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

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High School Department Again the High School Department is the largest in the college. Under the new degree system many students have returned to complete their courses. Organized in 191b, the Department has made rapid progress. Originally the course consisted of two years; later it was found necessary to add a third year. In 1928 the Department was given the power to grant degrees to four year students. Under the capable guidance of Mr. Smith and Miss Jones, the High School Department has carried out the idea of the Roman forum in its monthly meetings. This Department is well represented in the activities of the school; many teachers have carried the spirit and teachings of the Forum into their work throughout the state. To Mr. Smith we owe a debt of gratitude for his kindly counsel and willingness to help. Ever ready to encourage us, he has kept alive the fire of determination which has guided us onward to our goal. EftNBST T Smith Boudoin CoIIckc. IV A. University of Chiai» . Summers University of Wisconsin. Summers 4 3

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 :-'i. 1 |5 : - 1 1 i ; ' 1 ' —1—1—1— Oscar W. Neale Dennison University Fremont College. B S. University of Chicago. Summer University of Minnesota, Summer Rural Department During the past year the Department of Rural Education has had an enrollment of nearly one hundred students. About sixty of that number have been preparing for positions in one room rural schools; the others have been enrolled in the course for state graded school principals or in the rural supervisory course. We are particularly proud of the young men and women who make up our membership, since they reveal a hearty enthusiasm, a splendid co-operation, and a keen interest in their chosen field. The Department is most ably headed by O. W. Neale, who is completing his fourteenth year as Director of Rural Education here. By training and experience Mr. Neale is most admirably fitted for this particular type of work. He knows the rural school situation and is both practical and progressive in his efforts for its improvement. Mr. Neale endears himself to the student body because of his deep interest in young people and his genial and optimistic personality. One is not long a member of the Department before he is also a personal friend of the Director, and we know the friendship is real and lasting. We feel that, at all times, he is ready to help us with his advice, and that we may call on him as freely after graduation as before. We, the graduating class of 1929. deeply grateful for all that has been done for us and for the happy atmosphere we have spent the past years, extend our thanks to the Department and to Mr. Neale. DO

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Oiaki.hs F. Watson Pluttcvlllc Normal School. Graduate University of OiIcmo. B S University of Chicago. Fellowship in Goxiraphy University of Chicago. Summers University of Chicago. M.S. Qrammar Department i H I he Grammar Department has grown from a single course for the training of teachers for the upper grades until now' we have five courses divided into three sub-departments. There are the three year and four years courses for Junior High teachers, a two year course for upper grade teachers and a four year and a two year course for intermediate grade teachers. Our Department is well known for the good material which it puts out. Appreciation of the satisfactory work done by grammar graduates is shown by the fact that superintendents all over this state and in other states come back year after year. Our graduates are now-filling many responsible positions. Through our departmental club, the Round Table, wc have taken a leading part in all school activities. Members of the Department are found on all athletic teams, in all musical organizations and on the debate team. Besides we boast the girls champion basketball team and the champion orator of the school. Through our club we have had many good times and learned to know' one another much better.