Author: Baltimore Manual Training School

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-04

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 9781332169474

Excerpt from Ninth Annual Catalogue of the Baltimore Manual Training School, 311 to 327 Courtland Street, 1893 April 24th, 1883. In the Board of School Commissioners Mr. Joshua Plaskitt offered a resolution which was seconded by Mr. John P. Poe, and adopted, setting forth that it is well known that a number of the boys and girls leave the public schools of Baltimore without any knowledge of the mechanic arts or other industrial pursuits, and find themselves at once in front of the realities of life, destitute of the means of earning a livelihood; and that it is known that such boys and girls are unable to apply the principles taught them to practical advantage in life, and that, in order to fit them as quickly as possible for self-support, the subject be referred to a committee of three for investigation and report. The committee appointed were Messrs. Joshua Plaskitt, James V. Bowers and John F. Hancock. Messrs. John T. Morris, President, Henry A. Wise, Superintendent, and Charles G. Edwards, Assistant Superintendent, were afterwards added to the committee. On June 19th, 1883, the committee submitted the following: Resolved, That the Committee on Conference be authorized and requested to apply to the City Council for permission to establish a school for manual education for the use of the male pupils of the public schools, under the supervision of the Board of Commissioners of Public Schools, and to request that an appropriation be made for the payment of the expenses of said school. October, 1883. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.