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ALUMNI NEWS BULLETIN

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2 ALUMNI NEWS BULLETIN Wisconsin State College Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Vol. 3, No. 2 A College Dedicated To Service April 1954

Officers Of Our Association President - Warren Blodgett

Executive Secretary - Burton R. Pierce

Executive Committee Helen Eagleburger, Class of 1950 Carl Strassburg, Class of 1950 Elizabeth Pfiffner, Class of 1929 Norman E. Knutzen, Class of 1920

George Whitney, Class of 1949

Editor - Burton R. Pierce

ALUMNI AND THEIR ALMA MATER

William C. Hansen, President C.W.S.C.

An alumnus may be proud of his college be­cause of the athletic vic­tories it wins, or the endow­ments it receives, or its elaborate building pro­gram, or because of the prominence of some of its faculty members. All these factors can be important if viewed in their proper per­spective. This is no attempt to belittle them, but we be­lieve a graduate can look to his college for other sat-· isfactions.

He should expect his college to maintain good stand­ards of achievement on the part of its students. Its repu­tation in this area will always be a compliment to him as a graduate.

He should expect his college to maintain its colle­giate integrity. It should be and do what it represents itself to be and do. How else can it build integrity in its students? How can it develop moral fiber and respons­ibility in its students if it does not itself possess these characteristics?

He should expect his college to make a constructive approach to its problems and to attempt to make that attitude a personal characteristic of its students. In a day when the successful technique seems to be to attack and vilify and intimidate, it is refreshing and encourag­ing to see someone with courage enough to use the other approach.

He should expect his college to be alert to the prob­lems and issues of the day, and to take an impersonal and objective point of view, willing to study the problem and to arrive at conclusions in the light of the facts. This is what his college taught him to do and he should ex­pect no less of it. These are among some of the genuine satisfactions a graduate should enjoy as he looks back at his college. It is a sobering responsibility for a college, sometimes more difficult to attain than new buildings, or winning football teams, or professors who write books.

EDUCATION

Warren Blodgett, President Alumni Association Hobbies are part of the life of a normal boy or girl.

They are more and more becoming a part of the life of adults.

To you alumni, I suggest a hobby that will give more satisfaction than any other that could engage your attention and absorb your interest. It is none other than EDUCATION. To you who are teachers, it would seem that your profession could hardly be placed in the cate­gory of recreation. Yet that is exactly what it could and probably should become. For those who are not teach­ers, EDUCATION offers unlimited opportunities for happy avocational activity and when retirement from your chosen profession or occupation comes, a hobby that continues zest for life.

EDUCATION is a broad term. It may be interpreted in many ways, and one's interest in EDUCATION ap­plied in diverse manners. It is not my purpose to discuss here the interpretations of the term nor many of the pos­sible applications of one's interest in EDUCATION. How­ever, there are held out to you particular things for you to do at least once in each college year and to make def­inite dates for doing them as the dates of any athletic, forensic, or social event are made: - First, visit the col­lege and acquaint yourself with its physical growth. Se­cond, talk to one of the administrators and one of the teachers. Let them share with you their problems, pro­grams, and purposes; and ask them what, if anything, you can do to assist them in carrying on the great cause of Education here in our section of the State, the very heart of Wisconsin.

WANTED! ACTIVE MEMBERS IN OUR ASSOCIATION

You will find enclosed an Application For Active Membership in our Alumni Association for 1954-1955. The annual dues are just $1.00. Your loyal support has been appreciated in the past and will be appreciated in the coming year. Join our growing Alumni Association. Our aim for 1954-1955 is 500 active members. Help us attain this goal.

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MR. MICHELSEN'$ RETIREMENT ANNOUNCED

When the College Band and Girls Glee club met for their Annual Homecoming banquet at Trinity Lutheran church Saturday night, March 15, President William C.

Hansen announced that C.S.C.'s music director, Peter J. Michel­sen, is retiring at the end of the current school year.

In announcing Mr. Michel­sen' s forthcoming retirement, President Hansen paid high tribute to him. That tribute was echoed by the many band and glee club members, alums, and guests at the banquet. Arnold Jendrick, Sparta, this year's pre­sident of the band alumni asso­ciation, and Francis White, Ashland, the new president,

Peter J. Michelsen spoke of Mr. Michelsen's con-stant help and encouragement

to the alumni. The high standards set for them while in college has been an inspiration to those who have direct­ed the music in the schools of the State of Wisconsin. Best wishes and happy days were the wish of his many loyal students, given Mr. and Mrs. Michelsen on this occa­

sion. At the program given Sunday, March 16, Norman

Hinkley, Portage, directed a number he wrote, "Salute To Peter J." Francis White directed a number he wrote, "Musician's Man": Mr. Jendrick, on behalf of the alums, presented Mr. Michelsen with the dog tag for a Boxer dog, "Lum", which he and his wife will receive soon. "Happy Birthday" was played and sang for Mrs. Michel­sen, whose love and affection has been felt by alums and students these many years.

