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Plans for Expansion EARS are shifting and great plans are being G made this year for development of the physi­ cal plant of Milwaukee-Downer College. The Ex­ ecutive Committee has authorized the Committee on Buildings and Grounds to hire an architect to draw up minimum developmental plans for a new Commons, President's House, and to double our present dormitory capacity. Dr. Johnson announced on Sept. 26 that by 1958 Downer would need and have these new buildings. The first signs of growth can be dis­ cerned in the rising enrollment and large number of dormitory students who entered the college this year. Because of these plans which are being made, the two Committees, Buildings and Grounds, and Decorations and Furnishings, will be of extreme importance in the coming years. Watch later is­ sues of Snapshot for an announcement of the members of these committees and a description of the work they will be doing. HE new year starts with confusion,. new faces, Tchanges in curriculum, even changes in the physical appearance of the buildings. But now Financial Report things are being straightened out, and soon names and faces will be associated correctly, class sched­ OR the last five years either all or most of the ules will be settled finally, and it will begin to F issues of Snapshot have been mimeographed; seem that this year is merely a continuation of this year things are going to be different. Snap­ the last. shot not only is going to be printed, but it will Snapshot extends a welcome to the new mem­ also include photographs. bers of Downer's community. We hope to see all In order to achieve this aim, we needed much of you, students, faculty and staff alike, in Kim­ more money to operate on than we had previously berly often for a cup of coffee and a chance to found necessary. Therefore, as the administration get better acquainted. also considers this a worthwhile venture, the col­ We welcome, also, Downer's two new trustees, lege has agreed to support the newspaper $5.00 Mr. Phillip Ryan, President of the Cutler-Hammer for every $4.00 we raise in subscriptions up to Company, and Mr. J. R. Wallace, Secretary of $500.00 which, with our present funds, would al­ the A. 0 . Smith Corporation. Mr. Ryan's wife, low us to print it. As a subscription to Snapshot­ incidentally, was a graduate of Milwaukee-Downer Kodak costs $2.50 a year, this amounts to 160 Seminary while it was a part of the college. subscriptions. Improvements in curriculum such as the 300 In previous years our subscriptions numbered courses and the fourth-hour Tuesday assembly 43. At the present time we have approximately time are also newly taking effect this year. Downer is growing and changing, but the atmos­ 100 subscribers, and we will continue to build this phere of friendliness and good fellowship stays throughout the first semester. We hope that by the same, and while this is true we are sure that printing we will continue to improve the caliber our welcome has been and will be repeated many of the newspaper, to make the student body and times. We hope you like Downer as you learn all of our subscribers proud of it, and to make to know it better, and that your association with Snapshot a true ambassador of Milwaukee-Downer the college will be a very pleasant one. College. • • • • • • • • • • • • LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE The college camp at Lake Geneva will be the As a result of the Leadership Conference last scene of the second Leadership Conference on year, Downer has a reorganized college board the weekend of October 13 and 14. The purpose and a new policy regarding seating at assemblies. of the conference is to form a policy and establish It is hoped that any persons not going to the a goal for the new school year. Officers of the conference will present their ideas to the repre­ various organizations and their faculty advisors sentative of their organization in order to help plus three freshmen, elected by their class, have make this conference as successful as the last been invited to attend the conference. was felt to be.

1 ... A FRESHMAN How does it feel to be The bewilderment of new faces - the making of new, life-time friends- the realization for the ... AN INSTRUCTOR first time of what the word "study" means- the . . . Back to the old grind - the old stir of feeling that this is the first step toward that new pleasure as I greet old friends and new, all future goal. It's both frightening and wonderful fellow students from the youngest freshman to - the scent of oak and ivied halls - mirrors the oldest professor; the old twinges of new frus­ dancing with excited faces - the joy of planning tration as I prepare for lectures (If only I had a room- of having a roommate: mysterious old read, thought, studied harder -if only I had traditions - it marks the beginning- and it's more to give . . . ) ; the old blend of new hopes, quite electric- this new feeling- I'm a FROSH! new apprehensions as the class lists develop and plans for courses come clearer (Will this be really valuable for them? Will they enjoy and profit from that - or be just bored?) I don't know what this year will bring- what laughter, what frustration, what friendship, what bewilderment, what sheer joy- but I do know the old grind will be anything but dull. ... A SENIOR A staid old Senior at last. There were times when I thought I'd never make it, other times when I wondered whether college was really worth-while. I know it's