Thaddeus Stevens Stevens dreamed of a socially just world, where unearned privilege did not exist.[8] He believed from his personal experience that being different or having a different perspective can enrich society.[8] He believed that differences among people should not be feared or oppressed but celebrated.[8] In his will he left $50,000 to establish Stevens, a school for the relief and refuge of homeless, indigent orphans. "They shall be carefully educated in the various branches of English education and all industrial trades and pursuits. No preference shall be shown on account of race or color in their admission or treatment. Neither poor Germans, Irish or Mahometan, nor any others on account their race or religion of their parents, shall be excluded. They shall be fed at the same table." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaddeus_Stevens_College_of_Technology