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

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MATH AND HOME EC Besides performing his duties as mathematics instructor at C.S.T.C., Mr. Thompson appreciates good music with all the ardentness of a born musician. No basketball fan is more faithful than Mr. Thompson—he never ever misses a game. He guides his students through the intricacies of quadratic equations and logarithms with a skillful hand. His philosophical and benevolent advice is always timely and well received. Few are those who haven’t heard his Now, I may be wrong—.” The students respect his impartiality, fairness and kindness. He directs practice teachers in the Manual Arts and can get anyone to do his very best. Miss Allen, in charge of the Home Economics Department, is the senior woman of the faculty. She is interested in doing fancywork, (she is teaching Mr. Jenkins at present), playing solitaire, and seeing good shows. She loves to travel, and has covered Europe, the U.S., Alaska, and Canada. Incidentally, she was a Latin teacher before taking up Home Economics. There will be a minor offered in Home Economics, and those already enrolled as a major will finish up as such. At present there are about forty or fifty enrolled as either a major or minor. The graduates of this department are always well placed and make good. Miss Meston plays piano accompaniments for her real hobby. It might have been her profession if she hadn’t become interested in Home Economics. She likes to travel around in Henrietta.’’ her Ford. She has visited the East and West, spending three full school years in New York. Miss Wilson likes to travel in out-of-the-way places. Some of her most interesting travels took her to Guatemala, the Honduras, Panama, Mexico, and, of course, throughout most of the U.S. and Canada. She enjoys air travel, her apartment, and outdoor sports. Coins and stamps fascinate her, and in her travels she has had an opportunity to start quite a collection. OF COURSE... TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP ■ . • RIVER FALLS TAKES Page 22

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EDUCATION Committee, and President of the Association of Wisconsin Teachers’ Colleges, is one of the busiest men in school. In spite of his many professional duties he fines time for fishing, reading, and cabinetmaking. He taught manual training for five years, and is quite a handy man around the house. He does a vast amount of reading, mostly professional books and all periodicals. Once in a while he finds time to read a story. He likes traveling and driving, in fact, in his various trips, business and otherwise, he has covered over 200,000 miles. He has a joke on tap to illustrate any of his theories or ideas. Mr. Chester Matravers has hobbies and varied interests that we have never suspected. He does not only dabble, but actually accomplishes surprising things in gardening and landscaping. He raises all sorts of fruits and flowers and adds each year to the variety of his experiments. He enjoys swimming, golfing, and yachting on Lake Michigan. He didn’t mention his family in particular when we talked with him, but he has every reason to be proud of three such girls as his daughters. A more recent hobby includes oil painting. Mr. Joseph Mott of the black derby is a familiar figure to all the college students. His main interests are walking, archery, traveling and human beings. He has traveled through most of the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. He went fishing once, but all he caught was a catfish and a mudturtle so he gave it up. He feels that psychology helps one to understand and control behavior— To get folks to do what you want them to do. Humanist, zealous educationist, and humorist, Dr. Nixon imparts his knowledge of mathematics in such a subtly, capricious fashion as to precipitate howls of laughter among his classes. He has taught practically everywhere, is associated with the United States Department of Justice, and has been Director of Education of the Ohio State Prisons. He reads most of the new mathematics books. His one idiosyncrasy causes broad grins to spread over his students faces (ask them how he puts on his glasses). The girls like him a lot, and the fellows think he’s a reg lar guy. TEACHERS CONVENTION AT WAUSAU SO NO SCHOOL . . . BORED U S s r 1 ? F P 9« 21

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THE STAGE Three men who represent a variety of unusual activities are Messrs. Knutzen, Jenkins, and Burroughs. Although their courses as faculty instructors are history and English each of them represents the stage in some phase. In 1936 when College Theater was initiated onto this campus, it was Mr. Warren G. Jenkins who encouraged and supported the venture. His kindness and good sense, his executive ability, and his understanding of theater and, most of all, young people were really the stamina of the organization. Many a human interest story is based upon the success of this venture. Mr. Jenkins is a great reader. He loves the out-of-doors, too. For several years he volunteered as coach for boxing and helped to organize the team into an organization of worthwhile activity. As a professor of history, he has become known as C.S.T.C.’s A1 absent-minded professor. But don’t let it kid you, he knows where he is. Mr. Leland M. Burroughs was invited into College Theater shortly after it began functioning, as director of speech. He has remained with Mr. Jenkins as a faculty adviser. His work in speech, literature, and the dramatic arts has been recognized far beyond C.S.T.C. His debate teams this year, one of which was almost undefeated and another of which entered the quarter-finals, he defined as the best he's had yet. Many fine plays have been produced under his direction. In 1939-40 the outstanding plays were Mr. Pirn Passes By” and Our Town, both beautiful productions of recognized quality. Mr. Burroughs has participated in and directed Shakespearean stage, on which he has had much experience. The Men’s Glee Club has flourished under Mr. Norman E. Knutzen. His heart and soul is in every selection his boys have ever sung. They have become a recognized group in the state and internationally by the advent of superior production. Tone and style are the things they strive for. Mr. Knutzen has a cottage up North which is one of his joys. He loves Nature and good literature and music, and in his work he has woven them into one beautiful pattern. THE LOCAL BOYS INTO CAMP . . . “AND SO TO BED” IN ASSEMBLY . . . Page 23