New-York tribune., 1905-08-21
NEW TRADE SCHOOL.
One Opens an Nezcsboys Home in
October as Memorial to Mr.. Brace.

The Chidren's Aid Society has under way the al
terations necessary to install at the Newsboys
Lodging House the trade classes be instituted
as a memorial TO the late Charles L. Brace. Mr..
Brace the founder of the society. opened this the
first home for homeless boys in New-York. IN 1874.
A memorial fund OF SCI 000 turned over to the So
cety by various friends will be used for the trade
classes. These will open October l. and 1t Is likely
that over hundred boys will be promptly enrolled
Plumbing electric wiring, carpentry, elementary
cabinet work and elementary forging will be
taught forge is be installed in the top OF the
house. and it is expected that the boys will pro-
gress far enough TO shoe horse and make the
ironwork for a wagon.
For practical experience in plumbing. electric
wiring and forge work the pupils will be sent out
under the auspices of some regular Arm The boys
will also get all the book instruction necessary to
enable them TO make Of their practical expert
ence- They Will have plenty of mathematics and
drawing. and viii work problems IN plumbing
in class.
I'VE anticipate no trouble with the unions" said
Mr.. Grosvenor. superintendent OF the Children's s
Aid Society Schools. because each boy must make
his own arrangements with the union after he
leaves the school. like any one else. Our school
will be on the same basis as any other school
From what class will pupils be drawn 2
Largely from the truant class. It like a con-
tradiction TO speak Of voluntary truant class
But that's what our trade classes have amounted
to. The boys those who have given the truant
1
ferred from school TO school, until teachers have
| nearly lost hope of making anything Of them.
! Finally many of them have drifted out Of school
| and have reached the point where they are almost
| ncorrigible. That is. their parents can barely
| manage them. They candidates for the ju-
venile court and if left alone almost bound TO
/ turn up there sooner or later The beginning of
| the trouble in every that they would not
| stay in the ordinary school and do regular class
| work. II did not appeal them. The diversity
| and manual activity of class work interest
| them. II appeals to the boy nature. They Will
| come TO classes when they won't go to any
| other kind.
! Many of these boys sell papers black boots, or
the first two occupations there IS very little nope
| of adult occupation. These are juvenile en-
| ployrnents usually. and the longer boy stays in
them a rule, the IT is for him or course
gets a stand Of his own and makes regular ousl-
ness of ii adult But for every one VINO
does this there hundred who are living on the
ragged edge OF nothing. In giving them trade
that has a future in it. The prison records show
that there mighty few men in prison who
know skilled trades, unless they learn them after
they get there. You find all sorts OF religions
tremely rare 70 find a painter, plumber. electrician
or member of any other skilled trade in any
prison. Therefore the very best guarantee we can
give these boys that they will get in jail IS
TO put them in the way of learning skilled trade
"One point. Reclaim one lawless moor
rtgible boy and you have saved ten others Every
boy who is sufficiently reckless, fearless and in
genious to annoy and defy parents, teachers ana
officers Of the law is bound to have at least ten
quieter followers TO whom he is a hero ana PAD
example. Trade schools are expensive. much more
so than ordinary schools, but they are not nearly
expensive as reformatortes-"