Excerpt from Manual Training Magazine, 1905, Vol. 6 The introduction of any particular industry into the field of element ary education, or to be more exact, the introduction of any particular form of hand-work, can be justified, if it can be shown that the mental and physical activities essential for the proper performance of the work so introduced are such activities as are needed by the child at the time when they appear for the proper unfolding of his powers, and that no other form of work can be given at that time which will better meet the needs of the child. No kind of work, industrial or otherwise, can be justified because it has utility and training value if there can be substituted for it within the same period another kind of work which has a higher utility and train ing value. The great problem in industrial education today is to determine what activities of the child need development and what lines of hand-work are best adapted to meet this need; and this will demand an examination of each particular phase of hand-work with reference to the varieties of mental activity involved in its performance and the relative prominence of each variety, and a similar consideration of the physical activities in volved. It will demand further, such a knowledge of the child's present capabilities and needs as will enable the proper authorities to adapt the work at any given stage to these capabilities and needs. 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.