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

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 !U GlaM0 1945 President, EDYTHE OFSTUN------blonde Norwegian and proud of it---------capable of handling all the buttons in the radio studios in love with teaching English.... going to New Holstein next fall- Vice-President, ROGER McCALLUM called Rog the ambitous type who likes crossword puzzles-idolized by his students.... always laughing- going to Manawa to teach next year Secretary. FLORENCE FLUGAUR ambitous plus always writing--------deserving of roses for a year of swell Pointers active in Newman Club capable of having a story published in a Chicago paper---going to New London to teach the little tots.... Treasurer, BETTY POHLMAN little.... stopped by no one----in love with Norm ---capable of turning out a poster at a minute's notice planning on many weekends in Point next year.... going to teach in Pittsville high- When the school year 1944-1945 began, there were 223 students enrolled, 117 of whom were in the Freshman class. Thirty-eight men enrolled. This was the lowest student enrollment for many years and was a direct result of the war. Starting the school year off with a bang, the Stevens Point Chamber of Commerce distributed packets of CSTC stationery and tickets to Going My Way to all students and faculty. Several basketball games were scheduled and some of these were played before the team was forced to dissolve in January because its members enlisted in the Navy. A Men's Glee club was also started and had several successful meetings before its members, too, were called to service. Oscar W. Neale, for 29 years head of the Rural Department at the college, retired at the end of the 1944 summer session. Miss May Roach has served as acting director for this school year. Fred J. Schmeekle became head of the chemistry department. Dr. Clarence Jayne of the Training School faculty, and Robert Morrison, college history instructor on leave for military service, both resigned their positions here. Miss Margaret Ritchie came to CSTC as the new assistant librarian. Merve and Irene Masten sold the Eat Shop, and Andy and Eva Payzer became the new owners. The wife of General Mark Clark spoke on the subject, A General's Wife Looks at the War , at the Talk of the Hour club in December. Doctor Harold Tolo's history classes chose as the Man of the Year General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and then felt pretty smart when Time magazine followed their lead and named him, too. In February there was the all-school valentine party in the Hall of Hearts with the queen and knave of hearts reigning over it. And. speaking of parties, the Little Red Schoolhouse party, given by the Rural Life club in April, was definitely the hit of the year. The college purchased a service flag on which are 930 blue stars for CSTC students now in the armed forces, and 23 gold stars for former students who lost their lives in the war. 22