The History of Chicago North Park University High School Chicago (population 2.7 million) is located in northeastern Illinois in eastern Cook County. Lake Michigan, the Chicago and Illinois Rivers, and the Des Plaines River are the main waterways to and from town. I-90, I-94, I-55, and I-57 will all lead you to the “Windy City”. From what started as a small village in the early 1800s Chicago has grown to the nation’s third largest city and one of the most famous places in the world. Many high schools and colleges were formed in Chicago in the 1800s. Among these is North Park University. NPU is located on Chicago’s north side. Foster Avenue crosses in front of North Park’s north side, Kimball Avenue and Kedzie Avenue flank it to the west and east, and Argyle Street runs by the school’s south side. The university was established in the late 1800s. North Park Academy High School was established in 1894. The high school was a private institution, just as the university is today. North Park Academy served the north side of Chicago for over seven decades. It was not until 1969 when rising costs and lower enrollment forced the high school to close. North Park University still runs strong and sits in its small neighborhood quite proudly. John Peterson, NPA alum, provided the following information regarding the the buildings in which North Park Academy was housed in: “(NPA) was housed in Old Main from 1894-1969 and Wilson Hall (the adjacent building) from 1940-1969. Wilson Hall was built in 1901 and was previously used as a men’s dormitory until it was remodeled into a classroom building. Old Main is now the administration building for the college and Wilson Hall is a Fine Arts building.” North Park Academy High School Quick Facts Year opened: 1894 Year closed: 1969 School nickname: the “Vikings” School colors: Blue & Gold School Fight Song: “Hail to the Alma Mater” “Hail to the Alma Mater, Hail to the Varsity! Hail to the Blue and Gold, boys, Cheer them to victory!! Rah Rah Rah !! Go now you gold, Go now you blue! Fight on to Victory, Send that ball through!!
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Fight for the honor Of our dear old school! And show the rest, boys, That NORTH PARK WILL RULE!!! |
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Chicago Near North High School “Huskies”
The History of Chicago Near North High School
Chicago (population: 2.8 million) is located along the shores of Lake Michigan in northeastern Illinois. From its early days as a Potawatomie settlement, then as the site of Fort Dearborn in 1803, which led up to the formation of the city and its incorporation in 1833 and 1837, respectively, the “City of Big Shoulders” became a major location in the US for various reasons. Railroads and water transportation were two reasons why Chicago was one of the fastest growing cities in the country during the 19th Century. Today, numerous railroads and highways of interstate, US, state, and local designations bring people together in the city on a daily basis, as does air traffic at O’Hare and Midway Airports. Chicago is a melting pot of people from many nationalities, making it ethnically diverse, and thus, is referred to as “the cultural, economic, and financial capital of the Midwest” (according to Wikipedia). It is our understanding in researching Near North High School that it replaced the former Cooley High School around the late 1970’s, being located at 1450 North Larrabee. Near North educated students from the “near north” side of Chicago, and continued to do so until closing after the 2000-01 school year as 2001 graduate Jay Ferguson tells us. The building that housed Near North still stands today. As Garrett Klunk let us know, it is still utilized as a training facility for the Chicago Fire Department. A nice website for Near North High School alumni to visit is: |
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Chicago Morgan Park Military Academy “Maroon Warriors”
The History of Morgan Park Military Academy Chicago (population 2.7 million) is located in northeastern Illinois in eastern Cook County. Lake Michigan, the Chicago and Illinois Rivers, and the Des Plaines River are the main waterways to and from town. I-90, I-94, I-55, and I-57 will all lead you to the “Windy City”. From what started as a small village in the early 1800s Chicago has grown to the nation’s third largest city and one of the most famous places in the world. Chicago is known for its MANY individual neighborhoods, several of which were at one time their own town. One of these is Morgan Park which is located on the city’s far southwest side. One of the school’s that has an incredible history in Chicago is the Morgan Park Academy. Before the current Academy was set up as it is, the school was known as the Morgan Park Military Academy. Captain Ed. N. Kirk Talcott and Henry T. Wright were Associate Principals of the Academy in the 1880s. In a flyer around that time, a description of Morgan Park Military Academy was the following: “THIS is a thoroughly homelike boarding school for boys, and is the leading one of its class in the West. It is not a reform school, and boys who cannot be handled at home are not desired and will not be received. Particular attemtion is paid