The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-14

taken thought for everything except skilled Ia
Dor Her unrivallcd assemblagc OF art, sccn
unc. and professional schools Is supplemented
by score OF special institutions whose gradu-
atcs arc qualified to direct every species uf iu-
dustral and agricultural enterprise. and by n
number Of business colleges framed on the
model of the Eroie TWgoi. whose pupils
"'' H't'd for tho several branches OF
foreign and domestic radc But Of
schools for workmcn tho Siatc has none
If we except the establishment founded by the
Sandman Government and ttnnsforrcd TO
France upon the annexation OF Savoy and Nice
II Is true that few municipalities have created
apprcntir schools. hut their number is extreme
~ limited. Paris has only one institution Of the
Kind apprentice school Of the Boulevard de
In Nllcttc. This. however, merits special attcn-
tion because. according to Prof Stuart Of Cam
bridge University. II presents the most p 'rfcct
type Of an industrial academy. We may adj that
at his suggestion Il fac-simile Of it is about to
bc organized in England.
Tho single object of this school first opened
In 1873. is to produce intelligent and skilful
workmcn. The specific cnllings for which its
pupils are trained arc those of workers i'm iron
and workers in wood. Boys are admitted be-
tween the ages Of 10 and 10. after an cNamina.
ton which has regard TO photography. arlth-
mctir. and the metric system Not only IL tut
ton gratuitous. hut deserving students receive
once fortnight n certain compensation for
their labor. varying from forty cents 10 n dollar
The period Of apprenticeship ~ three years.
During the first two years days labor includes
six hours in the workshop and five in the class.
while for the Inst year II means eight hours Of
pra'ticc with tools and three hours " study
Among other judcious features Of the plan.
we may note that during the first twclvcmon,h
the pupil passes one or two months alternately
In each Of tho spccialtics taught so that ne can
determine which suits his taste. while the di-
rectors can observe his aptitudcs. Only ut the
beginning Of the second year does the apprcn-
tcc. with the advice Of his parents and tcnch-
ers. decide upon given TRADE. to which the, &C.
forward he dcvotcs himself exclusively.
The creation Of this school would have been
impracticnhc during the second Empire. and
under the existing regime it has encountered
many obstacles. Yet it, progress has been re-
markable Tho number Of apprentices. which
four years ago was II. is now ncnry 200 But
II was the uuaity of the education conferred
which most impressed Prof Stuart Two things
commonly supposed to be irrcconcilahle in
practice had been effected. In the class which
had just completed a three years course he
found cach graduate. In the most eNacting
sense, skilled workman. Not only this but he
found thes apprentices hnd acquired nm
amount Of general knowledge at least equa 10
that bestowed by most business colleges, and Of
Kind far more pertinent 20 the affairs of life
than that demanded 10y degree Of Bachelor Of
Arts. In other words the young workman had
gone forth from this admirable school ut once
a producer and citizen.