early to start reminisc­ ing, but often little things jar me into remem­ bering that this is my last year here, and time flies by too quickly. Tryouts for Downer's fall play, "The Importance of Being Earnest" found aspiring young Barrymores reading with earnest A Senior. Staid? Not necessarily. Old? Heav­ the lines of Oscar Wilde's play which will be held early in Nov. ens, not yet! A Senior, the year which is the end of one life for me, yet whose ending is the begin­ ning of another life, life as a productive member Quick Snaps of society. A Senior, soon to leave here and to ITH two colleges on the same street under­ return only as an alumna, a guest but no longer Wgoing the confusion of registration on the really an integral part of Downer. same day some unusual incidents are bound to ... A JUNIOR happen. For example, Miss Sally Brooks, the new Perhaps the old song about the jolly junior secretary working for Mrs. Kuemmerlein and in is a good place to start explaining how I feel the Dean's Office, reported for work on her first about being a junior. To me, it is the year between day and was promptly set to mimeographing. the extremely busy sophomore year and the last When the day was almost over she noticed some year with the responsibilities of being a senior. young men in ROTC uniforms which puzzled her It is a year in which we can catch our breath until she suddenly realized that she had been and perhaps relax a bit to prepare for the chal­ busily mimeographing at Milwaukee State. lenge ahead. We have the opportunity to be the Big Sister Class of the new freshmen and help them through I'll tell you where to go ! their first year. It is the year when we are very CAN'T talk- not really. But I can tell you much a part of the school and yet a bit removed I lots of things. Most important, I can tell you so that we may be more objective about college where to go. and ourselves. It is wonderful to be a junior, to I've been around a long time, and I've heard look back at the last two years, and ahead to the many questions. Most of the time the questions last two and the future beyond. just showed that people didn't know where to . . . A SOPHOMORE go when. You know Downer has organization­ Gee- I'm a sophomore! It's a scary, lazy, all you need now is to learn to use it. excited, but "in-the-know" sort of feeling, and If you'll take the slip sheet that's included in I'm a little apprehensive about how it fits! The this issue of Snapshot, and tack it on your bulle­ "I belong here" cry dances along beside my green tin board or put it under your desk blotter where jacket and shiny face . . . like my fellows I am, it'll be handy you won't have to ask anyone where 1, confident; 2, gay; and 3, probably a little loud! to go- you'll know. Then you won't be telling My courses are new and different- Oh! Likewise the girl across the hall- who is Assembly Pro­ am I NEW and DIFFERENT! I feel bounder­ grams Chairman - that you wish someone would older- rather philosophical at times! Well­ fix the C.G.A. mimeograph in Kim so you could gosh! Can't you see? It's so exciting, so hopping, use it to print some programs for Mother's Week­ so coiled with mixed emotions - memories of last end. You'll tell the Mimeograph Chairman. year, hopes for this year, excitement for all years! I hope this little note from me will help you. Guess I'm a victim of "sophomoritis"! Know some­ Try it anyway- O.K.? thing else?- It feels awfully good! Downer Sue 2 New Faculty ... s~ • • • There is some art in all people, but in most, PUBLISHED BY THE MILWAUKEE-DOWNER it is not present to a sufficient degree to be ex­ COLLEGE GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION ploited. Mr. Arthur Thrall and Mr. Frank Kulasie­ wicz, the new faculty in the Art Department, are Editor Staff exceptions to this rule. Margaret Hady Wilma Baldwin Pat Mahler Mr. Thrall dubs himself a "practicing artist" Assistant Editor Barbara Bauer Vicky Marone but he is much more than that. He exhibits na­ Pat Connell Sandy Erickson Phyllis Nelson Anita Gibson tionally and his works have graced the walls of Photographer Dorothy Sheila Rosenthal such places as the Museum of Modern Art and the Marilyn Pautzke Hahlbeck Jane Simmons National Academy. Advisor Dee Knopp Shirley During Mr. Kulasiewicz's military career, he Mr. Dale Judy Kuenstler Zurchauer helped set up a craft shop in France. A number of art awards have been garnered by the two instructors. The most recent recogni­ tion was directed toward the work they displayed at the Wisconsin State Fair. ... and Students Both men are native Milwaukeeans. Mr. Thrall, "I've never been anyplace where everyone however, was formerly a member of the Art De­ made me feel as welcome as they do here," says partment at Sumy Teacher's College, Geneseo, Nicole Tirard, one of the foreign students, study­ New York. ing at Downer this year. A junior at our school, Mr. Thrall is the instructor in ceramics design, Nicole is from Wuoincourt, France, and she has and Introduction to Art. Instructor Mr. Kulasie­ been in the United States since July working in wicz will be teaching print making, weaving, and Connecticut as a camp counselor. Nicole, who en­ design. joys handicraft, is majoring in 0. T. Both the new instructors' interest now center about Milwaukee-Downer College and art- of Dorothea Hofmann from Romahshorn, Switz­ course. erland, is also a junior majoring in 0. T. Dorothea has been in the United States only since Septem­ • • • The first impression Downer made on Miss ber 