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

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3n the shadow 0 the T)ower Our college is completing its 6lst year. My first contact with this school was when it was only fifteen years old. Then it was known as Stevens Point Normal, SPN. The IRIS and the POINTER were already established publications. We had two active men’s debating groups, Forum and Athenaeum, whose annual debate was a big school event, as was the Junior debate with Oshkosh. The theatrical highlight was the Senior Class Play, held in the Opera House — now the Fox Theater. In athletics we had football, basketball, and track. The 1908 football team was the Champion of the State Normal Schools, although there were no conferences as we know them today. These were fringe activities. The Normal School itself, like the State College today, was the faculty and the student body. We have more buildings, more faculty, more students now; but the intangible quality, the Esprit de Corps, is much the same. Wm. C. Hansen President

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our J oaclt . . and she is by nature rather talkative.” Yes, this is May Roach . . . but she also is so much more than just this. No one can put into copy what her fifty years of teaching have meant — to May, or to her many associates, students, or friends. A quaint office . . . determination hard to resist . . . quick Irish wit . . . strong convictions. In forty-two years Ma Roach has been a pioneer ... a leader ... a tradition. A Pontifical medal ... a small child's quiet smile ... an honorary crown — these are all tributes saying Thank you. Miss Roach, for these fifty fabulous years.” Remember, when you drive that Chevrolet out of Point next spring, there will always be a parking spot. . . come zooming back to visit. . . home . . . CSC.