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

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Mr. H. J. Randall kept busy with new law courses . . . 225 students for first six weeks . . . brushed up on principles at Columbia last summer . . . He is an actor at heart . . . played uBig Bad Wolf in faculty hcuteup . . . Mr. W. H. Fricker de, cided to make his accounting courses tougher . . . got the idea while working on his PhD. at Wis consin last summer . . . will be on hand to greet the hold folksh next summer . . . Raised hrst tulips in town by the thutJJ. . . . Increased demand for commercial work necessil tated new teachers . . . four in past year . . . Mr. W. J. Abell replaced Mr. Cobb for the second semester of last year and continued on this year . took over accounting methods Classes . . . edited hCommercial Education Bulletinh . . . taught accounting and supervised practice classes . . . Mr. Claire E. Daggett and Mr. J. C. Crouse are the new supervisors at the City High . . . both handled college classes . . . Daggett taught accounting and Crouse taught typing . . . Mr. Daggett is 21 graduate of Whitewater . . . Class 0f 31. . . . MHR. G. Foland arrived after the first six weeks to relieve the congestion in business law classes . teaches accounting also . . . supervised praCr tice teachers in bookkeeping at College High. . . . Primary Bulletin, pictures, displays, directors conferences, meetings, etc. keep Miss Margaret Williams constantly on the go as director of primary work . . . Will attend summer session at Columbia next summer and see the Worlds Fair in off mo! ments . . . Miss Mary Madden is constantly on MISS WILLIAMS the job criticizing tconstructivelyJ beginning teach, ers . . . can be seen any day with some first grade students . . . Mrs. Scholl, formerly Miss Merle Wilson . . . married last August to a retired post ofhce official . . . plans to travel next summer . . . climax to be San Francisco Fair . . . handles the third and fourth grades of primary school . . . supervises practice teachers. . . . Miss Clara Tutt took time out from her duties to attend the convention of the Association of Childhood Education at Atlanta, Georgia . . . Has charge of the kindergarten pupils . . . makes life and work interesting for youngsters . . . plans to remain in Whitewater next summer to take care of her recently completed home . . . gardening is her hobby . . . Mrs. Rose Fischer will continue her teaching through the summer session of this year . . . Will accompany Mr. Fischer on a west, ern tour for four weeks after July 29 . . . this is another of the tours for students of geography . . . A new member to the primary staff is Miss Angeline BroEel . A . replaced Miss Sagl this year . came to us from the University of Minnesota where she was working on her Ph.Di last sume 1116f. . . . Dr. H. G. Lee constantly works on his courses in sociology and criminology both in and out of school . . . special interest is education in prisons . spent Easter holiday at Waupun with his son, Richard . . . studying, of course . . . plans to complete study with a Visit to Washington State Prison and Sing Sing . . A Dr. G. H. Nelson, Registrar, started the year as usual . . . interest of students welfare at heart . . . unusually large col! MRS. FISCHER, MISS BROFFEL, MRS. SCHOLL MISS TUTT, MISS MADDEN

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MR. CLAY J. DAGGETT MR. CARLSON Standing: Mr. Foland, Mr. Fricker, Miss Benson, Mr. C. E. Dagget, Mr. Abell. Seated: Mr. Randall, Mr. Crouse, Miss Bisbee, Miss Clem, Q: '55; ' V 5W 4W MW 14W due to the death of two of our teachers, Mr. Cobb and Miss Alvord, the retirement of Miss Thatcher, and the huge increase in enrollment . . necessary to fill vacancies and handle the extra work. . . Mr. Clay J. Daggett returned from Madison Where he had been working on his Ph.D. last summer to take over the guiding reins of the commercial department along with duties as Director of Academic Education . . In spare time he built a new home and welcomed a '7 lb. 5 oz. daughter for the iihousewarmingh . . . Replaced Mr. P. A. Carlson, Director of Commercial Edus cation . Carlson is taking a welleearned leave of absence for a year . . working on research material for his courses here and at Northwestern University where he has taught for the past tWO summers. Miss Jane Clem, head of the typewriting department, is con! tinuing work on her revision of WThe Technique of Teaching Typewriting traveled on Great Lakes last summer for seah air . . . Miss Edith Bisbee completed iiBrief Form Drills for publication this year . . has begun work on :1 methods book in shorthand . . main interest out of school is peach nursery . . . She kept mixers in hand for first semester . . acquired new dog, Vii . . Miss Marie Benson returned to duties after teaching summer school at Northwestern . . Kept alumni interested in school as Chairman of Alumni Committee. emphasized tranSr cription more than ever this year .

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DR. NELSON lege life and problems classes . . . left in January due to break in health . . . spent some time at sanitorium at Oconomowoc and then traveled to Indiana. . Mr. W. P. Roseman, Director of Training School, continued to hold his practice teachersl conferences every Thursday . . . new idea for commercial people . i teach in all sub! jects . . . Conventions popular this year . . Pro! gressive Education Association at Columbus, Ohio; Health Education Association at New York; and Rural Life at Ithica, New York . . . will attend National Education Association this summer. Between supervising in the rural school, Miss Mabel Beckwith finds time to study birds for a hobby . . she traveled to Mexico last summer and intends to see Alaska this summer . . . Mr. J. M. Tice . . llDaddy to most students . MISS BECKWITH MR. TICE MR. ROSEMAN finished his services in royal style . . . will retire this year, but put in the busiest one of his life . . . Freshmen crowded his penmanship classes to overflowing . . . cooperative marketing popular . . . His plans for the future are not definite . lbI am too young to restfl he says . . . we will be hearing more of him . . llEncore une fais, slel vous plaitv and similar expressions can be heard from N205 as Miss Bertha Lefler teaches French and German . . Sponsors Theta Sigma and High School groups on the side. The silver haired lady seen in the lower halls i5 Mrs. I. U. Wheeler, Director of Rural Education . . . She puts the ruralites through their paces . attended convention at Lexington, Kentucky in November . . holds monthly meetings of teachers in the field in this territory. . MISS LEFLER