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cttj' of 20,t)00 inhabitants, and in every county where th^ 

 gjopulation was large enough Jtnd tlie necessities required, 

 Qt would be of iucalckilable advantage to the yoang men 

 residing in that locality and of great benefit to the com- 

 anunity at large. It would be the ratjans of developing 

 the power and faculties of the youth, while it would awak- 

 •en a healthy rivalry and competition among the different 

 manufacturing concerns who require skilled workmen. 

 There wouJd be no need of seivdi ng abroad for trained en- 

 gineers, desigifers on- foremen. But we should be con- 

 stantly supplying the demand from our home resources and 

 at the same time offering to oiir young men facilities fora 

 sound and thorough education which would largely increase 

 their chances of success. 



To recur a mimeat to a point already alluded to. Why 

 should not equal prominence be given in our commoii 

 school system to the principles and practice of a trade as 

 is afforded tor a classical and college preparation? There 

 is not a high school in the land but what gives all who de- 

 sire it the preparation necessary for a collegiate educa- 

 tion, while there is not one, to my knowledge, that in- 

 structs boys or girls in any branch of mechanical industry. 

 And yet the number who are obliged to work at a trade is 

 ver}'' much greater than the number who enter college. 



If the principle underlying our public school system is 

 the preparing of youth for active work in all departments 

 of human industry, then it stands to reason that the eye 

 and hand should be as well trained as the brain. 



Every student in our high schools should receive daily 

 instruction in free hand drawing for at least a partof their 

 course so that discipline of the ideas of form and propor- 

 tion may be secured, and the student when he undertakes 

 shop-work may make more rapid and satisfactory progress 

 than he could do if ho had not had the advantage of this 

 training. Aiid again, the hours devoted to practice in the 



