The Cambridge Manual Training School For Boys
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content: 1892
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content: The Cambridge Manual Training School for Boys was founded in 1888 by philanthropist, textile merchant, and real estate developer Frederick Hastings Rindge (1857-.1905). Cambridge had a long history of primary and then secondary education. In 1892 Cambridge English High School moved to a new building on land presented by Rindge and after a remodeling, the Manual training School moved to their old building along with Cambridge Latin School. In 1899 the school was renamed Rindge Technical School and Rindge had retired to a huge ranch on land that is currently Malibu, California.
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content: <i>The Cambridge Manual Training School for Boys</i> presents a detailed account of the facilities and educational philosophy of the school. The fields of study offered included wood working, forging, mechanical drawing, and iron working. There was also a training program for a fire brigade. This 19th Century pamphlet includes 29 pages of text + 30 additional pages of black and white photographs. Tuition for sons of Cambridge citizens was free with an incidental charge of $3-$5 for drill suit, locker, and toilet articles. Non-residents were charged $150 a year. Admission requirements included an ability to read, write, spell, a command of grammar 5 and a good knowledge of history, geography, and arithmetic.
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content: Author C. W. Parmenter (1852-1940) was a leading educator and authority on industrial education. He was the principal of the Mechanic Arts High School of Boston, Massachusetts for many years. Parmenter served as the President of the Boston Principals’ Association. As a prominent community leader, he was also a member of the Twentieth Century Club and the Boston City Club.
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content: The Harvard Printing Company was an early publishing house based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
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content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: 2017.3049.32
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content: 2017.3049
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content: 2017.3049.32
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content: book
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content: instructional materials
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content: overall: 9 in x 5 3/4 in x 1/4 in; 22.86 cm x 14.605 cm x .635 cm