Academy. That the academy filled a definite need in the 
life of the growing industrial center was evidenced by the 
steady and marked increase in the enrollment of the student 
body, a tribute to the foresight of Mr. Lytle and to the meth- 
ods of instruction employed at the Academy. 
In 1896 Neville Hall was unable to accommodate the 
students who sought admission, and more spacious quarters 
became necessary. The buildings formerly occupied by the 
University of Pittsburgh, then known as the Western Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, were secured and occupied until 
1909, when this ground was taken for the new City-County 
building. The new and more centrally located May building 
then became the home of the Pittsburgh Academy. 
Here a period of growth and expansion began which in 
1915 necessitated securing larger quarters to accommodate 
the constantly increasing student body. An ideal location 
was selected in the most refined section of down-town Pitts- 
burgh, 581 Wood Street. The building was entirely remodeled 
to suit the needs of the school. 
That the ambitious dream of the founder has been more 
than realized is amply attested by the fact that over 11,000 
men and women have been graduated from Pittsburgh 
Academy in the last 46 years, and today are successful 
ministers, lawyers, physicians, teachers, merchants, manu- 
facturers, editors, bankers and men and women of affairs. 
The enrollment has twice doubled itself within the last five 
years, and the institution bids fair to witness a period of 
expansion and growth unexampled in its own history. 
Herbert G. Lytle, A. B., is president and director; Rhuel 
Hampton Merrill, B. S., B. D., D.D., is president emeritus, 
and Mrs. J. W. Lytle is secretary. A large faculty has charge 
of the many departments comprised in Pittsburgh Academy’s 
courses of instruction. 
Mothers of students regard Mrs. J. W. Lytle, wife of the 
founder and mother of the present president of the Pitts- 
burgh Academy, with the warmest affection. She is known as 
“Mother Lytle”, and she never forgets a student or his school 
record. From her vast store of wisdom she advises graduates, 
encourages the students, and welcomes the strangers.