STATE COLLEGES


  7. Keeps informed the supervisors of the several districts.
  8. Prepares and publishes circulars and bulletins for use by the
     district in advancing soil and water conservation programs
     with youth and adult groups and individuals.
  9. Provides soil and water conservation education leadership
     and assistance, with emphasis on soil and water, to schools,
     and to organized or unorganized rural and urban groups
     within the districts.
 10. Apportions any funds allotted from state or federal sources
     among the several districts and accepts contributions of
     money from any source to carry out the statutes.

                      STATE COLLEGES

Board of Regents of State Colleges: JOHN K. KYLE, president; DAVID
    RODLI, vice president; CHARLES F. DAHL, ROBERT E. ELKINS,
    ELIZABETH HAWKES, MRS. GORDON MCINTYRE, WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE,
    RICHARD S. MCKNIGHT, EUGENE W. MURPHY, JOHN C. THOMSON,
    MRS. ALECK E. TILSETH, MRS. JOHN WALTER; ANGUS B. ROTHWELL
    (ex officio).
Director and ,Secretary: EUGENE R. MCPHEE.
Assistant to the Director: HARRY F. BANGSBERG.
Controller: ROBERT W. WINTER, JR.
Offices: Director, State Capitol; state colleges as listed below.
Publications: Report on the Wisconsin State Colleges (quarterly),
    and Wisconsin Education Forward (weekly) sent out by Board
    Office; and catalogs and brochures issued by individual state
    colleges.

Location                       Date Opened      President
Eau Claire                          1916     Leonard Haas
La Crosse                           1909     Rexford S. Mitchell
Menomonie (Stout State College)  1911     William  J. Micheels
Oshkosh                             1871     Roger E. Guiles
Platteville (Wisconsin State
   College & Institute of
   Technology)                      1866      Bjarne R. Ullsvik
 River Falls                        1875      Eugene H. Kleinpell
 Stevens Point                      1894     William C. Hansen
 Superior                           1896      Jim Dan Hill
 Whitewater                         1868      Robert C. Williams

   History. The state colleges were created by the Legislature,
 with the Board of Regents of State Colleges as the governing body
 of the institutions. Originally, the colleges were 2-year teacher
 training institutions, but over the decades the scope and length
 of the training offered were greatly expanded. Today, the colleges
 have 3 basic functions assigned by the Legislature, as well as
 numerous auxiliary duties. The 3 basic functions are: (1) to pre-


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