The story of Pittsburgh: Education

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623714

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-241132

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Education

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 14

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: [ca. 80] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Pennsylvania College for Women

Collection:: Economics Books

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

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