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

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SOUTH HALL ERECTED 1898 MEMBERS OF 1874 - 1949 PRESIDENTS OF THE SCHOOL W. D. Parker, 1875-1889; 1895-1898 J. Q. Emery, 1889-1893 John Hull, 1893-1894 W. J. Brier, 1898-1909 H. L. Wilson, 1909-1911 J. W. Crabtree, 1911-1917 J. H. Ames, 1917-1946 E. H. Kleinpell, 1946- THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS AT RIVER FALLS Allen H. Weld, 1868-1877 A. D. Andrews, 1877-1885 C. V. Guy, 1885-1892 E. E. Ainsworth, 1892-1895 E. Ballard, 1896 Freeman H. Lord, 1897-1906, 1909-1912 F. D. Ensign, 1906-1909 George Thompson, 1912-1913 F. W. Ramer, 1913-1929 Jay H. Grimm, 1929-1941 James A. Richards, 1942-1945 Dr. Chalmer Davee, 1946-

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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.

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NORTH HALL ERECTED IN 1914 The mosT imporTonT facTors in a college are The sTudenTs and The focuITy. The college is in The cicss-rooms where The sTudenT meeTs The Teacher. In every year of iTs hisTory The sTudenT body 0T River Falls has been chorocTer- ized by a spiriT of loyaITy To The college and a cooperaTive oTTiTude Toward The facul'ry and The odminisTroTion. OuTsTanding records have also been chorocTerisTic in The various ocTiviTies of The school in which sTudenTs have Taken a leading parT-oThleTics, forensics, publications, dromoTics and oTher fields. The brillionT record of River Falls aThleTic Teams in inTercollegioTe com- peTiTion is well known. This deparTmenT has been forTunoTe in The chorocTer and abiliTy of The men who have direcTed iTs program. Many of These men have received oppoinTmenTs To responsible posTs in oThleTic deporTmenTs of some of The leading universiTies. The ochievemenTs of members of The faculTy in closs-room work has esTob- Iished a repuTaTion which reflecTs greoT crediT on The college. Evidence of This high sTondord of scholarship and Teaching skill is found in The records made by groduoTes of The college in The groduoTe deparTmenTs of many uni- versiTies. Members of The River Falls TacuITy, in every period of The school's hisTory, have been called To imporTonT posiTions in oTher insTiTuTions of higher learning, some To The presidencies 0T oTher colleges, and some To posiTions on The insTrucTional sToffs of leading colleges and universiTies. THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS BUILDING ERECTED IN 1930