December is a month of holidays, starting with Krampusnacht and ending with New Years Eve. Along there way there is Hanukkah, Solstice, Yule, Festivus, Christmas, and Kwanzaa. If I missed one you celebrate add a comment below.
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Books are a great gift for your loved ones and winter is a great time to give them. Just think about them curling up by a fire reading a cozy novel or biography or history tome. If not a fire, then a heated blanket or a blanket + pet will work.
Andersen Library has put out a selection of giftable books this afternoon near the cafe. Any one or even 11+ could be yours for the low low price of 50 cents each. The payment box was not put back after the circulation desk was renovated, so please pay one of the staff members at that desk.
Stay warm and read a good book.
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It’s National Celebrate First Generation Week! Visit Andersen Library, the UC, and UWW Rock County Campus on November 6, 7, or 8 between 9 am – 4 pm to pick up a button or t-shirt and join us in this campus-wide celebration!
What is first generation? It means a student whose parents did not earn a four-year degree. Did you know? More than one-third of the Warhawks on the Whitewater campus and more than one-half on the Rock County campus are first-generation! The annual First-Generation College Celebration on November 8th commemorates the signing of the Higher Education Act of 1965. It promotes post-secondary access, retention, and completion for today’s limited-income, first-generation college students.
Join us this week as we Celebrate First Generation! Be sure to follow UW-Whitewater social media pages, for they will share stories of the many Warhawk students, alumni, and campus leaders who are PROUD to be first-generation.
This past weekend, the Athletic Hall of Fame at UW-Whitewater inducted ten new members who have all played an integral role in developing Warhawk Athletics into its current force. Among those new inductees was Derek Stanley, a two-sport star for the football team from 2003 to 2007 and the track and field teams from 2004 until 2008.
Stanley, a Verona, Wisconsin native, played running back in high school but started his Warhawk career as a defensive back and kick returner, for which he achieved All-American honors as a freshman.[1] In addition to Stanley’s early success on the football field, he would also achieve two first-team All-American awards in track and field in the long jump and triple jump.[2] Stanley proved himself a superior track athlete and considered leaving UW-Whitewater to play track at Division I, UW-Madison. Stanley ultimately chose to stay at Whitewater, and his commitment to the Warhawks paid off.[3]
The Royal Purple, March 8, 2006, 13. https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34565688
Stanley built his legacy as a wide receiver for the Warhawks. During his career at UW, Stanley is currently third all-time in receiving yards with 2,621 yards, second all-time in receiving touchdowns with 35, and fifth in yards per catch with an average of 20.16 yards per catch.[4] He was known for his speed, athleticism, and versatility.[5] After Stanley’s stellar performance in the NCAA Division III National Championship, where he received seven passes for 99 yards, he received much attention from the National Football League (NFL) scouts.[6] Stanley eventually met with a representative from every NFL team. The St. Louis Rams drafted Stanley with the 249th pick in the 2007 National Football League Draft.[7] This achievement would make him the first Warhawk drafted into the NFL.
The Royal Purple, March 14, 2007, 22. https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34565721
However, Stanley’s elevation into the NFL did not end his career as a Warhawk. After being drafted, Stanley returned to UW-Whitewater to finish his education and participate in track for his last year of eligibility.[8] The NFL encouraged him to complete his degree and did not have any issues with him continuing his track career because it helped him keep in shape for football.[9] Stanley finalized his Warhawk athletic career with a second-place finish in the conference long-jump competition.
Stanley graduated from UW-Whitewater in 2018 with a degree in physical education. Although Stanley’s time at UW-Whitewater has ended, the memory of his athletic prowess at UW-Whitewater will live on for generations to come.
The Royal Purple, March 3, 2004, 16. https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34565628
UW-Whitewater Archives and Area Research Center has a created a self-guided campus history tour for the Homecoming 2023 festivities. Several campus tours will be offered on Friday, October 27 and Saturday, October 28 — see the full schedule here. If those times don’t work for you or if you are interested in exploring around campus at your own pace on your own time, check out this self-guided tour!
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Instructions to join the self-guided UW-W Campus History Tour:
Create a team — no matter if you are planning to tour campus as a group or solo, you will need to create a team in order to officially join the tour.
Start the tour!
