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...Divinity Club. Address by Hon. H. J. Skeffington. Immigration Commissioner of the Port of Boston. Divinity Hall...
Between the morning and afternoon sessions the annual dinner of the Association was held in the Union. After the dinner C. H. Thurber, managing editor of Ginn & Co., in Boston, H. J. Skeffington, general secretary of the Boot and Shoemakers' Union, and C. W. Hubbard '98 of the Ludlow Manufacturing Co., spoke on "Industrial Education." Mr. Thurber told how very old the question was, and of the great difficulty large establishments have in getting enough skilled workmen. Therefore industrial schools should be started...
...Skeffington took the place of Mr. J. Golden, who was unable to be present. His speech was of a similar nature, showing that the erroneous hostility of trade unions to trade schools is disappearing and industrial schools are needed to help the community. Mr. C. W. Hubbard emphasized the same point...