Industrial Studies Exercises

Author : O. S. Reimold
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ISBN 13 : 9781332321223
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (212 download)

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Download or read book Industrial Studies and Exercises (Classic Reprint) written by O. S. Reimold and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Industrial Studies and Exercises The following studies in industrial work are based upon the arts and industries of the Filipino peoples. Few countries can show so many kinds of attractive handiwork suitable for teaching in schools. Trees, plants, and grasses which in other countries have to be brought from afar to furnish the materials for this work here grow abundantly. The Filipinos have two fine gifts. First, the quickness of their hands; perhaps no other people in the world learn so easily to use their hands and fingers cleverly. Second, the artistic sense; they love beautiful things - colors, patterns, and pictures - and they love to make them. This talent shows itself not only in the paintings of such great artists as Luna and Resurreccion, but still more strikingly in the many beautiful articles made by humble people. For many years, the native arts and manufactures of the Filipinos have been disappearing. There are provinces where at the time of the Spanish conquest the people made fine cotton cloths, but today do nothing of the kind. There are towns once famous for mats and baskets which no longer make them. Only three or four towns make good hats, although the demand is so large that many hundreds are brought to Manila each year from foreign countries. In getting a modern education, the Filipino boy and girl should not forget or slight the many excellent things done well by their parents and grandparents. Among these are the popular industries told about in this book. We whose aim is education believe that it is a great good to a child to learn to make well some useful thing; to make it beautiful is an increased pleasure. We believe that the training of eye and hand obtained by learning to make a fine mat will help the child many times in after life to use his fingers skilfully and to know and love well-made things. Furthermore, we believe that the schools should encourage, in every way, the practice of "household industries," that is, industries that can be engaged in by all members of the family without leaving the home. 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.