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Once you have joined the tour, you will see what is called the ‘mission list.’ Each mission will provide you with information about a person or place on campus. You will encounter three kinds of ‘missions’ – GPS, Photo, and Text. The GPS missions require you to be near the location to complete it. Photo and text missions will ask you to either take a photo or write a response to complete the mission. We hope you’d like to participate, but you can read the ‘missions’ to learn more about campus history and move on without completing the missions.
To complete the mission — select the ‘Do This Mission’ button. This is where you will be asked to check in your location, take a photo, or write a response. Once you’ve completed the mission, it will disappear from your mission list. If you would like to just read the missions without completing them, you do not need to select ‘Do This Mission’ but instead use the top left arrow to return to the mission list. If you do not complete the missions, they will not disappear and remain in the mission list.
We hope you learn something from this self-guided tour and enjoy reminiscing about your days here on campus!
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University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Homecoming theme for 1973 was “nostalgia,” although the various celebrations portrayed the theme of “Do Your Own Thing.”[1] Homecoming events began on Wednesday, October 10th, and lasted through Sunday evening. Events included a football game, a concert, a parade, a cookout, a dance, a block party, and a bonfire.[2] In addition, separate events were held at a Black Homecoming. The Homecoming Committee planned many activities without communicating with the student body, which led to discontent and frustration among the student body. For example, the committee decided on the band, The Lettermen, and so students who were dissatisfied with that decision planned an alternate concert. This lack of communication and dissatisfaction with decisions led some to believe Homecoming would be disjointed and chaotic.
Drawing featured in the Royal Purple representing the various Homecoming events as jigsaw pieces. UW-Whitewater Archives and Area Research Center.
On Thursday, October 11th, the homecoming king and queen election was held. This was the first time that candidates ran as couples. The winners would be crowned King and Queen, and the four remaining couples on the ballot would become their “court.”[3] Election results were announced at The Lettermen concert that evening.
The Lettermen were a well-known trio consisting of Tony Butala, Gary Pike, and Jim Pike. The concert’s first half focused on performances of current popular songs; then, the second half included songs popular in the ‘50s and ’60s– leaning into the theme of nostalgia. Many students were dissatisfied with the decision, stating that the University was “hitting new lows in attempting to abort audience’s highs.”[4] In response to disapproval of the Lettermen decision, Randy Buchek’s non-profit organization Alternative ‘73 put on a supplemental concert to give “this group of students an opportunity to attend a concert they will enjoy.”[5] The Alternative concert was set to feature Styx and Fiend’s Club, but it was canceled and rescheduled for the following week due to miscommunication and contract troubles.[6]
The Lettermen performing their Homecoming concert. Minneiska, 1973, UW-Whitewater Archives and Area Research Center.
Two separate Homecoming dances took place on Saturday night: one for white students and one for black students. Each dance was held at a different time and location; they had different King-Queen couples and Courts and received different levels of advertising and reporting. Black Homecoming was held in Moraine dining hall, and the Queen was Princess Hill.[7] The dance for all other students was held at the University Inn, and L. A. Landgraf and Lu Ann Ripp were announced as the King and Queen, respectively.[8]
The Homecoming festivities concluded on Sunday with a block party sponsored by the student government. While some criticized the decision to host a party due to the recency of the death of four coeds in a car accident, the party proceeded problem-free. There was only one noise complaint, but no police reports were filed.[9]
Homecoming Decorations. Minneiska, 1973, UW-Whitewater Archives and Area Research Center.
In addition to the lack of communication and cohesion, Homecoming was criticized for a lack of unity. In a letter to the editor after the festivities, Tom Thomas wrote, “There’s The Lettermen concert, the Styx concert and now the Black Homecoming. Do we need three separate homecomings?”[10] Despite this criticism, Mary Schnuck claimed that all of the activities were worthwhile, explaining that the goal of many different activities was not for everybody to celebrate in their own way; instead, the goal was to provide people with dissimilar interests with an enjoyable homecoming experience.[11]
[1] “Disjointed Homecoming,” The Royal Purple, October 10, 1973.
[2] “Events Calendar,” The Royal Purple, October 10, 1973.
[3] “Pairs elected for homecoming court,” The Royal Purple, October 10, 1973.
[4] J. Nevins, “Zilch to Lettermen,” The Royal Purple, October 10, 1973.
[5] Randy Buchek, “Alternative ‘73 offers a choice,” The Royal Purple, October 03, 1973.
[6] Randy Buchek, “‘Styx’ sponsor apologizes,” The Royal Purple, October 17, 1973.
