STEPHEN GIRARD'S - "GIRARD COLLEGE"
  • Stephen Girard
    • Girard College - "Marathon"
  • Campus Buildings
    • Founder's Hall
    • Chapel
    • Library
    • Armory
    • West-End Buildings
    • Mechanical School - Vocational Education
    • Girard High School
    • Junior School
  • Our Campus Life
    • Girard College Battalion
    • Girard College Sports
    • Girard College Camp
    • Senior Trip - Washigton, DC
    • Girard College Memorabilia
    • Girard College Corinthian Yearbooks
    • Founder's Day
    • U.S. President - Harry S. Truman - Visit
    • Girard - Administrators/Educators
  • Graduation Day
  • Stephen Girard - Portraits & Images
  • VIdeos - Girard College
  • Music - Concert & Drill Bands
  • Statues & Monuments
  • Girard College Alumni
  • Booklets - Stephen Girard/Girard College


 Girard College
Mechanical School
Vocational Training

                           MECHANICAL SCHOOL - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Wood Shop                 Electrical Wiring               Pattern Making                Print Shop
Drafting                        Pattern Making                 Sheet Metal Shop           Foundry

Auto Mechanics        Machine Shop                    Paint Shop                         
Cabinetry 
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                              GIRARD COLLEGE AS A MECHANICAL SCHOOL.

One of the great wants of our country is a system of education where the mechanic artist shall be taught, so that boys who have to leave school will know more about the important art of earning a living.  Girard College students are taught enough of the useful trade arts to enable them to support themselves. Girard College was the leading institution for giving instruction in the mechanic arts in the United States! It was mandated in Stephen Girard’s Will that Girard College will provide vocational training for its orphan boys in the useful trades, and for the school to find places as apprentices for them upon their graduation!

By the educational  mandates of Stephen Girard, it was imperative that every boy shall be bound as an apprentice to some trade! Girard believed that no matter how good an academic education - it no longer insured the means of livelihood for its students.

Girard College was to embody in their system of education not only for an academic education but also for vocational training! Every orphan being offered  a choice of trades, according to his capacity and intelligence.

Stephen Girard believed that "the hands need to be educated as well as the head,” in order for students to become useful citizens who will foster a spirit of self-confidence and independence upon their graduation from Girard College.!
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  • Stephen Girard
    • Girard College - "Marathon"
  • Campus Buildings
    • Founder's Hall
    • Chapel
    • Library
    • Armory
    • West-End Buildings
    • Mechanical School - Vocational Education
    • Girard High School
    • Junior School
  • Our Campus Life
    • Girard College Battalion
    • Girard College Sports
    • Girard College Camp
    • Senior Trip - Washigton, DC
    • Girard College Memorabilia
    • Girard College Corinthian Yearbooks
    • Founder's Day
    • U.S. President - Harry S. Truman - Visit
    • Girard - Administrators/Educators
  • Graduation Day
  • Stephen Girard - Portraits & Images
  • VIdeos - Girard College
  • Music - Concert & Drill Bands
  • Statues & Monuments
  • Girard College Alumni
  • Booklets - Stephen Girard/Girard College