A TRIBUTE The retirement of Peter J. Michelsen, Director of Mu­

sic C.S.C., was announced at the Band Homecoming ban­quet. He will be missed by those who have worked with him and come to honor and respect him as a teacher and a friend.

Mr. Michelsen came to this country from Norway where he attended the Military School Of Music for two years and then graduated from the Music Conservatory at Oslo. After his graduation he came to the United States. While he was learning the English language, he directed the city band at Westby, Wisconsin. From Westby he went to West Salem where he played in a 30 piece orchestra and directed the West Salem Military Band.

In 1922, he went to Richland Center. He directed the Richland Center High School band until 1931. While at Richland Center his bands took all honors in the state and national tournaments. After 9 successful years at Richland Center he came to Central State where he start­ed the college band and organized the music department of the school and has served in this position for the past 23 years.

Mr. Michelsen is a member of the Wisconsin School Music Association and a member of the American Band­masters Association, which is a national honorary group with such outstanding musicians as Edwin Franko Gold­man, Hubert L. Clark and the late John Phillip Sousa in its ranks.

Mr. Michelsen is not only known throughout the state and the midwest for his directing abilities but also as a music tournament judge. He has judged state tourna­ments in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa and a national tournament for bands in Denver, Colorado.

As for the future, Mr. Michelsen has no definite plans. He expects to stay around Stevens Point and enjoy the company of Mrs. Michelsen and Lum, his new Boxer pup, which was presented to him by the Band Alumni.

Whatever he does in the future, he has our sincere best wishes, for an enjoyable retirement.

The Campus We Love

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DR. DOUDNA RETURNS FROM MISSION

Dr. Quincy Doudna, Dean of Administration, spent two weeks early in March in Rubio, Venezuela, on the special "Point IV" assignment. Doudna repre­sented the Foreign Opera­a tions Administration a t a conference of the Organiza­tion of American States held to make final plans for the opening of a new Inter-­American Rural Normal School in Rubio.

Rubio is a small city in a picturesque coffee - growing valley near the border of Venezuela and Colombia. The temperature is about 75

degrees a t this time of the year. Dr. Doudna found the cli­mate a p leasant change from Wisconsin winter. The v il­lage is 7 degrees north of the equator.

Alumni who are teachers will be interested in the rather novel idea back of the Inter-American school. The Venezuelan government has a Rural Norma l School w ith a bout 250 students at Rubio located on the same campus. Rural Normal School teachers from the various Latin American countries will come to the Inter-American Nor-· ma! School and will use the Venezuelan Normal Sch ool as a kind of "demonstration" school in much the way that C.S .C. uses the Training School, except that in Ste­ven s Point elementary and h igh school teachers a re be­ing prepared instead of normal school teachers. The Inter-American Normal School will have about 75 to 100 students from various Latin American countries . The staff members are a lso from different nations.

This is the second foreign assignment Dea n Doudna has had in the past few months . Last summer he spent four or five weeks in Egypt as a consultant at a con­ference at Alexandia. In 1950-1951, he spent a year in Lima, Peru.

EXPANDING ALUMNI PLACEMENT SERVICES

Dr. Raymond Gotham, Director During the past several years an increasing number

of CSC alumni have availed themselves of our alumni p lacement services . This service is free to all CSC gra­duates and a welcomed service of the p lacement office. It is a genuine pleasure to assist our capable graduates in locating well deserved promotions to positions of greater responsibility and professional leadership. Too often a teacher, superviser or administrator remains too long in the same position when the challenge to his or her abilities are no longer present. To b e recommended for one of the many excellent promotions available, cre­dentia ls must be brought up-to-date. A form is sent each a lum, who requests this service, to provide the p lace­men t office with a record of experience , added educa ­tion and any military service completed. This inform­a tion a nd the appraisial of services rendered are added to the original credentials. They are then submi tted to school officials where vacancies are reported.

