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ignored ? The public schools should emphasize the value 

 and importance of training as applied to any industry or 

 profession ; they should inculcate those principles of fidelity 

 to a task, of pride in work well done, and of ambition to 

 make the most of all materials and agencies, which are such 

 important traits in industrial workers. They can do this 

 by adjusting the work and play of pupils to their environ- 

 ment ; by correlating the reading, the arithmetic and the 

 geography with the conditions most prominent in the lives 

 of their patrons. Parents will then take an interest in the 

 schools ; their humble callings will be exalted in their eyes, 

 by having some relation to learning ; and a proper pride 

 and ambition will be inspired. While the main effort of 

 such schools should be to cultivate in the minds of their 

 pupils a right attitude toward work and an honest pride in 

 their respective trades and callings, there should be some 

 actual training of the hand and eye in doing things accu- 

 rately and honestly. There is nothing in this of the trade 

 school ; no narrowing specialization, but a healthy, helpful 

 education for boys and girls who are to become industrial 

 workers. 



In referring as I have to industry, there has been con- 

 stantly in my mind the greatest of all industries in America, 

 viz., agriculture ; and it is appropriate that I speak with 

 particular reference to this industry in relation to educa- 

 tion. 



As is well known, there exists in the United States one 

 of the most comprehensive plans for agricultural educa- 

 tion ever undertaken, in the system of agricultural colleges 

 established by the act of Congress of 1862. Under the 

 provisions of this act, there are in every State and Terri- 

 tory colleges devoted to instruction in agriculture and the 

 mechanic arts. In the generation which has elapsed since 

 their establishment, these institutions have become a mighty 

 educational force, particularly in the newer portions of the 

 country, where in many cases they are the chief exponents 

 of higher education. There are 63 such agricultural and 

 mechanical colleges in the United States, having permanent 

 funds and equipment to the value of over $72,000,000, 



