A graded course in cord, raffia, lacer work and sewing for elementary schools

Preface

These leaves have been put together with the hope that they may prove of service to my many students, both of the Normal Coli lege and of the New York Training School for Teachers, who are

Q now, or are yet to become part of the great body of teachers in the

^ Public Schools of New York City. This little work has been an

outgrowth of need. Its value will best be demonstrated when it has ^ stood the test of use and criticism. It aims to be nothing more than

^ an illustrated course in sewing, following the general lines of the

Course of Study and Syllabus in Sewing prescribed by the Board of Superintendents for use in the Public Elementary Schools of New York City. The problems worked out are therefore limited in character. While there has been no thot in its preparation of use beyond this special field of work in New York City, it is hoped that if it fall into the hands of anyone connected with other Boards of Education, some, if not all, of the problems may appeal with sufficient force to make their adoption possible.

My thanks are due, not only to the many students who have given so generously of their time and effort in assisting me, but also to the Board of Superintendents, New York City, through whose courtesy permission is granted to print the Course of Study and Syllabus in vS'^ze/m^ prepared jointly by Mrs. Jessup and Miss Hutchinson, Directors of Sewing in the City.

I wish to confess to some slight modifications in places where it seemed to me wise, — but in all essentials it is the course in use in the Public Schools.

Anita Mills Earl.

New York City, August, 1912.

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