We have many more vacancies reported than capa­ble candidates w ith credentials up-to-date to recom­mend. All C.S.C. graduates w ith excellent records who are in terested in a promotion are urged to write the placement office requesting this service. We congratu-

late the many C.S.C. graduates who are making excel­lent teaching records, completing their graduate s tudy and are qualifying for promotions. This number is in­creasing from year to year.

AREA ALUMNI GROUP MEETING A SUCCESS The Public Relations Service; Dr. Raymond Gotham,

Chairman; and a group of loyal C.S.C. graduates in the Waupaca area planned an interesting alumni group meeting at the Waupaca City Library Thursday, Febru­ary 4, 1954. Melvin H. Brenner, Sales Manager, Edison Wood Products Company, New London, acted as toast­master. Robert Schunk; High School, Clintonville; acted as secretary. General arraigements were unde r the direction of Mrs. Helma T. Amundson, Supervis ing Teacher, Waupaca County. A short program con­sisting of brief remarks, colored films of college ac­tivities , reports of recent progress at the college, out­lines of plans for future meetings and special music, was g iven. Dessert and coffee were served.

The large a ttendance of a lumni and the fine spirit of the group was evidence of the success of the meeting. The alumni expressed a desire for another meeting next year and a hope that it wou ld be an annual affair. At the close of the mee ting John Check was elected chair­man for the next meeting to be held in the spring of 1955. Isabelle Stelmah oski and Harlen Stoltenberg were elected to serve on the committee of arrangements.

It is the wish of the Public Relations Committee that other area groups will express a desire for such meet­ings.

HOME ECONOMICS GROUP STAGES OPEN HOUSE The fast days of spring find us surveying our

C.S.C.T.V. open house, "We'll Be Seeing You" of March 18. We were so p leased many of you a ttended and brought your students. The total e stimated attendance was 1,100 at the two performances. We are proud to be a ble to put on a program that entertains and perhaps informs others of the broad horizons Home Economics offers . The success of the Open House goes to the Home Economics Club members, their en thusiasm, coopera­tiveness and w illingness to work. One college fresh­man in H.E. said, " It was a lot of work, but didn 't we have fun !"

Our seniors are signing contracts for next year. As usual there are more openings than graduates. You know that means a challenge to everyone to encourage capable s tudents to consider a field that g ives a double­va lue prepa ration.

When you a re on the campus be sure to see the new addition to the H.E. Department. - The student lounge has been converted into a second clothing lab­oratory.

We are proud of your success this year. We have many fine reports about C.S.C. H.E. a lumni. Be sure to send clippings about yourself and your activities so we can keep up with the b ig moments in your lives.

MISS ROACH HONORED On Ja nuary 20, 1954, the Junior Chamber of Com­

merce named Miss May Roach as "Stevens Point's Dis­tinguished Citizen of 1954". Miss Roach received an en­graved plaque and a citation at the Annual Dinner held a t Hote l W hiting. "Miss Roach has long been known here and throughout the s tate for the energy and enthu­siasm with which she undertakes her many a nd varied activities."

On February 18, 1954, at a meeting of the Southern Wisconsin Education Association Miss Roach was up­held to 4,500 teachers as "A Great Teacher".

ALUMNI NEWS BULLETIN 5

OUR ALUMNI MARRIAGES-

One of the first marriages of the new year was solemnized at the Scandinavia Lutheran church when Miss Violet Hansen, Scandinavia, became the bride ol Donald Westley, Nelsonville. The new Mr. and Mrs. Westly will live at 402 Pine Street, Stevens Point. Mr. Westley is employed by the Portage County Oil com­pany. Mrs. Westley attended C.S.C. and taught school in Waupaca county for two years. She is now employ­ed by Hardware Mutuals.

Poinsettias decorated the altar in St. Joseph's Cath­olic church where Miss JoAnn Wanta, 201 Jefferson Street, Stevens Point, became the bride of Mr. Gerald Cook, Tomahawk. Mr. Cook, a graduate of the Toma­hawk High School, is employed by the National Con­tainer company of Milwaukee. His bride, a graduate of P. J. Jacobs High School and C.S.C. in 1952, taught in the Tomahawk schools. She is a member of Omega Mu Chi sorority.

Large bouquets of mums formed the setting in St. Stanislaus Catholic church, Stevens Point, for the mar­riage of Miss Audrey Ann Lukasavitz and Clarence Klismet. Mr. Klismet, a graduate of C.S.C. is an elemen­tary teacher at the Lowell school in Wisconsin Rapids. Hisi bride, a graduate of the local high school, is em­ployed at the WSPT radio station.

