The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-07-28


diture of the establishment amounted
iasC year to $3.50 900, although the servi
ces of the flars who conduct the sChoo
are given at a nominal rate. The aver
age age of the pupils on entrance is l.
years but none are admitted who Canno
alresdy read and write. The greater
part Of every day is given up to mauua
work, only two hours being reserved fol
book studies on three days of the week
the same amount of time on the alter
nate three days is devoted to drawing
There are on the premises great mum,
Der of workshops, each let out to an ap'
proved craftsman; to whom are appren.
tlCed, for term of three or four years
some ten or twelve boys. The trades
thus taught are those most sure of ocCu.
patton in Paris, such as those OF Carpen.
J,r, wood turner wood carver, marble
mason, brass worker, carver and guilder
clock maker, compos,tor, printer, wood
engraver, and several others. In these
shops nothing is made that will not SILL,
the apprentice learning the value not
only Of materials, but Of time, and al
enough the work that pass under their
hands is graduated to their capacity they
are If precisely the same character as
the work which apprentices in any ordi
nary shop would have to undertake. The
apprentices earn nothing during their
term of service beyond little poCk ut
money when they are well advanced,
but when tney leave the school they
know the whole mystery of their trade,
.Hd are thoroughly expert artisans.
Hhey can take the aW materials, and
from them evolve finished article, and
they will earn at once from 81 to 81 20 a
ia +, instead Gt 40, go or so cents usually
ob'ained in Paris by young workmen
Just out Of their time. Their reputation,
n leover, for steadiness, skill, and gem
eral intelligence is such that the gradu-
ates of this school have little difficulty
N scoring uninterrupted employment
and by the time they reach the age of 30
commonly rise to the position of fore.
man or master
Another school which deserves to be
scanned in some detail, both on account
Of its theoretical merits and the striking
practical results, was tablished eight
years ago by M. Leon Say, at the ex-
peuse of the city of Paris. Boys are re-
Ceived here at the age OF Is or IA, pro.
vlded their prim ry education has been
completed, and after three years course
are turned out with sufficient expert
enCe and technical skill to command
from five TO eight dollars week, wages
whick in France are reCkoned exception.
ally good for young journeymen artisans
The lnstruction offered at this school is
not only gratuitous, but actually remun.
erative for the pupils receive a weekly
qualification varying from 80 to go cents.
At this institution five hours a day are
given to book studies, including model.
ling and drawing to scale, and hours
to the work of theshops. There are two
Workshops-on devoted to the
workers in iron, the other to the work
ers in wood, and the trades taught are
forging, metal turning, carpentry, wood
turning and pattern making, During his
first or preparatory year, no attempt is
made to specialize the work of the ap-
prentice, nor is he expected to produce
anything for sale, but the first twelve.
month over, he settles down to one spec
al craft, and henCeforth all the articles
he makes are saleable. In this respect
he municipal school seems to possess an
advantage over the St. Nicholas Institu. |
ion, because in the early stages of train.
ng when workmanship is rather imper-
'eCt, it is scarcely advisable to produce a |
article. Better waste wood |
han spoil an apprentice, is the maxim |
o lowed. There is no doubt, too, that |
he general intelligence of the workmen |
8 fur hered by allowing them to see
something of all the phases of their
Iade, and of allied trades as well, in
jtead of Confning them by premature |
division of labor to single narrow funC-
ion. The technical efficiency attained |
1y the pupils of this school may be in
erred from the fact that almost all the |
oolsu used were made by the apprentices |
and that several of the |
as, for instance, ribbon saw |
made by the boys of this establishment, |
attracted high commentator at the last |
French Exposition. The whole cost of |
his institution, including land, buildings
and furniture, to the city of Paris was
Sl5000O and the working expenses are
$4,000 year. Two hundred and .wen.
,y.One pupils, however, are already &C.
and the benefits of the
school will be speedily extended to a
much greater number with slight in
crease of total disbursements.
A somewhat different type of training
sJablishment is TIE Commercial School, |
ounded in 1873 at the instance of NJ. Sa.
icis, a naval officer who has given much |
lttenJ on to technical education. TIE
pupils are admitted here at very early
lRe, and they have not, as rule, com.
lleted their primary education; but, if |
hey stay out the prescribed three years. |
course, they not only get good instruc. |
ion in book knowledge as in any of the
ordinary elementary schools, but they |
will also have seen something of C n.
Itructive industry. An hour and a.half
zach morning and afternoon are given to
manual labor, and every pupil works
rom drawings he has previously made |
10 scale. During the first two years boys |
IRE set to work in rotation at one after
Inother of the different occupations o,
he workshop-as at carpentry, for ex |
.mple, one day, and at metal turning the |
lext. 1t is only during the tt ird year
hat pupil settle down to some one
pursuit, and at the Communal Scnool NJ
article whatever is made for sale, the &C.
'epted theory of the Director be- g that
he construction Of saleable products
would not afford 80 good a training for
lis boys. 1t is admitted, however, tnat
hey do not work as rapidly as apprenti-
es brought up to keep constantly in view