to fitting boys for the best American Colleges and the United States Military and Naval Academies. Situated on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, in the midst of one of the most beautiful suburbs of Chicago, thirteen miles from the city, the location is pleasant, healthful and elevated; the buildings large, well arranged and thoroughly appointed, and the grounds well laid out and cared for. For further information and Catalouge, send or call at the Academy Buiding at Morgan Park, or at the Chicago office, Room 12, Methodist Church, corner Clark and Washington streets, Chicago, Ill. Office hours, Wednesdays and Saturdays, from 2 to 3 P.M.” According to the school’s own website, http://www.morganparkacademy.org/morganpark.aspx?pgID=878 , the history of the school is as follows: “Morgan Park Academy…first called Mt. Vernon Military and Classical Academy — was founded on a ridge above “Horse Thief Hollow” during Ulysses S. Grant’s second term as president, just in time for the “Panic of 1873.” It survived that economic dislocation — and a few others in its venerable history — and has endured and flourished as an independent school for well over a century. It became Morgan Park Military Academy in 1877, with the Civil War still a vivid memory and while the U.S. military operations were primarily concerned with the resistance of Geronimo and other Native American leaders in the West. Tuition, in the 1870s, was $400 and included “board washing (twelve pieces a week), [and] mending of under garments.” Uniforms added another $64.50 to the bill. It was, from its inception, a proprietary school, with the land and buildings owned by the headmaster, and intended to operate for the profit of the owner. For a brief period (1890-1892), it was incorporated by the state under the name of the Illinois Military Academy. Operating simultaneously and in near proximity during those years was the “Owen Academy,” an informal school using buildings of the Baptist Theological Seminary to prepare students for entrance in advance of the anticipated opening of the new University of Chicago. When William Rainey Harper became the founding president of the University of Chicago in 1892, the Academy became the non-sectarian, integrated and co-ed (quite unusual for that time, although the experiment did not survive the decade) preparatory school for the university. It was located in suburban Morgan Park, on land purchased in part from the Illinois Military Academy, and was given a new name: Morgan Park Academy of the University of Chicago. Harper’s teachers at the Academy held university rank and one of them, Amos Alonzo Stagg, coached football for a time at both institutions. Two of the Academy’s alumni –Jesse Harper [1902], at Notre Dame, and Wallace Wade [1913], at Alabama and Duke, became coaches who were later elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. The Academy was also a participant in the first high school basketball game played in Illinois — in 1893, just one season after James Naismith invented the game in faraway Massachusetts. It was Amos Alonzo Stagg, who had worked with James A. Naismith at the YMCA Training College in Springfield, Massachusetts, who brought basketball to Chicago. After William Rainey Harper’s death in 1906, the University of Chicago discontinued its relationship with the Academy, and the school once again became a boys’ military boarding school. Part of Harper’s legacy, which continues to the present day, is a tradition of high standards, exemplary teaching, and a remarkable loyalty to the school on the part of faculty, administration, staff, alumni, and students. Just consider the tenures at the Academy of Harry D. Abells (1898-1945), Haydn Jones (1899-1946), Francis Gray (1917-1960) and David A. Jones (1957-1998), among others. Note, too, how many alumni have sent their own children to the Academy. The Academy survived the Great Depression thanks, in part, to two bold moves by Superintendent Harry D. Abells. While other schools were going under right and left, Abells expanded to bring in revenue by starting a junior college (1933) and offering summer school courses — even to girls –from public and parochial schools. Perhaps the most difficult decade in the school’s history was 1958-1967, after the reluctant decision to de-militarize. Girls were admitted for the first time in the 20th century in 1959, boarding was gradually phased out, and the school became integrated.” The Morgan Park Academy is still established today as one of the premier schools in the Chicago area, if not in Illinois. |
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Chicago Metropolitan High School “Mavericks”
The History of Chicago Metropolitan High School
Chicago (population: 2.8 million) is located along the shores of Lake Michigan in northeastern Illinois. From its early days as a Potawatomie settlement, then as the site of Fort Dearborn in 1803, which led up to the formation of the city and its incorporation in 1833 and 1837, respectively, the “City of Big Shoulders” became a major location in the US for various reasons. Railroads and water transportation were two reasons why Chicago was one of the fastest growing cities in the country during the 19th Century.
