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

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RIGHT and cheerful as ever, in spite of spending so many weeks in a Madison hospital, Miss Olive Thomas came back to school to impart her knowledge of geog- raphy to her students. She plans to cltake things easy33 this summer and travel. During Easter vacation, Mr. Warren G. Fischer attended the Academy of Science meet- ing in Milwaukee. Hunt- ing and hshing seem to fit into the program of big, husky Mr. Fischer, but it seems that he also made a lot of angel food cakes this year and had lots of fun doing it. 'Dramatics is the chief interest of Mrs. Florence Empfield, sponsor of Thespian and Delta Psi Omega, and under her excellent supervision and guidance, several plays were presented. Mr. Charles H. Wellers teaches manual training and speech, and sponsors Pythian Forum. This year he was again in charge of the WCLO radio broadcasts. In his spare moments, he spent his time working on his masterls degree in journalism. MR. C. H, WELLERs, MISS LAURA HAMILTON, DR. D. H. WEBSTER .au amt f MIss OLIVE THOMAS, MR. W. C. FISCHER HE Commercial Club couldn,t get along without Miss Laura Hamilton, sponsor, who put the same peppy spirit into her golfing and bowling, and read current literature for relaxation. A trip to California looms on the horizon for Mr. David H. Webster, instructor ofjournalism, sociology, and literature, where he plans to learn a lot more about his favorite hobbies, gardening and swimming. Miss Helen Knosker found delight in collect- ing first editions, Visiting literary shrines, and in doing creative writing. She is sponsor of Sigma Tau Delta, profes- sional English fraternity. Teacher of high school English and sponsor of Delta Sigma Epsilon so- rority and numerous high school organizations Mrs. Opal Wells plans to travel this summer to look up information on the various limbs and roots of her family tree, hoping to find all of them gisound and sturdy, after t she completes her re- search. MRS. FLORENCE EMPFIELD, MISS HELEN KNosKER, MRS. OPAL WELLS

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NEW addition to the faculty this year was Mr. Henry Collins, super- visor of practice teaching and teacher Ofcorporation accounting, whose musical talents are unusual. The March issue of the Com- mercial Education Bulletin was published by R. G. F oland, business law and accounting instructor, in the time he could spare from his latest hobby, bowling. While college banker izBilli, Fricker taught ad- vanced and cost account- ing, as a sideline he put in new bookkeeping sets for businesses and figured out income taxes and yearly statements, really overworking his CPA degree. Versatile Harlan J. Randall teaches cooperative marketing, business law. and general business methods, and is sponsor of Wesley Foundation and MINNEISKA. To add to his vast store of knowledge, he hopes to attend summer school this summer, prob- ably at the University of Chicago. RETURNING this year as an instructor in his alma mater, J. Morrison Greene proved just as popular as when he was a student. He ranks high, too, as a teacher of DR. E. H. EVANS DR. H. G. LEE 17 MR. H. A. COLLINS, MR. R. G. FOLAND, MR. W. H. FRICKER, MR. MR.J. M. GREENE corporation accounting and typing, and as a supervisor of practice teaching. Trying to reduce the cost of feeding debaters on trips and to avoid the golf tibugii, besides teaching English and modern history, public speaking, and debate, kept peppy Mr. Edward H. Evans on his toes. He was recently selected Wisconsin Chairman of the Public Relations Committee of the National Council for the Social Studies. Mr. Henry G. Lee, instructor of social studies, divided his past few summers between teaching summer school, and studying and working in penal institutions where he col- lected material to present to groups interested in the problems caused by the inmates of such insti- tutions. Tall, slow-mov- ing Mr. John M. Weid- man, history instructor, is gitoo busy for hobbiesii -un1ess haunting the Goal Post with Mr. Webster could be classed as one. He attended the Mississippi Valley His- torical Society convention in Milwaukee this spring. Because of his talents as a pianist, Mr. Weidman was featured on WCLO. DR.J. M. WEIDMAN

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MR. J. J. CHOPP, MR. R. j. BROOKS, MR. R. C. CLARK, MR. R. W. PRUCHA PROUDLY displaying the camera used in his Visual aid work is Mr. JosephJ. Chopp, teacher of conservation, biology, nature study, and physiology, selected this yearas senior class sponsor and Model Airplane Club sponsor. He plans to teach at the Eagle River Conservation Summer Camp. Chemistry instructor Mr. Ralph J. Brooks still dreams of going fishing up in Canada, for lately he has been making an annual pilgrimage there to try his luck with the rod and reel. Heralded by the Milwaukee Journal in a feature article was Mr. Robert C. Clark, for in experimenting with his hobby, plastics, he perfected a process for imbedding objects in a hard plastic, making them almost imperishable. For a sample of his work along this line, notice the buttons on his white jacket, his watch Charm, or his ring. They are made of tiny Bowers, pre- served for all time, whose natural beauty is en- hanced by the clear plas- tic. He has also adapted his process to the im- bedding of valuable bio- logic specimens. Mr. R. WY. Prucha sponsors Pho- tography Club, besides working hard in the p h y s i c s department. MR. T. T. Gen: 19 Movie fllms have a special appeal to him; conse- quently, his absorption in the movie machine on the picture. a IS mathematical genius and wizardry are evidently appreciated far and wide, for the Mil- waukee journal also lately featured iiTommyi, Goff, mathematics instructor, in a special article-picture and all. His vivid mem- ory and quickness of recall are great aids in his gene- alogical study, and all the Whitewater students rec- ognize his unusual ability. This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Mr. GofPs teaching career at Whitewater. In honor of his long term of teaching, the T. T. Goff trophy for debate work was named after him. During his stay at Whitewater, Mr. Goff has seen the college grow from an institution for 250 students to one for 900 students. Golf, bowling and traveling all combine to attempt to deviate Mr. Oromel H. Bigelow from his mathematical sphere, but just ask him about trig or geometryihe3ll amaze you. Solid analytic geometry or mathe- matical theory of investment, awe-inspiring though they sound, donit scare him one bit! MR. 0. H. BIGELOW