PARENT-TEACHER ASSN. See CLEVELAND COUNCIL OF PTAS.
PAYER, ERNST (1904-April 1981) was a prominent Cleveland modernist architect. He was born in Vienna, Austria, and received his doctorate at the University of Vienna in 1927 before going to study with Josef Hoffmann and Walter Gropius to receive his master’s degree in Architecture from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design in 1938. Payer worked in New York until the end of World War II as an architect.
The PERKINS SCHOOL OF PIANO TUNING AND TECHNOLOGY, established by ROBERT K. PERKINS in 1962, was a vocational school approved by the Ohio Department of Education and later by many state Vocational Rehabilitation departments. The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service approved the school as well, allowing foreign students to enroll.
PETERS, HARRY ALFRED (4 Aug. 1879-15 May 1961) doubled the enrollment, solidified the finances, and created a new campus for UNIVERSITY SCHOOL during his term as headmaster (1908-47, afterwards, headmaster emeritus). Under his administration, the school established its reputation as one of the area's top PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
PETERS, RICHARD DORLAND (29 May 1910-27 Oct. 1984) spent a major part of his journalistic career with the Scripps-Howard organization in his hometown of Cleveland. The son of Dr. Harry A. Peters, longtime headmaster of UNIVERSITY SCHOOL, "Dick" Peters graduated from Yale in 1932 and broke into journalism with the Washington Daily News.
PRENTISS, JENNIE WARREN (17 October 1870-5 April 1946) was a women’s educator who was a founder of the predecessor to LAUREL SCHOOL. She was born in Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio to parents Chauncey Prentiss and Emily Hanks.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS. The public-school movement in the U.S. did not really begin until the 1830s and 1840s. Consequently, schools established in the early 19th century were, of necessity, private schools. The line between public and private, however, was not as rigid as it is today. The people believed that education benefited the community at large and that the costs should be borne by all.
PUCKETT, NEWBELL NILES (8 July 1898-21 Feb. 1967), educator, sociologist, and folklorist, was born in Columbus, Miss., to Willis Newbell and Matilda (Boyd) Puckett. He received his B.S. (1918) from Mississippi College at Clinton, and his Ph.B. (1920), A.M. (1921), and Ph.D. (1925) from Yale University.
REINTHAL, DAVID F. (28 April 1915-17 Nov. 1992) businessman and educator, was born in Cleveland, the son of Manuel and Cora Fuld Reinthal. He graduated from UNIVERSITY SCHOOL in 1932 and attended Yale University, receiving his BA degree four years later.
RICHARDSON, LYON NORMAN (20 July 1898-16 Aug. 1980) found time to run the university libraries while serving as a distinguished professor of American literature at CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV. Born in Andover, O., he returned following his graduation from Western Reserve Univ.
RICKOFF, ANDREW JACKSON (23 Aug. 1824-29 March 1899) reorganized the CLEVELAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS as superintendent during the formative period following the CIVIL WAR. Born in New Hope, N.J., he graduated from Woodward College in Cincinnati and later received a master's degree from Ohio Univ.
The SCHOOL FUND SOCIETY was a state organization of black citizens whose main objective was to find ways to ensure educational opportunities for black children in the state.
SCHOOL GARDENS taught thousands of Cleveland children and adults the joys and challenges of gardening for almost 75 years.
SCHOOLS, PRIVATE. See PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
SHERA, JESSE HAUK (8 Dec. 1903-8 Mar. 1982), internationally respected librarian and library educator and dean of the School of Library Science at Western Reserve University (subsequently CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY), was born in Oxford, Ohio, the son of Charles H. and Jessie (Hauk) Shera. He received an A.B.
SMYTH, ANSON (1 Jan. 1812-2 May 1887), "the Father of the Cleveland Public Library" and an educator and Presbyterian minister, was born in Franklin, Pa., attended Milan Academy and Williams College, and after teaching a few years, graduated from Yale Theological Seminary.
SOUTHGATE, ROBERT L. (24 Oct. 1921-6 Sept. 1988), librarian, teacher, writer and publisher, pioneered the local study of the history of AFRICAN AMERICANS.
SPAULDING, FRANK ELLSWORTH (30 Nov. 1866-6 June 1960), an educator of national stature, left an indelible imprint on the CLEVELAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS despite a relatively brief tenure as superintendent. The son of William and Abby Stearns Spaulding, he was a native of Dublin, N.H.
ST. JOHN, SAMUEL (29 Mar. 1813-9 Sept. 1876), science professor, proponent of natural history, and newspaper publisher during his short time in the Cleveland area in the mid-1800s, was born in New Canaan, Conn., son of Samuel and Hannah Benedict Richards St. John.
ST. MARTIN DE PORRES HIGH SCHOOL, 6202 St. Clair Ave., opened with 105 students in 2004 in the former St. Vitus Elementary School. The high school is named for the patron saint of mixed-race and working people, born in Peru in 1679 and canonized in 1962.
STEWART, JOHN HALL (20 April 1904-31 Oct. 1991) occupied the Henry E. Bourne chair of history at CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV. as an authority on the era of the French Revolution. Born near Springfield in Ontario, Canada, he earned his bachelor's degree from the Univ. of Ontario and advanced degrees at Cornell. Joining the history dept.
WILLIAM SUDECK (1/26/1927-10/9/2000), known as "Bill," was a star basketball player at Kent State University and the coach of the basketball, track, and cross-country teams at the Case Institute of Technology.
TEACHER EDUCATION. The history of teacher education in Cleveland reflects earlier national and state movements to begin normal schools, needed because of the establishment of the common school during the first half of the 19th century (1789-1860). Previously there was little or no interest in or need for teacher education. Teacher education in Cleveland can be traced to the 1830s.
