The Normal School at Platteville has the honor of being the
first normal organized in Wisconsin. The school was opened
in 1866 on grounds previously occupied by the Platteville
Academy. It is situated in a progressive city of six thousand
people, surrounded on all sides by the rich rolling prairie of
southern Wisconsin. The Platte Mounds near the city add much
to the beauty of this attractive region. Rich lead and zinc mines
in the vicinity enhance the material wealth of the community
and furnish many points of interest to the student. Good drainage
and pure water afford excellent hygienic conditions. The excellent
moral tone of the town and the absence of circumstances likely
to distract from studious habits make the location an ideal one
for a large school.
Since the opening of the school more than six thousand students
have been enrolled. More than one thousand have gone
forth as graduates of the school. The alumni are now in forty
different states and territories. Their earnest and efficient
work prove an honor to the school, and justify the state in her
liberal support of normal work.
The fine new building now in construction will be opened
in September, 1907. This structure is modern in plan and
provides ample room for all that is desired in the most up-to-date
normal school. The cost of this building and its equipment is
one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00). This fine new
plant will afford the very best opportunity for effective work
in training teachers for the public schools of Wisconsin.
FACULTY.
NORMAL DEPARTMENT.
JOHN W. LIVINGSTON, President, Psychology, Science and History
of Education.
O. J. SCHUSTER, Institute Conductor, Elementary Mathematics,
Observation and School Management.
JAMES A. WILGUS, General History, English History and Political
Economy.
M. C. LEONARD, Physical Geography, Physics and Geology.
MYRTLE L. CARPENTER, English Literature and Rhetoric.
WILLIAM H. DUDLEY, Biology, Chemistry and Agriculture.
W. H. WILLIAMS, Geometry, Trigonometry and Higher Algebra.
THOMAS H. GENTLE, Methods and Supervisor of Practice.
FRANK F. CHURCHILL, Vocal Music.
ARNOLD L. GESELL, Pedagogy and Rhetoricals.
LOREN W. LOY, Composition, Rhetoricals and El. Algebra.
ISABELLA PRETLOW, Grammar, Orthoepy and Reading.
LAURA H. WELD, Geography, Civil Government and American History.
MAUDE J. MITCHELL, Drawing.
LUCIA E. DANFORTH, Latin.
CLARA SCHUSTER, German.
AGNES OTIS BRIGHAM, Physiology and Physical Culture.
BEE A. GARDNER, Literary Readings and Reading Room Librarian.
BELLE BURKE, Clerk and Text Book Librarian.
Mrs. CLARA GRINDELL, Pianist.
CAROLINE DOOLITTLE, Pianist.
TRAINING SCHOOL.
THOMAS H. GENTLE, Supervisor of Practice, Directory of Training
School.
JESSIE R. MONTGOMERY, Principal and Critic Grammar Grades.
JESSIE TODD, Principal and Critic Intermediate Grades.
LILLIAN HAMMERS, Principal and Critic Primary Grades.
V. M. RUSSELL, Director of Manual Training.
JOHN RICKARD, Engineer.
WILLIAM A. HENRY, Janitor.
OFFICIAL VISITING COMMITTEE.
Supt. W. J.EBERWEIN ............................................................................................................................................
Alma
Dr. E. C. ELLIOTT .............................................................................................................................................
Madison
Supt. E. T. O'BRIEN ................................................................................................................................................
Berlin