Harvard Boys High School - Review Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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umni Lgzcfion THE LATER PRINCIPALS CHARLES EDGAR PENCE was born in 1886 at King City, Missouri, received his bache1or's degree at William Iewell College, and entered the Harvard School to fill a vacancy in Latin in the spring term of 1912. His Work was so superior that he was engaged as a regular member of the staff: and he remained as teacher, then principal, until his untimely death in the summer of l94l. Mr. Pence was a man of unusual energy and resourceful- ness, which he showed equally as teacher or administrator. He was vigorous, thorough, and untiring in his efforts to better the school. He was the leading spirit in bringing about the construction of our beautiful gymnasium. His death deeply regretted by pupils and associates, prevented him from seeing its completion and its usefulness in our daily school life. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS Dr. Otto L. Schmidt 11907-19171 Dr. Lewis L. McArthur 11909-19171 Iohn R. Thompson 11909-19171 Dr. Lester E. Frankenthal 11913-19171 Ioseph E. Otis 11908-19171 1. Ogden Armour 11915-19171 Iames E. Greenebaum 11916-19231 Charles H. Hamill 11915-19411 William E. Bode 11917-19221 Hon. Iesse Holdom 11917-19311 A. W. Meyer 11917-19311 L. E. Block 11917-19311 Solomon Sturges 11917-19371 Kellogg Eairbank 11917-19391 Frederick Burnham 11935-19421 Ioseph L. Block 11939-19421 Morgan P. Underwood 11940- Daniel 1. Schuyler 11941- Harnilton Loeb 11941- Daniel M. Schuyler 11941- ELSIE SCHOBINGER was born in Chicago, entered the Harvard School kindergarten at the age of three, and attend- ed the public schools of Morgan Park, and the Ecole Su- perieure of Lausanne, Switzerland. She received her bach- elor's and rnaster's degrees at the University of Chicago and taught for two years at what is now the women's depart- ment of Centre College, Danville, Kentucky. After spending a year on a trip around the world, she entered the Harvard School in 1911 as a teacher of French and German. She spent the year 1923-24 abroad in study and travel, and returned to be assistant principal in 1924. Upon the death of her father Iohn 1. Schobinger she became co-principal with Mr. Pence, and upon Mr. Pence's death in 1941 as- sumed the full responsibility of the administration of the school. CHARLES EDGAR PENCE ELSIE SCHOBINGER ,ll

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80114 .fdnniuerficwg . . . 1865 - 1945 THE EARLY PRINCIPALS 1OHN 1. SCHOB1NGER 1OHN C. GRANT lt was under IOHN 1. SCHOBINGER that the Harvard School grew to prominence in Chicago's educational world, although to Edward Stanley Waters goes the credit for found- ing the school in 1865. Mr. Schobinger was born in Switz- erland on May 1, 1846, attended the Polytechnic lnstitute of Zurich, became the principal of a municipal elementary and high school in a town near his birthplace, and came to the United States shortly after the Chicago Fire. He entered the Harvard School in the spring of 1875 to fill a vacancy in science, remained as a teacher the following year, and then took over the school himself. He was quick, hard working, versatile, and a born teachery many of his old pupils have written to tell of his kindness, fairness, and understanding. He remained as principal of the school for over fifty years, until his death in 1927. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS Edson Keith 11879-18971 Marshall Field 11879-19061 lohn G. Shortall 11879-18841 George Armour 11879-18801 Alfred Cowles 11879-18821 Wirt Dexter 11879-19031 N. K. Fairbank 11879-19031 Charles D. Hamill 11879-19051 Edward G. Mason 11882-18991 Iohn W. Doane 11880-19011 William Gold Hibbard 11884-18871 Norman Williams 11887-18991 Byron L. Smith 11889-18941 Norman B. Ream 11896-19141 William Rainey Harper 11897-19061 Marvin A. Farr 11897-19091 N. W. Harris 11899-19041 Iohn S. Miller 11900-19171 George F. Baldwin 11905-19131 lames F. Meagher 11905-19171 IOHN C. GRANT was born at Lockport, lllinois, received his A.B. from Yale University, and later was granted the honorary degree of L.L.D. 1-le entered the Harvard School as a teacher in 1879 and one year later became associated with Mr. Schobinger as co-principal. He died in March 1914. The tribute written about him by Mr. Schobinger in 1914 expresses very clearly the esteem in which he was held. Mr. Grant was a strong man, of sterling uprightness, animated with an uncompromising sense of duty, most ex- acting toward himself first of all. Thus he earned the right to expect a smiliar attitude from his pupils. He was also absolutely iustp yet, when help by counsel and advice was needed, of an insight and delicacy unexpected in a char- acter so sturdy. lf example is the strongest and most edu- cating influence that a teacher can exert upon his pupils, Mr. Grant gave this in rich measure.

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COURTESY OF THE CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY Congrcss Avenue at Wabash before the fire, approximate site of iirst Harvard School building. THE FIRST DECADE 1885-1875 Population of Chicago in 1870, 298,000 . . . Lincoln assassinated, body lies in state at Chicago Court House May 1-2, 1885 . . . Cook County Hospital founded . . . Harvard School for Boys opens September 1885 at corner of Congress and Wabash under Edward Stanley Waters . . . Chicago Bridge and lron Works founded . . . First foreign languages taught in public schools . . . Nobel invents dynamite . . . First kindergarten . . . First art school in Chicago . . . U. S. Grant nominated for President at Crosby's Opera House, Chicago . . . Westinghouse patents air brake . . . Carson Pirie sells dry goods . . . Armour of Co .... Population of United States, 1870, 38,550,000 . . . Cook County Normal School . . . lules Verne Writes fantastic novels about submarines, balloons, around world in 80 days . . . Chicago Fire, loss of many lives and two hundred million dollars . . . Chicago Public Library . . . Montgomery Ward . . . Suez Canal . . . Cpera Aida written for opening . . . First mechanical engineering laboratory started . . . Small pox hospital . . . 1875, lohn 1. Schobinger enters Harvard School as substitute science teacher. SF SI' 411 Since scholastic records in the early days were considered unimportant, no school roll and no records of any kind exist for the first ten years of The Harvard School under Mr. Waters. Our alumni list begins With the year 1880, the first class to be graduated under lohn I. Schobinger, who entered the school as a teacher in the school year 1874-75, and then became its principal and teacher for over fifty years.