1994 Death Arthur Berry, playwright, artist, teacher, poet, studied, then taught at Burslem School of Art, absorbed by Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, which in 1971 became North Staffordshire Polytechnic, where he taught painting until 1985, dies at 69 1944 Birthday David Melville, professor and director, Middlesex Polytechnic 1925 Birthday Arthur Berry, born in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, England, playwright, artist, teacher, poet, studied, then taught at Burslem School of Art, absorbed by Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, which in 1971 became North Staffordshire Polytechnic, where he taught painting until 1985 1924 Event 57,000 watch a High School football game (LA and Polytechnic tie 7-7) 1825 Event 1st U.S. engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy, New York
