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MANN REFLECTED EDUCATOR WIRT'S INSPIRATION
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 6/9/1994; 700+ words
; ...I had my origin in the mind of William Albert Wirt, not as I am now, in my present...study-play plan, first came to Wirt while he was observing a group of...just been released from prison. Wirt said to himself, "School shouldn...
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By looking back,Gary could improve its schools, and futures
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 11/16/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...vocational education with frills. In Wirt's schools there certainly was...wrought-iron gates. But it was not Wirt's mission, as some have come...mutually supportive. In 1907, when William Albert Wirt was asked to create a public school...
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Gary's early schools offer lessons for today
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 2/20/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...system of public education. This was William Albert Wirt, whose work-study-play system...throughout this country and abroad. Wirt, who was born on a farm near Markle...considered important. In the years since Wirt's death, critics have suggested...
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16,000 LEFT BEHIND
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 3/5/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...brilliance, spurring cities like New York to copy the work-study-play system masterminded by Superintendent William Albert Wirt. Fast forward 100 years and shift the picture 180 degrees. As the city celebrates its centennial, Gary schools...
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DEATHS.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 5/22/1996; 700+ words
; ...Jane L., 41, of Seattle, May 14. MULKEY: William O., 86, of Kent, May 17. NETTLETON: Mary...85, of Shoreline, May 15. WIRACHOWSKY: Albert H., 80, of Auburn, May 13. WIRT: Rebecca L., 50, of Bristol, Ind., May...
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MANN WINS HAMMOND INVITATIONAL
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 5/5/1991; 700+ words
; ...5, Clifton Ford (Wirt) 41.13. 6, Derrick...3, Phillip Titus (Wirt) 2:00.0 4, Jay...2:01.13. 5, William Smith (WS) 2:04.84. 6, Albert Snowton (WS) 2:06...200 - 1, Greg Allen (Wirt) 21.63. 2, Tremaine...
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THE REAGAN CABINET: A CHANGING PROFILE
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/6/1987; 633 words
; ...1944 Treasury Dept.: Albert Gallatin, May 14, 1801...1814 Justice Dept.: William Wirt, Nov. 13, 1817 to March...1944 Treasury Dept.: Albert Gallatin, May 14, 1801...1814 Justice Dept.: William Wirt, Nov. 13, 1817 to March...
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Professors document IUN's colorful history
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 3/7/2002; ; 652 words
; ...School in downtown Gary. Thanks to Superintendent William Wirt, who convinced the extension division of IU...extensions at the East Chicago Calumet Center, Wirt and IU Gary Center director Albert Fertsch refused to give up the college program...
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Life in the late 1950s
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 4/24/2005; 363 words
; ...offered extension courses in connection with the Gary Public Schools. When School Superintendent William A. Wirt started Gary College in 1932, under Albert Fertsch, director of Adult Education, IUN moved to East Chicago. Classes were held at Horace...
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RELEASE OF MORTGAGES
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 11/16/1988; 700+ words
; ...Allied Okla Bank to Wirt L Harris Jr et ux, L11...Addn. 123787 - FDIC to Albert Lutonsky, L15 B1 Stonepoint...American Home S&L Assoc to William D Kaul et ux, pt SE4...Employees Credit Union to William D Duwe et ux, L21 B13...Sooner Fed S&L Assoc to William Henson et al, L8 & 9...
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