Amador ledger., 1902-06-20
WlLMERDlNG SCHOOL OF IN.
OUSTRlAC ARTS,

This school, located at 10th and
Utah streets, in San Francisco, was
founded for the purpose of instruct
ing youths over 16 years of age in
some useful trade. The directors
have Just issued the following circu-
lar of information:
San Francisco, June 6, 1902.
The next class of beginners will be
organized Wednesday, July %, 1902.
Any boy who has completed the gram
mar school is eligible for admission.
Boys who have finished only the sew
euth grade will also be admitted, pro-
vided they are over sixteen wears of
age. Applications may be filed at any
time. but they will not be acted upon
until July Is. For those who are en-
gagged in harvesting crops places will
be reserved for few weeks. New
classes are admitted in January, also.
The course includes a full line of
building trades-carpentry, plumbing,
ca matchmaking, bricklaying, black
smithing, wood-carving, clay model
ing and architectural drawing - to-
gether with instruction in English,
mathematics, physics, chemistry, free
hand drawing, sc.
There Is no charge for tuition, but
students are expected to furnish their
own books and overalls which cost
four or five dollars year. For STU
dents of limited means the school has
on hand a supply Of books and drawing
instruments, which will be loaned upon
request.
Special arrangements will be made
for those who do not wish to follow
single trade, and for those who cannot
afford to remain for a four-vear ap-
premiership. The instruction In car
pentry, blacksmithing, ameatary
science, &c., will be vel .elptul to
anybody who looks forws to practi-
cal work on the farm, in mines, or
in any industrial pursuit.
Kindly put before the people of your
county such of this information as will
enable them to claim their share of the
advantages offered to the youths of
California through this endowment.
Mr.. Wilmerding made his request to
the entire state, and not for San Fran
cisco alone.
Yours very truly,
GEO. A. MERRILL, Director.
The school was opened January
1900. 1t is designed mainly to teach
the building trades, the Lick school
occupying the field of machinery
trades. The school is of inestimable
benefit to the youth of the state.
At this early date, in the infancy of
its career, its advantages are not
fully appreciated. IN California all
the professions are overcrowded,
and the struggle for existence is
harder than in any other department
of human labor. It is true a few
rise to eminence and affluence.
Merit and genius assert themselves,
as they will in any other field, lift
ing their possessors out of the ordi-
nary ruts, and giving them pre-
eminence and power. Then again
the professions are looked upon as
the more genteel and desirable
paths for making living, and this
is perhaps the principal reason of
their being overcrowded. On the
other hand, there is a demand for
competent mechanics in the trades.
But the opportunities have not been
afforded to learn the trades. The
restrictions imposed by labor unions
have kept down the number of ap-
prentices in these callings. The
Wilmerding school in measure off
sets this drawback, and places before
the youth an excellent opportunity
of getting a practical knowledge OF
useful trades. The bulk of the
pupils in this school are from San
Francisco. Amador county only
furnishes two students, both from
Jackson, E. Moyle, who is taking
the course in wood carving, and
Robert Uren, who is learning car
pentry. We have couple of appli-
cation blanks for admission to this
school, which we will gladly furnish
to boys who contemplate availing
themselves of the Wilmerding School
of Industrial Arts.