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With Homecoming just around the corner, Willie Warhawk will be busier than ever. Today, the name Willie Warhawk is iconic on UW-Whitewater’s campus in reference to the university’s Warhawk mascot. Yet, how did Willie get his name? The answer to that is not so clear and straightforward.
The name Willie has been associated in some form or another with the Warhawk mascot since at least 1963.[1] At that time, the school’s symbol was a Native American ‘Warhawk’ warrior. A contest was held on campus in 1958 to select a symbol representing the university. The Native American Warhawk warrior was selected as the winning entry because this was “historically Indian country, [and] the Warhawk seemed to be symbolic of the early fighting spirit” of the Native American warriors in this territory.[2]
“Warhawk’ Warrior. UW-Whitewater Archives and Area Research Center.
During the 1960s and early 1970s, the name Willie was used in reference to the Native American warrior, a cherub-styled symbol of that warrior, and as the name of a spirit award for seniors.[3] Despite adopting the Native American warrior as the school symbol, it was not the official mascot, which allowed for variations. In 1963, it was one of the variations, the mini-version of the Native American symbol, when the name Willie was first documented. It was used as part of the 1961 Homecoming promotions and campaign. This version was so popular that it was featured numerous times in the Royal Purple in the following years for advertising purposes and was even a contender in the eyes of some to become the school’s mascot.[4] Over the next few years, the name Willie became the ‘official’ name for the Warhawk in all its forms, thus giving us our first iteration of “Willie Warhawk.”
First “Willie Warhawk”. The Royal Purple, October 29, 1963. UW-Whitewater Archives and Area Research Center.
By the 1970s, there was a call for changing the university’s symbol from within and outside the campus community to something more culturally sensitive.[5] A competition was held for students to send in submissions for a new university emblem. In the fall of 1972, a hawk was chosen as the winner. [6] While the flying hawk was now the university’s official symbol and, therefore, did not necessitate a name change, the Native American image was still used as a logo for the athletic programs for years.[7]
Flying Warhawk. The Royal Purple, September 26, 1972. UW-Whitewater Archives and Area Research Center.
Despite selecting the flying Warhawk as the new symbol, it wasn’t until 1982 that the university adopted it as the official mascot.[8] To celebrate, the cheerleaders, at halftime during the Homecoming football game in 1983, held a “Name the Warhawk” contest.[9] Unfortunately, the results of this contest were not officially documented. While we have no official results from the contest, the name Willie, starting in 1983, was used in reference to the new Warhawk mascot, giving us our modern “Willie Warhawk.”
While we have no official documentation as to how the name Willie first began to be associated with a symbol of the university, it’s a name we know and love today. Willie Warhawk can be found all over campus at events and in many forms, from plushies to bobbleheads. Keep your eyes peeled for Willie Warhawk during the upcoming Homecoming events!
Early version of the Willie Warhawk mascot. UW-Whitewater Archives and Area Research Center.
One of UW-Whitewater’s most prestigious fraternities, Lambda Chi Alpha, has a long history of establishing connections between young men attending university on a local and national level. Campus recognized the fraternity as Beta Kappa Nu and Chi Delta Rho. The original Chi Delta Rho fraternity began operation in 1930 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, at the Central State Teacher’s College (Now UW-Stevens Point). The chapter in Stevens Point would become the Alpha chapter after the Beta Chapter began coordination at Wisconsin State College in Whitewater.[1]
In 1965, Chi Delta Rho officially affiliated with the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.[2] Lambda Chi Alpha started operating as a national fraternity in Boston, Massachusetts in 1909.[3] The fraternity built its foundation around the goal of producing “well-rounded men” through the prioritization of scholarships and fellowship.[4] In celebration of the fraternity’s new affiliation, a plethora of events occurred on campus, including group photographs, a luncheon, presentations by guest speakers from other Lambda Chi Alpha Chapters, appearances from previous Chi Delta Rho alumni, the designation of the fraternity’s sweetheart, “The Crescent Girl”, formal banquet and open house.[5]
Lambda Chi Alpha Members at Homecoming rally, 1975.
Lambda Chi Alpha Member with the fraternity St. Bernard, Chopper, 1967.
