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

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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!

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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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1712 new 1897 T0 College Band of 1875 Sfi70,000g 1925 saw the completion of the East VVing with its spacious auditorium and many modern classrooms-an addi- tional outlay of 3'4250,000. The entire system of buildings as they are today have an original cost of SB548,000. Early social organizations of the school and campus in- cluded debating societies, literary societies, and musical groups. Although the organizations had Greek names, they were a far cry from our fraternities and sororities of today, for social life was limited and closely supervised. A School newspaper called the Royal Purple came into being in November, 1900. The first paper was really a monthly maga- zine which combined literature and news items. It continued in this form for twelve years and was then changed to a weekly newspaper. Ten years later a combination oi? newspaper and quarterly magazine was adopted. The first Mmneiska was published lyyiljepstticlgigla ot VVh1.tG?7Q . . . if . 'x , -' ' - Water and dedicated to President SHl1SlJk-gill l9Qf,j?:1X?,1qta,55ef,'t?t9!9l? - - - - . ,QF-J x ki V gf - Yi, the Minnie has made its a1Q13ea1'a11ctf855th,:5K xx.3tlX?f3E',Q A X5 K' gui- 1- if Vflgfiix MALE X ff Q ,PX ig.,:iif:H2x5g lxfagpgig :tg xi.: ll gi' Q. Q5i'Z'efgg.J4ktrct5 fi is it 53 iii? ,ev 3 lid, We tai, fi Q T512 'iii 7531 Tiiiiffzdj ,.ff-,-,...,,,4c1V,,,., ,emn ,nn ,::., i.- ,Ni ., .. ,, I, A-:A V, . h