University of Wisconsin Oshkosh - Quiver Yearbook (Oshkosh, WI)

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Ulhr (f)nttirr i i i The Industrial Department THE course for the training of teachers in Manual Arts was first established in IJM)2. In spite of the poor equipment of the department at that time, the applications for admission to the course constantly increased. The public was beginning to realize that the teaching of Manual Arts was a necessary part of the system of education, and. accordingly, sufficient money was appropriated to erect and equip a building for the training of teachers for the Industrial Arts. The new building, one of the finest of its kind in the country, was completed in the summer of 1913 at a cost of over $80,000. It is of reinforced concrete, absolutely fireproof. The equipment is new and of the very best. During the last year several more machines have been installed, the addition of which makes a splendid equipment and affords excellent opportunities for the students to become familiar with the most modern machinery. The variety of machines installed, ranging from the average kind found in the public schools to those of the most modern type, enable the students to familiarize themselves with the various kinds with which they will have to deal on becoming teachers. The Industrial Department is growing rapidly and is gaining a reputation throughout the Middle West as being one of the most efficient educational institutions in Wisconsin. Besides a great educational addition to the Normal, the Industrial course proves a drawing card for athletes, who uphold the prestige of Oshkosh on the athletic field. The greater part of the football teams of the last two years arc men from this department. With one exception, all of last year’s championship basketball team were Industrial men. and this year the department boasts of every man on the team, even including the two “subs.” True to their department in inter-class struggles and loyal to the school when in competition with others, the Industrials” have done a great deal toward making the Oshkosh Normal an institution with the spirit to back its enterprises. lr P«K«? 25

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(Ip uttirr R. H. Heberling 1 Earl D. Hay R. H. HEBERLING University of Chicago Bradley Polytechnic Institute The machinist department and that of higher mechanics are under the supervision of Mr. R. H. Heberling. During the three years that he has been connected with this department, he has by his geniality and good fellowship, worked his way into the life of the students to such an extent that work with him is pleasure. R. E. GRUENHAGEN University of Wisconsin .Mr. R. E. Gruenhagen. who has seen this department through the earlier years of its development, will long be remembered by those who have benefited by his sound principles of teaching and his expert knowledge of cabinet making. A radiant smile has played on his visage of late. May Dick Jr. follow in the footsteps of his accomplished parent! EARL D. HAY B. S. Rose Polytechnic Institute Late in the year 1913 we were fortunate in securing a valuable addition to our faculty in the person of Mr. Earl D. Hay. His ability as a draftsman and mechanic are recognized by all. Since his connection with the school, the standards of accuracy and precision in mechanical drawing have had a marked advance. FRANK M. KARNES Oshkosh State Normal We students of the Oshkosh Normal School feel vastly proud of the fact that a former student has recently appeared among us as a faculty member. Mr. Frank M. Karnes, class of 1907, has. through his co-operation and businesslike arrangements with the students, proved his worth as supervisor of practice. His unlimited good nature and sound judgment have taken many a delinquent practice teacher over a period of depression. All join in wishing that his stay with us will be of long duration. R. E. Gruenhagen Frank M. Karnes Page 2 I I

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aiir (j) uttirr Panama Furniture Exhibit THE work of the Industrial department in constructing a set of furniture of twenty-three pieces for the Wisconsin Exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposition is something which reflects much credit both on the department and on the school. During the last three months of the first semester, the cabinet-making classes worked steadily on this undertaking, which involved many difficult operations and required most accurate workmanship. By the middle of February the work was complete, and the accompanying photographs were taken. The set is composed of two large davenports, one library table, seven arm chairs, two straight back chairs, three rockers, two newspaper racks, thirty news- y paper holders, four tabourets, and one lamp. The designs were made by The Niedecken-Walbridge Co. of Milwaukee; the material used is birch, finished in gray enamel. The chairs and davenports were upholstered with tapstry. This excellent piece of work was done by The Scholz Co. of Oshkosh. The complete set. when finished and placed on exhibition in the Industrial building, made a very beautiful appearance.