THE CONGRESS OF WOMEN.
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ual training in their curriculum on an equal footing with other branches of education. That is now done in Sweden and in several other countries in Europe. Not only girls, but the younger boys,should be instructed in girls’ sloyd. The boys should be taught this because it introduces variety and interest, trains the hand and eye, and renders them able, in case of necessity, to darn their stockings and mend their garments. From the foregoing we deduce the following:
First—Practical demonstration in sewing is accomplished by means of a sewing frame, and in knitting by means of large wooden needles and colored balls of yarn. At the same time blackboard drawings are constantly being made.
Second.—The exercises are planned and carried out in the most strictly progressive order, so as to enable the pupils to execute well the work required of them.
Third.—The instruction in sloyd should—like that in other branches—be given to the whole class at «the same time, otherwise the time which the teacher could devote to each pupil separately would be insufficient to secure the desired results.
In order to illustrate the progress from the simple to the more complex in the teaching of sloyd, we give the following class divisions of the subjects which are in use at the present time in the public schools of Stockholm:
School age, seven to fourteen for both girls and boys.
Class I.—Plain knitting with two needles—a pair of garters. Plain knitting—a pair of warm wristers.
Class II.—Plain knitting—a towel. Practice in the different kind of stitches: running, stitching, hemming and overcasting—a lamp mat. The application of the already named stitches—one small and one large needle workbag.
Class III.—A needlework case. Simple darning on canvas—a mat for a candlestick. An apron.
Class IV.—Girls. Plain and purl knitting—slate eraser and a pair of mittens. A plain chemise.
Class V.—Knitting—a pair of stockings. Drawing the pattern, cutting out and making a chemise.
Class VI.—Patching on colored material. Plain stocking darning; buttonholes. Buttons made of thread. Sewing on tapes, hooks and eyes. Drawing the pattern, cutting out and making a shirt or a pair of drawers.
Class VII.—Fine darning and marking. Drawing the pattern for a dress. Cutting out articles such as are required in Standards II-IV. Drawing the pattern, cutting out and making a dress.
The time given to needlework: Class I, two hours a week; Classes II, III and IV, four hours a week; Classes V and VI, five hours a week; Class VII, six hours a week.