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12020-12-11T21:18:43+00:00The Beginnings55plain2021-10-13T12:44:53+00:00After Case's death in 1880, Henry Gilbert Abbey, Case’s confidential advisor, immediately filed the Trust Deed with the Cuyahoga County Recorder’s Office. By March 29th he had secured the endorsement of fifteen of Cleveland’s leaders who were selected as the incorporators, with five members serving on a Board of Trustees for the new School. Not being well versed in matters of scientific education, members of the Board researched existing schools and consulted advisers who could guide them in determining the principles and standards on which the Case School was to be operated. Restricted by the lack of operating funds, in January 1881 the Board limited the initial preparatory instruction to Mathematics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Drawing, and French and German languages, with a course in Physics instituted whenever the progress of the class rendered such instruction advisable.
They appointed John N. Stockwell as Instructor in Mathematics starting January 1, 1881, and authorized him to select suitable rooms in the Case Homestead and to make preparations as may be necessary for the reception of students on the first Monday of April 1881. The Board also appointed Arthur F. Taylor as Instructor of Chemistry for one year from July 1, 1881.
Case School of Applied Science opened on September 15, 1881.
The Case trustees approved the seal at their November 7, 1882 meeting. This seal features a rising sun similar to the one on the seal of the State of Ohio. "1880" is the year that the Case School of Applied Science was established, and "Cleveland, O." was the school’s location. The seal was changed in 1925.