Pearl occupied a peculiar niche in the whole educational order. It was regarded as a type of pinnacle in the profession. If you graduated from Pearl, you were proud of it. Even after you got subsequent degrees, whenever you would talk about your education, you would start with Pearl High School. Most people don't even mention the high school they attended when they talk about their education. Almost certainly and practically everybody that went to Pearl, that's the first thing that they mention. And some people left university faculties to join Pearl faculty, and were proud of it.