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"INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION IN MISSION SCHOOLS 277The intrinsic educational value of learninga ^rade is strongly emphasized by several.Work There is something in every boy and girl whichis brought out only by work. Good workmanship demands a correlation of one s powers, such as abstractstudy does not afford.A widening of the scope of the schoolr curriculum, which is too traditional and^ic* nCurriculum formal, is sought. The Church to fulfil itsfunction must train not only for the ministry,medicine, teaching, etc., but must train boys and girls to goback to the i arm life of their community, to the shops, to thehome ;in short, to the common life of ninety-nine out of everyhundred persons, and to fertilize the common life and taskwith fresh knowledge and new ideals.III. Describe briefly your work /The trades and occupations cover a fairlyw^ ranTrades Tan htS c - ^hie school in Nanking advertises in its Industrial Department: Cabinetmaking,laundry, brass work, weaving, cloth towels, strawan drag rugs, mattresses, tailoring, table boys, house coolies,gardeners, messengers, crochet work, tatting, embroidery."This sounds almost like a department store. Other formsof industrial training given are tree nursery, grafting, seedselection,dry farming, cannery making the cans and fillingthem with vegetables and fruits raised by themselves also;canning of meats, smith-shop where stoves, etc., are made,weaving of cloth on Japanese and Chinese looms, weavingof camels hair and sheep s wool, Peking rugs, type-settingand printing, selecting of hog bristles for a Canada brushfirm, candy-making, candle and soap-making, shoe factory,road-making etc. Besides these, there are the schooljanitor jobs, typewriting, mimeographing, secretarial work,tutoring.Mr. Mo watt of Hwaikingfu, Ilonan, has)0^s Schoolsort P* Bristles according to properlengths. These are shipped to Canada andsold to a brush -maker at from $.40 to $2.20 gold per pound.