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CHAPTER II
BACKGROUND OP APPRENTICESHIP
The type of education known as "apprenticeship* has
a long and rich background. It is on© of the oldest
institutions of civilization. History records this trend
of education and tends to prove how apprentice education
has remained adaptable to the working man in the face of
everchanging conditions.
Apprenticeship haa ita roots in antiquity and has
played an Important part In the world's educational systems
for over four-thousand years* It® ancient forms, however,
are so interwoven with the institution of slavery that it
is easy to understand that modern writers find It difficult
to contemplate apprenticeship prior to the middle ages. Adam
Smith declared? "Apprenticeships were altogether unknown
to the ancients. I know of no Latin or Greek word which
expresses the idea we annex to the word apprentice ."3-
Mr. Smith's statement has been accepted by many writers of
economic history and industrial progress* The Encyclopedia
1.
aul H Douglas, American Apprenticeship and Industrial
education, p. 13. * ——
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Moses, Morgan Clay. American Apprenticeship and its Contribution to Industrial Arts, thesis, May 1950; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc163804/m1/9/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .