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

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Careers for Tomorrow For many years Stout offered girls majors in home economics education, dietetics, institutional management, and general home economics. Recently, majors in foods and nutrition, clothing and textiles, and business have been added to allow the coeds a wider selection. To be eligible for graduation a girl must have l28 semester hours of credit. Edu- cation majors must have a 22 semester hour minor, and all other majors are required to have two l5 or one 20 semester hour minor. Possible subject choices for minor students include journalism, Eng- lish, speech, physical science, social science, chemistry, related art, and mathematics. The home economics classes at Stout are designed to give the girls the maximum of practical experience along with theory. Senior women spend six weeks in a home management house where they apply the ideas and practical principles learned dur- ing their college experience. 5 1 r as A student artist projects an abstraction made from tooth picks in her fundamentals of design class. The Freshman food class learns all about the principles involved and the preparation of protein foods, such as custards and eggs.

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1,2 TZ , - 'KMC ,,. This three-year old displays his ability to create. Through work in the nursery school, students learn techniques of child guidance. By understanding children, they learn to understand themselves better. 10

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Determining the thickness of metal on '1 lulic is one of the mam piojects llI'lLlClE21lxCl'l 5'k17ls For .Tomorrow The man who attends Stout may choose industrial or vocational education, or inclus- trial technology. The main fields of concen- tration in these majors are graphic arts, draft- ing, general shop, electricity, woodworking, and power mechanics. Industrial education or vocational educa- tion majors have the opportunity to teach in junior and senior high schools, colleges, or in technical institutes. The year l955 saw the addition of the in- dustrial technology four year program. ln l959, however, a five year cooperative pro- gram was begun which allows the student to work in industry for one semester in his fourth and fifth years. All majors in industrial technology must complete two courses in chemistry, three in physics, and four in mathematics. Their course of study also includes general courses such as English, social science, and psycholo- gy, and specialized courses such as trade and job analysis, production control, and indus- trial relations.