1. As a separate branch of instruction, the aim of which is
proficiency.
2. As a means to an end, other than (but not excluding) a
certain proficiency, _i.e._ to develop the intelligence and even
to form the character of the child.
II. _The subject must be made interesting_ if it is to be
educational. The making of specimens is not interesting, and should
be discouraged, excepting for the practice of new stitches before
they can be used on a complete garment or article, however small,
for the child herself or for others.
III. _Correlation of needlework_ with drawing and arithmetic in the
higher classes.