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

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Slfacfenlt Rwfzandiiifilaf fncaeafied fbuai Turning the pages of memories of another year at W. S. T. C., it is realized clearly that T943-44 has been a year of added responsibility for each student enrolled in the various curriculi. With the enrollment sharply decreased by the departure of many students who answered the call to arms, it remained for the feminine con- tingent on the campus to assume the task of keeping W. S. T. C. on top. In spite of keen competition from other colleges in the state which had the different military training pro- grams, Whitewater students proved their ability to maintain the high standards of their Alma Mater in all types of curricular and extra-curri- cular activities. There was necessarily a cur- tailment of activities among the student per- sonnel, yet the campus organizations carried on nearly normal activities as the reduced member- ship made each individual more responsible. Perhaps the sobering influence of the war was the cause for the more serious trend of activi- ties of several religious groups, and the annual debate tournament, at which Whitewater was the host, revealed that a surprising number of students have done serious thinking on the ma- ior problems confronting our nation today. Though the official records revealed smaller classes and that the class officers were predom- inantly feminine, the presidency of each class was held by a man. A glance into the college library at almost any hour of the day would have revealed a two-fold change. Not only was the number of students much smaller, but the unique feature of this former rendezvous was the fact that a great deal of concentrated study was being carried on. In addition to group participation, the indi- vidual responsibility of each one in this great conflict was accepted by a number of W. S. T. C. girls who regularly invaded Mr. Fricker's ac- counting room to help make those four-by-four bandages so needed by the Red Cross.