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

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ON YOUR MARK! Eager minds and energetic bodies demand that the student teacher plan interesting and exciting activities for a well provided program in physical development. EARLY ARTISTS Many pleasant memories will remain in the minds of these children. They are encouraged to use their imaginations in expressing themselves. Bright colors and fanciful figures dominate their creations. Training School 25 CONFERENCE WITH DR. GOTHAM MISS ULLMAN'S HOME ROOM

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STORY HOUR . . . At the You've often wondered if time would ever make this day a reality, haven't you? The first day seemed rather strange, didn't it? Your collegiate friends were no longer with you and instead, you were surrounded by eager, inquiring, young faces. By necessity you were forced to make many new adjustments, and as a result you tried—perhaps even floundering temporarily—to put into effect all the experiences and techniques that you encountered in your own educational skirmishes. And the questions that came back to you! At first you weren’t sure yourself as to why coconuts didn't grow on Rib Hill. ’Member the time you checked your atlas to make sure Mexico wasn't an island in the United States? You did some fast thinking when you had to explain just why a hole wasn't an inverted hill. This was the time you capitalized on all the hit-and-run episodes that your own college classes had given you. Scientific experiments with very smelly solutions, historical courses with plenty of library research, cultural subjects with aesthetic appeal—all these were grouped together and put under the title a broad background of knowledge''. All this had taken on a new meaning because through it you could now see that education links together all subjects previously listed under separate headings. There were always supervising teachers at hand to guide your thoughts with meaningful actions. Lesson plans, always criticized and revised, called for many hours of preparation. They developed your ability to see ahead with broader scope and clearer vision And now that you are ready to teach you can look back on all your many experiences at the Training School—not as a place where you gathered facts, but instead, as a place where you have learned to live and meet and inspire the little people who depend so much upon your patience and understanding. 24

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Radio Roundtable The world and its many problems do not slip by unnoticed. This year Radio Roundtable has brought to us such important current issues as the Marshall Plan, UNO. Near East problems, and the teacher's salary situation. Not a group of experts, the members do not pretend to solve these problems or even to deal with all the possible aspects of them. They merely discuss them in the light of their study and hope that it may present a new viewpoint to their listeners. Each Tuesday the members of the Roundtable discussion group met to decide what the problem for the week's discussion program would be. They began talking about it to help organize their ideas for Thursday. Before the program went on the air Thursday afternoon, the discussion was going on, having been started by one of Dick Miller's well chosen questions. Similar questions guided the fifteen minute discussion period, and many times the members adjourned to finish the argument over a coke. The members of the discussion group are thoroughly interested in their subject. In fact, they have become so absorbed while broadcasting that they have been known to emphasize their statements by pounding on the table, much to the dismay of the man in the control room. The enthusiasm of these people has provided their listeners with fresh viewpoints on topics of current interest. With this background we have a basis upon which to formulate our opinion. Our decisions will determine whether our world will be a better one in which to live. 26