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den, " we hold that there is an industrial training, 

 which is neither technical nor professional, which 

 is calculated to make better men and better citi- 

 zens of the pupils, no matter what calling they 

 may afterward follow ; which affects directly, 

 and in a most salutary manner, the mind and 

 character of the pupil, and which -will be of con- 

 stant service to him through all his life, whether 

 he be wage-worker or trader, teacher or clergy- 

 man. The training of the eye and of the hand 

 are^important and essential elements in all good 



and efficient superintendent, Miss H. R. Bums, 

 appointed to organize and develop the work. The 

 special committee on industries had been busy in- 

 vestigating the practical working of the industrial 

 feature wherever introduced into reformatories 

 and similar institutions, and was able to report 

 that three very important conclusions had been 

 reached. These were, 1°, that every child in 

 these institutions should be trained to become a 

 producing factor in the community ; 3®, that, if 

 such training is to have permanent value in the 



education. These elements the state is bound to 

 furnish." 



The objects of the association were defined 

 anew, and the more essential of them are, 1'^, to 

 secure the introduction of manual training as an 

 important factor in general education, and to pro- 

 mote the training of both sexes in such industries 

 as shall enable those trained to become self-sup- 

 porting ; 2°, to devise methods and systems of in- 

 dustrial training, and to put them into operation 

 in schools and institutions of all grades ; 3°, to 

 provide and train teachers for this work. 



Numerous classes had been started in various 

 branches of industrial work, and an accomplished 



after-life of the child, it must be conducted on a 

 basis of education to the child, and cannot be 

 made to any extent a source of revenue to the 

 institution ; 3°, that the moral results of such 

 training are most satisfactory. 



Perhaps the greatest triumph of the year was 

 the success of the Children's industrial exhibition, 

 held under the auspices of the association. The 

 exhibition was opened on March 31, and lasted 

 one week. To meet the often-expressed wish that 

 this exhibition might show the results attained in 

 cities where industrial education has already 

 gained a definite place in the curriculum of public 

 instruction, special invitations were extended to 



