The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20
The BROOKLYN INSTITUTE.
ITS RAPID DEVELOPMENT ~
THE LAST FIFTEEN YEARS.
Hundred. ef Couses q instruction for the
Public &C Nominal nates-iu Aims
and Achievement Things 20 Interest
People NJ All Ages and Conditions.


Jonah'- gourd may have held the record
g. speedy growth. but the Brooklyn Insti-
,ute pushes IL hard In the last fifteen year.
tie development Of that institution has
b..n phenomenal. and II the original foun-
ders. who In ics TRANQUILITY sat down In
S,evenson's tavern and organized tho
Apprentice's Library Association, could -ee
IN. present proportions Of IA. craft they
launched that day they might possibly
arrive a. = new comprehension Of tho story
o. Aladdin and theg genie Of the bottle. The
Institute genie. though a benehcent one. is
big enough now to IT, a tnfis appalling to
d. men who uncurked the bottle.
T. read AZ one sitting the Institutes
Prospectus for 1901 1900 means To have
rental Indigestion for a week IL i only
Whom me rallies from the shock and realizes
tia' no one person will try to take a~dvantag.
Of al the lecture. museum and library
opportunities that one il ablc TO face that
rn.-lrctus calmly There j. a class Of per
sn, who should always dine a Ia carte
T...y automatically ovcrrat If everything
o. the menu II Included la one fixed price
J. 20 t1 D. hotcd that this class has no cdJ-
caffunal prototype For o. a mental gour-
fIut could get enough brain food out ~
q. institute TO kn him In a month. and
I su, are about 1900 students PAYING the
6 ~ the institute"
The purpose and the advantages ~ the
Institute are understood In a vague vay
J.. majority Of the population ~ Brooklyn
49, Manhattan. aud yet II H. astonishing
NV lrN I~i-uus, CpHparatiVC!y s{S.tkiug,
HTUaIl' t'aliN' ard al preC.at" the scope of
u,ik aIdfhr wonderful diversity and a.
Co.. lf tho educational treasures within their
I.trh Fortunately ne uumlsr 81 the
J. ~" 10 faildly Increasing and th" lustt-
~" ll. gir"sdN gown Co 4" a tremendous
f.He 'ur r'eilcr tuAl culture.
Figure. tell perh1I@ morn fnrcihly than
n.yfhrg else ppuld tho story of the in-ii-
,t'"- development lrum lsts 20 i.6I
tH. institute" bal a p'riod oi intellectual
g.Iy Men Ike Agas-i. and Nor" lee
t.v.. .r 10 platform M'ulike Ncud, u PHI
liz. Everett summer. Garrison and Beecher
VOL the echoes II it, public hall The
l.iIuE IN Washington street had t-+n
l,4vI, m~rr'EIEcd. hut Sir Graham lifted
TO- mortgage sri preasntod he property
feed FIRM j0hf 20 the trustees ~" also
lrr % The institute i's fir, permanent
s~.arym-rt fund It az 900
The Growth Of the work neCp~sitat'l
Hr.ma! .Irr 4 a.. huil3iug and another
u.-'strn vhi,h cshau. ."d 10" r"y"Hur.,
t.4 -'r tv,n'y vpsr 'h" i1-ti'utiou -trIg-
PIT along iu a halt -mprihund condition.
9lf Don t~Ss % wa once m"r' freed from
Af|| ana '.Iff'| ! new ffl WIZ NltAkllldlfH'
figure. began % talk loudly and EN-
iaai'ra'lv
since 1851 the income has incr'asei from
ls. Lf u. sis7 -. tho permanent funds
hr,u N1.sp 20 s250.ol1. IN" uumt~'r ~
hr-fi'u'" W"mhHr~ from - 20 o,S3b, ~"
Ia-u.4l at'cndarcs from $50 20 50. l2d
H. is~7 there wer' T. meeting and classes
Lf.u tu all member. Nov thnr" arr sHl
D. lss7 there werc ~ special CLASSES oITn.
now jh"r" m" 3.6j3 Before such q reSN'ri
= ~. - ~. ..aAss .V.N r.R.N.4VlnlI
'gourd might we'll droop it, leaves and
t"ndril~. lblsl.d
Zach year Now departments have been
added to the list 10 meet the needs ex-
pressed by ia" public. The courses cover.
