The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-14

managers in F1arce, Switzerland, Bslgium, and
Germany, and to the elementary instruction
which Is universal amongst the working popu.
lation OF Germany and witzeiland.
CONCLUSION.
"The evidence which has been given before
your committee, ana in part summarized in the
preceding pages. together with the informa-
tion which is accessible to them in common
with other members OF the community, has con-
vinCed then:-
Il. That with the view to enable the working
class TO benefit by scientific instruction. IL is of
the utmost importance that efficient elementary
instruction should be within the reach of every
child.
10. That unless regular attendance of the
children for sufficient period can be obtained,
lttle can be done in the way OF their scientific
Instruction..
''3. That elementary instruction in drawing,
in physical geography, and in the phenomena
OF nature, should be given III elementary
schools.
a. That adult science classes, though of
great use to artissns, to foremen, and to the
smaller manufacturers, cannot provide all the
scientific instruction which those should pos
sess who are responsible for the conduct of i'm
portant industrial undertakings. That all whose
necessities do not oblige them TO leave school
before the age OF fourteen, should receive in
stTuClion In the elements of science as part of
their general education.
"5. That the reorganization of secondary In.
struction and the Introduction of a larger
amount OF scientific teaching into secondary
schools are urgently required, and ought to
receive the lmmdiate consideration of Parlia-
meut and the country.
&c. That it is deshabe that certain endowed
schools sbould be selected in favorable stua-
tiOns for the purpose of being reconstructed as
science schools, having in view the special re-
quirements of the district such schools to be
rendered available TO the SUR oundIng districts,
by the establishment OF exhibitions open 10 pub.
lie competition; so that the children of every
grade aJ be able 10 rise iIom the 10 vest to the
highest school.
az That superior colleges of science, and
schools for special scientific instruction reuuir-
ing costly buildings and laboratories, cannot be
supported by fees alone, without aid from one
or more of the following sources viz.:-the
state, the localities, and endowments or other
beDeactions.
''8, That such colleges and special schools are
most likely to be most successful " esta blished
in centres OF industry, because the choice of such
centres tends to promote the com bination of
science with practice on the part both OF the
professors and OF the pupils; and to enable many
10 attend them to whom the expenses of living
at distance from home would otherwise be an
iIsuperable barrier.
49, That the provinces Of England especially
the agricultural districts, have not received
sufficient proportion OF the State grants for
scientific education.
10. That those provinces of England are en-
titled TO such modification of the public grants
as will afford them increased aid supplementary
TO the funds which they may raise in their own
localltles Tor the purpose of promoting scientific
instruction. That grants OF money from the
national eXcheqSer for local scientific iustruc-
tion should be chiefly des gned to promote local
activity, and better use OF resources otherwise
available, and should be regarded as occasional
or temporary.
'll. That some slight addition to the emolu-
mems OF science teachers would probably tend
materially to promote the establishment and
permanence of elementary science classes.
~. That the provisions OF the Public Libra
ries' and Museums act should be altered so as
10 enable public bodies to levy slightly in-
creased rate Tor scientific purposes.
"l3. That the manasers of training colleges
for the teachers of elementary schools should
give special attention to the instruction of those
teachers in theoretical and applied cience,
where such instruction does not exist already.
IA. That teachers in elementary day schools
should be paid on results, tor teaching science
10 the older scholars, in the same way as pay
ment is now made for drawing in such schools.
That the education of higher science teachers
should be encouraged, by the granting of
degrees in science at Oxford and cambridge as
at other universities, and by the opening of
greater number OF fellowships to distinction in
natural science as well as in literature, and
mathematical and moral science.
"15. That more intimate connection between
the various Government institutions for scientific
instruction in London would increase the
efficiency OF each OF these institutions, and that
the constitution and management OF those
institutions and their future relations TO each
other require further Investigations