student body, and many friends heartily desire that such
equipment shall be not only adequate in academic lines, but
meet the standards of beauty which the location on Woodland
Road suggests and which shall make the college an object of
pride among the educational institutions of Pittsburgh.
The administrative officers are Cora Helen Coolidge, Litt.
D., president; Mary Helen Marks, A. M., dean; Janet I.
Brownlee, assistant to the dean; Margaret A. Stuart, secre-
tary and assistant treasurer; Harriet D. McCarty, A. B,,
{ibrarian.
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL
FOR THE BLIND
The Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind is a
residential school for blind or partially blind children residing
in the western part of the State and is located in what is
termed the “Educational Center” of Pittsburgh, being only
a short distance from Schenley High School, Carnegie
Institute and Library, Carnegie Institute of Technology,
and the University of Pittsburgh.
The ground on which the school stands consists of five
and one-tenth acres, located at Bayard street and Bellefield
avenue, and was given by Mrs. Mary E. Schenley. In 1884
a legacy of $40,000 was left by Miss Jane Holmes of Pitts-
burgh to establish an institution for the blind, with the con-
dition that $25,000 additional be subscribed by the citizens
of Pittsburgh for such a purpose. In 1887, a meeting was
held by a representative group of Pittsburgh citizens to make
some plans for the carrying out of Miss Holmes’ wishes. At
this meeting, a board of corporators was chosen, and later a
board of directors, consisting of nine members, was elected.
In 1890, the school was opened on Forty-second street, with
Hiram B. Jacobs as Superintendent, and with an enrollment
of twenty-one pupils. The present buildings were com-
pleted in 1894, and the school was transferred to its present
location in that year.
The property is held in trust for the blind by board of
corporators. The executive head of the school is Super-
intendent B. S. Joice, and the school is managed by a board
