Identifier: preparationfortr00newy (find matches)
Title: Preparation for trades; Manhattan trade school for girls, Vocational school for boys, Murray Hill vocational school, Brooklyn vocational school for boys
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: New York (N.Y.). Superintendent of Schools New York. Manhattan trade school for girls. (from old catalog) New York. Vocational school for boys. (from old catalog) New York. Murray Hill vocational school. (from old catalog) Brooklyn. Vocational school for boys. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Technical education
Publisher: (New York, Press of Clarence S. Nathan, inc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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xtiles. In all trades for which the school trains girls, acertain knowledge of textiles is essential. While there is not time,and the girls are not sufficiently mature to study the subjectscientifically, a study of fabrics, for an acquaintance with their 24 names, qualities, approximate prices, widths into which they arewoven, and their uses, forms a part of the related work of eachtrade. Girls learn also to judge between printed and wovenfabrics, how to test for fading, shrinkage and the like, and todetermine between good and poor qualities. In this course, too,the subject of dress is taken up with especial reference to whatgirls should wear to business, and several exhibits of suitableclothing, including shoes, underwear, dresses and hats, are arrangedfor the girls to examine and discuss. Planning a budget forclothes, in proportion to ones income, and discussions to arouseinterest in appropriate, hygienic, economical and attractive dressis a conscious and definite aim of the course.
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MANHATTAN THAI)); SCHOOL Ioi! GIRLS ART ROOM. Art as Related to Trade Subjects. There is little attempt toleach art for its own sake, and no attempt to train artists anddesigners. The art courses at the school consist rather in opening 25«the girls eyes to the art possibilities in their trades. To be a gooddressmaker or milliner, they must have correct ideas of line andproportion, an eye for color and a sense of balance and ryhthm.The trade school art classes emphasize more especially the import-ance of developing taste. For the few who have especial aptitudethere are certain tricks in trade designing which can be acquired,and which may lead to fairly remunerative positions, such asmaking patterns for embroideries and certain lines of stencilling.No particular emphasis is laid on this branch of art work, however,as such positions are extremely limited in number, whereas a needfor better taste in all lines of industrial endeavor is only tooapparent. Industrial Conditions. For want of

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