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

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.Mini x' 31 x fgv a a la ir - 'A nw. i fl -,. the ast ft e., 6G J . ,i , every night at seven to inform the students it xgtf v - - .fi we 'infill start their assignments. 55 Almost from the beginning it was found th :es,vfg 'i, . - .' ' .flat 'f i JF J 9.51 - were lnadequate to meet the needs of the school. Q! r ji . tggiifp 1876 the north wing was opened. It was 86 feet lfiiff . E f Regent White today-that is, they stayed in private homes and even ate at clubs much like the present organizations. Mrs, Arey, wife of the president, was the Dean of Womeiii and arranged all dates for her charges. A young man who wished to escort a fe- male classmate to one of the lo- cal soda bars after dark would apply to Mrs. Arey for a card which would permit him to do so. The northeast corner of the first building contained a bell tower and bell which was rung every morning at six to summon the students to their books and three stories high, and cost about 2B20,000. Of the many tragedies that are a part of this 75-year history, none is quite so terrifying as the one that befell the little nor- mal school on the 27th of April in 1891. It was Monday morning and the students assembled for their first hour classes were busy glancing over their assignments before the bell to start classes rang. But instead of the familiar sound of the class bell, the awful tolling of thc downtown fire bell struck their ears. The Normal is afire ! fell with bewildering effect upon their conscious minds. Wliat happened in the next three hours, until the fire was under control is written indelibly in this history. Students and townspeople rushed around carrying out equip- ment and throwing library books out of windows. What had been the essence of order and neatness was now an orgy of broken, charred, and drenched equipment. School was closed for only two days, and with things the best that could be ex- pected classes resumed in what was left of the building. In 1891, besides the repairs made to the section damaged by fire, a new west wing, or gymnasium, with upper floor of class- North Wing Added A - a : . A. X., E3 W 78 I W1-L -4 1 M A hlflirliw' A - t if I at 1- --, .--. - in Ltgfw- '49 ru ' an-f ' i 'Ki ' ' in.-il 'illmlilfhl 'llfllEl7WFul .T7YZ?-'T.'I2,.'ati?'-7lILf'frz:.grl.tv,-vIffT'f.5'f ', i maze., 'J .,. ' W '--'

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', 1 at g, 2 , if E' . Ctr W ,sunt ri 3' A ,P w J r m 25' Us Lt-Y' 5 Ht , .5 .,, . ' 1 x Y wfvlx Nr A. lining, v 7 1 E, ,jr . . . . 1512 in 0 '-.qi 1 y h possible to write any article less than book W' wx gp 3? .wr . . . if-. 3 1 'li . . Tv T' ' 1 s f at . ix? fl :min ,,g,,,, ,,. . X fgy.: 51 'Q.'Vj'2H ' Q A . '1't- 'F y at 12 thevolumes of histoiy compiled in the past of education at Whiteivater one realizes gi ' A In L U Hy covei all that has exqpired. Thei efoi e, it 1S , fi this sketch to give the reader a veiy limited g 'pse into t ie past with the hope that some appi eciation of the progress during the last seventy-five years can be gained. Probably the first active step toward the establishment of a college at 'Whitewater was taken in the year 1860, when a representation from Vtlhitewater appeared before a Milwaukee meeting of the Board of Regents of Normal Schools and offered lands and funds for its construction. Political bickering continued until November 21, 1866, when a sum of 53,000 was appropriated to be expended, and a presi- dent and secretary were authorized to draw warrants for such moneys as might be due for work on the construction of the building. On March 23, 1867, the sum of 958,000 was appro- priated to finish the Normal School, as it was called then. The formal opening of the school took place April 21 1868 The first president was Oliver Cromwell Arey, who was born in Wellfleet, Massachusetts in 1817. Vtlhen the building was completely finished it had cost 344,000 and was, as the first catalogue said, One hundred eight feet long, by fifty-seven feet wide, and three stories high above the basement. Original Building in 1874 gf . . 'I , 11: irror President Arey The iii st pi esident s wife was iesponsiblc for the present cam- pus. She dren up the plans for the landscaping and the plant- ing of ti ees, foi in 1868 the Noimfil Hill wx as little more than a cow pastui e. Eventually a picket fence xx as built to keep the lit estock which it andered ing on the Normal lan n. Side- w'ill's xx ere of wood ind even Main Street that far out was nothing more than a stiip of iaiiie dirt wshich became a sea of mud with the spi ing thaws. Students in the early days lix ed much like the students of H . ,M W , . 77 1 - . t 7 A l 7 U rc , 1 77 , Y i 1 I 7 ' 3 along Main Street, from graz- N3 w X . , . t 4 xi . ,jc 1 ' 7 p. . . , 7 'T' in ,L-.U lf i X H, 4. W' ,, -s A 'H .

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F . -,gli 'H'CD ,- If L A :gf x New Assembly of 1868 rooms was added. This wing of the building which was con- structed at a cost of SB15,000 is now the WOH1Cl1,S Gym and the Art Department. A new front was added to the building in 1897 which now holds the Presidents Office, Registrar 'S Office, the geography rooms, the physics and chemistry labs, and the tower. The library and training school wing was opened March 3, 1911, and in August, 1915, contracts were let out for the con- struction of the Men's Gym. The building for the furthering of athletics at Whitexifatei' was completed and opened with a bas- ketball game on January 22, 1916, in which Vilhitewatcr beat Milwaukee 14 to 7. The cornerstone of the Gym contains a copper box in which were placed a picture of Mr. Schreiber, Athletic Director, a copy of Spaulding Rule Book, a picture of the championship team, a catalog of the school, a copy each of the Minneislga.,and Royal Purple, signatures of everyone con- momentos. The building was H lf A as e'-- . . lwas,-zibtult in 1923 at a cost of almost wririi '+ TV - .Uk W ,iff:5'53'. i:'f'f55-f?7i- Mme ,-X ' ' f'Ei2..i1- 4.3 -fp 'f' wr-tt' 'iff' . ., ,J If ,M fit it fi is ...tffflipavl ' 77,921 ,lfrf -s:?f5gf'7., if iff in-f2'kS:'i,l'1'1L r-111141, -A+ 3 JUS Q!