The evening world., 1888-04-11
NEW YORK'S YOUTHFUL TARS.
BOYS WHO PLOUGH THE MAIN on THE
GOOD SHIP ST. MARY'S.

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schoei.ship TO ne Begun on May Q PLAN
Of the LONG Summer voyaEe-Wha the
Young but Sad Sen Dogs are Taught
Before and After the Vessel Leaves Port.
The good ship st. Mary's will weigh anchor
on May 3 and sail away from this port with
upward Of one hundred of New York's boys
on board. 1t will be the fifteenth annual
cruise of the ship, which is the school ship
maintained ut the expense of the city.
The boys, in a two-years' course, are taught
a grammar school course and about all that
there is worth knowing of seamanship. sail
making M navigation.
The term in the school of book learning"
which is held in a cabin on the main deck,
began in October. 1t will close May II.
Nearly sixty lads have wintered on the
ship. and five days each week have been de-
voted to study and recitation. the boys hav-
ing Saturday and Sunday as their own, sub
ject to the orders of the officers in charge.
The examinations take place next week.
More than thirty new boys have already
gone aboard, and they are shipped for a two
years service. Many of them will leave the
ship again on her return next fall, as there is
nothing compelling them to remain, and
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thisc cheap way of gaining a sea experience
and visiting Europe.
Any New York boy between fifteen and
twenty years of age and who can write. if he
obtains the consent of his PARENTS. may ship
for n Two years cruise in the st. Mary's by
depositing S35 with the Superintendent of
the school. Commander A. S. Crowninshield.
That sum pays for n sailors suit of blue, two
working suits of white canvas, n mattress and
pair of blankets for his hammock. Tuition
is free and the mess is free. the expense be-
ing paid out of a fund in the hands of the
Board of Education.
The boys live on sailors fare. and one
cruise is generally enough to warn all the
Oliver Optic ideas out of the would be sailor
bold. School-books are laid aside when
anchor is weighed, and the six months occu-
pied by the cruise are devoted to seamanship
and navigation.
The Commencement occurs in October, the
boys meantime having enjoyed q summer
cruise across the sea.
The cruise this year will be on this approx
innate schedule Leave New York May 3 A.;
Bordeaux, France, June 6 leave Bordeaux
June 10 arrive ut Lisbon. Portugal. jun
10; leave June % arrive Mt Funchal. MADEIRA
Islands, June 29 leave July 6 arrive at
Teneritfe, Canary Islands. July 8 leave July
IL, sailing for home arrive at New London,
Conn, Aug. ..
Then for six weeks the Scholarship will
cruise about Long Island Sound and drop
its sad sea dogs mt the East Thirty first street
wharf at the end of October.
The lads are permitted to and at the vari-
Gus ports touched. They will bring back
much lore of the lands over sea.
While in port here the boys attended q
series of lectures by DR.. George s. Hunting
ton and DIR. @. p. Westenbaker, under the
auspices of the Society for Instruction in
First Help to the Injured. These were fol-
lowed by an examination, after whichtwenty-
seven of the pupils received certificates stat
ing that they were qualified to act in cases of
accident.
They were taught how to distinguish be-
tween epileptic, apoplectic, cataleptic and
fainting fits. and what to do to relieve the
sufferer; how to ease a broken leg or arm
until a surgeon arrives how to resuscitate
persons supposed to be drowned, and many
other things worth knowing.
The bright boy WHO has gone one trip can
p~aralyze a landsman with his knowledge of
ship, can tie a hundred kinds of knots and
spin a yarn like n bo'sun.
The grammar school teaches reading, writ
ing, arithmetic, higher mathematics, gram
mar, geography and history. Commander
Crowninshield is assisted by Lieut.. Wells l..
Field as executive officer Lieuts. A. p. Os-
born and j. H. Seers and Surgeon N. H.
| Drake as instructors. The school will have
more pupils this cruise than before in many
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