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Show AID TO YOUNG MEN BOSTON SCHOOL RESULT OF OLD FRANKLIN GIFT. Dig Technical School Built from Fund H Accumulated from $5,000 Left by H Noted American In Will 110 Years H Boston. Ono tholisand pounds be- H quenthed to the city of Boston by H Benjnmln Franklin in 1790, and held H la ttust for 118 years, until It pH amounted to over $100,000, has been H devoted to tho erection ot a niagnlfl- H cont Industrial school, the Franklin Union, In which tho young mechanic pf may be trained In prnctlcnl haudt- pf craft; (400,000 was added by Andrew Carncglo as nn endowment fund. H "I have considered thnt among H nrtlsans good apprentices nro most IJ likely to make good citizens." So Pf wrote Benjamin Franklin more than 118 years ago, In setting aside In his will the sum of 1,000 for tho "town ot Boston," to help advanco "young men thnt may be serviceable to their country." Since 1790 when It was iJ turned over to Boston, the buiu has grown to generous proportions, and by means of It the city is now to J open a .magnificent structure, the J Franklin Union to Its deserving young iH men, In which uncxcollcd advantages are offered to become practical In their chosen pursuits. Franklin stated In his will that tho iH principal and Interest. nt the end of J 100 years would probably amount to fl nbout IGGO.OOO, of which $500,000 waR then to be used, and the balance, about $155,000 allowed to accumulate for another hunched years. lie fig- pH tired thnt, nt tho end of the second hundred years, the amount would bo lH about $20,305,000. In making tho bcqucBt, he stated thnt It was In recognition ot financial aid given him by h(s Boston friends pH which enabled him to boglti business iH hi Philadelphia, and which was the iH foundation of his fortune. That young s men In similar need might have the odvnntngu of a helping hand, nnd be- Franklin Union. H come "serviceable to their country," ,H he devised that from tho date of Its pH accoptnuco small sums of the principal should bo loaned, at live per cont. In- teresi. to young married apprentices of Boston. Tho trustees who wero named by him were to bo the solect- mon, Willi tho thrco ministers .of the oldest Congregational, Episcopalian pH and Presbyterian churches. iH The legal status of tho trust, which iH now amounts to over $100,000, was (finitely fixed by tho courts lu 1901. nnd n hoard of managers appointed to control It, nnd expend tho nvnilable fund. This board, created by leglsln- if tlvo act and denlgnntcd tho Franklin Foundation, Is composed of many of tho foremost citizens of Boston pH -imong them being fnrmor Secretary of Stnto Richard Olnoy, nud Jnmes J Storrow, president of tho Boston Mer chunts' nssoclntlon nnd vice-president tho chnmber of commerce. pH The new structure Is located In . the geographical heart of tho city. It Is a five-story, lire-proof building ol steel and concrote, with outer wulls of Bedford Btono nnd brick, following the colonial stylo of Franklin's day Its length of 1C0 feet nnd wldth.of 100 feet gives nmplo room for tho com prchcnslvo courses of study to bo un-dertnkon, un-dertnkon, Tho utilitarian features of the build lug Includo n lecture hall, with a gal lory, of a seating capacity or l.OQO laboratories for every branch of me chanlcs, 13 classrooms, n library, etc. all equipped with tho latent devices I Instructors selected from tho leading tho pupils lu tho practical side of m chanlcnl drawing, machine details which menus tnklng apart and nssom'i ling of nil kinds of machinery, mech fll nnlBin, or tho problems of pull u mmW cams, genrs, etc.: architectural dran lng from tho bulldor's viewpoint; shop formula nnd Industrlnl arithmetic; rB practical mathematics for carpenters nnd buRiers; Industrial chemistry. fi'B with speclnl reforence to Important fvl commercial products; steam engines inm nnd bollors, dealing with their con- Btructlou, use. nnd heat genorntlon: ' mm Industrlnl electricity; nnd tho common 'LW application of mechanical principles. 'lmm Tho courses nre om only to thoso " who nro employed during tho day. 'xWu |