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Another beneficial result of industrial training is that it cultivates self-reliance, honesty, and carefulness. The boy, learning a trade, must depend largely upon himself. His judgment must be exercised at every point. If mistakes are made, he is compelled to see that they are his own. Want of accuracy and carelessness are sure to bring upon himself perplexities and failures, the responsibility for which he can in no wise escape. So are impressed upon him the necessity of honesty and carefulness more forcibly than they could be by any instruction in the school-room.

Again, the knowledge of a trade and the habits of industry acquired while learning it, furnish one of the best safe-guards with which a young man entering upon life can be equipped. There is an old Jewish proverb, that he who neglects to teach his son a trade, teaches him to be a thief.

Of the beneficial results of manual training Ex-President Hayes, in a recent public address, spoke as follows:

"If I were asked to name a measure of reform which is practicably within our reach, and the best fitted to prevent, or, at least, largely to diminish crimes, I would say let our young people of both sexes and all conditions be taught as a part of their education to know the value of work, to catch the spirit of work, and to form the habit of work, not only with their brains, but also with their eyes and their hands. To do this we need not give up the classics or mathematics or any other favorite study. 'Hand training,' says Doctor Haygood, 'quickens mental faculties that no mere text-book drill awakens.' It inculcates respect for labor. The young man who despises labor carries with him into every walk of life one of the most dangerous temptations to crime. The young man of industrious habits, who can support himself by the labor of his hands, has acquired what the poet Burns calls 'The glorious privilege of being independent.'"

In certain quarters schools for deaf-mutes have been criticised for teaching such trades as tailoring, cabinet-making, and shoe-making, as tending to degrade deaf-mutes as a class. We cannot agree with such criticisms. But a very small proportion of either the deaf or the hearing have decided artistic talent. Is it best to spoil a good mechanic to make a poor artist? To give a smattering of ornamental accomplishments as a substitute for a good trade? Does the clerk behind the counter fill any more honorable place, or one better calculated to stimulate self-improvement, than the skilled artisan? Is one engaged in ornamental industrial pursuits likely to earn a more comfortable support for himself and his family than one master of a good trade?

OCCUPATION OF GRADUATES.

For some months past I have been making careful inquiry as to the present occupation of our former pupils and the remuneration received by them. The reports are very encouraging, though, on account of the general depression of business, it has been an unfavorable time to secure the best showing of results. Reliable reports have been received concerning more than four hundred, and below are given the list of occupations.

OCCUPATIONS OF MEN.

1 Artist,
3 Bakers,
1 Basket-maker,
1 Belt-maker,
1 Blacksmith,
1 Boatman,
1 Boat- builder,
1 Book-agent,
2 Bookbinders,
1 Brakeman,
1 Brass-m older,
1 Brass-worker,
1 Bricklayer,
5 Burnishers,
2 Chair-makers,
1 Cigar-maker,
1 Clerk in drug store,
1 Clerk in post-office,
1 Clerk in Treasury Department,
3 Clergymen, ordained, 1 Cooper,
6 Clock-makers,
1 Clock-case maker,
1 Copyist,
2 Cutters in shoe-shop,
12 Cabinet-makers,
1 Capitalist, (1)
1 Car maker,
17 Carpenters,
2 Carriage-makers,
1 Carriage-painter,
2 Cartridge-makers,
1 Casket-maker,
1 Casket-trimmer,
1 Draughtsman, 1 Dyer,
3 Editors,
70 Farmers,
1 Fireman,
3 Fishermen,
1 Foreman in warehouse,
1 Foundryman,
3 Furniture-makers.
1 Furniture-polisher,
1 Glass-cutter,
1 Glue-maker,
2 Hatters,
1Hostler,
1 Ice-dealer,
1 Janitor.
1 Jeweler,
3 Joiners,
7 Laborers,
1 Lamp-trimmer,
1 Last-maker,
3 Lock-makers,
2 Masons,
4 Machinists,
20 Mechanics,
1 Merchant,
2 1 Mill operatives,
1 Mill-wright,
1 Monument sculptor,
3 Nail-makers,
1 Organ-case maker,
1 Oysterman,
1 Pail-maker,
8 Painters,
1 Paper-ruler (by machine),
1 Patent lawyer,
1 Pattern-maker,
2 Peddlers,
1 Picture-frame maker,
3 Piano case makers, 1 Plough -maker,
1 Pocket-book maker,
5 Printers,
1 Quarryman,
1 Rubber-stamp maker,
1 Rule-maker,
5 Sash and Blind makers,
2 Saw-mill tenders, 1 Shoe-dealer,
20 Shoe-makers,
27 Shoe factory operatives,
1 Shuttle-maker,
1 Spool-turner,
1 Stair-builder,
2 Stone-cutters,
1 Silver metal scourer,
1 Tanner,
15 Teachers,
2 Tin-smiths,
1 Tool maker,
1 Toy-maker,
2 Upholsterers,
1 Varnisher,
1 Wagon-maker,
1 Watch-maker,
4 Wire-drawers,
6 Wood-carvers,
2 Wool-sorters.

OCCUPATIONS OF WOMEN.