Today, numerous railroads and highways of interstate, US, state, and local designations bring people together in the city on a daily basis, as does air traffic at O’Hare and Midway Airports. Chicago is a melting pot of people from many nationalities, making it ethnically diverse, and thus, is referred to as “the cultural, economic, and financial capital of the Midwest” (according to Wikipedia).
According to this author, it is believed that Metropolitan High School (aka Metro) was open during the 1970’s, ’80’s, and early 1990’s as a collaborative effort among several existing Chicago Public League schools. The school had its own campus in the city and was located at 160 W. Wendell, before closing its doors. More information is needed in order to tell the story of Metropolitan High School.
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Year opened: 1970’s Year closed: 1990’s School nickname: the “Mavericks” School colors: Black & Gold School song: unknown ATHLETICS We do know that Metro offered boys’ basketball, and could have offered other sports. If anyone knows more about athletic and extra-curricular activities at the school, please contact us at the addresses listed below. BOYS’ BASKETBALL Metro had a prolific scorer that put the school on the map during his senior season. In the course of just seven calendar days, MItchell (JJ) Anderson, scored 60 or more points in February 1978. On February 2nd versus Chicago Clemente, he made 24 out of 40 field goals and 13 free throws, then followed it up February 9th by pouring in 60 versus Cooley (26 for 31 from the floor, 8 for 8 at the free throw line). That season, Anderson went on to score 958 points in 22 games for an average of 43.54 points per contest, and is the only boys’ prep player in Illinois to have a seasonal scoring average of 40 or more points per game! Anderson, who was called JJ due to having nearly identical facial features with 1970’s TV actor Jimmie Walker (who played JJ on the sitcom “Good Times,” a show set in inner-city Chicago), went on to play college basketball at Bradley University in Peoria and helped that program win the 1982 National Invitational Tournament. In his four years at Bradley, Anderson scored 2,341 points and had his jersey number (11) retired. He went on to play in the NBA with Philadelphia and Utah in parts of four seasons before spending 10 seasons playing in Europe. Following Anderson’s departure, Metro’s basketball program continued as a competitive one in the Chicago Public League. On a couple of occasions, the school hooked up in some high-scoring battles with Creiger High School (click on the link to find out more).
