Mohave County miner., 1908-09-26
A Notable Bequest.

Brown, native of Ipswich, Mass, who amassed fortune in Chicago, the bulk of his wealth, estimated at upward of 1000, ,OOO$, is to be devoted to establishing and maintaining a technical school in Ipswich, where he had large holdings of real estate.
 The primary purpose of the testa- tor, who was a contractor and rail- road builder, is best set forth in the language of the will, wherein he out lined his plans, as follows:
 "My desire to aid those who may have to grapple with the problem of life has grown out of my own experi- ences, and I have been painfully con- scious, in carrying forward the busi- ness enterprises I have undertaken, that much added care and burden have come from my altogether too scanty educational training.
 ''I would call attention," he said, in another portion of the document, Ito the vast railroad interests of the country and to the fact that large percentage of active men in it were compelled to acquire their knowledge of and fitness to perform their work after they had entered such service; also to the work now being done by the schools of Technology from which many students are deprived because of the expense. I would suggest the un- deriving principle that the instruc- tion be furnished at the least possible cost"
 It is also provided that high school education or its practical equivalent shall be prerequisite for admission, thus placing the school among the higher institutions of learning, and there are to be no restrictions as to sex, race, color, religion or politics. To bar the latter cause ofdissension out completely, it was expressly stated that he did not intend that the town of Ipswich should ever have control or management ot the funds, trustees be- ing named to perform that duty.
 The announcement comes at time when the popular approval of such educational work is beginning to make it's influence very strongly felt. Judge Sayward of Ipswich, one of the trustees designated, was Mr. Browns legal adviser, and undoubtedly speaks from intimate knowledge of the don- or's plans when he states that the Ipswich Institute" will probably re- semble combination of the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology and the new school of business admins tration at Harvard University.
 It is surprising to note the extent of the advance made in recent years in the promotion of this type of edu- cation. In many New England cities manuel training schools take rank with the high and classical shools in the public school system. Recently in Fitchburg in this state prominent manufactures of the city arranged for
 
 whereby pupils may have practical workshop training in the conjunction with their high school course. On every hand the drift toward an in- crease of technical training for young men who prefer a manufacturing ca. reer to professional one, so-called, is becoming more and more pronounced,
 The establighment of such an insti- tuition, so richly endowed, in this state is of great interest, therefore, to manufacturing and transportation in- terests, and to the young men of the new generation more especially, for whose advantage it will be estab- lished.
 This country hitherto has Jagged far behind some of the European na- tions in the attention given to educa- tion along such lines. Germany Tn particular is cited very frequently as an exemplar of progressiveness in technical training. But Massachu- setts before long, if the awakening of public interest continues to spread as it has in recent years, will take it's rightful position as leader in this most commendable addition to modern educational advantages thereby sus- taining it's prestige as the supreme educational centre in America, as well as one of the foremost in the world.- Boston Commercial.