1. She thinks that the teacher-student rela­ Nancy Hungate was one of friendliness. "Both tionship at Downer is one of the nicest things faculty and students helped me feel at ease," she said. Miss Hungate, our new physical education teacher, is from Oberlin, Ohio. She is a graduate Downer's foreign of Oberlin College and begins her teaching career students, from left at Milwaukee-Downer College. to right are- bot­ tom: Masako Kaug­ Her favorite sports are hockey, basketball, and saki, Japan; Anna swimming, but she likes them all. She is also a fan Deliyami, Greece; of modern classical music and is starting a record upper left, Nicole collection in this field. Tirard, France; and Dorothea Hofmann, • • • Many of you have already seen or met Mr. Switzerland. Boyer, the handsome young addition to the Edu­ cation Department. Perhaps some of you have also been fortunate enough to have met his wife or his son, David, who is two and a half. If not, you about the college. Dorothea has many hobbies and will probably have the chance as the year passes. interests, especially knitting and gardening. Don't miss it! Masako Kawasaki from Tokyo, Japan, came to Mr. Boyer has a varied and interesting back­ the United States three years ago. She is enrolled ground, educationally and otherwise. He has at­ as a junior, transferring from Mount Vernon Jun­ tended more schools than we have room to list, ior College in Washington, D. C. Masako, in com­ receiving a B.A. in philosophy at Stanford Uni­ paring the two colleges, thinks that Milwaukee­ versity, an M.A. from the University of Colorado in English Education, and his PH. D. in education Downer students put much more emphasis on from Arizona State College. doing their work well than the students at Mount During the Second World War he was a mem­ Vernon. Chemistry is Masako's major. ber of the Army Air Corps; afterwards, from 1948 Our other foreign student is Anna Deliyanni to 1950, he worked for the army as a civilian, di­ from Athens, Greece. Her major is 0. T. and she recting the democratization program and as an likewise is a junior. Anna has been in the United educational advisor. Mr. Boyer's interests include reading and win­ States one year. She attended Kotty College in ter sports, skiing being especially mentioned. Ask Missouri. The outstanding feature she noticed him, sometime, about the trip down Rogue River about Milwaukee-Downer College is the vim and he and a friend made this summer. vitality the students in this, the northern part of (Continued on next page) the country, have. 3 minds as we see Betsy Dobbs, a new student and 1956 Christmas Bazaar part time nurse, on campus. A graduate nurse from Columbia Hospital, Betsy is back to classes AN you stuff planarians? Do you fancy your­ for her Bachelor of Science in Nursing, majoring C self a Fanny Farmer? Even if you're not in psychology. especially talented in these areas but are willing to help, please contact these committee chair­ She is an enthusiastic football fan, enjoys sail­ men- ing, camping, other outdoor sports, and her fa­ Candy- Margie Smith, Joan Christoph­ vorite hobby, dancing. (Incidentally, in answer to the question with which this brief sketch started, erson she prefers to be considered a student.) Color Printing, Leather Work, Enamel- ing - Ann Seyfarth • • • Miss Mildred Davis, Downer's new Foods Service Director, hails originally from Maryville, Knitting- Sally Zaspel Missouri. She studied at Iowa State College at Toys- Gertrude Beck, Treva Navy Ames, Columbia University at New York, the Uni­ Decorations- Pat Morse versity of Chicago, and the University of Wiscon­ Publicity - Marilyn Pautzke sin. As you perhaps know, we have four exchange Before coming to Downer, she worked at the students this year who were sponsored by the University of North Dakota. During our interview, Bazaar last year. Let's all work hard to make this she mentioned the greatest differences she has one as big a success! noticed between that school and Downer. First, and perhaps you have noticed this too, she men­ • • • • tioned the lack of male students. "At North Da­ kota," she said, "there are three boys to every new faculty (continued) girl." • • • "Social life! That's my business," comment­ Another basic difference she found was the ed Downer's new Dean, Miss Marjorie Knueppel, amount of individuality allowed the students here. who, with an extremely busy schedule, finds time At North Dakota students were names, not more. for both the social and business aspects of her job. Few of them were personally known to their ' .' "I especially enjoy my apartment and entertain­ teachers. As an example, she gave her Quantity ing," she smiled. A former Milwaukeean, Miss Cooking class. Here, she is teaching six girls; there Knueppel comes to Downer from Buffalo, New her lab sessions had about fifty students, her lec­ York, where she was associate dean and directed tures about eighty-five to one hundred. student activities at the New York State Uni­ Miss Davis commented also on what she had versity College for Teachers at Buffalo. heard about Downer before coming here. "Downer Busy getting acquainted with Downer- in­ is one school where students learn gracious living, volved with official duties, Miss Knueppel still as well as receiving a good scholastic education." finds time for her "special" hobby- cooking! "I'm not a very good cook," she confessed, "but I • • • • have fun doing it." • • • Miss Margaret MacDermott comes to Downer from Kingswood School in Blooming Hills, i