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The Illinois Theatre Festival is the largest, non-competetive high school theatre festival in the world. It was organized in 1976 by teachers from the Chicago suburbs. This festival is still going strong as they perform at the University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana) and Illinois State University every other January. Metro High school participated in this festival from 1976 to 1978, and again in 1980. MEMORIES From Patricia Wolf: “I attended Chicago Metropolitan High School in 1985-1987. My Junior year the school was located on Congress Parkway off State Street, Chicago Downtown/loop area. I loved it! Then in my Senior year the school moved to the near north side near Division and LaSalle Street. I used to take the LaSalle bus to work to the loop which was only 15 minutes away! I remember in my Junior year when the school was located downtown there was a music class. I had a very interesting art class. The teachers were called by their first names. I had an excellent teacher named Paula whom I learned the American Constitution and passed with a great grade score. The school was small in size, the majority were African-American. There were a few hispanics like myself and few whites. I was voted Princess of our prom from the Class of 1987. Our prom was at the Drake Hotel downtown. It is sad to hear that this unique high school closed.” THE MORE INFORMATION WE GET….. the better for us to pay tribute to Chicago Metropolitan High School. You can either click on this Guest Commentary link or email us at dr.veeman@gmail.com. We also accept information via the USPS at our address: IHSGD Website 6439 North Neva Chicago, IL 60631 |
Chicago Mercy High School
The History of Chicago Mercy 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 90, 94, 55, and 57 will all lead you to the “Windy City,” as will numerous US and state routes, which at one time included the legendary Route 66. 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. |
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Chicago Mendel Catholic High School “Monarchs”
The History of Chicago Mendel Catholic High School Chicago (population 2.7 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 90, 94, 55, and 57 will all lead you to the “Windy City,” as will numerous US and state routes, which at one time included the legendary Route 66. 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. Alumni and friends to those that remember Mendel can still find that the school is still alive and well in the memories of most that remember the school at http://www.mendelchs.com/index.php as well as www.mendelalumni.com . The following excellent history of Mendel High School and the Roseland neighborhood in Chicago that it served was provided by Anthony Johnson, MCHS Class of 1979: “Let me first give you a brief history of the Roseland Community that I hope will go a long way in explaining what a great school Mendel was, and became again after some very trying times racially and economically. The village of Roseland had its origins in 1849, when a band of recently arrived Dutch families built their homes along the Chicago–Thornton Road. Perched on the ridge west of Lake Calumet between what is now 103rd and 111th Streets, High Prairie, as it was then known, took shape around the Reformed Church, the small truck farms, and the stores located on the road later known as Michigan Avenue. High Prairie prospered, its farms made profitable by Chicago to its north and the stockyards to the west. Its population grew, most often by additional Dutch settlers who, after 1852, arrived from the east at the Michigan Central Railroad station in nearby Kensington. After 35 years, the endowment that supported “Pullman Tech,” as it was called, could no longer sustain the rising costs of the school’s operation as it grew to a student enrollment of 600. Pullman Tech had always educated the children of the residents of the Roseland community. By George Pullman’s will, the school was prohibited from charging tuition. Also, by this time vocational training had increasingly become part of the offerings of the Chicago public school system. In the late 1940’s, after careful consideration of the options, the Board decided that the only practicable means of carrying out Pullman’s intention was to close the school and create an educational foundation. Such a step required approval by the Superior Court of Cook County, which granted the request. Enter Mendel Catholic High School in 1951. At the invitation of Samuel Cardinal Stritch, the Augustinian Order opened Mendel Catholic Prep High School in September 1951. The original building and 40-acre campus located at 250 East 111th Street, Chicago had been the site of the Pullman Free School, named for George Mortimer Pullman who was an American inventor and industrialist. He is known as the inventor of the Pullman Sleeping car. Cardinal Stritch saw the opportunity for a high school that was needed for the Catholic young men in the Roseland community on the far south side of Chicago. In 1950, the Augustinian Provincial, Father Clement C. McHale, O.S.A., was invited to purchase the property with substantial financial help from Cardinal Stritch. Extensive renovation was required before the school could be opened under the leadership of Father John L. Seary, O.S.A. and eight Augustinian priests. The new school was named “Mendel” in honor of an Augustinian monk, Gregor Mendel, O.S.A., the father of Genetics, whose laws of heredity are world famous, and world-renowned. New housing development on Roseland’s vacant edges brought a short-lived growth spurt in the 1950s and early 1960s. Changing industrial patterns, however, led to a decline in the community’s economic fortunes. Production at Pullman and other local industries slowed. As jobs disappeared, workers followed their jobs to the suburbs. The inflation of the 1970s followed by the collapse of the steel and automotive industries in the 1980s left many of Roseland’s newest families without jobs. The virtually complete turnover of population meant that community institutions that had helped residents in earlier times no longer existed or were not established enough to carry the burden. Roseland has only started to recover from the effects of those decades of economic decline. However, the Augustinian order that operated Mendel didn’t give up on the school. The many successes listed below in the athletic portion helps to explain why.
