Pratt Institute - Prattonia Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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earn money. It seems a natural thing, in carrying out this part of tlie plan, that the next step should be to endeavor to teach them how to save this money ; or in other words, how to make a wise use of it. It is not enough that one be trained so that he can join the ranks of the world ' s workers and become a producer; he needs quite as much to learn habits of economy and thrift in order to make his life a success. During the past ear there have gone out from the Institute more than thirt persons, who, from the instruction received here, are today earning more than the interest on $500,000 invested in government bonds. We wish to help these young people to a knowledge of the proper use and care of this large income. In view of the above, we have been led to contemplate a new and, we believe, a very important step, namely, the establishment of a Savings Department in con- nection with the other work. To the development of this plan and the working out of these problems, it is proposed to form an association to be called Pratt Institute Thrift Association, but for convenience it may be known as The Thrift. The aim of the Association will be to encourage its members to habits of thrift; to help them to become prudent and wise in the use of money and time, by offering them a safe and simple method whereby they can make regular monthly payments for the purpose of accumulating a fund for buying or building their own homes; or for loaning to such persons as want to borrow for this purpose, and to do any and all such things as experience shall prove essential to the accomplishment of these objects. m 25

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m i-;3 I ' ll and read plans, and to know the value of material and why it is used. They must 0 learn to have pride in their work and to love it, and believe in our motto, Be true to your work and your work will be true to you. When men have dealings with money matters in any form they touch human nature in a sensitive spot. There is no one subject in connection with this work upon which I have such peculiar feelings as when a poor man comes to pay his hard earned wages for the education of his child. Instinctively my feeling is to say, Don ' t take the money ; but in my cooler and calmer thoughts, the judgment, formed after long and patient study of human nature, tells me that it is wiser and better for every one to pay a part at least of the cost of this education. To keep the Institute abreast of the opportunity open to it will require constant enlargement. We are in a growing city, full of young life, the center of a great population; we have embarked in a broad and comprehensi e enterprise, and if it fulfills its ideal, each year will make larger and larger demands for construction and maintenance. Vhile living, and having the ability, I shall be glad to do all I can to build up and develop the Institute and to provide as much as possible for the future. The large number of students whom we are able to accommodate will justify us in employing the best talent, and giving full value for any charges made. It should be remembered that in some departments the present cost of material consumed by the pupil is alone equal to the full tuition charged. As for the work of the Library, I have become so much impressed with the far-reaching influence of good books as distributed through a free library that I have been anxious to enlarge our own work in this line. Hence, until we see good reason for doing otherwise, all money received for tuition by the Institute will be devoted to enlarging our present Library, which is free, and in establishing and maintaining branch libraries and reading rooms in different parts of the city as fast as circumstances seem to justify. The need of more room in immediate connection with the Art and Domestic Science Departments, as well as for the Technical High School Department, has led us to make large additions to our present buildings. With these and the changes made in the Mechanic Arts buildings, we have provided something over 20,000 square feet of additional floor space for the use of students for the coming year. We still need a large assembly hall, class rooms and appliances much beyond our present supply, and we hope before another Founder ' s Day that we may be able to realize these expectations. After this hasty review, many things of interest in connection with the work are pressing upon us, but no one thing seems to be so important to undertake as education on the subject of thrift, and to this end we offer the following scheme: The instruction given in the Institute is intended, in part, to enable people to become self-dependent. Pupils are taught some useful work by which they can 24 !i

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Carlton F. Berrv, Ediior-in-Chief William G. Chamberlain Literary Editor Sherburne R. Graves irt Editor Willl m H. Cantweh Associate Editor of S. T. School Prudence T. Herrick Associate Editor, School of F. Gf A. A. Dorothy Stephens Associate Editor, School of H. S. A. Esther A. Bassett issociate Editor, Library School Emile J. Parent Photographic Editor Ernest N. Griffiths Ithletics Editor Edith Smith Social Editor FACULTY ADVISERS Horace W. Marsh Ernest W. Watson BUSINESS STAFF Robert V. Anderson Business Manager James J. Finn Circulation Manager Charles W. Quimby Secretary DEPARTMENT ASSISTANTS Mary F, Ramsdeli Assistant Literary Editor Arthur T. Gray ' Issistant Social Editor Bert Dutcher Assistant Art Editor I Assistant Athletics Editor Theodore F. Norton -| Assistant Photographic Editor Elizabeth Clements -Issistant Associate Editor, H. S. A. REPRESENTATIVES W. J. Hall, M. E. II. J. V. Carmody, E. E. II. A. BusTiLLo, Chem. II. A. E. Shultis, M. E. I. C. R. Colbree, E. E. I. R. H. Wheeler, Chem. I. R. D. Horton, M. C. M. S. P. Ruth Hay ' den, N. A. I. J. A. Walz, N. A. IB. Vera Smith, N. A. II. Mildred Hillery ' , Gen. Art IB. B. W. Hancock, Gen. Art lA P. F. Schmidt, Gen. Art II. Hans Walleen, Gen. Art III. Margaret McMurry ' , Jewelry Catherine Morgan, Cost. III. I. Dorothy Roehm, Cost. III. II. Margaret Semple, Coat 111. III. E. H. Bostick, Design I. Dorothy Blair, Design II. B. J. JoNCBERG, Archt. I. L. Boulware, Archt. II. Adeline Fellows, Costume Design Elsie Robertson, Inst. Manag. Miriam Smith, Home-making Eleanor Heffrin, Sr. Hospital Dietetics Ardele Valcourt, Jr., Hospital Dietetics Gertrude Jope, Trade Dress. Frances Watkins, Trade Mill. Virginia Harnsberger, Library M 26