The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-05-28
THE TOME INSTITUTE.


For Port Deposit
TITO plans Tor the main building OF the
Jac1h Tome ius.isnto .5 PORT Deposit,
ar anour completed by ssobisact Alfred
f.a,aa Of B 3fmuga, oua the siJe OF the
/ Institute a.a ;ae time for beginning the
work have .r0. as er bavo been credit
/ ably informed, yet ueeu decided upon,
as sfated IN the Baltimore Sun OF Monday
/ fi1n wu;cl TIE data Of this Article have
| been taken.
The building will be constructed in the
+ Romanesque style of architecture, 125x
so feet, and will be an imposing centre
OF a group of structures, to be desig-
mated as Jacob Tome School House
! No. 1 D."
The basement will be of granite and
ten feet high, the first and second
stories OF sand brick, with redstoue trim
ming, and the top story ard tower
of redstone. Tue building will contain
a large assembly room, 48 by 81 feet;
library, 80 feet square; fourteen class
rooms, % By 80 feet, and smaller rooms
for the teachers and pupils. This struc
ture will cost 100000
The gymnasium and work shop will
be the next building erected. The gym
nasium will be 90SG5 feet, and will be
equipped with all the modern apparatus
conducive to physical development. The
dimensions of the work shop will be
1866 feet. Both buildings will be
three stories high. Il is contemplated to
erect two oaher buildings at future
date, making tho number five. The
aggregate cost OF the institute will oe
$3.50 900. The Institute was incorporated
MAJ 20, 1888, according 30 the laws of
Maryland governing such matters, aud
is to be managed by nine trustees elected
annually, who are to serve without com
peusation. The president and vice pres
ident are also to serve without compen-
satiop, but the positions of secretary and
treasurer will be salaried oues. The
incorporators were: Evalyn s.. Tome;
John A. J. Creswell, deceased; William
J. Jones; Henry c. Nesbitt, Samuel c.
Rowland; John NJ. McClenahan; Thomas
C. Bond, Robert c. Hopkins aud Peter
E Tome.
FREE EDUCATION,
will be given by the institute to white
children, both male and female, between
the ages of ten and eighteen years.
Books, apparatus, specimens, instru-
ments, implements and machinery such
as shall be necessary will be furnished |
free of cost.
In the admittance of pupils, preference
will be given first to the children of per-
sons vho have died while residents of
Port Deposit, tho children being at the
time Of their admission and having been
for Que year next prior thereto residents |
of Pert Deposit. The next preference |
vii. ba ex-enGai TO tua cAiiire0 of per-
Sons who nave been for 5wo years next |
prior 70 the t,us6 og lho admission Of the |
children residents o. Put Deposit. Then |
vii come children nj persons VINO have |
d;aa wri.s residents o. Cecil county, the |
children beng ~ lAs time Of their
admission aud has ing been for one year |
next prior thereto residents of Cecil |
county. Next come children of persons |
who have been for two years next prior |
to the time of their admission residents |
of Cecil county, and then children of
persons who have died while residents Of
Maryland outside of Cecil county, the |
children being at the time of admission |
and having been for two years next prior
thereto residents of Maryland.