The Story of Pittsburgh 
Education 
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HE remarkable position held by Pittsburgh in the 
fields of industrial enterprise has been detailed to a 
large extent by the previous issues of the series of 
booklets, entitled “The Story of Pittsburgh,” and prepared 
by the First National Bank. 
An equally remarkable place is held by this city in al- 
truistic lines. It is the purpose of this book to show the high 
situation held by Pittsburgh in other matters than those 
relating to manufactures, or incidental to the amassing of 
money. The mind is cultivated in Pittsburgh, and the 
needs of the soul are adequately considered. 
The educational facilities of the city range from the public 
and parochial schools to the college and the technical school 
and university, while the training of ministers of the Gospel 
goes on in theological seminaries. One of these latter insti- 
tutions co-operates in the support and control of the Amer- 
ican School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem, and offers 
students the unique facilities afforded by that school, af- 
fording opportunities which have never before been open to 
American students, with arrangements made to reduce the 
expenses of such students to the lowest point. 
Great work In astronomy is done in this city, and the 
achievements of the Allegheny Observatory and of the 
scientists who have been connected with that institution are 
known the whole world over. 
Pittsburgh has always been a warm supporter of religion, 
and the number of churches, of various denominations, 
scattered all over its territory, tells of the deep feeling of 
devotion to religion which pervades the community. 
The Bellefield district presents one of the finest civic 
centers in the world. In one view will soon be seen the