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matter iu this course, a study of the primal industries must be 

 included and the interpretation must be broad enough and the 

 content rich enough to secure the breadth of industrial intelli- 

 gence necessary for good citizenship and a rudimentary under- 

 standing of our day and its problems. The course in elementary 

 industrial art should include information and participation in 

 the following fields: food, clothing, wood, metal, clay and earth 

 products. 



§2. Industrial Art in Elementary Grades 



The question immediately arises. Are these primal industrial 

 pursuits present in Indiana and distributed throughout the State 

 so as to afford the children an apperceptive basis for their study 

 and opportunities for making such studies idtal and real by first- 

 hand observation of the materials, processes, and people engaged 

 in them? The facts show that the primal industrial pursuits are 

 carried on in Indiana and distributed through the State in places 

 of all sizes and types. 



An enumeration of some of the specific pursuits of each of 

 the primal industries is here made to indicate the great variety 

 of occupational pursuits and thus the richness of the background 

 for courses in Elementary Industrial Art. 



In the field of food production and manufacturing the follow- 

 ing pursuits are carried on : food production — farming, dairying, 

 fruit growing, stock and poultry raising, etc. In the field of food 

 manufacture and preserving — baking, slaughtering, meat-packing, 

 milling, fruit and vegetable canning, suga^r refining, and the manu- 

 facture of butter and cheese. 



In the field of textile and clothing- manufactLiring : in textile 

 manufacturing — cotton and woolen goods in great variety : in 

 clothing manufacturing — shoes, men's and women's hats, suits, 

 coats, dresses, underwear, etc. 



In the field of wood industries and pursuits : wood industries 

 — manufacturing furniture, refrigerators, carriages, wagons, agri- 

 cultural implements, piano and organ cases, barrels, etc. In wood 

 pursuits — carpentering, woodearving, wheelwrighting, sawmilling, 

 etc. 



In the field of the metal industries and pursuits: metal in- 

 dustries — manufacturing iron and steel, surgical instruments, 

 cutlery, railroad cars and car parts, tin and enamelware, auto- 

 mol)iles, sewing-machines, etc. ; metal pursuits — work of machinists, 

 blacksmiths, tin and coppersmiths, moulders, foiuiders. casters, 

 polishers, grinders, etc. 