Footnote: The Pullman Free School building (Pullman Tech) has remained in constant operation as a high school, continuing to serve the Pullman and Roseland communities. Chartered in 1951, Mendel Catholic High School (an all-male institution named in 1979 as one of the top ten schools in the U.S.) was housed in the original building for 37 years. In 1979 Mendel was recognized as one of the top high schools in the country by Illinois Institute of Technology by the director of funding for all minority-engineering programs in the big 10. Out of 12,200 high schools that participate in the program the director ranked Mendel as on of the top ten. (See Chicago Defender newspaper article to your right.) Michael Schultz (Class of 1962) tells us that at that time there was an unofficial school motto the boys were asked to live by. “Mendel men are gentlemen.” ——— FACTS ABOUT CHICAGO MENDEL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL Year Opened: 1951 Year Closed: 1988 Academic Objective: College Prep High School Known on the South Side as the “high school with the college campus” School Colors: Navy Blue & White School Nickname: the “Monarchs” School Song: “Go You Men of Mendel” Sung at most events at the school. School Fight Song: “Roar Mendel Monarchs Roar” Sung to “Anchors Away” ——– |
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Chicago Medill High School
The History of Chicago Medill High School Chicago (population 2.8 million) is located in far northeastern Illinois in the center of Cook County. It is currently the third largest cities in the United States of America and is one of the most famous cities in the world. Lake Michigan provides Chicago’s eastern most border. Several roadways and railroads, as well as Ohare and Midway airports, will take you to the city of Chicago. Medill High School opened in 1898 and stayed in operation for a number of years at 14th Place and Throop. The school was named after Joseph Medill, who was a prominent mayor of Chicago following the great Chicago Fire of 1871, and involved in the newspaper business. The School of Journalism at Northwestern University is also named in his honor. More can be found out Joseph Medill at http://www.medillelem.cps.k12.il.us/Joseph_Medill.html.
Medill High School ceased operation as a high school in 1948, Medill Elementary School exists in Chicago near the location listed above. FACTS ABOUT CHICAGO MEDILL HIGH SCHOOL Year opened: 1898 Year closed: 1948 School colors: unknown School nickname: unknown School song: unknown |
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Chicago Marquette Institute
The History of Chicago Marquette Institute
Chicago (population: 2.8 million) is located along the shores of Lake Michigan in northeastern Illinois. From its early days as a Potawatomie settlement, then as the site of Fort Dearborn in 1803, which led up to the formation of the city and its incorporation in 1833 and 1837, respectively, the “City of Big Shoulders” became a major location in the US for various reasons.
Railroads and water transportation were two reasons why Chicago was one of the fastest growing cities in the country during the 19th Century. Today, numerous railroads and highways of interstate, US, state, and local designations bring people together in the city on a daily basis, as does air traffic at O’Hare and Midway Airports. Chicago is a melting pot of people from many nationalities, making it ethnically diverse, and thus is referred to as “the financial, economic, and cultural capital of the Midwest (according to Wikipedia).”
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Picking up where DePaul University Loop High School left off due to education regulations that prohibited high school and college courses from being held in the same building, Marquette Institute opened in 1936 to provide a high school education for those who had not finished requirements towards a diploma and wanted to go on to college.
