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23 Foot - Note: Contd. Woodwork: Woodwork is the most popular subject for boys. The tool equipment need not be elaborate and, usually, timber is easily obtained and is capable of being worked by boys. The commoner metals also give good scope for training, particularly in conjunction with the woodwork. A few simple machines are necessary (lathe, drill, grinder, etc), though much useful work may be accomplished with the ordinary hand tools (hammer, chisel, file, hack-saw. etc). The bench work is accompanied by working drawings made by the pupil, and good technique is insisted on throughout. After the preliminary exercises have been worked through, a fair amount of liberty is usually given in the choice of articles made. Various interests, belonging to both home and school, are catered for. This is in accordance with the recent tendency towards encouraging originality in the pupil. When the subject was first introduced technique was insisted on far too rigidly. In order to encourage the application of good design in the exercises every well-equipped workshop has its small reference library of good craft books There is a growing co-ordination between the teaching of art and of crafts, and the latter is occassionally combined with teaching of applied mathematics in the case of mechanics. The majority of the other crafts may be taught in the ordinary class room, especially if strong tables are used instead of the sloping desks. In most modern schools a room is set apart for practical work. - Page No. 91 t Domestic Science: The teaching of domestic subjects in public elementary schools is nearly as old as the school itself. Stimulated by Government grants, awarded on results, the numbers, receiving some sort of instruc