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building for the Trade School for Boys was in pro

cess of erection, but the school had not started. We could then give only a partial account of the establishing and equipping of the school ready for work. We therefore include in this report an account of the work of the Trustees which was given in their behalf at the dedication of the Worcester Trade School on February 8th, 1910:

Three and a half years is a relatively brief period of history, but it spans the time from the inception of a

and dedication. For many years there had been a general interest in industrial education among Worcester's educators, manufacturers and citizens. In the early autumn of 1906, a few gentlemen who were deeply interested met around a luncheon-table in one of our homes and discussed the possibility of such a movement with two members of the newly-appointed Commission on Industrial Education, from Boston. Soon after, the Economic Club of this city devoted an evening to the presentation and discussion of the subject, and earnest efforts for its pro

motion were put forth by the Worcester Public Education Association and others who were interested. A petition was framed by a committee representing the Public Education Association, the Board of Trade, the Worcester County Mechanics Association and the Worcester Metal Trades Association, and presented to the City Council, asking for the appointment of a local commission of nine members representing the manufacturing, mechanical and educational needs of the city, who should consider

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and report to the City Council a plan for an industrial school.

Accompanying this petition was another endorsing it, signed by more than two hundred representative men and women of Worcester, with the name of the late Carroll D. Wright, one of the most influential advocates of such education, at the head of the list.

The petition was favorably acted upon by the City Council April 3, 1907, and in June the following Commission of nine members was appointed by His Honor, Mayor John T. Duggan: George I. Alden, John R. Back, John M. Buckley, Cornelius J. Carmody, John P. Casey, Rufus B. Fowler, Milton P. Higgins, Charles F. Marble and O. W. Norcross. Of the nine appointees two were manufacturers, two were contractors, two were educators, two were representatives of labor, and one was a lawyer. The Commission organized June 25, 1907, with Milton P. Higgins as Chairman and Charles F. Marble as Clerk. As it was found that there was no provision in the State law of 1906 for the management of industrial schools, except by the State Commission on Industrial Education, with only advisory powers by the representatives of the cities and towns establishing such schools, members of the Worcester Commission petitioned the State Legislature for a change in the law so that the schools might be conducted by a local Board of Trustees, subject to the approval of the State Commission on Industrial Education, and this amendment was passed. Frequent meetings of the Worcester Commission were held and various phases of industrial and vocational education were discussed, that the most fitting and desirable form might be recommended for Worcester. The Commission examined sites, recommended the present Armory Square lot, negotiated with the Trustees of the Worcester

Art Museum regarding terms of possible purchase of this lot, and presented plans for a suitable building which should combine facilities for school rooms and shop-work. In June, 1908, the Commission made its report to the City Council and offered certain specific recommendations, among them the following: tions, among them the following: "That in view of the fact that such an undertaking fully carried out would involve much time and money, the city of Worcester should undertake, at first, the establishment of one Industrial School for boys; the object of this trade school should be to produce efficient, skilled, mechanical workmen, thoroughly trained and competent, who should have also mental discipline adapted to vocational pursuits; that this school should be conducted in suitable shops and school-rooms combined in one building; that, owing to the prominence of the metal trades in this locality and the fundamental character of the machinist trade, the trade school first established should be for the training of boys over 14 years of age in the machinist trade, including such instruction and practice in drafting, pattern making, tool making, die sinking, iron moulding and blacksmithing as are required in connection with a thorough training of a competent, intelligent, all-round machinist."

In this report was a recommendation that the City Government should adopt an ordinance authorizing the establishment of independent industrial schools and their management by a Board of Trustees, subject to the approval of the State Commission on Industrial Education. Such an ordinance was passed in December, 1908, providing for a Board of thirteen Trustees, six to be selected at large by the City Council, three by the School Committee from its own members, and four members ex-officiis, viz: the President of the Board of Aldermen, the President of the Common Council, the Chairman of the joint Committee on Education of the City Council, and the Chairman of the School Committee.

As many of the first Board of Trustees had been members of the Commission appointed by Mayor Duggan, it was natural that the efforts of the Trustees should be directed at once towards the establishment of a school in accordance with the recommendations of the earlier Commission rather than to formulating any new plan. As the Trustees were anxious to open the school as early as possible, they considered at the outset the question as to whether they would start in buildings hired for the purpose, or whether land should be purchased and new buildings erected. No acceptable buildings that could be rented were found, and after considerable discussion as to a site and after many different locations had been viewed by the Trustees, the lot of land referred to in the report of the previous Commission at Armory Square was selected. This land, containing nearly 66,000 sq. ft., was purchased after all the restrictions on its use, originally made by the Trustees of the Art Museum, had been removed, except that an industrial school building should be erected within three years' time from April 1, 1909. This condition. has now been complied with, so that the land is now owned

entirely free from restrictions of any kind. We acknowledge our indebtedness to the Trustees of the Art Museum for the very favorable consideration given us both in the matter of price and removal of restrictions. This Armory Square lot was inspected by the State Commission on Industrial Education and received their approval as a site for an industrial school.

All local architects who wished were invited to present plans for an industrial school building, the cost of which should not exceed $50,000, and early in the spring of 1909, a petition was presented to the City Council asking for an appropriation of $125,000 for purchasing land, erecting a building and providing the equipment.

An appropriation for this amount was made by the City

Council on June 7, 1909, and on June 22d, the Trustees voted to accept the plans for the building submitted by Messrs. Frost, Briggs & Chamberlain. The work of completing the plans and preparing specifications was carried forward as rapidly as possible, and in order to expedite the work the contract for the excavations and foundations was made with Israel Lavalle, for the sum of $2,155 before the completion in detail of the specifications of the superstructure.

On July 17, 1909, Mr. Elmer H. Fish was chosen manager of the school, and he at once began his duties in working with the architects on the completion of the plans and specifications, in inspecting the building operations and formulating plans for the equipment and conduct of the school.

As soon as plans and specifications for the superstructure of the building were completed in detail and approved by the Trustees, bids were advertised for and the con

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tract for the building was awarded on August 25th, 1909, to James Miles & Son for the sum of $43,898, the building to be completed by January 1, 1910. Rapid progress was made in construction and during December it was ready for the installation of machinery and equipment. In the judgment of the Trustees, manager of the school, and the architects, the work has been well done by the contractors, and the building has been completed strictly in accordance with the plans and specifications. We believe we have a building admirably suited to its purposes, dignified and attractive in appearance, well lighted, and conveniently arranged for both school and shop work. Our machinery equipment has been carefully selected to meet the needs of instruction during the first year, and is, we believe, unequaled by that to be found in any shop or trade-school where boys are given training in the machine trades. The total expense of land, building, equipment of machinery and apparatus for the

shop and school rooms and incidental expenses thus far contracted for is about $117,000, so that we have established and furnished the school for the first year's work for about $8,000 less than the appropriation. This money will be used to provide further equipment as the needs of the school may require.

We have a shop of three floors 42 x 210 feet, and a recitation building 50 x 57 feet, of four floors. The total floor area is about 37,000 square feet, and will provide accommodations for about 300 pupils, though we have not as yet furnished the necessary equipment for this number, and it would be impossible for us to give adequate instruction to so large a number of entirely untrained boys at the start. The first group of