New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-08

writes: I'm the city Of Client educstiop il
~ NO means embarrassed b. tho oondi-
lions under Vhieh il laAers in TIA rural
consumes Of Hlandess. The CITY ependa
lovishlyf upon education. and the instrue-
ton u entirely in the hands OF lay teashers.
In the years l8z47s, 1888 children md
adults were under instruction in the ole
mentaEy schools directed BY tho city, n I'D
dition 70 those being educated in demon
national schools. At present the schools
are In vacation. They have loog holiday
from the fifteenth Of Aagust to the end Of
September. a few pupils are still st
york in the sewing school Of the Collier
Iastitution. This 10 one OF the best schoUls
in the town, and well deserves . visit. Il 10
public elementary day school for girls, to
which 10 attached IN infant school lof 2UO
little children. Tho low foems without
desks which remain In these airy rooms
show the ago q which tho infants are ID
mittod. 1Ue those Whoee parents can not
take them away dinner l. gratuieouAly pro-
duoed. There u . good playground for the
ehildrea. The giris' school sonfains 500
pupils. Nome Of. those who live in tho city
pay anything for their tuition, but ohildren
trance pss man1k. The hours are fron $50.
to 1880 l. n, and from l:3o to 4. 2: n.
in the winter. and, 40 p. n in
tie summer. Sohoel begins end ends
With prayer, and the oatecoism 10 taught
by . priest once . week. In the upper
classes history and geography are taught,
although the Belg,.n code only prescribes
the tseching Of religion, morality, road
ing, writing. arithmetic, the national
ish or German, - tho case may b." Maps,
abaci. black-bosrds, devotional pictures,
and the actual measures Of capacity 0cna-
meut the walls of the principal olass-rooms.
In Q lower class for girls between the ages
Of six and eight the following. 10 one days
work. It win servo g specimen: In the
morning, prayer, Flemish. gymnastics,
arithmetic, writing; in tho afternoon,
French, object lesson; needle work. prayer.
Zion is given on Sunday; but on that day
the school building is used for an adult
class Of 200, who also meet there in
the evenings % night school. 1t will be
seen that the little girls IN Ghent have to
M hi learn both French and
Flemish. Their fathers and mOthers speak.
~ q rule, nothing but Flemish, . fact which
makes Client . perplexing town to foreign
ers. The provision 40 to German IN inc
eome marta Of Luxembourg, where German
ia the language Of the people. A great
many of the children leave at the age of
eleven. but the city IL trying to keep them
tilI = later age. There Is useful addition
to this institution in the shape Of large
vork-room, where girls Who have paesed
the superior GLASSES In this school OF another
arc instructed in millinery and dIess-mak'
ing from ono to eight in the afternoon,
mornine. This hslf.time system 10 found
verv snccessful one. The girls begin to
ssrn money from the first day they enter
the room. and there 10 always great
comnetition to be admitted to 1t. 1t
holda sixty Rirls ct little side tables for four
aach. With Q central table for cutting out.
Sewing machines aro at one emo OF tne
room. There is no instruction In COOKERY,
and such instruction Is less necessary nore
than in England, because tho subject 10 best
rrderstood at the ohildren's homes. Another
inst;tution. the school bank, which the Bel.
c;sns olaim to have invented, Is established
n the school. The total deposits in the pen.
n.,hsnks of the schools Of Client amounted
~ lS75 tO no less than las, 235 francs Invested
IN 797 names. Instruction to the 4l2o boys,
the 1865 girls, the 348l infants IN the Iiee
schools, the 1873 pupils In the paying
schooie and the 1913 adults in the nfgnt
schools, is given by booy OF "a Cay 10y
~rsss of BelQisns teachers meets ut 0hent
in the beginning of next week.
T'ha oirls' work room has moro imposing
narallsi in the industrial school, where o1l
pupils are instructed in chemistry, Aeca@
MICS. physics, construction. engineeilnR,
geology. accounts, design, and in the theory
and practice of manufactures OF the town;
which, are chiefly concerned with linen ana
COTTON. Girls are admitted to the course IA
DESIGN. Another institution-tne mi .ozE
ciaes echool-contained 4lO pupils IN l1 W:
The ROYAL AthenBnm 1873. There were quo
stndenta in the University, and their dis
tribution among the faculty shows me
nraotical character Of the training sougnS'
Only twenty students entered IN tne t tsS1
.nlsv of philosophy and letters. Law nso
ninetv.nine students, science tniftyIone:
medioine seventy six. Ia tho scnool Oh
civil engineering, snnexed to the science
1.r there we're 2lS pupils, in tho school
If srts and manufactures sixty two. IN 1no
Normal SCHOOL of science five: Inc town
hss other normal schools. which appear 10
he successfully conducted. The poPTsts snSsa
~ Ghant Il less than in the time OF Cnsries
Y v, whose famous boast It vss that tn, ne
ccnld mt Paris into his Gaunt.lot. inen
It. Wss The most populous city OF NorSne esa
EnroDe. No vessel could pass t1fou9n .ne
draw bridges of its canals, no cnilasen ~ s; ;ts
tnred ont Of doors, when the armies o. .. a;s
craftsmen were going to and IRON ;,h SsI;
work, At present the number Oh lsn
tants is 12l, 469, still mainly . msn"As''@A
;.0 nnnnlatiOn.