University High School - U Highlights Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Morgan Park by a Baptrst drvrmty school The Morgan Park Academy was transferred to the Unrverstty campus rn 1907 Durrng the years from 1901 to 1903 the Unrversrty organxzed a School of Educatron whrch rncluded a number of rnstrtutrons whlch were taken 1nto the Unrversrty The mstttutrons absorbed were the South Srde Academy the Manual Tra1n1ng School the Chrcago 1nst1tute founded by Colonel Francts Parker and Mrs Emmons Blame and the prlvate experrmental school con ducted for some years along new lrnes by Professor lohn Dewey The facultles and admrnlstratrve offrcers of all the rnstrtutrons whtch were combrned to make up the School of Educatton were organrzed 1nto a srng e drvrsron of the Unrversrty rn 1903 The Morgan Park Academy was added rn 1907 The result for the Unrversrty Hrgh School was that for some years t had two prrncrpals Henry Holmes Belf1eld who had been head of the Chrcago Manual Tralnrng School from the t1me of rts establrshment and Wrllram Brshop Owen prlncrpal of the South Srde Academy Later the Unlversrty Hrgh S hoo' had three prrncrpals Franklm lohnson prrncrpal of the Morgan Park Academy was made a prrncrpal when h1s 1nst1tut1on was taken over by the School of Educatron Dr Belfleld retrred rn 1908 and the Trustees afterwards named ln hrs honor the burldrng whrch was ere ted and eaurpped wtth the funds r cerved from the Manual Trarnlng School Dr Cwert became prrnclpal of the Normal College of the Crty rn 1909 Franlcltn lohnson resrgned rn 1919 ana 1S now presrdent of Colby College George Latham Harrrs was actrng prrncrpal durrng 1918 19 Srnce that date there have been f1ve prlncrpals Morton Snyder from 1919 to 1921 W1l11Gm Claude RGGVIS from 1921 to 1927 Robert Carlton Woellner from 1927 to 1930 Henry Evert Dewey from 1930 to 1931 and Arthur Krrkwood Loomrs srnce 1931 Durmg the years from 1919 to 1928 Professor Henry Clrnton Mornsor was the supenntendent of the Umve srty Hrgh School and the Unrversuy Elementary School 1 1 - 1 1 . A , ' 1 . . . . . , 1 1 , . . i - 1 1 . . . . . , A I 1 x.f I - 1 1 . . , . . . . n . , Q. C o . , . . . 7 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -I 1 . , 1 . . T , , , . l1111rt1

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Each administration has been characterized in some measure by the speclal educational views and interests of the administration in charge ln general the University High School has served as a center for experimentation The term laboratory school which was first used by Professor lohn Dewey expresses clearly the purpose of the school The curriculum of secondary education is here to be worked out under conditions which are unusual y favorable and ts to be made available for the high schools of the country through the publication of text books Conspicuous examples of contributions in this line are the books published in mathematics French social studies and natural science The school is a center of experimentation in administrative organization The elimination of the eighth grade from the University Elementary School examples of administrative experimentation The fusion of the upper years of the University High School with the first two years of the College is th important experiment now unaer way The University High School is now as it was in the days when it was organized by President Harper the expression of a conviction that the American educational system must be developed as a continuous unit The University regards the school as a laboratory where under the best condi tions which can be provided a well chosen and productive faculty can contribute to the improvement of secondary education throughout the United States The University High School is part of a system which extends from the Nursery School to the Graduate School lt is in process of adiusting itself to the schools below and to the College and University above in a way which can be imitated by other instiutions in all parts of the country l I - - A - 1 and the transfer of the seventh grade to the University High School are early Sfxlrtrz