The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-06-29
School is Endowed by Widow
i'm New York.
Common Ownership Of All Means Of
Production u the Doctrine
That VIII BE Taught.
OPENS DOORS NEXT OCTOBER


beth ID. Rand, widow of a wealthy
Wisconsin lumberman. when she
died last year left all her property.
amounting to several hundred thou
sand dollars in stocks. bonds and real
estate, in trust to her daughter, the
wife of Professor George ID. Heron.
formerly of Iowa. Morris Hilquit. a
lawyer and leader OF the socialist
party of New York. and Mr.. Fleming,
an Iowa attorney. to care for until
her grandson. now about 3 years old
should attain the age of 2S. In the
meantime the income from the es.
tate, or such part of II as Is not re-
quired to maintain and educate the
heir, is to be expended in the support
OF a school of socialism. The in
come available for that purpose is
expected to be not less than $500,
and may perhaps reach $4,000 a
year. Professor and Mrs. Heron
are now living in Italy and they ex-
pect to remain there indefinitely.
They will have no direct connection
with the school. although they will
take a deep interest in its welfare
and the results which are expected
to follow. The funds have been
placed at the disposition of the
American Socialistic society, an in
corporated organization formed in
1901. for the purpose of receiving
and disbursing requests given for
the advancement of the socialistic
cause 1t has now twenty-six mem
beers, most of them prominent in the
socialistic propaganda of New York
City.
On behalf of Mrs. George d. Her
ron and himself co-trustees of the
Rand fund, Mr.. Hillquit offered the
society last winter the endowment OF
the school. and it was unanimously
accepted. An estimate of $4,000
for the compensation of lectures;
81 coo for secretaries. salaries and
expenses; $500 for rent. light ana
heating; $1,000 for printing and
$500 for incidentals. was made for
the disposition of the income.
~Algernon Lee. the socialistic can
didate for mayor OF New York at the
last election, is president of the col
lege. and William J. Client. of 260
West Fifty-fourth street. New York.
is secretary. He is the author OF
Masses and Classes Benevolent
Feudalism" and other well-known
socialistic works. Morris Hillquit,
$50 Broadway, is treasurer. A
large old-fashioned reidence build
ing at 112 East Nineteenth street
has been rented for a term of years
and will be opened as headquarters
on July /. The parlor floor will be
fitted up for a library. reading-room,
reception-room and office; on the
second floor a lecture hall and class
rooms will be provided. and regular
instruction will begin on Monday,
October 1.
Four courses Of study will be
given in a systematic manner, with
the use Of textbooks, personal in
struction and examinations. On the
economics OF socialism. the history
of socialism. the relation of the in
dividual to the state and in compost
ton, rhetoric and elocution students
will have a full opportunity to ques-
ton their instructors and lecturers.
This course involves nearly 200
lectures. which will be delivered by
the most competent instructors that
can be obtained.
Students will be enrolled and ma
circulated as in other institutions;
both men and women will be admit
ted to the classes.
One Kind OF Socialism.