PRATT INSTITUTE - A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

The story of an institute that was built with the aim to educate everyone, irrespective of class or social standing;

and the man behind it.

The Richest Man in Brooklyn

Understanding Pratt Institute Through the Progressive Era

The High School as the Nucleus

Understanding Pratt Through its Students

"It is not necessary to go through the streets blowing a big horn for ourselves. Our Institute will be judged by the men and women whom it turns out. Let the work done here be earnest and good. Despise sham and deception. Honest effort will make work a pleasure and overcome all difficulties. Work for the genuine and the true will sweeten and give courage to life. If you observe these maxims, the Institute will be an honor to our city, to our state, and to our country."