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

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Rural Life Club and Demonstration School Sto-do-le. sto-do-le pum-pa. The lively melody of the song Walking in the Night comes drifting from the third floor of the college. Looking through the open door of the rural assembly, a group of students is seen gathered around a piano. It is th'e Rural Life Club. Miss May Roach and Mr. Quincy Doudna are recognized in the midst of this happy gathering. The Rural Life Club is the professional organization of the Rural Division, and all students in this division automatically become members. This organization acquaints the students with problems of rural education which they will face when they are teaching. First semester the officers were Loyal Sargent, president, Don Jorgensen, vice-president. Janet Luchterhand, secretary, and Muriel Narron, treasurer. Second semester these positions were taken over by Margaret Doherty, Robert Bennett, Carol Schoneck, and Jean Narron. Connected with the Rural Division is the Rural Demonstration School which is located on the north-east side of the campus. This one teacher school makes it possible for the students to teach in a typical rural school. Their duties at the school include noon duty, recess, participation at teachers' meetings, and the actual teaching. The children who attend the Demonstration School come from a rural district adjacent to Stevens Point. This is all under the supervision of Miss Ruth Steinbring. RURAL LIFE MEMBERS GAIN TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND ENJOY LIFE 21

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Forum The Forum, the largest division on the campus, is the organization of the Secondary Division. It is the nucleus of future high school teachers. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors are represented in the group. All students who enroll in the Secondary Division are automatically members of this group. Meeting several times yearly to discuss problems of education and to pave the way to careers of successful teaching, the Forum is organized on a professional basis. To develop and promote social and intellectual growth and to strengthen the bonds of fellowship and scholarship among its members is the true aim of the Forum. As a result of the Forum's policy, it has provided leaders for many groups. Forum also includes all students who are preparing for professional careers, such as medicine and law. These spend only a portion of their preparation time at Central State Teachers College, for after two years they usually transfer to the schools for their particular professions. The first two years of study consist primarily of basic courses and in the last two years the students complete work in their major and minor fields. Raymond M. Rightsell is head of the Secondary Division and adviser of the activities of the Forum. This year the duties of president were undertaken by Carl Strassburg and those of vice-president by James Stoltenberg. Helen Weisbrot held the position of secretary and treasurer. 20

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Home Economics Club... She can cook . . . she can sew . . . she can manage a home . . . yes. she's a Home Ec. The Betty Lamp, an emblem of learning, is a particularly fitting symbol to use in two impressive initiation services of the Home Ec Club. The first initiation takes place when the girls as freshmen are taken into the club, while the second initiation, at the end of the Home Ec majors' senior year recognizes her officially as a full-fledged member of the American Home Economics Association. This organization, which is affiliated with the state and national college home economics clubs, develops professional attitudes in its members and demonstrates the ideals of home economics in individual and group work. Prexy Frankie Kutchenriter reigned over a very successful first semester, while Betty June Maki took over for the second semester. This year's new look'' was welcomed with a style show. The Home Ecs showed their versatility by modeling their own creations. Enthusiastically sewing and making candy before Christmas, the Home Ecs were preparing for their annual Christmas sale ... a major money making project for the year. Sims Cottage was the scene of many of the varied meetings of the club, including the interesting Christmas party. Having professional people as well as alums speak on the multiplicity of things included in the Home Economics field was a part of the club’s program for the year. An old tradition was broken this year when the married Home Ec majors took their husbands along with them to Sims Cottage. CSTC is believed to be one of the first schools to have men living in its practice house. 22