Lambda Chi Alpha was known for its academic prowess and taught leadership skills by participating in events like intramural sports. Lambda Chi Alpha quickly became an avid supporter of university athletics and established a tradition of running the game ball to an away game. The first example of this loyalty display came in 1966 when the fraternity brothers set out to La Crosse to support the Warhawk Football Team. The run would conclude once a member of Lambda Chi Alpha made it onto the field and gave a game ball to the referee.[6] Lambda Chi Alpha additionally hosted and participated in many campus events. During May Week in 1969, the group hosted the first “piano bash”, which served as a race between Lambda Chi Alpha and other fraternities to destroy a piano and fit all the pieces through a 6-inch hole.[7] In 1973, Lambda Chi sponsored “Fall Frolics” also during the campus’ May Week festivities. The event was planned to span over three days, and would have a wine-drinking contest, a Jell-O eating contest, vintage cars, a water fight, carnival rides, and all benefits would go to the Whitewater Senior Citizen’s Leisure Club.[8] In 1991, the fraternity started a teeter-totter fundraiser in collaboration with the Alpha Sigma Sorority. Lambda Chi Alpha and Alpha Sigma members rode a teeter-totter for a combined 100 hours to fundraise $5,000 for the Make a Wish Foundation.[9] In 2023, Lambda Chi Alpha won the “Best Greek-Sponsored Event” award after successfully collecting 2,000 pounds of items for the nonprofit organization, “Feeding America”.
Lambda Chi Alpha Members on roof, 1989.
Lambda Chi Alpha Officers, 1986.
Lambda Chi Alpha has served the UW-Whitewater campus through its philanthropy and social opportunities for students. They have also done so while maintaining an exemplary academic standard and often had the highest fraternity grade point average of all the fraternities. [10] On September 30, Lambda Chi Alpha will host an event celebrating their legacies at UW-Whitewater. The event will include tours, a barbeque, a historical exhibit, and Lambda Chi Alpha alumni from throughout their existence. Thank you, Lambda Chi Alpha, for the continued commitment to UW-Whitewater’s academic, social, and philanthropic initiatives!
Before the opening of UW-Rock County in 1966, there had yet to be an access point for higher education in the Janesville area. The lack of access to higher education in Rock County created interest from the State Coordinating Committee for Higher Education (CCHE) in bringing university center schools and branch campuses to the area.[1]
Construction of the campus, Janesville, ca. 1965, University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/4IWTMS2PWX6OX87
In March of 1963, the CCHE submitted a report that identified Rock County as one of six new campuses developed between 1965-69.[2] Ideally, this would put a two-year or four-year university within driving distance of all Wisconsin residents looking for education. Tension rose specifically regarding the UW Center and State College branch campuses, owing to the State Colleges’ belief that any campus closer to a state college than it was to Madison should be run by the State Colleges. The Rock County campus was a prime example, as the Whitewater State School resided only 19 miles northeast of Janesville. Officials started compiling potential building sites once the campus was approved. Initially, officials proposed three possible campus locations in the Janesville area and three in the Beloit area. Janesville ultimately had the edge for a few reasons. Janesville’s site would serve a broader area of Wisconsin than Beloit. The city had adequate sewer and water systems to incorporate into the campus and had a better connection to the highway.[3] The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents would ultimately select a site in Janesville.
College building site, Janesville, 1965, University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/XZS7PD5L3AY4L86
After selecting the site, the administration selected Knodle-Rose & Associates Architects to design the new university. Campus chose Knodle-Rose because of its reputation for completing projects quickly, which was especially important given the quick turnaround of the two-year project timeline.[4] In 1965, original plans for the campus were approved, with an estimated cost of about $1,050,000. These plans included an administrative building, an instructional building, and an athletic building. However, the administrators pushed back building the athletic facility to save $350,000 from the project budget. Construction of the administrative and instructional building began on October 6, 1965. The buildings could accommodate 500 students, and campus officials quickly noted that at the rate of Janesville’s growth, they would need to promptly consider facilities that would meet enrollment needs beyond that amount.[5]
Rock County Center, Janesville, ca. 1964, University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/ELAE2TFB2TYYU8L
In the first phase of selecting campus administration, Charles Miller was named Dean of the new Rock County Center. Miller had experience working with Center campuses after working at the Marathon County Center in Wausau, Wisconsin.[6] During the organization of the new Center, Miller emphasized the function of the centers as an opportunity for research, public relations, and teaching.[7] Other original campus staff of the new center school included student advisor Gerald Henry, librarian, Gary Lenox, four faculty with Ph.D.’s, five instructors with a master’s, and a facilities staff. Campus officially opened on September 6, 1966, to approximately 250 students.
