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manual training

noun

  1. training in the various manual arts and crafts, as woodworking.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of manual training1

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
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Born in Brooklyn, Pepitone went to Manual Training High School, signed with the Yankees in 1958 and made his big league debut in 1962.

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Dubbed the Wisconsin Avenue Manual Training School, it was ready for occupancy in October 1911.

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Underwood, who had been a teacher of drawing at McKinley Manual Training School, was the first principal.

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The District’s schools weren’t desegregated until 1954, and the Wisconsin Avenue Manual Training School was for white students only: cabinet making and woodworking for the boys and housekeeping for the girls.

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Manual training schools were for students not expected to go to college.

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