that they will be able to handle the little folks with judicious care, and thus prepare the children for life's struggle. The primary teachers must be naturally adapted to this kind of work. During the past thirteen years, we have endeavored to give the primary teacher that urge which drives her to the desire to help develop to the utmost the capacities of the children. May each primary teacher go out with the spirit of the following poem: ‘Happy hearts and happy faces; Happy play on grassy places. This is how in ancient ages Children grew to kings and sages. James E. Delzell Normal School. Peru. Nebraska. Graduate Normal School Peru. Nebraska. B. E. Fremont College, A. B. Columbia University, Summer 1928 Pane nineteen

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Rural The Department of Rural Education was established in our school seventeen years ago by the late President John F. Sims and was a decided step forward in the policy that the State Normal Schools should assume responsibility in preparing teachers for rural communities. The Department has steadily grown until, at the present time, courses are offered for those who are expecting to teach in one room schools, for principals of state graded schools, and for rural supervisors. The four year course in this department leads to a degree in Rural Education. One of the strong organizations of the Department is the Rural Life Club to which all of our students belong. O. W. Neale. Director of Rural Education, has guided the development of rural teacher training in our school for thirteen years. His knowledge of rural life, his broad experience in rural education, and above all his optimism and faith in rural people have peculiarly fitted him for the position which he so ably fills. Wisconsin is indeed fortunate in having Mr Neale among its foremost educators. Central State Teachers College is happy to have him on her faculty. And we. the students of his department are truly blessed in having the opportunity to grow under his guidance and influence. Oscar W. Neale Dennison University Fremont College. B.S. University of Chicago. Summer University of Minnesota, Summer 1928 lU'tniy-on