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THE discussion on education as a preparation for industry which followed Dr. A. P. M. Fleming's presidential address on education for industry to Section L (Educational Science) of the British Association, delivered on August 31, was opened by a paper, read in his absence, by Mr. W. O. Lester Smith, director of education of Manchester, who stressed the importance of a sound general education and the significance of Hadow reorganization. Our educational neglect of the adolescent has led to wastage of human material. The wanton blow struck at the day continuation school clauses of the Fisher Act by the ‘Geddes Axe’ was probably the unkindest cut our educational system has ever suffered; it has prevented local authorities from making a satisfactory job of the youth problem.
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Education and Industry. Nature 144, 760–761 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144760a0
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