The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-12

and Summer. 1t is four stories in height
and is well appointed throughout. The
boilers and most OF the workshops are in
the basement. The shops are pot yet
equipped but will be shortly. The first
and second floors are given mainly to
school-rooms.
The principal has an office on the first
floor, and besides this room and the
school rooms there is library and
machine room on that floor.
On the third floor Is laboratory, lee
ture room and lunch room. The school
will be in session from 0 A. M. until Il.
NJ, with three-quarters of an hour Mt
noon for lunch. which will be served at
moderate cost.
The course of study is mainly the same
as that In the English High School with
the addition OF manual training. 1t is Of
the work shop will be an hour and half
daily, and the recitations will, each be
three-quarters OF an hour long.
There arc Ninety Pupils.
To-day, ninety pupils presented them
selues for admittance to the school. Or
these sixty-four were put in the begin
ners, and twenty-six In the advanced de-
partment. The principal informed a
NEWS reporter that he was well pleased
with the number OF pupils, and that il is
about what he expected.
The teachers appointed are: w. w.
Grant, principal; Alexander Bevan,
teacher of second year class; George H.
Perkins, teacher Of the first year; L. H.
Campbell. te acher Of the first year; Lud-
wig Frank. teacher Of drawing; Charles
IL. Westcott, teacher of metal working.
The Teachers.
w. w. Grant is a native Of northern
New York and a graduate OF Harvard
University, class OF 1859. From 1869 to
0s73 he was principal of Union Academy,
Belleyille, n. Y, and from then until
1881 principal of the Leavenworth, Kansas,
High School. From 1891 until the present
time Mr. Grant has been principal of the
Indianapolis High School, where during
the past two years manual training has
been n part of the course. Within the
past year Mr.. Grant has visited Cinciu-
natl, Toledo, Milwaukee, Chicago and st.
Louis to observe the work In manual
training with reference To the improve
ment of this department in his own
school.
Alexander Bevan is graduate of Brown
University, class of 1876. lie taught in
the English and Classical School In the
PROVIDENCE High School until 1887. Fro IN
1887 for four years he taught sciences In
the Milwaukee State Normal School, and
for the past year has been engaged ia the
electrical supply business. lie Is widely
and favorably known in this city.
George III. Perkins is n graduate OF
Harvard University. class of ;SS4. His
specia ity is mathematics, In which he
took honors at graduation and whicd he
has since pursued in post graduate work
at Harvard. His experience has been:
One year assistant IN Woburn High
school, one year teacher OF mathematics
in Michigan Mining School aud one year
clerk in the Office Of the Secretary OF Har-
ward University.
Leonarl IL. Campbell is resident OF
PROVIDENCE. n graduate OF the Oxford
grammar school aud of Brown Univer-
sity, class Of 1892.
Ludwig Frank Is graduate OF the
Massachusetts, Normal Art School lie
was for n time director OF drawing in the
Arlington, Mass, public schools, and In
July 1891 was elected teacher Of drawing
the Framingham Normal Schoo', but re-
signed TO accept the position of in-
structor of drawing in the Polytechnic
school of Fine Ar;s. departments Of
w ashington University.
Charles II. Westcott Is n native OF
Maine and a graduate Of the Massachu-
setts Institute OF Technology. He taught
after graduation for two years ia the shop
of the Institute In carving, pattern-mak
ing, moulding and foundry work. For
the past two years he has taught I'm n
manual training school In Chattanooga,
| Tenn.
Charles r. Benns served three years