Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-01-31
TINE roME SEMINARY.
Tho Endowment VIII Probably
Reach $4,000 .000-A sketch OF the
Philanthr0pist.


Tho Endowment viii ProbabI,
Reach $500 u. 000-A sketch OF ths
PhiianthTOpist.
A special from Baltimore says: Tbs
endowment by Jaoot Tome OF free
seminary and manual training school ii
Port Deposit will not be $500, 900, as re.
ported, but will be nearly 90 .000, 600, II
not more. His plans are fully formed,
and work on the seminary will be vigor-
ously pushed. Port Deposit is town OF
about 200 population, on the east aide
OF the Susquehsnna river. II Ia there
tnat Mr.. Tome arose from penury TO
wealth. He could not be induced to talk
Of the school until Monday night, when he
aaid:
II want to give poor boys and girls q
chance. l know what II 10 to eight your
own way in lie, and IL l can want to
try and make the road little smoother
FOR others. My purpose is to erect the
necessary schools aud wolknouses for
800 children. want them to have
practical education, and sound manual
training. The boys want to teach the
uae OF tools, and want them to learn
the ground work Of any trade they may
select. The girls will be Taught TO sew
to work and to cook and then they may
learn, telegraphy, shorthand, typewritinR
and the other occupations in which other
young women are engaged. The
school Is designed primarily for
orphans OF residents Of Port Depoait
second, for children of residents OF Port
Deposit; third, for orphans of residents
OF Cecil county; fourth, children OF citi.
zens OF Cecil county; and il there are
then still Accommodations left, all Mary
land shall have chance. II will not be
boarding school. desire to Keep my
plan free from tho idea of u charity
house. / expect to set aside So, 900 900
as an endowment fund. Intend to erect
several buildings on two acres OF ground,
which have set aside. They will cost
probably $500, 1000, and hope to start
work on them next year,
II is probable that Mr.. Tome will make
the endowment three millions instead of
two. He IL much interested in the work,
and In wishing to SEQ il accomplished |
before his death, is following the example |
OF Isaiah Williamson and Enoch Pratt. |
The aehool is incorporated ~ 1.-The Tome |
Male aud Female Seminary Of Port De- |
post" Tho incorporetors nre Eyalyn 8. |
Tome, John A. ]. Oreswell, William j. |
Jones, Henry O. Nesbitt, Samuel Il. how !
land John Ii. ClenAhan, Thomas o.
Bond, Robert O. Hopkins ord Peter u.
Tome, all Of whom are residents o.
Cecil county. Mr.. Tome is u selt.nade
Iaan. he was born August 18th, 1910, in
Mannheim Township, York county Penn.
sylvania, OF German parents. His early
educational advantages consisted Of a
few short winter sessions at district
school For several years he hired out
at farm work in Pennsylvania. His frat
step upward was as a school teacher. He
lifted himself for the plaos by private
study and for two years had charge Of n
school near Elizabs;htown, Lancaster
county, Pa. In 1888 he wont to Port
Deposit and got employment in q hotel,
securing olerkship with lum.
Der dealers in that town. His activity and
attracted attention and David
Rinehart, q banker and lumber merchant
Of Marietta, Pa, proposed business
connection, pntting up $1,000 against
Young Tones service. The firm Of Tome
Z Rmehart was thus started, and for I6
years its success was uninterrupted. In
1851 MIR. Rinehart died, aud the accounts
showed o capital Of 100000. Since
that tirae Mr.. Tome has been one OF the
most active and enterprising capitalists
Isiyihud, and a! bas.Lls. t,tb..
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