Excerpt from York Institution Publications, Vol. 1: Industrial Education in Public Schools Phy, geology and natural history, and the chemistry ofsoils in relation to all vegetable fibres and to all animals which yield fibres to the textile arts. Next would come the phy sical study of the fibres themselves with the microscope, the polariscope, and the camera, and an examination of all kinds of cotton, wool, flax, hemp and silk. Then the study of the manufacture of all textiles historically and mechanically. Next the fundamental principles of all the machines which are in use, with laboratory practice in the art of carding, spinning and weaving. The professor of architecture would be called upon to give lessons in mill construction. The professor of underwriting might be called in to aid with a special course, and might teach something more than the art of saving property from fire. And finally, the professor of political science would treat the condition of the operative, and the historic changes which the introduction of machinery has made in the con dition of the people of all lands. In short, the professor of every science would be called upon to do his best in the instruction of students in the textile department in order that they might be well qualified to take their degree and enter upon the work of life as well equipped as they should be. When it is considered that the annual value of the textile industries of the United States already amounts to more than six hundred million dollars, and that of the im ported products to more than one hundred andtwenty-five millions, can we not see What a wide field is opened for qualified young men to enter upon this one branch of hu man industry. And yet in this country there is no school for special instruction and training in this department, while in Europe there are already many well established, and others still in prospect. 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.