_: (1) Cutting of gauges, (_a_) For hems, (_b_) For tucks.
(2) Tucking problems. (3) Ruffling problems. (4) Computation of
quantity of material required for garments, (_a_) By measuring
garments, (_b_) By use of patterns on cloth, (_c_) Economy of
material. (5) Problems based on above work. (6) Store problems. (7)
Bills and receipts. (8) Income, expenditures, savings. (9) Textile
problems. (10) Civic problems.

_Novelty_: (1) Sample mounting, (_a_) Cards are cut a given size and
are divided with the ruler into spaces for samples, with proper
margins, etc., according to trade demands, (_b_) Problems involving
the various sizes and shapes of cards and samples, using cards and
rulers for the work. (2) Sample cutting. (3) Cutting materials for
boxes, (_a_) Pulp board, (_b_) Covering plain, flowered, (_c_)
Economy of materials. (4) Problems based on above work. (5) Trade
problems, (_a_) In sample mounting, accuracy, speed, (_b_) Cost of
materials. (6) Bills and receipts. (7) Income, expenditure, savings.
(8) Civic problems.

_Millinery_: (1) Measurement of frames. (2) Trade problems, (_a_)
Quantity of material, (_b_) Price of materials, (_c_) Economy of
material. (3) Orders, (_a_) By letter, (_b_) By order blanks. (4)
Bills and receipts. (5) Income, expenditure, savings. (6) Problems
on manufacture of silk. (7) Civic problems.

English

Aim: 1. To facilitate oral and written expression. 2. To give practice
in business forms: _Spelling_: (1) Technical terms of each trade
department; (2) Textiles and other trade materials; (3) Ordinary
business terms. _Descriptions_: (1) Written work on materials used and
articles made in each department; (2) Outlining and defining of
department work. _Business Forms_: (1) Letters of application; (2)
Letters ordering goods; (3) Telegrams, postal cards, etc.; (4) Writing
of advertisements.

In addition to practice in spelling and in the writing of business
forms, the work in English aims to be in close correlation with the
other subjects taught. As a rule, the latter part of each recitation
period is spent by the pupils in writing upon the subject in hand. The
purpose is to obtain from them freedom of expression after arousing
interest in a subject, rather than to get long compositions
necessitating home study and probably generating a dislike for written
work. Attention is called to paragraphing and emp