Deductions Relative to Education 



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Agric ultural Co iirses 



Since the agTicultiiral pursuits in Indiana iiiclude general 

 farming, gardening, dairying, fruit-growing, stoelv-raising, and 

 forestry, the fundamentals in these lines should be included in 

 courses of study together with other lines which give promise of 

 increasing the agricultural productivity of the State. 



Industrial Courses 



In view of the occupational facts, the traditional manual train- 

 ing courses in exercises in wood will have to give way to a study 

 and participation in the dominant lines of industry represented in 

 the State. The dominant pursuits adapted to school instruction 

 comprise the building trades with the following lines : carpentry, 

 painting, masonry, plumbing, and plastering; the metal trades, in- 

 cluding machine operating and work of machinists, blacksmiths, 

 sheet metal workers, forgers, casters, etc. ; the wood industries, in- 

 cluding machine operating, wheelwrighting, furniture-making, car- 

 riage-making, etc. : electrical work especially looking toward elec- 

 trical engineering ; printing and publishing, including foundry 

 work, composition and press work; and clothing industries, par- 

 ticularly tailoring. 



It is not to be assumed that a school in a small city must include 

 all of the above lines : any of them will be far more useful than 

 the traditional manual training courses. It is thought that the 

 minimum should be three of the suggested lines, but in cities of 

 the 50,000 class and over all could be included at least in type. 



Many of the dominant industrial pursuits in Indiana are not 

 included in this list, some because they are thought not to he 

 adapted to school procedure, and others because they are largely 

 unskilled. The manufacture of iron and steel and saw-milling 

 are not adapted to schoolroom procedure and the percentage of 

 unskilled is too high in the following pursuits to justify school 

 training: confectionery, leather and rubber, textiles, cigar and 

 tobacco, chemical pursuits, and paper and pulp industries. 



C 0 m r, I crcial Courses 



The clerical pursuits of bookkeeping and stenography, wheii 

 studied alone, "are too restricted in scope to pennit pupils to gain 

 any understanding of commercial life or any preparation for 

 future commercial study and participation. The facts show the 

 need for courses in merchandising, buying and selling, and all the 



