New-York tribune., 1900-07-22

monuments 10 the efficiency of the school stand
in the immediate vicinity of the institution ana
serve as vouchers for the capability of at least
one class of workmen who gained their trade
knowledge at the school One Of these is The
Hardenbrook, a five story building at No 21O
East Sixty-seventh-st., which is occupied as a
dornitory by out of town students The brick
work of this building done by graduates OF
the school Near this dormitory is a row OF
handsome buildings, the brickwOrk Of which was
also done by graduates of the school Students
for this branch must be between the ages or
seventeen and twenty-five years In the large
apartment set aside for this branch the young
men erect walls, piers, freplaces, etc, and tear
them down again and the handsome structure
with arched portal, windows and ornamental top
finish which the last class left would do credit
to any experienced workman
The plumbing class occupies the greatest space
in the building, and this is under the super
vision of the Trade School Committee Of the
Master Plumbers Association of Eew-York
The department is fitted with all the appliances
of first class shop. and in this department
much care is also bestowed on the scientific
course OF instruction. The evening classes IN
this department have been attended largely by
helpers whose terms with their bosses are
reduced one year by attending the school IN
the electrical class the space is insufficient for
have been compelled 10 decline many applica-
tions from young men VINO were anxious TO
perfect themselves in this useful branch In or
der to be admitted to this class the candidate
must pass an examination in the elementary
branches. In the carpentry classes students are
admitted between the ages of seventeen and
twenty -four years and in the plasterinS classes
| the students may be twen;y-six years old \
model carpenter shop is the schOolrOOm OF the
carpentry class, and apartment, lofty and
we'll ventilated, and divided into a number OF
small rooms is the place where the student IN
the art of plastering receives instruction. passes
| his examinations and does piece Of work
which shows that he is a master plasterer- One
of the most interesting features of the school
is the blacksmiths department, where classes
are made up of young men between the ages OF
seventeen and twenty-five years They are
taught to manage fires and to do all the work
connected with forging. Visework, hOusewOrhl
tool making and numerous other branches of the
trade are taught. and the growing demand for
wrought iron work makes the instruction given
in this department of great value. Sign, fTeseO
and house painting are taught in separate de-
partments, and some parts of the building are
decorated by panels painted by students which
worth preserving. but they Will probably
share the fate of former similar work-remain
to be admired until some younger student blots
them out and places a sample Of his work in the
ceiling TO show that his time had been profta-
bly, spent
The trustees of the school are r. Fulton Cut
ting. William E. Dodge, j. Roosevelt Roosevelt.
J. Pierpont Morgan F. Augustus Schermerhorn.
]. PierpOnt Morgan, jr., and Archibald K
Mackay.