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Sxgxstgtssxsxgxgxgxs RQVIQVV LX? ?QxAExAxAx5xAxsb.xSx3.xSx Though in 1926 he had retired from active full time direction of the school, Mr. Scho- binger still taught one class in mathematics up to his eightieth birthday, when a physical ailment developed which caused his death the following year, October 23, 1927. Mr. Schobinger always had the faculty of being happy with little things. He was inde- fatigable in his activity, mental and physical. V'hen not busy with school work, he was working in his little laboratory at home, for he was an enthusiastic amateur photographer: or he was doing some other handiwork which his stubby, strong fingers finished with ad- mirable precision. Wfhile his own boys were growing up, he devoted a great part of his summer vacations to themg with them, in the shop built for the purpose, he con- structed model sail boats and canoes, or he took them on long bicycle trips-one time to Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, and back. Although his income was never large, he satis- Iied many of his simple desires during his life, was able to travel considerably, and when seventy-nine accomplished his life-long ambition of visiting Greece and seeing the relics of the antiquity he so greatly admired. In one of his letters, one may read an extract which really contains his philosophyof life. There are two ways of being happy: the one to have the means of satisfying all desires, the other to learn to be satisfied with little. The more I see of the world and the longer I live among rich people, the more I am impressed with the conviction that the second is the only true one. Wl'fffL7ll for fbc' Swiss Sfivlzfijic' Sovivfy. Elric SLI!JU!7flIgt'1', A.I0l't'llII7l'l', 1929. 05.9 THE ALUMNI GROUP OF 1886-1905 ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA It was inevitable that inaccuracies should have crept into the first alumni bulletin, which went back fifty years into the past, and still more inevitable that omissions should have been made. The iirst bulletin, published in 1929, started only with those listed as graduates, although it did include others whose names had been sent in. Since then, we have tried to reach, in so far as possible, those who attended the Harvard School for Boys for some years and Hnished elsewhere. Many of them we have been unable to Hndg some did not answer, but from many we have had cards and letters full of interesting informa- tion. It is with pleasure that we bring before the years 1906-X930 this distinguished group of men from the years 1886-1905, and we hope and believe that twenty-five years from now we may write of the younger group with similar pride. One of the most distinguished men of the group is Frederick Clay Bartlett, who attended the Harvard School from 1881 to 1884. As an artist, his work is outstanding. He has a studio at 100 E. Chestnut St. but spends a great deal of his time in the East. Mr. Bartlett has given the Helen Birch Bartlett collection to the Chicago Art Institute- one of the finest collecions of modern art in the country. Howard F. Gillette, in school 1881-1888, is a banker at 209 S. La Salle St. He lives at S0 Banks Street. His son, Howard F. Gillette, Jr., is in preparatory school in the East. Frank S. Hibbard, also in school from 1881 to 1888, is well known as a partner in the old Hrm of Hibbard Spencer Bartlett. He lives on Astor Street and has two children, both married. Allison Armour was in school from 1876 to 1880. He is a prominent explorer of Central America, and of Grecian antiquity. He is at present using his yacht to assist the Department of Agriculture in the development of new species of plants. Page IIS CQ? 7 il li il 1 1 i l r l 5 1 K . I 1 r li, dx 81 .J li fn Q., T , .,.., 1
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!?JZfzU7.fZ.fZ!2!'.2!EfZ!Ef TH 4 f'l ARVA li l? afar ,cz -- i ll 115 All l l i K l ii, ii 1: li 1. eil ll ill 5,11 lil 1 M0 14 1, ii ia. I ali .J J n l l Mr. Schobinger had become acquainted with Miss Elizabeth Kirkland, whose ability he greatly admired, and he wished to ally her as a business partner, an offer which she, however, declined. Had Mr. Schobinger realized the precarious financial condition of Chicago in the late seventies, his own ignorance of American life, and his total lack of friends or social connections in Chicago, perhaps he would have hesitated to assume the responsibility of this undertaking. Even Mr. Bryan, who helped him with his legal advice, warned him: It behooves all men to observe the utmost caution in financial undertakings in this season of general depression. However, like the provincial D'Arta- gnan coming to seek his fortune in the great city, and the young teacher was without re- morse for the past, confident in the present, and full of hope for the future. In Sep- tember, 1876, he saw himself the head of a small school of seventeen pupils, saddled with a debt of several thousand dollars, and alone responsible for rent and salaries. Dur- ing the Hrst year, his total net income was three hundred and sixty dollars. However, Mr. Schobinger's singular earnestness of purpose, his originality and in- sight, and his vigorous personal qualities soon won him friends, and in the face of financial difficulties that sometimes seemed insurmountable, the school grew steadily. He was par- ticularly anxious to introduce the study of sciences with laboratory methods into Ameri- can school life, a great innovation at this time. In one of his letters to a friend, he wrote: In my opinion, one of the most glaring and astonishing defects of the system of in- struction still prevalent in this country is the almost neglect of science in schools-subjects so eminently practical that one would expect them here more than anywhere else. In the early days the school had on its rolls the names of men who have meant much to the development of Chicago-such names as Swift, Armour, Marshall Field, Pullman, Mc- Cormick, Hamill, Mason, Shortall, Allerton, Hibbard and many others. However, Mr. Schobingeris own simplicity of life and character made him quite incapable of attach- ing undue importance to money, or of being overawed by it. It therefore caused a great deal of amused comment when the young man dismissed from school for misbehaviour a Scion of one of the most prominent Chicago families, but the incident did him no harm. It was perhaps fortunate for Mr. Schobinger that at this critical time he was not burdened with the cares of a family. It was not until 1882, on a visit to Switzerland, that he found the young woman who was to be his loyal companion during all the years of an extremely happy married life. The history of Mr. Schobinger is linked inextricably with that of the Harvard Schoolg to tell the one must be to tell the other. The school lay ve1'y close of his heart, and he never wished to consider other opportunities. When Mr. Harper came to Chicago as president of the University, he met Mr. Schobinger frequently in school conferences, and a few years later offered him the position of professor of education at the Univer- sity of Chicago, and examiner for secondary schools. However, Mr. Schobinger de- clined this offer, as also later on, the offer to be principal of the Morgan Park Academy, and later, of the University of Chicago High School. At about this time, he served with Professor Grandgent of Harvard University on one of the first national committees for the revision of Modern Language teaching in America along progressive lines, and he was a frequent speaker in high school conferences both on languages and mathematics. It was a great pleasure to Mr. Schobinger in his later years to realize how many friends he had won in his long association with the school, for when he set about in his seventieth year to place the school on a more permanent footing by housing it in a build- ing of its own, alumni and friends of the, school came forward and financed the build- ing with a loan of nearly one hundred thousand dollars. For thirty-five years, John C. Grant shared with Mr. Schobinger the responsibilities of the school, and the two men, different in temperament, physique, language and back- ground, carried on a happy partnership severed only by Mr. Grant,s death in 1914. Pagr 1 I4 I A' C- ea
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