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

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OUR LITTLE BOW kHAT was the moSt unkindeSt cut of all.” Yes, it was. We mean the time when, after months of work and worry about this June Bug, we remembered we Still had the editorial to write. As it is, we feel juSt like the football players do when they get their sweaters in front of the bunch” in the auditorium, and are called on for their speeches. You know the feeling. To begin, then, our purpose in preparing this Inse 5t has been to recall the pleasant side of school. We have tried to forget the other side, though we have been compelled to make a few exceptions in the case of the faculty. We have tried, also, to show that the ideals of former Classes dwindle down to the size of Mr. Burroughs favorite mark when compared to ours. When WE get out into the world the great problems had better rooSt high. This Bug” is the firSt to be hatched in our own school Print Shop. Some class, eh? We all feel like giving a great big Rizzer Racker” for Mr. Webster and his dev—, assistants, we mean. Of course, we want to thank all of you who contributed to this June Bug, and all of you who are buying it. Even if we do pity you, we’ll keep it to ourselves. We hope you’ll like the book. We do. If you don’t, why we're through with it anyway, so, Ich kabibble.” —The Editors —7—

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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.