In a ceremony performed at Appleton T. Connor Dineen, 418 Brawley, claimed as his bride Miss Helen Hoffman. Mr. Dineen attended C.S.C., where he became a member of Phi Sigma Epsilon fraternity . He is employ -ed by the General Telephone company at Seymour where he and his bride will live when they return from their honeymoon in Chicago.

Miss Deloris Krause became the bride of Walter Hoeft, Jr. at Dr. Martin Luther church, Oconomowoc. The bride is a student at C.S.C. and will graduate in June. The groom attended Northwestern college, Dodge county nor­mal and Whitewater state college. He is presently teaching in the junior high school at Port Edwards. The couple will make their home at 1049 Main Street, Ste­vens Point.

BIRTHS-

A son, Jacques Lynden, was born Dec. 9 to Rev. and Mrs. Gilbert Halverson, Eau Claire. Rev. Hal­verson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Halverson, 710 Elk Street, Stevens Point. His wife is the daughter oi Mrs. Christina Amundson, Clintonville.

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Faulks, Lake Forest, Ill., are the parents of a daughter, Elizabeth Marion, born Dec. 28, 1953. Mrs. Faulks is the former Mary Ann Walsh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Walsh, 207 Wyatt Ave., Stevens Point.

A daughter, Kendra Ruth, was born on Dec. 23, 1953 to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Schank, Racine. Mrs. Schank is the former Lorraine Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Christian are the parents of a daughter born Dec. 21, 1953 at St. Mary's hospital, Wausau. Mrs. Christian is the former Ruth Formella.

On Tuesday, January 20, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Westenberger became the parents of a son. The West­enbergers live at 300 East Avenue, Stevens Point.

On Dec. 23, a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred­rick Kremple, Minneapolis. Mrs. Kremple is the former

Patricia Carver. Mr. Kremple formerly taught at the college.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Korzilius of Westwood, California, became the parent of a daughter, Kimberly Lou, Dec 20. Mr. Korzilius is a teacher at Westwood High School.

Congratulations are extended to Mr. and Mrs. Stan­ley Trebatoski on the arrival of a daughter, Dec. 31, 1953 and to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Mozuch on the arrival of their daughter Dec. 20, 1953.

ENGAGEMENTS -

Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Livingston, Almond, announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Jane to Stan­ley Green, Sturgeon Bay. Miss Livingston, a graduate of C.S.C. is director of the Door county library.

Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Borchardt, Fremont, announce the engagement of their daughter, Arylss to Bryan Pur­chatzke, Weyauwega.

Miss Nancy Jean Wright will be married to Karl William Paape May 8, 1954. Mr. Paape is a graduate of C.S.C. and the Wisconsin law school.

The parents of Joyce Moll, Junction City, announce her engagement to David W. Nelson, Wisconsin Dells. Miss Moll is a graduate of C.S.C. and is now teaching the second grade at the Jefferson school in Appleton.

Mr. and Mrs. James Jones, Wild Rose, have an· nounced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Mar­garet Jones, to Mr. George Emmerich. Miss Jones is a graduate of C.S.C. and is the director of Homemaking in the Mosinee High School. Mr. Emmerich is also a graduate of C.S.C. He taught one year at Lena high school and served in Alaska during the Korean War.

NECROLOGY -

Mrs. Della Witt died in a local hospital, Feb. 8, after a long illness. Mrs. Witt attended Wausau Teachers Normal and Stevens Point Teachers College. She taught high school in Marathon county.

Funeral services for Thomas L. Faucett, Oxfordville, were conducted Tuesday, January 20 at the Oxfordville Methodist Church. Tom graduated from C.S.C. and taught school at Rudolph and Oxfordville. Since then he had been employed by Fairbanks-Morse at Beloit.

Carl William Handke, Wild Rose, a former princi­pal and athletic coach of Wild Rose High School, died Monday, February 3, 1954 at the hospital there. Mr. Handke had undergone major surgery previously. He taught school at Gordon, Wis., for four years and at Wild Rose High School for 15 years. For the past 10 years he had been teaching mathematics at Portage, Wisconsin.

Miss Kathryn Philippi, former Colby teacher and graduate of Central State College, died at her home following a heart attack. She taught in Colby for 15 years.

Mr. Hollis Parkin died at his home in Coloma March 11, 1954. Mr. Parkin served as a teacher in the country schools after his graduation from C.S.C. He was employed as bookkeeper for the Follett Company for five years and as postmaster from 1940 to 1948.