Student Orientation, Janesville, 1966, University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/QSGD5N4DJ3YEA8E
[1] Wisconsin State Journal, October 11, 1963, in Rock County 1964-1968 scrapbook, University of Wisconsin Whitewater and Area Research Center, Andersen Library, Whitewater, WI.
[2] Jerry L. Bower, The University of Wisconsin Colleges 1919-1997, (New Past Press, Inc.: Friendship, WI, 2002), 77.
[3] Janesville Daily Gazette, November 16, 1964, in Rock County 1964-1968 scrapbook University of Wisconsin Whitewater and Area Research Center, Andersen Library, Whitewater, WI.
[4] Janesville Daily Gazette, December 14, 1964, in Rock County 1964-1968 scrapbook University of Wisconsin Whitewater and Area Research Center, Andersen Library, Whitewater, WI.
[5] Janesville Gazette, September 2, 1966, in Rock County 1964-1968 scrapbook University of Wisconsin Whitewater and Area Research Center, Andersen Library, Whitewater, WI.
[6] Beloit Daily News, September 11, 1965, in Rock County 1964-1968 scrapbook University of Wisconsin Whitewater and Area Research Center, Andersen Library, Whitewater, WI.
[7] Evansville Review, November 4, 1965, in Rock County 1964-68 scrapbook University of Wisconsin Whitewater and Area Research Center, Andersen Library, Whitewater, WI.
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John William Stearns, president of the Whitewater Normal School from 1878 – 1885, served as a welcome contrast to his predecessor William F. Phelps. The presidency of William F. Phelps was unpopular among the school’s faculty and students. The pedagogy and administration were systematic and mechanical, and Phelps’s term came to a tempestuous finale in 1878. Following the resignation of Phelps, the normal school’s teacher education programs flourished under the presidency of John William Stearns.
Born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1839, John W. Stearns graduated from Harvard University in 1860 before gaining teaching and leadership experience across the United States and abroad. He taught at the Normal School in Winona, Minnesota; he was a high school principal in Canton, Illinois; a Latin professor at the University of Chicago; and the director of the National Normal School in Tucuman, Argentina.[1] Upon President Phelps’s resignation, the school’s Board of Regents selected Stearns as the next president in 1878.[2]
During his tenure at the Whitewater Normal School, Stearns drastically improved teacher education, student and faculty life and culture, and the library. A foe of formalism, Stearns was opposed to “excessive bookishness.”[3] He believed “the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.”[4]As such, he approached his leadership with a courteous and kind disposition fostering esteem and cooperation among the students and faculty. Additionally, Stearns’s morning talks to the school left lasting impressions, and he promoted voluntary observance of school regulations rather than strictly enforcing rules. While maintaining high standards of conduct, the normal school became less formal and rigid in contrast to Phelps’s presidency.[5]
President Stearns directly improved teacher education by advocating for additional time for students to focus on understanding the basic principles so as to eliminate the “mechanical conceptions of teaching.”[6] In 1881, the Board of Regents heard his appeal and allotted an additional six months to the elementary course so that students could concentrate on philosophical comprehension of principles.[7] The implementation of a shop-work course also enhanced teacher education. Apropos of his opinion about excessive bookishness, Stearns believed that woodworking knowledge would develop all students– especially women– by making them more independent and “self-helpful.”[8] Finally, Stearns augmented the library by expanding the reference library from 600 volumes to 1,586 volumes.[9] This addition to the library’s collection meant that Whitewater Normal School could boast the most extensive library of general books of the four normal schools in Wisconsin.[10]
Stearns’s presidency at the Whitewater Normal School ended in 1885 when he accepted an invitation from the State University of Madison as the chair of pedagogy, and students and faculty alike regretted seeing him leave.[11] While he was known for his broad, quickening, and liberalizing influences on campus, J. W. Stearns inspired students to strive for their highest attainable results.
[1] Albert Salisbury, Historical Sketches of The First Quarter-Century of The State Normal School At Whitewater, Wisconsin With a Catalog of Its Graduates and a Record of Their Work: 1868-1893, (Madison: Tracy, Gibbs & Co, 1893), 127.
[2] “President Stearns,” The Whitewater Register, August 15th, 1878.
[3] Board of Regents, First Biennial Report, 1882-84.
