The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-24
NATTER About SETTLED
Pronositioa Of DickiasOa Law School
Accepted BY Board Of Trade.
AN AUXILIARY LAW SCHOOL
II VIII Re Established Here With Wow
to Ultimately bringing the Whole
Law School TO Scranton Cheap
Fuel Advertising scheme.

At 'be special meeting Of the board OF
| trade last night. called to discuss the
| Dickinson Law school question, II was
unanimously agreed to adopt the rec
OmmendatiOn of the manufactures
committee that the proposition to estab-
hsh AN auxillar! schooi here for the
| present be adopted.
TIE Omm, tees report explained that
| Il would be imLc cacticable to remove the
main scho'' froT Carlisle to Scranton
this year, but with a view ~ doing this
| In the near future. II IOes.ble next year.
| the trustees Of Dickinson Law school
offer to locate an auNiiiary school here
this fall. providing the same bonus. free
| rentals f''' "''~ ara. Is guaranteed by
the board Of trade. r'rHtiD
Secretary A,n-. .on read y latt"" fr'rm
| the dean of the school. DR. William
| Tiickett, In which he set forth the
| difficulties In the way Of immediate re-
mOval and containing the information
| that II the auxiliary school project met
with favor at the hands Of the board
| OF trade, Professor Lee would come to
| this city next Monday to remain per-
manently and to arrange the faculty.
Thought II Very Desirable.
| {. Rufus j. Foster. In commenting on
| the proposition said II appeared to
| him to be a very desirable arrange
ment for the Dickinson law school, but
| thought II rather One-stded, inasmuch
as this city received no assurance that
| the main school would locate here per-
manently. 1t might he merely a pre-
paratory school for a long time to come.
he said.
Attorney Bonner stated that Dr.
Trickett Is earnest In his efforts to 10
cate the main school here. but as yet
has not been able to convince the presi-
dent OF the college that such q step
would be- advisable.
Mr. TOrrey said We need not fear
competition with Carlisle. We can
build up an auxiliary school here large
than the main school and II a conflict
between the two places should come II
is not likely that the tail will wag the
dog.
On the vote being taken there was no
opposition to the committees recon-
mendation and the project to establish
the auxiliary therefore received unani-
nous assent.
In the mater Of advertising the cheap
fuel feature OF Scranton in Casster's
Magazine, Rufus ]. Foster and s. G.
Kerr, Of the advertising committee. In
lengthy report. favored the move-
ment, characterizing 1t ais the most ad-
vantageous advertising offer ever made
to the board Of trade.
What They win no.
In a communication to the committee
and in person at last nights meeting.
A. d. Chandler. business manager of
Casters Magazine. exploited the ad-
vantages of the Offer and the benefits
to be derived firm its acceptance. He
proposes to get out a special cheap fuel
edition illutrating the great advan-
tagsS Scranton can offer in that res,lsct.
AS a sort Of supplement to the article
he asks the board of trade to take twen-
tv pages Of advertising at the rate Of
500 page.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Torrey, the
matter was recommitted with instruc-
tions to the committee to devise, If pos
sible. some method of raising the neces-
sGry fund and to rercrt the same at the
next regular meating