SEND IN THE NEWS We are anxious to have you send in articles for

the Alumni Bulletin. Your former classmates will be glad to know what you are doing. We are especially indebted to Miss Syble Mason and Mrs. Raymond Specht for the clippings they have collected giving us news of our graduates.

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LETTERS FROM THE FELLOWS IN SERVICE

The boys in service would be happy to hear from the ir fr iends. Here are a few addresses:

Pvt. John Sandberg U.S. 55431034 155th Inf. Reg. 31st Div. Camp Carson, Colorado

Ens. Frank De Guire U S S Cawell D0-547 '/ FPO New, York, N. Y.

Bill Wiersma w rites

Cpl. Edwin Heuer Headquarters Company I 0th Inf. Division Fort Riley , Kansas

Cpl. Edward Furstenberg Headquarters, KComZ AG Section, APO 234 1

· ; Postmaster, San Francisco

'I enjoy very much the information I receive from the college and Alumni Bulletin. In all probability I'll be stationed here at Ft. Belvoir for the remainder of my active service so I'll appreciate the news.

I just finished an army specialist school and now I'm stationed here at the engineer school as an instruc­tor. I'm sure the teaching technique and lesson plan writing that was taught in the training school will prove useful in my present work."

Pvt. Bill Wiersma Hq. Co. !s t Br. T.E.C.R. Ft. Belvoir, Virginia.

Don Visser writes -

" It is sure nice to know that the good old college remembers me. I'm here a t Camp Polk, just a buck pri­vate in the rear ranks. I reckon that must strike home old memories. Take it easy on those young practice teachers."

Pvt. Donald Visser H. Q. Batry 135th F.A.B.W. Camp Polk. La.

Bob Beste writes -

" I am receiving training in a pipeline course and have only 24 days training left. Upon completion I will probably be assigned to a p ipeline company in Korea, Europe or here in the U.S.

I met John Bruh a and Jack Popek in the train depot in St. Louis and have heard there are other people from the college down here. Haven 't come across them as yet.

I often think about my e ighth grade mathematics class and wonder how they are getting along in h igh school. "

Pvt. Robert Beste Co. A 51 st A.E.B. 6th Armored Division Trans. Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

CONGRATULATIONS ALUMNI!

Miss Gretchen Holstein received her master's degree in English at the University of Wisconsin a t the mid-year convocation. Gretchen graduated from C.S.C. in June 1952.

Jack Davis was elected president of the Stevens Point \AJ elf are Council , a group organized to co-ordinate charity and welfare services in the city.

A star athlete, who attended Stevens Point High School and C.S.C. half a century ago is soon to be h on­nored at Ithaca College at Ithaca, N. Y. The college

yearbook will be dedicated to Lawrence (Larry) Hill, who is completing 25 years as dean of health and phy­sical education at the college.

"Lincoln and W1sconsin" - how the state played an important role in the life of the Great Emancipator -was the topic of a lecture given at the University Exten­sion Center by Prof. Frank Klement of the Maraue tte University History Department. Prof. Klement is a - gra­duate of the Shawano High School and of Wisconsin State College at Stevens Point. He holds M.A. and Ph . D. degrees from U. W. and has been on the history faculty at Marquette since 1948.

Dr. Carl Lindow, a scientific consultant in foods and feeds, recently made public the process which he has developed. A year ago, Dr. Lindow resigned as director of research for the Kellogg company in Battle Creek. Prior to holding that post he had been on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin. He has also been affiliated with Western State Teachers College, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Central State Teachers College, Stevens Point.

Recently Vice Presiden t Richard Nixon took time off from politics to en joy a few days a t the Key Biscayne hotel on Key Biscavne, Florida. Managing director of the hotel is Robert Ned!e , graduate of C.S.C. and son of Sen­a tor and Mrs. Oscar Neale, Stevens Point.

Students learn by doing in conservation classes at Town of Dewey school. Pupils, guided by Mrs. Lenore Jacobson (Lenore Bras), their teacher, built an exhibit showing the effects on uncared-for land and what jj

could look like if conservation projects are carried out. Pupils from all eight grades of the one-room, 33-pupil school, aided in the project.

SECONDARY TEACHERS BIG FACTOR IN CHOICE OF COLLEGE

A study made by Eugene R. McPhee, director of the nine Wisconsin State Colleges, revealed that the most important single influence in determining whe ther young people go to college is the high school teacher. More freshmen at the state colleges this year came because of their high school teacher's influence than for any

1other reason, according to a study by the office of the board of regents of state colleges. Parents rank second to high school teachers, and college s tudents come next in order of importa nce.

