_ The shop will not depend upon the pupils
in the school for models, but will welcome models which come from
the pupils as evidence that the shop experience is a stimulating
one. But it will be recognized that the pupils will have little to
offer on account of their inexperience and that there is a world
of designers from whom to draw and the shop is eager to command
the best models which are obtainable. There will be a Jury for the
determination of models to be manufactured. This Jury will
receive certain instruction on the subject of toys, and will be
responsible for making further study of the subject. But as has
been pointed out for the last ten years by Caroline Pratt, who
has given the subject scientific attention, toys are the t
of little children which, they use in their effort to become
acquainted with their environment, which they use in schemes of
play, and which are in fact efforts on their part to try out and
experience the adult life into which they are thrown.
Because this is true and the market is unsupplied with toys of
serious value to children, the subject will be a matter for
development and the introduction in the market of models which
will serve the purpose of children in their play will be
considered a matter of social importance and demand the serious
consideration of the Jury. This Jury will be composed of the
workers in the shop, the manager of the shop, an artist, and
one or two people who have given the subject of toys careful
attention.
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