Note 112 — Chapter XXVI · THE MANUAL ELEMENT IN EDUCATION IN 1884.
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“Resolved, that we trust the time is near at hand when the true principles of the kindergarten will guide all elementary training, and when public sentiment and legislative enactment will incorporate the kindergarten into our public-school system.”
[113] “Resolved, That we recognize the educational value of training the hand to skill in the use of tools, and recommend that provision be made, as far as practicable, for such training in public schools.”