Wisconsin State Teachers College - Meletean Yearbook (River Falls, WI)

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FGBEWGBD 1949 marks the seventy-fitth year since the founding of the River Falls State Teachers College, and the '49 MELETEAN in addition to reviewing people and events of the past year also pays honor to the people and events of former years that have made the College what it is today.

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THE OLD NORMAL SCHOOL BUILDING THE FIRST BUILDING ON THE CAMPUS ERECTED 1875 DESTROYED BY FIRE 1897 THE RIVER FALLS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE Founded 1874, The fourTh normal school To be esToblished in Wisconsin by The Board of RegenTs of Normal Schools. , Opened 1875 wiTh o focuITy of nine and o sTudenT body in The Normal DeporTmenT of 104, I897-The Normal School building desTroyed by fire. The school opened 0T one o'clock The nexT ofTernoon in buildings offered by ciTizens of River Falls, and confinued during The year wiThouT The loss of a single STudenT and buT one half day's loss occa- sioned by The fire. 1898-SouTh Hall erecTed and opened SepTember 6. 1909-FirsT summer session held. 1912-DeporfmenT of AgriculTure esTablished. 1914-NorTh Hall consTrucTed. Two Trends of farm land, oggregoTing obouT TorTy-five acres, pur- chased. 1917-1920-FurTher purchase of form lands. 1918-Borrocks buiIT in 1917 for o uniT of The STudenT Army Training Corps Transformed inTo shops for The AgricuITurol Mechanics deporTmenT. 1920-AThleTic field purchased. 1926-1927-Four-yeor courses leading To The degree of bachelor of educa- coTion esToblished. The River Falls Normal School becomes The River Falls SToTe Teachers College. 1927-The Training School Building consTrucTed. 1930-lndus'rriol ArTs Building compIeTed. 1935-River Falls SToTe Teachers College granTed occrediTmenT in The NorTh CenTrol AssocioTion of Colleges and Secondary Schools. 1945-ApproprioTion of $347,000 by The sToTe IegisloTure for The consTruc- Tion of new buildings. A pcurT of This fund used To consTrucT The Campus AporTmenTs for married veTerons and To purchase houses which have been converTed inTo residences Tor sTudenTs, especially 0 dormiTory for freshmen girls. 1948-CompleTion of oddiTion To The lndusTrial ArTs Building. 1948-1949-College enrollmenT breaks oII-Time record wiTh cm oTTendance of 831.