Excerpt from The Relation of the Trade School to the Trade: An Address by William H. Sayward, Secretary of the Boston Master Builders' Association, Delivered at the Graduating Exercises of the North End Union Plumbing School, Boston, May 15, 1908 There have been and still are those who believe that a craft in all its essentials may be acquired through the instruction and practice afforded in a trade' school and there have been and still are those who claim that the trade school can do little more than impart a moderate amount of knowledge and facility in the minor features of a craft, and that the major part of the technique and skilful handling of tools and of the individual can only be expected through con, tact with the varying demands of the trade itself as Operated upon a commercial basis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.