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

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Miss Potter, Miss Bjorklunl Mrs. Fricker artistic education from Miss Ethel Bjork- lund. Last year eight of these young people had their work exhibited at the Rockefeller Center Exhibit in New York. Mrs. Mary Fricker is probably the busiest person in school for she teaches domestic science from the fifth grade through college. She has done a great deal of work this year in remodeling the W.S.G.A. rooms, planned innumerable banquets and grocery lists for all the clubs, and helped most of the feminine portion of the school plan wardrobes. Mr. C. Daggett has a wide range of interests which stretches beyond his job as Director of the Academic Curricu- lum. Under his supervision the bulletin, Trends in Education, has materialized into a printed copy in place of the mimeographed material brought out at first. He has been working with the government on a test covering the U.S. Constitution. E YOU ask one of the primary chil- dren, Where did you get your clarinet so you could play in the band? , the answer is always Mr. Roseman got it for me. Collecting instruments and renting them to those who want to play is only one of his many jobs. Mr. W. P. Roseman supervises practice teachers and gathers them together every Thursday night for conference. He also does a great deal of placement work. Mr- DHSSEYY Mr. Roseman Mrs. XVheeler

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l HOTOGRAPHY classes were larger than ever th1s year, and Mr R W Prucha was obl1ged to make rules for us1ng the Well equlpped dark room Phys1cs and the new and youngest mem ber of the Prucha famrly came Hrst 1n h1s attent1on After M1ss Helen Knosker s 6XtC1'1S1VC tour of the Br1t1sh Isles and var1ous European countr1es, her llterature courses proved more 1nterest1ng than ever before Mrs Opal Wells Was g1ven a leave of absence for the second semester, and M1ss Amanda Langemo came to take her place 1n the College Hlgh Enghsh depart ment M1ss Laura Ham1lton taught the freshmen how to punctuate and some hterature, Wlule Dr D H Webster gave h1s Hrst course 1n soc1ology plus jour nal1sm and l1terature OR several years Mr T T Goff has been Workmg on a project concern mg A Study of Methods of Teachmg Long DIVISIOD In add1t1on to the more serxous s1de of mathemaucs, he IS also engaged 1n gather1ng together some of the fallacxes, puzzles, tr1cks, and enter ta1n1ng features of the subject for pub l1cat1on ln a book on ROC18flfZ07ZS 172 MdfbC772dfZCS The Goff fam1ly genealogy one of Mr Coffs pet hobbles, has be come qu1te an 1nt1mate part of W S T C even to the extent that lt was used 1n Stunt N1ght H1s Wr1t1ngs and hobb1es have brought h1s name 1nto promlnence m seven d1fferent Who 5 Who s Mr O H B1geloW spent last summer tour1ng the southern states and looklng up many h1stor1cal spots ln Cal1forn1a Th1s year he has contmued h1s experr ment 1n teachmg geometry by the ques t1on method, trymg to make a supposedly d1ff1cult subject 1nterest1ng to students M1ss Flora Potter Was one of the lucky faculty members who Went to Europe last summer Wh1le 1n Par1s she attended the Internatlonal Art Congress Both her art classes and orgamzatlons on the campus enjoyed hear1ng her tell of the tr1p Tra1n1ng school ch1ldren get the1r N Q Mr Clark Mr Prucha Mr Chopp Mr Brooks Mrs NVells M1ss Hamllton M1ss Knosker Dr Webster Mr Blgelowx Mr Goff 23 L Q ., , ,. ,. V ' I I 5' JJ A . ' 4 A xi , , - - - sf A fa t me fa - A V f l f 1 I , . . 'V :K Z Y , me . ' A rl in U I u-1, .. fl o f X 11: 1 . 1 . . - Y ' . -vnu . , . A - fi ' . , . , . , . Dali, 1 ' ' ' T DLT. ' - ' . U . . . . ,, . . llvf MLA, ' ' Ulf , . . . f , , 0 C 3 L , . :ual A . - Z OE . - A u ., f .Aj - y I l y l v - f',1tR . . . . . xr- - - - ' ' 9 7 , new . . . . . . ' - 1' ' I llif ' .JMU ggi' . . . ' mf: '. Aff. D ' A j,, FW . . V ,. 1 l ' . ,Y '

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i 'xlhzeil DI the out ar zh the -.1 LS. if chl- .JILUEI l r . me sos in '1 md is play , li , P. md .e.. -- - 'Vigil' ,.,.. JI ,... 1 UC! 4 Miss Beckwith Mrs. I. U. Wheeler and Miss Mabel Beckwith take charge of the model rural school located in the east wing. Actual training in teaching under conditions similar to those 'tout in the field is given to would-be rural teachers. Placement records are practically 100 per cent, showing that W.S.T.C. rural students get the right preparation. 'Mr. J. M. Tice traveled in the east last summer visiting New York, Pitts- burg, Washington, and Gettysburg. Pen- manship according to Palmer and Zaner make the top floor resound with Push, push, push a one two three .... Miss Bertha Lefler continued her new course in German plus French for both high school and college. General Lan- guages for the Junior High gave the younger folks a chance to learn something about other tongues. FTER finishing up the last of the Thespian pro- ductions for the year, Miss Florence Holcombe started right in again and directed the senior class play, Pride I,, ,,', Mr. Tice Miss Lefler and Prejudice. By training students in makeup, costuming, staging, lighting, etc., she makes dramatics usable for teachers. Her work takes in both the training school and the college, and in- cludes classes in English and dramatic arts. Mr. Wellers has a double field- speech work and manual training. The manual training department was re- modeled this year and new equipment put in. Weekly broadcasts on station 'WGLO under his direction gave students and faculty the experience of going on the air and provided school publicity. Mr. Wellers Miss Holcombe f2