Historical Note
Teacher education at OSU began in 1909 under the direction of the
Department of Industrial Pedagogy. By 1918, OSU was designated by the
State Board of Vocational Education to prepare teachers in vocational
subjects. In 1932, an administrative reorganization expanded the School of
Education to include preparing students to teach in the biological and
physical sciences, agriculture, mathematics, home economics, industrial
arts, secretarial science, or for educational and vocational guidance. In
1962, a Doctorate of Philosophy in Education was first offered by the
School.
Gale Bentz of the Oregon City Public Schools and George J. Brown of
Southwest Missouri State College were visiting staff for the 1962 Graduate
Summer School Program for Industrial Arts and Trade and Industrial
Education Teachers at Oregon State University. Charles Easley was a
graduate student industrial education who completed his thesis in 1963.
Raymond Cherry, from Lockport (Illinois) Township High School was also
visiting staff for the 1962 graduate program.
Content Description
The School of Education Photographs consist of b/w photographic prints
of the industrial education summer picnic, the industrial education
laboratories, and a meeting of the School of Education faculty. Five of
the images in the collection are of the industrial education summer picnic
in 1962 at Avery Park in Corvallis and depict Gale Bentz, George J. Brown,
Charles Easley, James Grossnicklaus, George Hobbs, and George Warren.
Three of the images show industrial education laboratories with Raymond
Cherry and John Wirth demonstrating the use of equipment.
One image depicts School of Education faculty Theodore Yerian and
Isabella F. McQuesten presiding over a planning meeting for the newly
established Vocational, Adult, and Community College Division in the
School of Education in about 1967.