The influence of the college is fe lt when the new student begins to plan his profession or occupatio;,. Almost half the freshman class at the colleges were in­fluenced to enter teaching by the college. Most of these visi ted the campus to watch modern teaching methods in practice before enrolling.

The state college study reports that freshmen are enrolled in the Wisconsin State colleges from 400 public high schools and 25 private high schools in Wisconsin. There are students from 19 other s ta tes a nd from five foreign coun tries. The fresh men usually plan to be teachers, but there is a group of 685 in the liberal arts program or in the professional courses.

The college plans to continue its efforts to recruit students, realizing that its effort is only one of the many factors of influence. Loyal secondary alumni is proba­b ly the most effective influence.

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Dear Alumni of C.S.C.

It becomes my assignment and my privilege to write greetings to you for this issue of the Alumni News Bul­letin at the invitation of Bur ton R. Pierce, our faithful and efficient executive secretary .

Vvhenever I refer to our beloved Alma Mate r as C.S.C., I am wondering if it sounds a bit strange to those of you who in the early years chee red for S.P.N. or some­what more recently yelled lustily for C.S.T.C. . Let one who has been on this campus through all these changes assure you that though names, curricula, buildings, as well as faculty and student personnel may cha nge, the spirit and the atmosphere which was here in those days continue to keep our Alma Mater the institution we love.

Now and th en w hen I count my earthly blessings, high in the list is the stroke of luck which brought me back in 1914 so I have had the chance to know the gra­duates through a long period of time. As I meet various groups of people all over the State and occasionally in neighboring states, I am a lways expecting the cordial greeting and hearty handsake of some one who began his college life in C.S.C. Never am I disappointed. Sometlmes the name is gone from my mind, but never have I forgotten the face .

O ne nigh t last fall when I entered a banquet room in Sheboygan and found my p lace, seated a lm ost in front of me was Frances Bannach Dickerson, looking as enthusiastic as she did when she was a student at S.P.N. or the superintendent of Portage County schools. After we had exchanged somewhat noisy greetings, I learned that she had asked for an invitation to come and sit in front of me to see if I would recognize her. How could I forget a Bannach, that family which had sent n ine sons and daughters to our campus!

In the last few months many messages have come to me from Stevens Pointers far and near. How I w ish I could share them with the readers of this bulletin, but time and space makes that impossible. One mail brought a letter from Mrs. James B. Roherty of Rockford, Illinois, who was Catherine Garvin when she was here. The next week a message came from her sister, Alice Garvin Mulrooney of St. Paul full of family news and mes­sages for those with whom she had spen t happy days in Stevens Point. Also from Rockford came a newsy

letter from Lois and Emery Fritch, both of whom are teach ing in that city. Lucy Doyle wrote from Modesta, California, where she has been a member of the teach­ing staff since she left the Stevens Point schools several years ago.

When I was home in Eau Claire recently, I learned from a mutual friend that Celestine Nuesse was in Ger­many again loaned by Cath olic University to work on a n assignment for the U.N. There is a lad who has made real contributions in the field of social science and says he got his start at C.S.T.C.

One doy last week I found a letter in my mail box which Herb Steiner had received from George Everson; "Stiffy" we used to call him, and "Stiffy" he s igned his letter. He had enclosed two newspaper clippings. One told about h is oldest son, a graduate of the University of Florida, who is the sports ed itor for the Gainesville Daily Sun.

The other clipping w ill bring sad news to all of y ou who knew Bill Dineen as it did to us. He recently passed away in a Jacksonville hospital a fter a long illness. He had graduated from Law School at Stetson University and had become dean of the Jacksonville Law School.

"Stiffy" Everson is an attorney in St. Augustine, and if we can judge from h is long, newsy letter, he has as much pep as he did in the old days.

The C.S.C. people who have spent the winte r or part of it in Florida are now returning. Ge rtie Hanson has en­joyed her first w inter vacation there. The Hyers will soon be back to enjoy their summer home at Waupaca Lakes, a nd Mr. and Mrs. Neale have been guests of Bob a t Key Biscayne Hotel in Miami where he is general di­rector. They have just returned in time for Senator Neale's attendance at meetings of the two legislative interim com­m ittees of which he is a member.

And so I could go on. Plan to pay a visit to your Al­ma Mater one of these days. Write about yourself and your fami ly. There are many who want that news. Keep the communication lines open and active.

May th: Lord con tinue to bless and support you.

Sincerely,

May M. Roach, Class of 1910

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