Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-01-17
THE INSTITUTE SCHOOL
EHE CLOSING ExER0IsEs OF THE
YOUNG MEN.
The Excellent Work Done by tho
school for the Last Five Years
The Prize Winners and Those
H0nOrabIy Mentioned


H0nOrabIy Mentioned.
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Institute Hall was well filed with an
audience of 500 people Thcrsday night to
witness the closing exercises of the. insti-
tute Drawing school. Although the audi
ence was composed chiefly OF boys and
young men, number Of ladies were
present who seemed much interested in
the proceedings. The pupils OF the
school were oil there and so were the in
structors and both instructors and pupils
tock great pride in showing the work
done during the past year which is the
fifth in the history Of the school. Tho
drawings of tha 1s0 pupils were hung
about on the walls and were inspected by
the audience. Each set contained four
to five drawings, from the first efforts Of
the beginner to the higher forms Of me-
chanioal drawing. All OF the work done
is practical and the drawing taught tends
directly to make the pupils better me-
chanics md more intelligent workman.
II is noticeable fact that the school ID
apparently more appreciated by the older
pupils than by the younger ones. The
percentage of the former among the
pupils is quite considerable and they
were numerous among prize winners.
The value which thia comparatively
young school is modestly rendering can
not be ovsr-estimated, nor can it be
measured in dollars and cents. It is
chiefly O work Of love on the part Of the
teachers and that the school has been so
successful is mainly due to their efforts,
backed by the intelligent cooperation Of
the Wilmington Institute. Poor as ths
institute IS financially, Charles 3. How
land, the chairman Of its committee
which has charge of the drawing school,
last night eaid to the pupils "We asked
you to crowd us out Of our old quarters
last year and you did il. We now ask to
return in such increasing numbers that
VIC shall be forced TO ngain extend our
facilities. We appreciatethe value of the
work being done and shall be only too
glad to offer increased quarters when
fonnd necessary"
The interest taken in the school as Id
shown by the large attendance ia suffi-
| cient indication OF its value and some
philanthropist could not fad more
worthy object on which TO bestow his
surplus riches. Most Of the industrial es-
tablishmeats fully appreciate the worth
of the school in educating Wilmington's
future mechanics and one of them, the
Belts Machine Company, has taken the
initiative in requiring every apprentice
when he signs articles TO bind himself to
attend the drawing school for three years.
Anthony Higgins, Esq, last evening
Addressed the boys on the need OF
| thorough instruction, which would tend
to elevate them to higher plane as men
and as mechanics. He urged them to a.
tain position where they stirred up
their own creative geniuses and were not
mere figures who lsbored like SO many
machines. He talked TO them feelingly,
and the audience rewarded him with the
closest attention.
Vincent G. Hazard, the chief instruc-
tor, then made few remarks as to the
practical value Of the work which was
being performed and he advised tho
pupils 10 carefully study and review their
work with the idea of becoming thor
oIgh.
George w. Todd Of the Diamond State
Iron Company followed in an easy and
oolIoquisl Address bristling with good
ideas and suggestions. lie tried to i'm
press on his hearsrs the necessity for
such instruction as they were receiving,
which he assured them would make them
both better employees and employers. In
| these days mos. of the work in shops Is
done according TO plans and specifica-
tions, that it Is absolutely necessary for
an Intelligent workman to have an idea
of drawing in order to do his work satis-
factorily. Liberal applause stteBted the
manner in which the remarks were re-
ceived.
Charles s. Rowland, who presided,
| briefly recounted the origin and history
Of the drawing school how II had grown
from its modest beginning to its present
| lusty youth and he hoped to Hse 1t ad-
vance with equal rapid strides in the
| future so that il should become the in
strument Of good which it was intended
| TO be. He then read list Of the prize
| winnera for the past term each Of whom
received ticket emitting him to the ben-
| efts of the Institute Library for one
year. The winners we're:
Primary Olass-H. r. Forthergill, 0flce
of the jackson & Sharp Co., 500 West
Seventh; Charles Philips, no trade, 304
| West; Harry Mammele, pupil No. school,
| 4GS East sixth; Z. a. Bedford, farmer,
| MarshGllton; Wesley Meeteer, under in.
struetlons, the Jackson & Sharp Co., 8S7
TGtnall; Fred Samworth, journeynan car
| penter, Thomas Samworth, 0 South OlayA
| ton.
Honorable mention-David Jones, ap-
nreatice machtnist, Diamond State Iron
| Company, 1I15 Lobdell street; Ferris B.
Taylor, pupil high school. sos West Eighth
| street; II. n. Burns. iourreyman car
builder, the HRelan & Bollingsworth Com
pany, 1016 Lombard street; Arthur B.
wilson, apprentice naehintst, the Harlan
& HollinRsworth Company, Thorn street;
Q. L. schopfer, journegman car builder.
Pallman Palace Oar Company, 6lS West
Eighth street.
IntermedIete class-G. r. Magraw, jour-
neyInau machinist, the Pusey 81 Jones COM
pany, 6lO East Filth street; W. FL. Graham,
joNrneyman cabinet maker, the Harlan Il
Hollingsworth Company, $50 West Fourth
street; Joseph Worth, iousneymnn car
builder. the Harlan & HolIingsworth Com
pany, 5o5 Washington streeti job Samuel,
iourneyman machinIst, Diamond State Iron
Company, 50t East Seventh street.
Honorable mention-Eugene v. faucett,
under instructions, the Paeey & Jones Com
pany, 3l5 East Third street; Z. ]. Hard
castle, apprentice cabinet maker, g. Hard
castle, 8l7 West Ninth street; Il. Stuart, ap-
prentice pattern maker, the Harlan d Hol-
lingsworth Company, 30l South jackson
street.
Advanced class-EarSy Bloomsburg,
apprentice machinist, the Harlan d Hol-
Clarence l.. Walker, journeymnn sash
maker. the Jackson i Sharp Company, 1918
Claymopt street.
Honorable mention Charles Dettling,
apprentice car builder, the Harlan Hol-
lineswor.h Company, 2it Walnut street ;
! Herbert Samworth, jnurneyman bricklayer,
Sharpe & Evans, 4 south Clayton street.
or the winners six are over 2i years OF
age, and tho others range from IA to 20
! years. Among those who received honor
} able mention four are 81 years old or
over. OF tue prize winners last year,
each one took out SO books on an average.
One boy took out sc books during the
year, but IA Of them we're fiction. Another
one only took out three, but be road p.ac.