University of Wisconsin Stout - Tower Yearbook (Menomonie, WI)

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In 1903 Lorenzo Dow Harvey came to Menomonie to be superintendent of the schools of the city. In 1908, with the separation of The Stout Institute from the school system of Menomonie, he was appointed President of the college. The early development of the Work of the school was due to the efforts of Mr. Stout: the later develop- ment and progress were brought about by Mr. Stout and Dr. Harvey Working together. The latter was a man of energy, conviction, and zeal. To the building of the college he brought a large capacity for organization and leadership. He was an able adminis- trator: but he was, first of all, a great teacher. DB. LORENZO DOW HARVEY

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SIU UTS SENATOR JAMES H. STOUT Menomonie was the first city in the United States to provide organized and systematic instruction in Industrial Arts and Home Economics in all grades of the public schools. These facilities were made possible 'through the keen interest and the great generosity of Senator lames H. Stout. From the work begun in the schools of the city in 1890 developed the Stout Training Schools, organized in 1903. In 1908 came the separation of the Training Schools, then known as The Stout Institute, from the school system of Menomonie. After the death of Senator Stout in 1910, the college was taken over by the state. Today, the college is a monument to Iames H. Stout, it is the lengthened shadow of a great man .

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lm To the Class of 1938: I wonder . . . Has Stout given you a proper background for a successful teaching career? If you have the same teacher philosophy that characterized educators of forty-five, twenty- f. . . 1V9, or even five years ago, you are not prepared to do the teaching demanded during the next five years. New times demand new mea never truer than it is today. If we of 1938 still feel that we are delegated to -teach only literature, science, mathematics, or trades, we are far from the mark. Here in Amenca new problems face us and must be solved, better by teachers than by politicians and office holders. sures and new men , quoted from civil war literature, was Recently individual liberties were in danger. Genuine democracy is an issue. There is danger that inherent rights guaranteed by the framers of our constitution are being sold by millions for a mess of pottage . Individual effort, initiative, and determination are be- ing weakened. The power of government is becoming a menace because individual convic- tions are being dulled by state and national aids. Thinking is being done for us, not by us. We need to teach and we need to cultivate a deep regard for democracy, to develop qualities of character and methods of action peculiarly necessary in a democracy and to stimulate an active interest in the development of democratic ideals and a love for those liberties possible only in a democratic form of government. No emergency is great enough no mis- fortune deep enough to justify the surrender of democratic ideals as America has known them these hundred and fifty years. Teachers of America have a sacred duty to perform. They may make it possible for the children of America to enjoy the liberties characteristic of America. lllll lll HE UH