The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-06-10

AS exclusively announced in yester-
days Tribune the manual training
| committee of the board OF control last
night presented report announcing an
offer of $4,000 made by Mrs. Abbie r.
! Smith for the establishment of manu-
al training school in this city, and
recommending the acceptance of the
offer with it's accompanying conditions.
The committee obtained publications
from number of cities in which
manual training schools have been in
| successful operation, describing the
methods pursued in detail. These were
carefully examined, but the committee,
believing that the merits of the sys-
TEN could only be determined by a
personal inspection, decided to visit
several schools in which manual train
ing is being taught.
They visited the schools at Hoboken,
N. j.: the Pratt institute in Brooklyn
n. y. the Manual Training High
school and others in Philadelphia, Will
mington, Del, Baltimore, Md, and
Washington, d. c. They found these
schools established in the various cities
and report that they are Il very in-
pcrtant part of modern education.
The object of these schools is the
education of all the faculties and not
the training of any particular group.
TO bring thought and labor together, to
make the thinker worker and the
worker a thinker. The committee re-
FORT as being heartily in favor of the
manual training school for the city of
Scranton. and is highly gratified with
the result of it's visit.
The committee unanimously endorses
the proposition received from Mrs.
Smith, and asks to be given the privil-
ese Of preparing suitable set of reso-
lutions. the same to be suitably en-
crossed and presented to the generous
donor of this munihcent gift
The formal offer as presented by Mrs.
Smith is self-explanatory and reads as
follows:
MRS. SMITHS OFFER.
Scranton, Pa, June ., 1902.
To the Board of Controllers of the City of
Scranton School District.
Gentlemen: Desiring to carry out a
known and expressed intention of my late
husband, William Talman Smith, | pro-
pose to present to the city of Scranton
school district, upon the terms and con-
ditons hereinafter stated, a suitable
building or buildings with all necessary
and required equipment, on such plot of
land as may be deemed convenient, ac-
cessable and advisable by your body, and
which has been discussed by your COM
mittee. for the purpose of Manual
Training school for the use of the chill
dren of the city of Scranton, at a cost
of $4,000.
First-Tho said city of Scranton school
district shall donate a plot of land eighty
feet by one hundred and fifty feet SOxl5O
feeD for the purpose and shall execute a
deed for such plot of land to Henry Be
lin. jr., Charles II. Welles and Thomas
Sprague, trustees. to hold said land un-
til the erection of said building or build
ings. and upon the completion of said
building or buildings the land not used
or necessary to the use and occupation of
said school shall be decided absolutely to
said school district and the balance of
said land upon which said buildings shall
be constructed shall be decided to said
school district.
Second-The plans and specifications for
such building or buildings shall be ap-
proved and accepted by the said trustees
and the manual training committee of
the city of Scranton school district
Third-'rhe said building shall be known
as the civilian Y. Smith Manual Train
ing School,"
Fourth-'rhe said building and equip
ment shall he used for all time by the
children Of the city of Scranton and shall
be open to all children of said city with
out distinction.
Fifth-'The said building and equipment
shall be used as a manual training school
or such school as is analogous thereto or
for the education and instruction of the
youth in such subjects and in such man.
ner as Is now Intended to be covered by a
manual training school.
SNth--Thc city OF Scranton school dis
trct shall annually appropriate at least
the sum of five thousand ($5O0W dollars
for the support and maintenance of said
school and the instruction of the children,
Seventh-The said school shall be kept
open and instruction in the branches
therein taught shall be given each wear
for the minimum period required by any
act of assembly now in force or here
after to be adopted regulating the term
of instruction in the public schools OF
this state.
failure or refusal of the city of Scranton
school district to keep and maintain the
said building and equipment open for in
struction for period of two consecutive
years and appropriating the stipulated
sum for a period of two consecutive years,
then the land in use for such building or
buildings together with all the buildings
thereon and all equipment thereunto be-
longing or part thereof shall revert to me,
my heirs or assigns,
Very truly yours.
Abble r. Smith.
THE GIFT ACCEPTED.
The committee offered the following
resolution accent inr tho Gift and 6vino