Excerpt from Report of the Committee on Industrial Education in Schools for Rural Communities to the National Council of Education: July, 1905 To the National Council of Education: The undersigned Committee on Industrial Education in Schools for Rural Communities, appointed at the meeting of the National Council of Education, Boston, Mass., July 9, 1903, has the honor to submit the following report on the subject assigned for its consideration. The report proper is preceded by an introduction written by the chairman of the committee, giving a history of the formation of the committee, a brief statement of its plan of work, and its conclusions. The appendixes contain valuable matter related to the body of the report. The Committee, L. D. Harvey, Chairman L.H. Bailey, Alfred Bayliss, W. T. Carrington, W. M. Hays. Introduction To the National Council of Education: The undersigned, chairman of the Committee on Industrial Education in Schools for Rural Communities, appointed at the meeting of the National Council of Education, Boston, Mass., July 9, 1903, respectfully submits the following report: Historical Statement At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the National Educational Association on July 6, 1903, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the National Council of Education be requested by the Board of Directors of the National Educational Association to appoint a committee to report to that body, after such investigation as may seem desirable, conclusions as to what should be undertaken in the field of industrial education in schools for rural communities, and to recommend such an appropriation as may be necessary for carrying on the investigation and preparation of the report. The resolution was transmitted to the Council and referred to its Committee on Investigations and Appropriations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.