apparently. everything IN the heavens
above. and tho earth beneath and th" waters
under tho earth. In the year compre-
h"n-ivr and strong departments OF arcii-
t-~tue. electricity, geography. mathe-
mates. painting, philoiogy. political Science
aud psychology were formed. The de-
Jartments % microscopy, entomology,
Ihysics. chemistry, astronomy, botany.
mineralngy, geology, zoology and archa.-
,lpgv ere all furnishing aud among their
mrmb"r arr the most prominent scientists
al later New York. Each department
"a, library. it, valuable collections.
It. 'ures. it, research. it, meetings.
~" geographical department gives
geography a new meaning and has a col
lecriun OF geographical publications aud
apparatus hat has world wide fame and
has tecn visited and consulted hv a host
az famous scientists aud explorers. The
department ~ entomology has paid go 0u'
for the NeumoeCrn collection 81 Lepidop-
terd which being translated sI- H. butterflies.
one Of tho moe' famous 81 The sort IN th"
world. and has other remarkable collections
available for study and lecture illustration
Tho department of botany has a h"rhar'
ium Of more than y7OO specimens. The
department Of astronomy has d"v"loI-d
Until II needs a large and fully equipped
Astronomical ohServat, ~ ard the mem.
b-rs are already talking Of rcal'ytug his
pro cot and placing the observatory near
Tho mus um on PrusTsc' Heights There
80 Photographic dcpari meut with a studio,
dark room provided with al Photographic
sc'assorics and al charging room tor
81 ~ a year any member 81 the depart
mont may make lis Of the rooms aud ap-
Iaratus
The institute has n biological laboratory
~ Cold spring HaTbor which was founr"d
L. furnish a place for general biological
Investigation and give opportunities iOi
observation-disclosures 10 advanced students
Tie laboratory CCCmmodnice sixty sta
dcu's. IL spl' nd div cquipped with a,Iuar
iurs. running ,ali and flesh water, pr
Nato rooms Tor work. library, lecture hall
IhctugfHphic rooms, durnitories, DINING
hall. 30 For about 81 a student nay
have board. room and al, the advantage,
~ the atorntory. the lectures. use 81
laurch, small boats, collecting apparatus
t~ac'"ruluFl'a apparatus, &c, CURING wv
.easor ~ July aUd August.
4 department % Pedagogy C~onduci"t
~ cooperation with Columbia's Teachers
College and the New York University - q
comparatively recent rcsponse 10 a rapidly
Increasing demand. and moro than l.Ss
Brooklyn teachers ar" taking advantage
Of what " offers Departments Of politica
s14ucc and philosophy are also young bu
prosperous.
The domestic science department u n
thorough going a. the department Of arch
so.ugy, and an ambitious woman ma
o. from a salads and sandwiches leCtur'
to a lecture upon the ancient nuinTof Yucca
tan ur pass naturally from a lecture oi
noilusHs and radiatcs 20 a demonstratio
and i~course on the cooking Of shelltsh
department Of philately make pos;ag'
sisnI~ take "a an Importance that give
On aw'~oWc tone to the mailing OF ih'
most iuuoaious letter The department
- music covers ar incredible t%crritor,
and "rcrs song ~r~ital-. piano, violin an'
organ ~r'rital-. oTatorio and philhartnori'
c%uuc"rt-. GESTURE ~r,Citsls, isSture- on music
Wu-ical library. Sightseeing instruction
chlir"u's cuuc-fts. alicT-'go concerts io
d TyrfsH-n 80 SWING "A b.nfnpn To uuknuW