By Sloyd, we understand a system of educational hand-work. The children are employed upon various kinds of hand craft with the object of developing their mental, moral, and physical powers. The object is NOT to make artisans of the children, although undoubtedly those children who afterwards become tradesmen find that the educational principles of their trade has already been grasped by the intellect, but the same will apply to those entering any legitimate vocation without exception. Although there are many different kinds of Sloyd, woodwork has been discovered to be the most useful, and it alone survives the severe tests imposed. A glance at the accompanying table will explain what is meant. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF SLOYD. Key: A - Does it accord with children's capability? B - Does it excite and sustain interest? C - Are the objects made useful? D - Does it give a respect for rough work? E - Does it train in order and exactness? F - Does it allow cleanliness and neatness? G - Does it cultivate the sense of form? H - Is it beneficial from an hygienic point of view? I - Does it allow methodical arrangement? J - Does it teach dexterity of hand? ------------------+--------+--------+---------+--------+-----------+ Branches of Sloyd.| A | B | C | D | E | ------------------+--------+--------+---------+--------+-----------+ | | | | | | Simple Metal Work |Yes & No|Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes & no | Smith's Work |No |Hardly |Tolerably|Yes |No | Basket Making |No |Hardly |Tolerably|Yes |No | Straw Plaiting |Yes |Yes? |Yes |Yes & no|Yes | Brush Making |No? |Yes?? |Yes |Yes? |Tolerably | House Painting |No |No |Yes & no |Yes |No | Fretwork |Yes? |No & yes|No & yes |No |Yes | | | | Yes | | | Bookbinding |No |No & yes|Tolerably|Hardly |Tolerably | | | | | | Yes | Card-board Work |Yes & no|Yes? |Yes |No |very high | Sloyd Carpentry |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes? |Yes | | | | | |partly (not| Turnery |No |Yes |Yes? |Hardly |quite No) | Carving in Wood |Yes? |Yes & no|Yes & no |No |Yes | Clay Modelling |Yes |Yes |No |No |Yes & no | ------------------+--------+--------+---------+--------+-----------+ From "Theory of Sloyd," Salomon. Table continued