Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-12
TECHNICAL SCHOOLS.
THE KNOWLEDGE WHICH ENABLES
ONE TO EARN BREAD.


lSarah n Bolton in The Congregstlonalistl
No person visits England without being
seply interested in her schools for tech
ieal or industrial education. This is com
Isratively Lew matter with her. At her
freat exposition in ondon, in 1851.
largely the result of FRINGE Alberts fore
sight and energy. England led the wcrld
IN textile fabrics and doubtless in
machinery. Eleven years later, at a second
worlds fair in London, she discovered
that the outside world was making great
progress, and at the exposition in / aris in
1857 she found herself outdone by French
and German looms and BY the iron and
steel industries of Belgium and erin.
At once she sent an investigating COM
mittee TO the continent who found tech
nical schools at every large industrial cen
ter. supported by state Or city. There
every boy or girl could learn the theory
or the practice, or both, of the trade or
profession to be followed for q livelihood
taris had nearly 100 free art schools for
adults, most of the pupils being working
men. The College de France and the
Conservatoire des Arts ct Meters were
thronged by workingmen and women.
eager to hear the free lectures In social
and physical science, biology. mathe
mates and languages. A large amount
connection with primary schools. The
committee found another admirable thing,
viz: That in French schools of every
grade corporal punishment is absolutely
unknown.
Since 1867 Paris herself has made great
studies iu industrial education. In the
primary school of the ue Tournefort, the
children begin to learn drawing. carving
joiners or smiths work, from their 9Th
year The school hours are from 3 to d:
10 the higher Gases the work in the shops
consume eighteen hours per week. On
leaving school the pupils can earn 81 a
week. Twenty three primary schools have
workshops attached. and twenty two
others are in pre- aration for combining
mental and manual instruction. The lat
ter is usually optional, given before and
after school hours
Several Of the municipalities of France
have established free public apprentice
ship schools. where children, after leav.
ing the primaries, can receive practical
instruction in the trades for three years,
besides advancement in other branches
In the summer they visit industrial esiab-
lishmen,s and give descriptions of them in
writing. At the beginning of the second
year of the course they select their trade
They enter school at a. m. and leave at
p. NJ, six hours in workshop and four
in school, with two for dinner and recre.
alton, usually in gymnasium. On leav
ing. the pupils can earn from 81 to 81. 80
per day. ars has found that money
spent TO make men and women self sup
porting is a safeguard against crime. As
the trades will not usually receive young
learners, aris has solved the matter by
her excellent apprenticeship schools.
bla
been that our technical schools, provided
through private gifts generally, are not
free, and. therefore. cannot reach those
most needing assistance. The state must
eventually take the matter in hand. Civ
ing us not only free schools, but free
books and free opportunities TO learn how
| 10 earn a liv ng England ascertained all
I these facts and more in Germany and
Switzerland aud protited by them In
| 1874 she established Yorkshire college at
Leeds with classes in mathematics, ian
guages. chemistry. geology, engineering,
coal mining weaving, dyeing. etc, with
evening schools and popu ar lectures for
the people, at the low price of cents
each Weaving schools were begun at
| Hudderstield and Glasgow. and me-
cbanics Institutes were opened in various
| parts of the country
was fortunate IN ing present at tne
| grand opening of Bradford technical
school, June %. 1882 Bradford is the
| center of the wooden trade, and. with a
| population of little over 200. 900, pays
an income tax on x45. 900. coo. The prince
| and princess of Wales had come from
London by special Pullman train. Houses
were decorated with banners. and trium-
| phal arches spanned the roadway. At the
| station the platform was draped with
crimson cloth, surmounted by beautiful
canopy of flowers. The procession of
lord mayors members of parliament. trade
societies. cavalry, artillery. and in
fantry made an imposing pa geant The
prince opened the door of the elegant
school building. Italian in style. with
great central tower, with key Of gold
and silver nearly foot long. bearing his
| arms and the words, L abor omnia vincit
Various guilds contributed largely to
the building fund, while wealthy manu-
| facturers gave plants of machinery aud
scholarships. Besides public hall the
building contains an industrial museum
where the products of the arts and trades
are shown chemical laboratory, library,
art department and model mandatory.
exhibiting all the processes Of combing,
spinning. weaving and dyeing