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810 History Univcrsily of Illinois sidorably less than one-third of those studies are common to both branches. I n his letter to the undersigned, Charles W. Copeland, of New York, also an accomplished mechanic and machinist, on the point of admitting apprentices to the mechanical school, says: 'By all means afford apprentices the opportunities of pursuing any portion of the course of studies they may desire. One reason is, that as a rule, we may assume that apprentices have commenced mechanical pursuits from a love of them, and that taste, with the ambition that he would probably have to excel, would lead him to appreciate and improve the advantages presented to the fullest extent, and it is not improbable that many of your most accomplished and successful graduates will be from this class." On the point of combining theory with practice, Mr. Copeland further says: |Thorough knowledge can best be imparted by combining the theoretical study with practical application, either by having a workshop connected with the institution, or so locating the school that the pupil can have ready access to shops where actual work is being executed on a large scale." In his letter to the undersigned, Prof. Kogers, on the point of admitting apprentices to the benefits of a mechanical school, says: "The apprentice system, in connection with the educational, is doubtless indispensable to the success of the institution, as without it it can be of little or no practical benefit to the mechanical world, and would simply be a nice place for that class of young men who have only the money qualification, without the energy or the intellect, to succeed in the more popular professions of the day, and I would as soon think of employing a theoretical tailor, without practice, to make a coat, as a theoretical engineer under the same circumstances to build an engine."
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