East Technical High School - June Bug Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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10 THE JUNE BUG

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The June Bug Published Annually by the Senior Class of Ea$t Technical High School VollV JUNE 1914 A HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL BY EDWARD FERRY THE Ea£t Technical High School owes its origin to the Board of Education of 1905. At the first meeting of this board the President, Mr. Francis H. Haserot, called attention to the inadequacy of industrial education in the Cleveland High Schools. On February 29, the President appointed an Educational Commission of twelve prominent Cleveland men to examine carefully the government, supervision, and course of study in the Cleveland Public Schools and to make suggestions.” This Commission submitted a series of reports to the Board of Education during the years 1905 and 1906. On September 26, a resolution was adopted which instructed the Educational Commission to investigate the advisability of establishing a Manual Training High School in this city. On Monday, March 5, 1906, the Board of Education unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing the issue of bonds for $350,000 for the purpose of ereCting a Manual Training High School. Owing toa marked change as to what was to be the policy of the school, the name was subsequently changed to The Cleveland Technical High School. The selection of the site was definitely agreed upon August 13, 1906. This location of the school at East 55th Street and Scovill Avenue was then chosen because it places the building within easy access of all parts of the city. ACtive work was begun on the building August 30,1907; and on October 5, 1908, the school was opened for the enrollment of pupils and the organization of classes. Regular work was begun within a week in all departments with an attendance of over 700 pupils. Only 123 of this number came from other high schools, thus verifying the prediction that the school would create its own field in a high school population whose wants had hitherto not been met. The number of pupils grew at an astonishing rate, and in 1911 the enrollment reached 1540 pupils. Then was seen the necessity of a similar school on the West Side. Work was begun on a building at Franklin and West 93rd Street, in 1911, and in 1912 West Tech opened its doors. Even with this outlet the enrollment of the mother school again crept upand is now 1515. West Tech is not far behind in attendance, so one can see that the technical schools will have a great influence on the men and women of tomorrow.

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THE FACULTY James F. Barker ...... Principal M. E. Cornell University May McKitrick ..... Assistant Principal A. B. University of Wisconsin Harrison A. Hutchins ..... Assistant Principal B. S. E. E. Purdue University « Claude Adell ........ Chemistry A. B. Ohio State University Anna Arbuthnot ..... Physiology and Botany A. B. Geneva College A. M. Western Reserve University Oscar C. Bell ....... Mathematics University of Illinois Lena Bishop ........ Sewing Columbia University Frederick W. Blaisdell ...... English A. B. Allegheny College Howard D. Bone ..... Cabinet Making James Millikin’s University Alfred F. Bosch ....... Chemistry A. B. Cornell University Claude H. Brechner ....... Physics Indiana State Normal College A. B. University of Michigan Frederick N. Burroughs ..... Mathematics A. B. Western Reserve University Mabel Chapman ..... Physical Training A. B. Western Reserve University Ellen Clendon ...... Domestic Art Simmons College, Boston, Mass. Bertha M. Cobum ....... Art The School of Fine and Applied Art, New Y’ork City (Formerly Chase School) Isla M. Campbell ...... Domestic Science Downer College, Milwaukee Ruth J. Collings ..... Civics and History A. B. Western Reserve University Margaret B. Collins ...... Sewing Kansas State Normal College A. B. Columbia University —li—