[6] Mary Janette Bohi, A History of Wisconsin State University Whitewater 1868-1968 (Whitewater: Whitewater State University Foundation Inc, 1967), 62.
Long before Whitewater Normal School (now UW-Whitewater) had fraternities and sororities, students joined literary societies. On May 1, 1868, just ten days after the school opened its doors, the Lincolnian Literary Society (LLS) convened for the first time.[1] Literary societies were early social organizations with strict rules for membership and conduct. The LLS, comprised solely of male students, hosted programs that included music performances, oration, and debate.
Not to be outdone by the gentlemen, the female students soon organized into the Young Ladies Literary Society (YLLS) and met to adopt a constitution in February 1872. [4] The Constitution, By-Laws, and Rules of Order for the group read as follows:
“We the undersigned do declare ourselves an Association for mutual improvement in Elocution, Composition, and Debate, and for enlarging our fund of general intelligence; in the pursuit of which objects we desire to exhibit a due consideration for the opinions and feelings of others, to maintain a perfect command of temper in all our in intercourse, to seek for truth on all our exercises..”[5]
Both organizations met regularly to debate amongst themselves and occasionally the held joint meetings, the first of which was in June 1872. The debate topic question: “Resolved: That the futures has more to do with the present than the past.” The YLLS argued for the affirmative while the L.L.S. argued the negative. At the end of the debate, the judges decided in favor of the L.L.S. [7]
By 1896, the YLLS had disbanded, but literary societies continued to grow and thrive on campus. The Normal School added two additional literary societies in 1898, Aureola and Philomathia. While the charter members of Aureola constituted both male and female students, by 1911 only female students were allowed entrance into the organization. The Preamble for both society’s constitutions was the same:
We, students of the Whitewater State Normal School, desirous of cultivating our moral, social, and intellectual faculties, and believing that such cultivation will be promoted by voluntary association, do hereby form ourselves into a society…”[8]
Debating amongst the groups became so popular that the school organized an Oratorical Association to host oratorical contests between the Literary Societies. In 1909, Aureola and LLS debated the question of whether or not the United States should retain the Phillippines. The LLS won with their argument for the negative.[9]
By 1915, groups began to divide into those that wished to continue to dedicate themselves to debate and those that wanted to be more socially oriented organizations. The LLS became the Whitewater Oratorical League. This group was part of the Inter-Normal Oratorical League, comprised of debating teams from the other Wisconsin Normal Schools. Aureola and Philomathia were among the first official social sororities on campus when they became affiliated with Alpha Sigma and Sigma, Sigma, Sigma in 1932.
In the 1920s, the term “Forensics” began to replace “Debate.” The Whitewater Forensic League formed in 1923 around the following charge:
We, the students of Whitewater Normal School, realizing the value of the ability to speak in public to a teacher, and being desirous of securing practical work in public speaking, do hereby form ourselves into this society…[11]
The UW-Whitewater Forensics Team continues the long tradition of debate by winning over “100 awards annually in all three areas: limited preparation, public address, and interpretation.”[12]
[1]Lincolnian Literary Society Treasurer’s Book, Student Affairs Records, UW-Whitewater Archives & Area Research Center, Andersen Library, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI. [2]Whitewater Normal School. “Course Catalog 1868 and 1869.” p. 14 [3]University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1909 Minneiska, p. 62 https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29546542. [4]
Young Ladies Literary Society Minutes, 1872, Student Affairs Records, UW-Whitewater Archives & Area Research Center, Andersen Library, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI. [5]Young Ladies Literary Society Constitution and Minutes, 1877, Student Affairs Records, UW-Whitewater Archives & Area Research Center, Andersen Library, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI. [6]Ibid. [7]Young Ladies Literary Society Minutes, 1872, Student Affairs Records, UW-Whitewater Archives & Area Research Center, Andersen Library, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI. [8]“Constitution and By-Laws of the Philomathia Literary Society of the State Normal School, whitewater, Wisconsin,” Student Affairs Records, W-Whitewater Archives & Area Research Center, Andersen Library, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI. [9]University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1909 Minneiska, p. 62 https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29546542. [10]University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1909 Minneiska, p. 50 https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29546542. [11]Whitewater Normal Forensic League Minutes, Student Affairs Records, UW-Whitewater Archives & Area Research Center, Andersen Library, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI. [12]UW-Whitewater. “Forensics Team.” Camps and Conferences. https://www.uww.edu/ce/camps/additional/forensics/team-bio.
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