The non-profit corporation of Catholic lay teachers operated Marquette Institute in the Ashland Institute building on Clark Street in the center of Chicago’s business district. Lay teachers (those that were not from a religious order) as well as priests were on the faculty, while the majority of the students were Catholic. Similar to DePaul Loop, a graduate of Marquette was admitted to either the University of Illinois or Loyola University without an entrance exam. Unforunately, Marquette Institute’s life was short-lived. In the spring of 1946, the school closed its doors after 470 were enrolled that school year. The Servite Fathers from St. Philip would pick up where Marquette left off the following fall. |
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Year opened: 1936 Year closed: 1946 DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT MARQUETTE INSTITUTE? Then here is your chance to add to the story about this school that served older high school students for 10 years. We’re looking for information about the school, memories of students who attended the school–especially those that might have gone to one of the two universities mentioned above about how Marquette prepared them for college, a photo of the school, and more. Please contact us at dr.veeman@gmail.com or click here to complete a Guest Commentary form. Another way is to send thru the USPS. Our address is: Illinois High School Glory Days 6439 North Neva Chicago, IL 60631 |
Chicago Maria High School “Mystics”
The History of Chicago Maria High School Chicago (population: 2.8 million) is located along the shores of Lake Michigan in northeastern Illinois. From its early days as a Potawatomie settlement, then as the site of Fort Dearborn in 1803, which led up to the formation of the city and its incorporation in 1833 and 1837, respectively, the “City of Big Shoulders” became a major location in the US for various reasons. Railroads and water transportation were two reasons why Chicago was one of the fastest growing cities in the country during the 19th Century. Today, numerous railroads and highways of interstate, US, state, and local designations bring people together in the city on a daily basis, as does air traffic at O’Hare and Midway Airports. Chicago is a melting pot of people from many nationalities, making it ethnically diverse, and thus, is referred to as “the cultural, economic, and financial capital of the Midwest” (according to Wikipedia). The history of Maria High School in Chicago was found on the Maria High School website at the web address of http://www.mariahighschool.org/#!history/c38l “Our story begins with Casimira Kaupas, the future Mother Maria, who was born in 1880 in Lithuania. She came to Pennsylvania as a housekeeper when she was 17 years old. There she met Sisters for the first time and resolved to become a teaching religious to help Lithuanian Americans. She founded the Sisters of St. Casimir in 1907 and looked joyously to the future. The Sisters purchased 10 acres of prairie at Marquette Road and Rockwell Avenue in Chicago, and arranged immediately for the construction of a school. St. Casimir Academy opened in 1911 with 21 students. From 1911 until 1930, boarders as well as day students attended the Academy. Girls came from as far away as Pennsylvania and Massachusetts to educated at SCA. Enrollment reached 550 by 1950, straining the building’s capacity. The Sisters were emboldened with a new task: to build a school on a swamp just west of the existing building. They envisioned a school with state of the art classrooms, labs, and facilities and re-named Maria for their foundress and the Blessed Mother. Groundbreaking took place on June 11, 1950. The once empty prairie became the scene of tremendous activity. Maria High School opened September 8, 1952 when 750 girls walked across the threshold. In the 2011-2012 school year, Maria High School was fortunate to celebrate the school’s Centennial anniversary. While it is impressive that the school has educated young women for over one hundred years, it is even more impressive that there are over 14,000 young women who have graduated from Maria High School and St. Casimir Academy who have gone on to make a difference in the world. These young women live their lives according to Mother Maria’s mantra: Always more, always better, always with love.” In summary, St. Casimir Academy was started on Chicago’s south side in the area of Rockwell Avenue and 67th Street (Marquette Road) in 1911. The school grew to the point that a new building was erected between 1950 and 1952. The new building opened in the fall of 1952 as Maria High School. Dwindling enrollment and financial strife led to the closing of Maria High School after the 2012-13 school year. The final graduation ceremony was held on May 18, 2013. Websites utilized for this information include: 2.) http://www.ihsa.org/Schools/SchoolDirectory.aspx?url=/data/school/c.htm Chicago Maria High School Quick Facts Year opened as St. Casimir Academy: 1911 Year became Maria High School: 1952 Year Maria HS closed: 2013 Consolidated to: (closed) Chicago Maria HS mascot: “Mystics” Chicago Maria HS team colors: Blue & Gold Chicago Maria HS fight song: Hail Maria High School Hail Maria High School, wave your gold and blue Your fair and loyal daughters ever will be true Your silver portals beckon, your gleaming cross points the way We love your name, we’ll bring it fame, Maria, we proudly say: Maria High School, Maria High School, Tribute to Heav’n’s fair Queen Maria High School, Maria High School, You’re the fairest of all we’ve seen We love your banner, we’ll do it honor, We’ll cherish the gold and blue From our loyal hearts we’ll always shout, Maria High, we’re true to you! |
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Chicago Manual High School
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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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