New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-20
AN ANTMNTS FOR CHATRHAN.
MR.. DRESSER rs BEING URGED FOR HEAD
OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF THE CITY COLLEGE.

One interesting fact in connection with the cleo
ton OF delegates to the Central Board OF Edu-
cation which has not before been mentioned III
public relates to the selection OF Horace T.
Dresser as a representative from brooklyn MI
Dresser ia an aIumnus OF the College of the CITY
and the only one in the new Board. on account
of HIS close connection with thar Institution ne
carly announced himself candidate FOR election
as A delegate and tho result has given much sa'is
faction 10 the alumni and friends Of the college III
general II is expected that he will he appointfn
chairman OF the Executive Committee Of the col
,cre which is composed Of embers OF the Board
Of Education and strong efforts to secure thet emu
are boins made on the part OF the alumni.
Tho logic Of circumstances points to the seIec-
ton OF Mr. Dresser for this place. Nhen 'ne
former Board OF Education was In existence IL con-
,rored tho college and for some time the head or
the Executive Committee has been Generai Alex
ander F. Kctchum. the only alumnus OF the CHy
College I'm what s now the Manhattan-BronX
school BOARD Rut General Ketchum was not
elected a delegate the Central Board, an" H'
official connection with his Alma Mater has ceased
There seems 10 he special propfiety in having one
Of the alumni as chairman OF the committee ana
Mr. Dresser's friends confident that he VIII
be appointed. In fact at the alumni dinner on
February this thing WAS suggested by fverrU'
p Wheeler who also voiced the desire OF the
alumni that Mr. Dresser should be made mem
Der OF the Central Board
Although Mr.. Dresser has made his nome III
Brooklyn for tho last twenty-five years, ne was
born on Manhattan Island. and has been In ousi~
ness on this side OF the river ever since his gradu-
alton from the City College That occurred In 1859
Mr. Dresser who "a now hfty-six years OF age.
was born In Eighteenth-st and Is product OF the
New-York public school system. The temper OF the
man may be Inferred from tho fact that after Sc
curing his education ne went TO work for salary
Of g. a week in the store Of John j. Hinchman a
at Par two g..
however he had an opportunity to take place
under Ausbon Birdsall. the naval officer and. ac-
cert ting IT, ne remained there about four years
While in this place he did considerable writing.
mainly OF a statistical character, for The Tribune
and other city papers thus doubling his salary.
About this time ne compiled several editions Of
the internal revenue and tariff laws-one Of these
was published by The Tribune. and was in such de
mand that the presses Of thai Gay were , Repa
than a hundred thousand copies OF the Extra
Mr. Dresser on leaving the naval Office, returned
10 his first employer and soon became a partner
in the concern. subsequently, the firm became
4 Co SIN later the business was divided, Mr..
Dresser taking charge Of one 6ranch OF ne ne lis Is
sted dealers In trimmings. bindings. ribbons etc.
al No 343 Broadway
Of the alumni Of the Gty College. Mayor Low
n 1872 appointed Mr. Dresser %e IN OF .,5 the
bncn a member Of that body continuously, with the
ercaptior Of the three years from 1877 10 lNi
lie was reappointed by Mayor Low In 1885. by
MAYOR Chapin in 1855. by Mayor Schieren In 1924
and by Mayor Wurster I'm 1897.
Iast wear Mr. Dresser the chairman Of a
ccmmittee appointed by the Brooklyn Board to
corsu with the trainers Of the educa tiona chapter
of Inc new charter and II due to the efforts
~ himself and his associates that the existing
oducational system in Brooklyn allowed 10
continue substantially unchanged under the new
rsrime A few years ago he was member OF the
,o,,n,,ttee Of the alumni OF the City College which
was instrumertal in securing favorable action on
me proposition for a new site and a new building
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