Annual report . TREET, ROXBURY ROXBURYSOUTH END INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL PRESS 1887 Board of Managers, 1887 Mrs J. W. Andrews, President Mrs. Sarah E. Hooper, 1 Mrs. Anna H. Clarke, Vice-Preside n ts Mrs. Mary Hemenway, Wm. H. Varney, Treasurer Miss Mary J. May, Clerk EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Wm. W. Warren John Sweetser Thomas N. Hart Mrs. Emily L. Couthouy Miss Amy Morris Homans John Capen Mrs. Mary M. Wetherell Miss Lucia Mrs. Frances A. WatersEdw. E. TylerMrs. Abbie C. JacksonJ. Q. A. BrackettMrs. M. E. WilmarthMiss C. S. CallenderMiss M. S. DevereuxPeabody EIlsTAlTCE COMMITTEE John Sweetser Wm. W. War


Annual report . TREET, ROXBURY ROXBURYSOUTH END INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL PRESS 1887 Board of Managers, 1887 Mrs J. W. Andrews, President Mrs. Sarah E. Hooper, 1 Mrs. Anna H. Clarke, Vice-Preside n ts Mrs. Mary Hemenway, Wm. H. Varney, Treasurer Miss Mary J. May, Clerk EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Wm. W. Warren John Sweetser Thomas N. Hart Mrs. Emily L. Couthouy Miss Amy Morris Homans John Capen Mrs. Mary M. Wetherell Miss Lucia Mrs. Frances A. WatersEdw. E. TylerMrs. Abbie C. JacksonJ. Q. A. BrackettMrs. M. E. WilmarthMiss C. S. CallenderMiss M. S. DevereuxPeabody EIlsTAlTCE COMMITTEE John Sweetser Wm. W. Warren Thomas N. Hart John Capen Edw. R. Tyler Wm. H. Varney Mrs. M. E. Wilmarth J3TJTTjJDT2<rGr COMMITTEE Thomas N. Hart J. Q. A. Brackett Wm. H. Varney COMMITTEE OIT UTJIiES & I^EG-TJXiJLTIOIsrS Mrs. Sarah E. Hooper Mrs. Abbie 0. Jackson Mrs. Mary Mrs. Frances A. Waters Mrs. Emily L. Couthouy Miss C. L. Callender Miss Amy Morris Homans Miss Lucia M. Peabody SUPEHIlTTElNrDElTT Miss S. A. M. Edes. Report of the Executive Committee Scarcely four years have passed since the thought of a wiseand tender woman was put into words, and the South End IndustrialSchool was established. The thought was first expressed by MissLouisa Hall to a few women as earnest and far-seeing as herself ;the subject was discussed in the Womens Auxiliary Conference inDr. Clarkes church during the winter of 1883. That Conferencecalled a meeting at which nine Unitarian churches were repre-sented. One meeting followed another in quick succession, planswere formed, a building found, and in May the School on BartlettStreet was opened with as many pupils as could be provided withinstruction. Happily a Superintendent was found who had givenmuch thought to Industrial Education, and Miss Devereuxs namewill be always connected with the School as that of one who warm-ly co-operated with the founders in placing it on a broad foundation,and who gave to it its high educational character. It was soon evi-den


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