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| In the early days of the Western State Normal School, the curricula for what is today referred to as 'technology education' was called Manual Training and Domestic Science. The names would change frequently over the years, to Industrial Arts, Manual Arts, Industrial Technology, Vocational Education, and Vocational Arts, and to Domestic Economics, Domestic Arts*, Household Arts*, and Home Economics. * 'Domestic Arts' and 'Household Arts' were terms used when Art and Domestic Science programs resided in the same department.
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 Automobile shop;1920 |
 Drafting (Mechanical Drawing); 1921 |
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 Woodworking Shop; 1920 |
Below is a facsimile of a notation made on the back of the archival photograph shown to the left. It reveals a fascinating detail about the condition of the floors. "Ind Arts in old Ames
Mill (Birthplace of Air Brakes for railroads). Sheet metal
nailed over worn floors to keep students from dropping into
basement. Fred Huff, instructor, 1920." |
