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

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distinctive contributions Perspective is the way a person looks at the parts of a whole from a particular place in time. As you scan through the pages of this TOWER, you will see that many groups or parts are responsible for the successful functioning of a university. Students, professors, presi- dents, deans, each make individual and distinctive contributions to the functioning of our school. The pages of this yearbook depict in some measure, too, the inter- relationship which exists between students and Stout State Univer- sity. The comradeship of underclassmen does not of itself stimulate a spirit of learning. The circle must be widened to include faculty and administration. Hopefully you will see in this photographic essay the variety of ways in which our university has served its students. Recognizing the insistent demands of our changing society, Stout has provided in full measure what professionalism today demands. The curriculum has been examined, revised, and enlarged; methods have been studied and adopted; standards have been raised. All of these have been ac- complished in an environment of adequate facilities. Stout State University can take pride in its line faculty and capable administration. They are a group of men and women who work hand in hand to maintain the high standards on which our college is founded. Study enriches the lives of many students, but the guidance and direction from within our classrooms builds responsible citizens. Students, faculty, administrationea never-ending circle of teach- ing and leamingemake up our school. Perhaps if anyone is individ- ual it is Stout State University. Each of us see it in the light of per- sonal attitudes, experiences, and achievements, but all of us share the influence of a growing university.

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These are the raw materials of learning. Hopefully some student will grasp the inspiration of this lecture from the notes of our dedicated instructor, Clifford Gauthier.

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A most familiar figure on campus, President Micheels addresses the Homecoming assembly with cordial wel- comes, an abundance of spirit, and the best well-wishes. 30 PRESIDENT MICHEELS a message It is fitting that the theme of a college yearbook should have something to do with patterns, as this one does. As students, you are constantly made aware that the lessons you are learning, the experiments you are performing, the projects you are fashioning all are prep- aration for what might be termed the pattern of your later life. Your college experienceein the classroom or labor- atory or outside-is unceasing preparation for such activitiesefor earning a living, for raising a family, for participating in the government and social life of your community. But a pattern is often only as valuable as the skill of the man or woman who made it and the wisdom of those who apply it. And this fact creates a challenge for all of us. For those of us who are faculty and admin- istration, the challenge is to construct a pattern-in this case a complete college atmosphere that will help you prepare adequately for the future. Your challenge is to use that patternethe courses, the extra-curricular activities, the inspiration-to mold a future life that is right for you. Without each others cooperation and good faith, we will both fail the challenge. Working together we can approach success. I recall the ancient wisdom of Themistocles in which he was comparing a mans life to a rich Persian carpet, ttthe beautiful figures and patterns of which can be shown only by spreading and extending it out; when it is contracted and folded up, they are obscure and lost? It is my earnest hope that as you leave Stout, you will find that the pattern we have fashioned together will be one which you can spread and extend out during the rest of your life.