The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-03-06
TRAINING SCHOOLS.
TRAINING SCHOOLS.
What France is doing to Develop Skilled
Labor.
What an Investigator has to Say on the
Subject for Boys and Girls
Better haa Mere Cook Learning.

Judge Macarthur calls attention to one
of the schools of France, called the Munich
pal College of Apprentices, which was
| founded at the expense of Paris, and did
not begin until 1872. No pupil is admitted
| before the age of l3, and instruction lasts
three years, one-half of the time being given
to schooling and the other half to practical
| work.
Another notable school in Europe for
manual craft is at Besancon. This is II
technical school, founded at the expense of
the city, and especially devoted to watch
| manufacture. Besancon manufactures four
; tifths of all the watches sold in France, and
the object of the school is to thoroughly
teach their children their trade. They are
| taught not only TO turn and temper metals,
| and to make the several parts of watch,
but to manipulate atoms as small the
grain of sand that drops through the hour
| glass; and their technical education in
cludes everything bearing upon the work,
| such as arithmetic, mensuratlon, geography,
mechanical drawing, geometry and compo-
sition. This school is supported by the
public taxation of the town of Besancon,
whose people understand that thsy can only
| keep their trade by education ia watch-mak-
| ing Bcsancon is not far from Switzerland,
and was an old Roman city.
Another notable school Judge Macarthur
refers to is that of the Christian Brothers in
Paris, alseries of buildings surrounding a
play ground The students go in at Or 9
years, and at l3 are put to a trade. In the
mean time they are instructed in all elamen-
tary branches, in architectural and mechan-
| ical drawing, both outiine and shade, free
hand drawing, the rudimeuts of design, and
when at Is they g. TO trades under the same
| general roof they gll, carve in wood or
stone, make trunks, shoes, clothes; they
| weave, bind books, make all kinds OF
| instrumental, musical, mathematical and
astronomical, and in all there are l30
in the institution who give two hours IN
the workshop and the rest to the" books.
They pay about 20 cents day for board,
| lodging aud instruction, and those unable to
pay the whole amount are assisted out of a
charitable fund. When these boys come
out of school they not only know as much
as any Of our boys from the public schools,
but they have = trade righo in hand. Among
their teachers are practical mechanics and
workmen, and the third year the pupil
picks out that which is adapted to his
talents.
Another school of manual labor which is
referred to Is that at Cruzot, where are the
most important iron works in France. This
formerly ppverty-stricked village had about
become ruined in the iron trade, when the
Schneider family took possession of it, They
had teachers in elementary studies, natural
philosophy, chemistry of metals, modelling,
drawing, and when they found sny pupil
especially fine or improving they sent him
away to the technical schools and brought
him back to assist in the management The
rest of the boys are drafted from the school
into the works-some as plain werkmen.
others as accountants and draitsmen. 1t is
said there is not man in this school among
the mechanics employed in the construction
of engines who could not make an accurate
drawing of the work on which he is en-
we'll built, well paved, with churches,
schools, markets and "a, 900 finely educated
and sefrespeaSing people
| There is a technical school at Limoges,
where works in enamel are made and have
been made for great many years. Just
l. 1.
was discovered near by and porcelain works
established, and Limoges ware is known all
over Il l. world. This ware continued to
imr/se until in 1852 bright minded man
money and established school, and the
town also granted a subvention to it. He
then established free town schools to teach
the fine arts as applied to the industrial
arts, and gave them his personal attention
and supervision. Consequently Limoges
has risen to become huge place, the pro-
celain manufacture has become immense,
the private habits Of the people wonderfully
improved, and now that school is called the
National School of the Decorative Art, and
is open to both boys and girls. They have
special courses for drawing for all trade
purposes, pottery, enameling and engraving.
Boys must be over l3 years of age enter
ing, aud girls over II. The tuition is
free.
The French have besides three great
schools to train superintendents and foremen
of workshops, and for artisans, located at
Chalons. at Angers and at AK, each with
800 pupils admitted upon competitive ex-
aminations, all between the ages of Is or II,
and they live in the school building. Seven
hours of labor day are devoted to practical
instruction in four workshops, namely, in
carpedtry and modelling. foundry, forging
and adjusting.
Marble Dealers Correction.
We desire to notify the public that if any
person shall represent that he, they or any