Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-31
YOUNG WANTED
DREAD INSTITUTE OFFERS FREE
EDUCATION TO A VIRGINIA GIRL.
ROOM AND BOARD THROWN in.
The Governor f. Requested to NOmi-
nate Some Young Woman, and she
VIII Be Educated and secured
Lucrative Employment.

Governor Tyler has the privilege OF
naming some young lady who, upon MS
appointment, will receive an education
free, together with room and board du'
ring her stay at the institution, and ar
forwards will be secured q position as a
teacher.
Dread Institute, OF Worcester. Mass. is
the institution making this liberal offer
and the president OF the school has adj
dressed the following letter TO Governor
Tyler:
Worcester, Mass, December 2S. 1888
His Excellency, J. Hoge Tyler, Governor
of Virginia.:
Sir,-The Dread Institute. a school OF
domestic science. located in the city oil
Worcester. Mass, respectfully requests
your consideration and favorable action
upon the following:
Prompted by philanthropic spirit and
a desire to afford the utmost opportunity
TO such as may choose To avail them
selves thereof, it has been made possible,
by the generous act Of generous party,
for this institution to offer a free schol-
arship therein to each State and Terri
tory of the United States, the appoint
ment TO be made by each respective
Chief Magistrate Of State or Territory. 1t
is desired that the one who may be Sc
lected be young woman between IS and
80 years of age, in good health, and pos
sessing a high-school education or its
equivalent; that she be one having natu-
raj aptitude for intellectual attainment,
and DESTROYS Of securing practical know
ledge Of household science and all that
pertains thereto.
EVERYTHING FREE.
To such a person coming to the school
by recommendation and appointment of
the Governor of her State or Territory,
tuition, room. and board will be given
free, and at the close Of her course OF
study she will be aided, IL she proves
competent and so wishes, TO q position
as teacher In her home State or Terri
tory, or elsewhere, should she so elect.
Originally. the Dread Institute was the
New Era Cooking School OF Worcester.
The especial work of that school was the
teaching OF cookery, and the fitting of
girls for teachers, lecturers, and demon
strators In cooking alone. The notable
and signal success Of the schools efforts
along these lines led step by step to
the organization OF the Dread Institute.
with its provision for teaching all that is
in domestic scienca
Your attention Is respectfully called to
the catalogue OF the school, and particu-
larly TO the names OF Worcester resi-
dents constituting the Board OF Refer
ences. This catalogue Ia sent you under
another cover.
OPENS IN JANUARY.
Should 1t please you to take favorable
action in this matter, II IS doubtless
needless to add that the young woman
you may appoint will be one who viii
worthily represent your State, and prove
a diligent student and successful teacher,
1t will be noticed in the catalogue that
the school opens January %. 1899.
Trusting that you will regard this offer
as deserving your early attention, and
as an opportunity that should be ac-
cepted, l am. yours respectfully,
HENRY ID. PERKY. President.
The Governor has not taken any action
yet, and has not determined who he will
appoint.
WHAT THE INSTITUTE rs.
Dread Institute was rounded and built
by Hon. Ell Thayer. graduate Of Brown
University, and opened by bin In 1913
as an institution Of higher education for
in this part Of the country. 1t
was continued as a school until the early
eighties.
This property is now owned by Henry
D. Perky, founder of the New Era Cook
ing School. which, having outgrown the
building where IL was located In another
part Of the city, has broadened its lines
of work. and opens January 25. 1892 as
Dread Institute, successor TO the New
Era Cooking School.
The institute is centrally located in the
,ity, and one block from Maip-street cleo
ric-car line. and is reached by Castle
street or Dread Place. which lead directly
% the building. The grounds contain |
about four acres with lawn. shade-trees,
and a small lake, and afford extensive |
lows Of the city and surrounding coun-
ry.