Considering that Printing is the “Art preservative of all arts” does it not seem like a subject which should be generally touched upon, at least collaterally, in every institution of higher education? To sum up a bit: Printing is an industry of basic importance to civilization. It means, therefore, the livlihood directly or indirectly of many persons. The opportunities open to young men well equipped with a knowledge of printing are numerous, and the young man so prepared has an advantage over his competitors. So much for the commercial aspect. Aesthetically, printing has risen in the past, and does still, occasionally rise to high levels. Its encouragement as an art should come from the better educated people, as well as from the hard headed business men, who, by producing beautiful catalogs, have actually done much to encourage and bring in an age of better printing. Educationally, I would like my own children to undergo this training which possesses so much that is fascinating, but is at once exacting and disciplinary to the mind, the eye and the hand. There is no escape from the consequences of one’s work. It remains proved in black and white, or even in many colors, as a credit or otherwise to one’s imagination, conception and workmanship. It is my conviction that there are large educational advantages in the study of Printing if it be taught by trained enthusiasts in a way to make it live and vibrate with all its far-reaching and inexhaustible power. INDEX Advertising, 93 Agalite, 39 American Paper & Pulp Assn., 95 Antique, 55 Atmospheric Effects, 64 Bogasse, 21 Barium Sulphate, 39 Barratt, Thomas, Water Marking, 7 Baskerville--first wove paper, 4 Blanks, 52 Bleaching, 28 Bleaching Powder, discovery of, 10 Blotting, 41 Boxboard, 52 Breast-roll, 46 Bristol boards, 52 Broom corn, 20 Brueckmann, Dr., 7 Bureau of Chemistry, 19 Bureau of Plant Industry, 19 Burgess and Watt, 8 Bursting strength, 73 Calender defects, 78 Calenders, sheet, 55, 56 Calenders, super, 55, 56 Canson, M. inventor of suction boxes, 7 Cardboard, 5, 6, 71 Casein, 81 Chapman neutralizer, 87 Chemical Texts, 73, 74 China Clay, 39 Coated Papers, 56, 58, 81 Color, of Paper, 67, 68 Color, 79 Combining, 56 Corn Stalks, 19 Cotton-hull fiber, 20 Coucher-man, 44 Couch roll, 46, 47 Cover papers, 60 Crompton, T. B., inventor, 7 Crop plants, 18 Cylinder Machine, 7, 47, 52 Dandy Roll, 7, 47 Deckle Straps, 47 Deckle Edges, 47 De Vinne, 5 Dickinson, Co., 52 Dickinson, John, 7 Didot, François, 6 Distribution of Paper, 89 Doctor, 49 Donken, Bryan, 6 Dryers, invention of, 6 Electricity, Static, 86, 87, 88 Ekman, 8 Embossing, 55 Esparto, 36 Fiber Characteristics, 44 Fillers, 39 Finish, 68, 76, 77 Finishing, 54 Flax Straw, 21 Flow Box, 47 Folding Endurance, 74