| The History of Chicago Manual High School
Chicago (population 2.8 million) is located in northeastern Illinois in eastern Cook County. Lake Michigan, the Chicago and Des Plaines Rivers are the main waterways to and from town. Interstates 55, 57, 90, and 94 will all lead you to the “Windy City,” as will numerous US and Illinois routes along with various rail and flight carriers. From what started as a small village in the early 1800’s, Chicago has grown to the nation’s third largest city and one of the most famous places in the world. Manual High School (aka Manual Training High School) began educating students as early as 1883 when it was founded by Henry Holmes Belfield. The school had an affiliation with the University of Chicago and its president, William Rainey Harper, by 1897 as a working partner. Belfield’s belief was that the technical skills that his students learned would translate into lessons learned about willpower, honest labor, and clear thinking, which tied into a college preparatory education. The school was operating at 12th Street and South Michigan Avenue in Chicago until 1904 when Manual and Southside Academy came together along with high school-aged students from an elementary school run by University of Chicago philosophy professor John Dewey (a contemporary of Harper and Belfield) in Belfield Hall at the university. The school renamed itself University High School and is still in operation today. More about the history of Manual can be found by clicking on this link: http://www.ucls.uchicago.edu/about/history/ee/chapter1_3.pdf |
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