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100 Years in 100 Days: Miss May Chapman, Shaker Heights First Principal

100 photographs that define Shaker Heights

Shaker Heights Patch is celebrating the 100 years of Shaker Heights history by creating an online scrapbook. Each day for 100 days, we'll feature a photograph that helps tell the story of Shaker Heights.

Today's photograph is a portrait of Miss May Chapman, the first principal of Shaker Schools.

From the beginning of Shaker Village, its civic elders made a strong commitment to education. The school board decided to only hire college graduates, and the first principal came with plenty of credentials.

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Chapman graduated from Teachers College at Columbia University in New York. She was hired on Sept. 4, 1912 as principal. She managed three teachers and  also taught seventh and eighth grades. Her salary was $1,000 equivalent to $24,000 today.

Sources: "Shaker Heights: Then and Now," "More on Shaker Square and Shaker Schools" - shakersquare.net

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