Crane High School - Science and Craft Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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KJ lx .Clll the present structure on Van Buren Stre t and Oakley Boulevard had been completed. In l say--frflf died Crane Technical High School. if fxghll and Mr. William J. Bartholf was M - :A ead of the I 'X 7 A After the World War, attendancen . e so large that a new building was necessary. Temporary relief was provided by the Marquette Branch. In 1924, however, a new building was established on the entire block between Van Buren and Jackson. 'ol fc? In February 1930, Mr. H. H. a s appointed the Principal to succeed Mr. Willia Bartholf, who then . 4 . became Pri r 1 s. Thus the chnical High School is constantly expanding pting its Various services to the indi- vidual stu XT YQ as to the community at large. Y YEARS AGO ' l ,gait ,Tai 5:21 F N FFFF fs if ff' FWF? 1513? U ' W PPWS ilnilnmlfl E :MWF P f pr iff:-. I4 ,V l .. 4. , , gi ,Q N bf15 'ffi .J F ' 5 ' ' 25' Eff if fi X -any ' T T . Y Ee: 5mt'?N' BF' 31- s ..r5 l?u rg1l:,.q v . I A . ' ll pint I 1 -4 LA galnll-'xl , . WglTmHM Wsfeieqfis-idffegg TQVWFH' s+eeeeF: i-5gEE?E 5 liz! nil., 11. tnmaaaglinaznuxz E 'il . -Y51,+:,'3.1,ff I-1 5-L '3 J- L 13 ' gil. .lawn ,Hll-...4 ,za--.311 4 - - .,,.,1 1,2 ., ' f' 1- 4121x912 2 u 1 4 il U I' .lg -M WL ix X ..l 'fu 'iii lf'ff'u1f W 1 L f . .' -:S ull' -w ,Q f 5 ' g 1 Il ' ' 'fx f-J I f 4 ,., 4 V I , if N 1' Wu . . T. . T W all 'Lis' 'lll uni llilf, li ,, , 11 ' E- ldg :I-gflll E a -he

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ihifofy mf mm In the l 0 there was established on Monroe Street th mt h and Manual Tra1n1ng School, now In N 15 891 the bu1ld1r1g contalning the shops was comp 5 as of brick an ,Ries high Ad WX at - an off1ce and for academ1c stud1es He ages F. Claflin jo1n1ng the shops Was the old bulld gl yllas used for the pr1nc1pal and organizer of the sch I xy his office. l Mr Claflm passed away on Oct Q , and Albert X took up the office of pr1nc1pal The enrollment ,ff 4 x to a f1re whlch was started from the cupola in the ' S hops were wrecked 1n 1896 After vain efforts Q I 1 1pal faculty and alumnl plans Were drawn for the constructlon of a new school. By l904 CRANE AS IT APPEA FFF rrr W Y FFF iii 1 age ,io m H 1 31 W x,K , V I - is ff icaca sas.-:amass Q 71'-ff ' V gt 4 A

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HEY were men of vision who founded Crane, the first technical high school for boys in the middle west, fifty years ago. Over 12,500 young men have found their educational opportunity by graduating from the English High and Manual Training School and Crane, its successor, prior to this golden jubilee. Crane graduates are to be found in every state in the Union. They are to be found successfully engaged in various lines of endeavor. Prominent men in engineering, industry, business, and in the legal and other professions had their basic training at Crane. Men in the dental and medical professions often speak of the valuable training received in the coordination of mind and hand activity, so necessary in their work, while at Crane preparatory to their matriculation in professional schools. The Crane of today has changed greatly from the old English High of 1890. lt aims to prepare American youth to assume responsible places in the society of today, so vastly different from the nineties. Much of the technical Work has been replaced by vocational. Crane has progressed. lt was once a one-course school. Every pupil, whether so adapted or so in- clined, was required to follow the same curriculum. Whether he hopes to become an engineer, draftsman, d o c t o r, lawyer, teacher, dentist, business man, he took exactly the same work as every other student. The same condition does not exist today. The aspiring architect has the chance to spend more time in the drafting room, the lawyer or doctor in academic work. Indeed, the Crane of today is judged as being greatly different from that of years ago. Any school should be judged mainly by the way in which it fulfills its purpose in the light of pres- ent day conditions. Crane is trying to serve its technical and vocational students in subject matter presented according to the best methods, in the arts to help them in their leisure time and for cultural values: and extra-curricular activities for health and leisure time. What the next fifty years will bring no one knows, but Crane will progress. 8