New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-03
THE PACKER INSTITUTE 1NNITERSdRf.
WHAT IS SAID BY THOSE WHO DENY THAT
THE PRESENT school. Is THE OLD AcAp-
ENVY UNDER ANOTHER NAME.

WHAT IS SAID BY THOSE WHO DENY THAT
THE PRESENT SCHOOL Is THE OLD AcAp-
ENVY UNDER ANOTHER NAME.
Tho writer of the article published in yesterday =
rrh,ne in reference TO the date for cele-
brating the nfjieth anniversary Of the Packer IN
s;ltute in Brooklyn. was misled by the statements
made to him into conveying the impression tl' me
members OF the Board Of Trustees were pr'cucaHy'
~ not absolutely unit In holding that the iOun lhs
of the institution should be reckone,l from the eS-
tablshment Of the Brooklyn Female Academy IN
1915 or 1916. This Is not the fact It appears from
statements made by the minority Yesterday 'hat
there is a considerable element In the Board OF
Trustees who dissent from the view attributed -
them; and in fact. the motion passed in favor
OF holding the semi-centennia celebration next year
was adopted by a minority Of only one
In behalf of this minority the following facts are
set forth: THE proposed jubilee celebration was
nrst talked OF In October 1890. \ part OF the plan
was 10 enlarge the scope and character OF the Work
done by the Institute. and in connection with the
jubilee to make appeal 10 the public for sub
scrlptOns 10 a large endowment fund. ON the con-
trary the idea Of the founder Of the Institute Mrs
Packer and OF those most intimately associated
with her has always been TO keep the rates Of
tuition low. and 10 conduct the school on bass
Of a benevolent Institution far as possible.
9TH. Brooklyn Female Academy was stock
concern run TO make money. and at least one diyi-
dend OF : per cent WAS distributed to the stock
holders When the Academy building was burned
Mrs Packer bought the land OF the stockhold r.
at u considerable advance upon the cost OF the
original Investment, and the Old institution was
completely wiped out 1t will be by reference
the laws Of 1853 that special act was passed by
the Legislature winding the affairs OF the Acad-
envy and distributing the proceeds among the
holders of the stock. There never was more COM
plete effaceInent Of one institution in order 10 make
way for the founding Of another than In TINS case
Il catalogue
the title-page the forty eighth. but the Idea
OF numbering the catalogues as from the establish
adopted in recent years. The catalogue ISSUED In
lS5. for instance called the second ana IL con-
Of the Packer Collegiate Institute. which took place
in that year AZ for the celebration In 1911. that was
IN connection with II was the recognition OF Dr.
Crlttenden twenty-five years teacher IN Brook
centennial Of the Packer Institute
When the question Of the jubilee was CONSIDERED
by the Alumnae Association. Il comprehensive
statement was made by Miss Packer the only suryv-
argued strongly against the idea that the old acad,
envy and the institute were one and the same, ana
in the course Of her paper said TT may , not be
lyn Female Academy stockholders my mother
received at the tine Of the dissolution when Mrs.
Packer bought G shat tns o by req E scb ava m
afterward became known the Brooklyn Poly
of the Brooklyn Female Academy. my mother
among them, contributed at the same time the pre-
MUM they received above tIle race Nhlue OF
STOCK viz, 50 per cent to the Packer Institute TINS
amounting probably 10 between $1,000 and $j,OVJ.
Many Of the stockholders became trustees OF the
brooklyn Polytechnic Institute 50 the founding of
the Brooklyn Female Academy might with some
propriey be celebrated the date OF the origin OF
the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
1T is admitted that jubilee celebration OF the
0ftieth anniversary OF the establishment OF in
s,itution in Brooklyn for the higher education Of
women may properly be held next year; but IL is
important not to identify the present institution
with the Female Academy The semi-centennial Of
the Packer Institute VIII not occur until 1903
What will be done by the Board OF Trustees
when the question of the date for the anniversary
IS again taken up Is uncertain. The minority. how
ever are prepared 10 maintain their position stOuty
and II defeated In the board Will probably appeal
to the public in statement setting forth all the
facts they view them