Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-11
H()OLSHIP ISSUE
MATTER OF HONOR
Old Saratoga Alumnus De-
clares State Should Help
Train Seamen
URGES FUND OF $l5o,OOO

.,,ooeb schoolsfip training was discon-
.Ns A,h hv this state five years ago. gradu-
tmue tbe old Saratoga and the Adams
-. rever given up the hght TO nave an
10. n.v.r .choolship sent to sea. They are ar
on'.s o,ns,s soldly behind the present movement
= have the state appropriate sioo'ooo for
This purpose , .,-
Eosas the pennsylvania Nautical School
oene Association declared today that 1t
Alum" natter of honor that the State or
wassnsv,vania send another schooiship 10
rem" md aid in the training OF american
sea anu 20 command the growing American
merchant marine a,s,,r aras-
MI iIa holds a chief mates license, and
ua.e drst-class pilot for the savannah
is aiso Ty,er Bar. Delaware River and Bay
Riye,, barbors and sounds between Gay
anu anu Mass. and Hampton, N. a. lie
n..duated from the Saratoga IN lsoz.
s.ookins of the plan to re-estaplsh
.ohoolship education IN fehhsSi'a"'"' lie
said: >,.,o., scboo, was
dne Ina about five years ago, but the
Soon.snsI school idea in Pennsylvania has
,arv much alive in the minds and
eeen ~ the alumni and we certainly hope
~. nes the hill recently introduced by Senator
T"rs in the Legislature will be passed
.srhe Nautical Schools OF MASSACHUSETTS,
- New York are thriving as never before
n their history, as these states reooshihe ~
/ ~. vital necessity of the creation OF an
\ .n1 .un,srican merchant marine, and the inn
n.ance of having American-borE and
.sa,ned officers to command the fleets.
.nr,,rtbermore. they recognize the value
!. srnh a school to their own particular
J S..ts which enlarges the scope and OPP
4 Sortuuity of their State educationai scheme
lay lie Of thnir
vocational training, ieaoihs 10 hohoraoie
rroft and preferment.
.cirard College, situated in Philadelphia
+, -. ~ our greatest commercial cities, sees
( she need of such a training and intends
A. include 1t in its curriculum. This
sroning will be for their students only.
"Is pennsylvania. as a State, willing to
~ hack and see private institution set
ths mace in affairs that should interest the
s.ota as a whole? If Girard College can
tive such training to its students why
rant Pennsylvania do as much for. her
sons?
's "rbe Saratoga and Adams graduated
men who are now in every country of the
II ,vorld are men holding executive positions.
About 9S per cent Of the graduates who
follow the sea are either masters or mates.
t(The chief pilot of the Panama Canal Is
saratoga GRADUATED
"rf a schoolship was needed for them ten
Years ago it surely is needed now, as the
american tonnage has increased rapidly in
the last few years.
"The training received aboard this kind
Of ship is the best that can be obtained /;
n rot only teaches discipline and self-re-
Nance. but develops the men both physically
and mentally, thus making better citizens of
them.
."rhe great cry of our country Is pre-
naredness and America first Are we to
all back and let these words mean nothing
IN us and see American ships manned by
foreign born officers, because of the lack of
ratonal interest to provide the necessary
training for our own young men?