The story of Pittsburgh: Education

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

Document type:: Multivolume work

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:: Public Schools of Pittsburgh

Collection:: Economics Books

Board of Education to limit the number of admissions to the Training School each year, which practice has proved to be a very wise policy. If the status of our Training School were defined edu- cationally it would be to classify it as a school of Junior- College rank, due to the fact that the two years of profes- sional training are considered by colleges generally as equivalent to the completion of the first two vears of college work. A new building to house the Teachers’ Training School with its model group of elementary children, has been erected in the Schenley district, facing on Thackeray street just above Fifth avenue. This building is known as the Henry Clay Frick Training School for Teachers. When the will of the late Mr. Frick was opened it was found that he had bequeathed to the Frick Educational Commission of this city, the sum of $5,000,000 to be used in promoting the professional growth and improvement of the teachers employed in the Pittsburgh public schools. Since and before that bequest, Mr. Frick’s beneficence has made it possible for the Educational Commission to award free scholarships to more than three thousand teachers connected with the Pittsburgh Public Schools. On these free scholarships teachers have been able to attend summer vacation schools conducted by leading colleges and uni- versities. The commission has not only awarded scholar- ships to teachers, but it has paid either part or all of their expenses incurred while attending these summer schools. The commission has likewise brought from the fields of art and literature some of the most eminent and successful men and women in America to inspire the twenty thousand boys and girls enrolled in the high schools of the city. The com- mission has generously encouraged the routine professional work being carried on with the teachers throughout the school year by making an appropriation to pay for the ser- vices of outside school experts who may be brought to the city to assist in the development of such work. This gift of Henry Clay Frick is unique in the educational annals of America. No bequest has ever been made to an educational institution in this country that has ever ac-

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