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

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ADVANCED STANDING ball, too. By and large, she is probably the most active feminine member of our faculty. Miss Colman’s greatest pleasure comes from driving about in her car, “Suzabella III” (What happened to the other two7). Mr. Raymond M. Rightsell, Director of the High School Department, and faculty adviser to The Pointer, has been a professor of physics for more than a quarter of a century. He has taught in California, Arizona, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Mr. Rightsell has seen his long-cherished boyhood dream come true—he has his own miniature railroad, steam engine and all, for which he built the parts. He also has another hobby, that of photomicrography, and has a Leica camera and other wonderful equipment. The glass case in his office is full of the results of his work in this field. Mr. Rightsell delights in fooling his friends with photomicrographs of match-heads and pin-points. He has been active this year in creating a course in aeronautics and putting the forum on its feet. Dr. Arthur S. Lyness has confessed that this summer he hopes to continue his interests as a naturalist, to hike and collect plants. However, his duties as Director of the Summer Session are a serious threat. He has a beautiful collection of ferns. In his odd moments he works crossword puzzles. Dr. Lyness’ musical inclinations have drawn him into choral work. He sang for a number of years as a member of the University of Wisconsin’s Mixed Chorus. Dr. Lyness becomes so engrossed in his own lectures that he sometimes keeps his classes overtime. Mr. Thomas A. Rogers, like Dr. Lyness, has been teaching for 29 years, and recently applied his knowledge of Chemistry to an industrial use when he improved the taste and quality of Fox Valley Canning Company’s peas. At the same time he began his experiments with soy beans, which he helped develop into an edible vegetable food. Mr. Roger s classes are a model of industry and interest because he's a good listener as well as lecturer and has a twinkling sense of humor. In his spare time he putteis about in his beautiful Rower garden. He’s a philatelist and a coin-collector, too. As administrator of student activities and adviser to the Iris he contacts many non-chemistry students. AND VOTED S U C C E S S . . . P R A C T I C E TEACHERS HEADACHES BEGIN... Page 16

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RURAL Mr. Neale is the enthusiastic leader of the Rural Department. He is deeply interested in his students as individuals, thus having won their respect and confidence. They soon realize his word is law. The possessor of a fine sense of humor—like Miss Roach he is proud of his ancestry. His grandmother was an aunt of Phil Sheridan. Mr. Neale has a fine sense of taste in artistry and devotes a good deal of his time to art. He has published several books on this engrossing subject. Miss Roach is the answer to a freshman’s prayer, having that rare ability of being able to make you her friend in an instant. Although she is chiefly affiliated with rural education, she is easily accessible and known to everyone. Her greatest interest is talking to audiences. She has contacted as many as nineteen audiences in as little as three weeks. Her radiant personality and keen Irish wit distinguish her to any audience- P.T.A. or college assembly. She has more of the good old spirit than a goodly number of the other faculty and students combined. Outside college her joy is in her nieces and nephews. Almost like the training school, she says. Another interesting member of rural faculty is Miss Hanna. She is distinguished by her beautiful white hair and her tasteful grooming. Students of C.S.T.C. have acclaimed her the best dressed woman on the campus very dignified. She is a fine cook and delights in house-keeping. She’s devoted to her home community, Manawa. Miss La Vigne is little—but, oh my! She is a great worker—devotes her whole to her work at the Demonstration School where rural teachers are given the final touches to their preparation. She is the kind of teacher one reads about—doctor, lawyer, and spiritual director for her community. She comes from Wood County which she uses as her measuring stick for all other localities. She thinks the demonstration school children are the most ideal youngsters on earth. She has an unfailing faculty for losing things. As Chairman of the Advanced Standing Committee and Administrator of the Primary Department, Miss Susan E. Colman has advanced education a considerable notch or two, besides being another patron of the arts. She’s enthusiastically interested in concert music—(listens to the Philharmonic every Sunday afternoon), dabs with water colors, and sketches. Miss Colman has spent much of her time traveling in the U.S. She has fished and hunted for many years, and is a sportswoman par excellence. Her biggest catch was a 275 pound sturgeon, caught several summers ago. But it’s during the winter months that Miss Colman really goes to town.” Versatile as she is on roller skates, she merits the spotlight on the ice rinks. Each year she ’’majors” in skating and tobogganing, and “minors” in skiing. She hurls a wicked snow- QUITE A BIT OVER LAST YEAR’S TOTALS . . . FROSH MIXER STAGED Past 15

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SCIENCE CHARACTERS Mr. Evans, the expounder of know-thyself-physiologically, is known to the students of C.S.T.C. not only as an interesting instructor but as a cheerful friend. He has made himself a part of the tradition of the college by fostering the annual Homecoming Parade. Besides his teaching activities, Mr. Evans has collected a large number of unusual stamps and fills his spare hours painting in oils, pounding at amateur carpentry, hunting, fishing, and keeping abreast with the many developments in the field of medical science. A man of astonishing diversified interests and talents is Dr. Nestor Flodin, who came directly from Chicago University to test his abilities against the students of C.S.T.C. Chemistry is thrilling to him and he has proved himself a master in teaching it. He is also an authority in the fields of music, drama, and student psychology. As one of the youngest faculty members on the campus he has made himself popular by his considerate advice and help to students both in class work and personal problems. Miss Jesse Jones has devoted herself to the study of plant life, to the flora of Wisconsin, and to nature study. Her chief objective has been to train biology teachers for the high schools of the state and to work out a course to fit the interests and abilities of high school people. At the end of the first semester Miss Jones surrendered her plans and duties to other members of the biology staff in order to take leave of absence because of illness. At her home in the city she has found the radio and Chinese checkers enjoyable recreation between callers. Dr. Pierson of the Science Department has a mystifying reputation. His difficult tests have been known to cause many a headache; he has ruined many an appetite and yet he is one of the institution's most popular instructors and advisers. His exact and efficient manner, his sympathetic attitude toward the students and his willingness to give individual help to them, are outstanding factors which have made him a success as a teacher. His non-curricular interests are in minor sports, especially in ping-pong, badminton, and bowling and he usually comes out the Victor in any of these. FACULTY RECEPTION . . . ALL PARADE FOR THE INSPECTION OF ALL OTHERS Pase 17