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

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- viXhjmjuucJjuSMj As another college year draws to a close, the stu- dents of Stout State College strike a balance of the investments and dividends which have accrued to them during the year. Have you completed your account- ing? Let ' s take a moment and examine your personal college record. If you are a freshman, your college investment is only nine months old. Yet you are amazed to find that it has already paid generous dividends. Consider, for example, the social gains you have made since your arrival on the campus. There was orientation week which made you feel very much a part of the college and town. Dormitory life introduced you to roommates and classmates whom you now count among your closest friends. As weeks melted into months, you perhaps join- ed some of the social and professional organizations on campus which increased your personal relationships. Participation in intramural or intercollegiate sports af- forded you opportunities for friendly competition. Nor have these opportunities for social development been restricted to the first year of college. You upperclass- men can also record personal gains of a social nature. Whether you are completing your freshman or senior, sophomore or junior year, you can also credit your account with moral, cultural, and spiritual divi- dends. Whether it be in the classroom, on the playing field, or in your rooms, you have had daily opportunities to put into practice those ethical principles which have been stressed for you by your religious organizations, by the church of your choice, and by speakers who visited the campus during Brotherhood Week. Speakers at convocations, musical programs, lyceums, and dramatic productions have contributed to your cultural growth. Your largest dividend which was received on your college investment has been intellectual in character.

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Qualified faculty members, a large percentage of whom have advanced degrees, staff each department and are available for special assistance whenever the need arises. Modern laboratories provide facilities which en- able you to learn the use of the newest and most efficient techniques and equipment. Special classes in both academic and vocational fields serve to prepare you for your chosen vocations. Field trips afford you a first hand view of the practical application of the principles you have learned in the classroom and laboratory. Your most satisfying returns might be classified under the category of personal achievement. There is a certain amount of self-satisfaction to be gained from being a loyal and active supporter of a particular or- ganization, from serving as an officer, and from seeing your name appear on the Dean ' s List. There is realiza- tion of personal progress when you begin your turn at student teaching. In checking the dividends which have come your way since your arrival at Stout, you have perhaps over- looked the fact that you have made your own personal contributions, though small in comparison, to your Alma Mater. You have but to pause and consider the fact that Stout can exist only so long as you who comprise its student body continue to make your presence felt. You then are Stout, and your being on the campus is vital to its very existence. Whenever a visitor leaves our campus, the impression he carries away of Stout is largely determined by his impression of you. When- ever you leave the campus, whether it be to attend a movie in Menomonie, a national convention in Chicago, or to visit your respective homes for the holidays, you are Stout in the eyes of those with whom you come in contact. Nor does your contribution end with graduation. You will influence members of another generation to follow in your footsteps so that they, in turn, may realize the fullest returns on the best investment a youth can make today — a college education.