Mass. In Oakland, Cal., the committee on industrial education resolves to make an experiment in introducing cooking into the public schools. 1885 First report of the New York Industrial Education Association. Fifteen classes in doemstic science are held in private schools and girls clubs. Mechanics Institute, Rochester, N.Y. is opened. One grade of the high school, San Francisco, Cal., is taught domestic economy one hour a week.
Provision is made for industrial training in Iowa.
The question is agitated in Portland, Maine. Wis. The second annual report of the Industrial Education Association of New York shows great progress in the work. Industrial classes in the public schools of Hoboken, N.J., are started under the influence of the above association. The association opens a house with an information office on 11th street and teaches public school children and teachers, also conducts a school for servants, and a graded course in sewing. The first vacation classes in New York are begun under the association.