The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-03
DIR. MACKENZIE RESIGNS.
The Eminent Educator Leaves the
JaeoT, Tome Institute.


PORT DEPOSIT, Md april 3.-Dr.
James {. Mackenzie, director OF the ia
cob Tome Institute and the author Of the
scheme for its enlargement resigned al
a meeting Of the institute trustees Sat
urlIay The resignation is to take effect
at the end of the present scholastic year,
in June when Dr.. Mackenzie VIII have
completed two years Of service
Dr. Mackenzie was chosen head OF the
institute on the warm recommendation OF
Hon William T. Harris, United States
Commissioner of Education. and other
prominent men. He had just resigned as
head of the Lawrenceyille. y. J., School
for Boys. and if was stated at the time
Of his being invited 70 Port Deposit that
he was to work out new plans for making
use Of the endowment OF nearly 100000
left for school purposes by the late JACOB
Tome. Fer six years, under series OF
principals, a high-class public school had
been in operation according to Mr.
Tones ideas.
The plans which DR.. Mackenzie propos-
ed to the Tome trustees. and which were
adopted by them about a year ago were
TO continue public schools for both sexes
on the endowment. but to use large
portion of the money IN founding and
supporting a fae secondary school for
bows. Large tracts of land on the high
bluffs above Port Deposit We're secured
and plans made for spending nearly a
million dollars in putting up handsome
series of buildings 10 be occupied by this
boarding school for boys The other
schools were also to have enlarged build
ings a-d faculties
an able teaching staff including sever
al Johns Hopkins professors and gradu-
ates. was secured for the new school, and
DR.. Mackenzie announced that il would
BEGIN with q limited number of pupils last
September All summer wOrkmen we're
busily engaged on some Of the buildings,
but DELAYS arose and both pupils and
professors found on their arrival here
that the buildings were by no means con-
pitted. During the winter they have
been iuadequately housed in scattered
quarters. This gave rise to many criti-
cisms on tbe part Of both the visitors and
the tOWnSpsODle and ultimately led 20
friction. Dr. Mackenzie found that he
WIS not so warmly supported as he had
hoped TO be and his resignation followed
Dr. Ma ckeslZle Is widely known among
American educators IS the founder and
successful head for many years of the
noted boys school at LaWTeaceVille. y
J. He had established in his old home.
Nilkesbarre, Pa, the Harry Hilman
Academy which now mas an endowment
of $20g, t- and his success there led 10 his
selection in lS6Z as head master OF the
LaWrenceVIlle school, y hich had been
endowed by the tate John &. Green Tn
der Dr. GiackenZie's direction this school
became one OF the EC<a[ famous second
airy schools in the United States. H,
continued in charge Until all the original
board of trustees was dead and all the
legateeS Of the Green estate had passed
away, but IN april 1873, reigned-
Dr.. Mackenzie. who IS now forty-eieh hit
years old, was born in Aberdeen. Scotland.
( but was educated in this country. first in
the public and private schools OF Wilkes
barre then at the State Normal School at
Academy, and finally at Lafayette Col
lege, where he graduated in 1873 with the
degrees Of \. II. and Pm. D. He suisse
Queatly studied at Princeton Theological
Seminary and IS an ordained nj lister of
the Presbyterian Church
During the Worlds Fair Dr. Mackenzie
was honored by heinS appointed by the
Secretary of the Interior as president Of
the International Congress on Secondary
Education at Chicago He has also been
president Of the Head Masters ASsOcia-
ton and of the Association OF Colleges
and Preparatory Schools of the Middle
States and Maryland He was one of a
notable committee OF ten appointed 10 pre-
the American Educational Association.
During his service at Lawrenceyilie he
was also offered at various times the posts
OF president of the Philadelphia Boys
High School superintendent of public
schools of Philadelphia. provost Of the
University of Pennsylvania. president of
Lafayette College. principal OF Phillips
Exeter Academy. superintendent of the
Horace Mann School New York, and
president OF the Bradley Institute. en-
| dowed at Peoria H. with So O90 go \
number of these offers are known to have
included salaries of more than $1,000.