University of Wisconsin Whitewater - Minneiska Yearbook (Whitewater, WI)

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Mr. Roseman Mr. Carlson Mr. Daggett THEY cTEACH US HE STUDENT body of the Whitewater State Teachers College, urged by the sentiments of companionship and fellowship for members of the teaching staff, have endeavored to manifest appreciation by presenting the faculty this year in a less formal manner. The cooperative spirit and the valid interest shown by them in student projects and progress have made us feel one of them, and by the Administration Section of the 1937 Minneiska, it is our desire to make them irrevocably one of us. These pages are but a nucleus of the hope for a larger and more com- plete chapter of this type. Let us introduce you, primarily, to the five directors of the college. Mr. W. P. Roseman supervises classes conducted by practice teachers, encourages and instructs them at regular four dclock meetings held on Dr. Lee Dr. Nelson Thursday of each week, and is an invaluable aid in the professional placement of graduate students. The commercial department is the largest in the college, and is maintained under the direction of Mr. P. A. Carlson. Mr. Carlson is one of the three authors of Twentieth Century Bookkeeping and also has written the study guides to go with this text. He has long been noted for his standard- ized bookkeeping tests. It gives us a feeling of well being and enthusiasm to realize that the place- ment of commercial students for the past many years has been one-hundred percent. Under the guidance of Mr. Carlson each commercial senior is equipped socially, academically and profession- ally for his or her position. Mr. C. J Daggett, head of the department of education, has been active with experiments in his field. In 1936 he published Education in IVis- comm. Projects in this curriculum are largely con- ducted by the Experimental Education Class. Work Mr. Wells Mr. Wellers

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AS the representative aFWhitewater on the State Board of Regents of Normal Schools, Mr. Seymour has proved beyond a doubt that he is a man of capability and ingenuity. He has the welfare and advance- ment ofWhitewater State Teachers College ever before him. t REGENT WILLlA-M SEYMOUR

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was in progress this year on a mimeographed bulletin, Trends in Education, for the White- water Academic Alumni; the organization of an Honorary Professional Fraternity for Aca- demic students; and the furnish- ing of professional infornmtion of Whitewater Alumni. Mrs. I. U. Wheeler is the director of the Rural Depart- ment of the college and under her guidance and that of Miss Mabel BeCkwith, her assistant, pupils are adequately prepared to encounter future fields. A four year course made its in- troduction this year, at the end of which time graduates receive their degree. Two years of study, how- ever, will permit the student to teach. In the interest of Economics and Social SCi- ence, Dr. H. G. Lee has been making plans for enrichment and will probably offer courses in criminologv and penalogv in the near future. To concretelV supplement his work Dr Lee him- self investigated and studied prisons and cm- taCted wardens; he firmly bases his investigations on the theory that due attention he paid to every individual 1 This message from Dr. G H Nelson tells us something of the aims and ends of the new Student Personnel Department: IIThe student personnel work does not set up regulations; neither does it act as a spy. The aim is guidance of a sbrt that shall help each student to see that we want students Who can stand freedom, who can use personal liberty without abusing it, and who, when they enter the college gates can put away Childish things. For such a student the inevitable readjustment to new cn- Miss Beckwith Miss Holcombe Miss Williams Mrs. Wheeler vi10m11ent will come graduallv and calmly, and he will gain a new horizon without losing com- mon sense. Mr. H. C. Wellers, instructor in Manual Train- ing and Speech, has this to tell us: IIM'V objective in teaching, no matter what subject, is to make reaction creative, vital and applicable both on the p1rt 0f the student and the instructor. Nothing is so good that it cannot be improved Nothing is more destructive to creative thinking than holding to worn out doc- trine or submitting to arbitrarV dictation. The dramatic department of the school iunCtions under the direction of Miss Florence Holcombe. The Thespian Dramatic Club which Miss Hol- combe spm sors ploduced four major plays. Ex- perience is given in the Cl1ssr00111 1n writing, pro- duCing, criticizing and acting ,and the technicalities of st1ge 1nd theatre 1re diilV treated. Mr. J. M Tice takes the responsibilitv 0f teach- ing the art of penmanship. The objective in this Miss Lefler 'Mr. Tice