The Dickinson press., 1888-09-29
FRANCES EDUCATION.
IN SOME PARTICULARS FAR AHEAD
OF THAT AMERICA.

N''t''i"i ctttiNiiliol III Franco Is 'lullN as
thorough and sratuitous as that of the
United States, and i'll some particulars far
ahead of it, mainly so i'll the system of prac-
'i"ll education.
Commencing with the Kindergarten, the
primary schools, the intermediate schools.
drawing and art schools, all have the same
manifest and %on'sioEcn tendency of raising
the growing population into Il people OF
Skilled and we'll educated workmen who, lN
I!i"f Superior training and intellectual out
lifting, Will b" better able to plight misery ana
poverty than ut any period of the world be
tore. All the Instruction, tools, books, sta
tl"I'cry-to Til" very poor even food and
"~iutinng-are given free of charge, so that
school becomes an abode of pleasure and a
dispenser of comforts to the poor children
whose parents are not able to provide them
with any of these blessings"
france spends 800. 0UO, 00Df. II year to give
lis growing generation intellectual advance
mci!t. In addition to this the ministers of
war and of commerce contribute large sums
for special schools. and Paris spends for
municipal schools 30.OUU.00Of which is five
times more money than was spent for this
purpose III the time of the empire. Mr.. Scho
rn!iof says the school systems of other ma
lions may he as complete in their educational
facilities, but nowhere excepting in Swltzer-
land and America is free instruction SO sys-
trinatirally carried out as in France. * y *
Nowhere are industrial education and art
'"sil";lt!on made, so to speak, an organic
pa!t of the whole system of public %instruc-
Ion 1t begins with manual training, and
with it is comblncd object teaching.
AIM or TIE GOVERNMENT.
This seems to he the aim of the government.
t..,,,.J "A H-A ~
rial Instruction.
81, Toaccustomt the child to know the tools.
Ia understand their use and to amusc him as
ouch us possible with sketchings, outliuiugs,
ul"dcling and hand work. =. To assist int!lc
creation of apprentices schools in industrial
'"ntcrs to the end of giving to the pupils who
follow the instruction drNterity i'll the use of
;ne hand and other corresponding knowledge
in prepare them for entering tho Ecole des
Arts ut Meters or manufacturing establish
m"nts. j. To contribute to the expense of
tools and machinery used in the superior,
primary and other schools preparing for the
technical schools. I. To raise the standard
"i admission to the Etolc de, Arts ct Meters
by the greater efficiency given by these Sec
"r,iarN primary schools with workshop prac-
lice connected. ). To assist the superior To-
cal schools i'll the support of specially deter
mined Industries of the district. &. To bring
the principal schools to the highest degree of
technical and scientific perfection by adds
ncw courses of complementary exercises of
special application, and to support and OIL
courage as much as possible industrial socie-
rir5 who maintain special public courses in
the different industrial centcrs of the couu-
Try"
Americans who favor an art education as
necessary for workmen had to combat old
IDEAS and time honored i ejudices. Once, So
long as cloth was thick or warm, or Il house,
us William Morris has it, was Il Comfortable
hutch, that s,ilircl. But as manufactures
have increased. our ''infantilc productive
powers turning out more goods than We
could r"nNrnlen1ly Use. we want Il market
for them. The Minnesota or Iowa man is
satisfied, Indifferent to the color, design,
form, iinisi! of the wares he makes or buys,
Vet the Mcylcan or brazilian may feel disln-
"iincl To wear the goods we manufacture
simply because they do l.ot suit his taste as
10 '%color, design, form, flush" AS Mr..
s'-lloenllof arlly puts it:
MANY an article superior in wearing DUAL
ny, and consequently of higher intrinsic
value, is rejected in competition with an in
terior one, more pleasing to the eve, how
ever, i'll virtue of higher skill and taste en-
nl"Ncd i'll its Communications, coloring, slap.
@ng. The particular manufacturer in the
lnlte,l States who iynoies0 this fact and is
obstinate" stands the chance of ruin"
In Paris there are from fifty to seventy
i've studios of designers for Industrial arr.
md at their heads are designers of skill, witt,
uIl knowledge of art industry or the adam
tivenes> OF certain forms and recommendations.
to materials To these studios come tile
manufacturers who purchase ideas.
TIE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS.
All technical schools in France are under
the supervision of the minister of ommerc
The highest of these is the IIcole DIES Arts q,
Meters. There are others at AK, Anglers
and Chalonssur-Marne In tho workshops
are turned out competent foremen and super
rltrndcntS. The work in these schools. it il
believed, will he better in the future, because
the rising gencratAm of Frenrlmen. under
that newer system, which teaches the child
how to work earlier with his hands, will have
more time for theoretical study.
Special schools for trades are singular to
France. as the Ecolc Municipalc Profession
ellie d-Amcuhlement, where pupils are tausl,
To design and make artistic furniture. L.
theoretical studies the pupils are taugl.
French, history, language, arithmetic. .cuil;
rtry. technology, history of industrial draw
ing. sketcllins, modelling and molliny. Pro
ieSsional instruction consists of cabinet
making, wood carving. turning, Joiner work
and upholstery. instruction is free, and
pupils are fed during school hours. The
teachers are practical %workmen. Somewhn,
similar i'll character is Il school where car
riage building is taught, and the Ecolc
dHorlogeric, which gives education to thos,
VIII work to become skilled watchmukprs.
With similar ends, many schools are now in
the formation process in France for tic
making of mathematical, optical, telcgraphic
and surgical Instruments. In Lyons there is
Il weaving schoo! (IIcolc de Tissage). In
Paris, as Il center of population, there are
$50 primary schools for boys, 30 fol. girls,
are three-kindcrsarten schools, primary
schools and superior primary schools (ccolcs
primairesc ct sulericurcsl.
OF the 2S1 primary schools i'll Paris ninety
have workshops for the working of wood and
iron, and i'll time workshops will be the con-
stant nd unct. Everywhere in all the DEPART
mentS of France are to be found these
schools, not elementary alone, but where the
highest branches of technical art are taught
Take. Tor instance, the apprentice school o.
decorative art applied to industry in Paris
Tho ohjcet of this school is to give special
instruction to special trades of an artist 4
nature-ceramic, glass, enanneling, s%culptur
ing aud carving i'll wood, marble and ivory
metal casting copper, bronze. IRON. chasing
textile designing and decorative painting
furniture and artistic woodwork, modelin.
in clay and WAX from plaster or from lie
The instruction from this school is srutui
touS. and all are admitted after having passc,
an examination i'll written papers or an eS
animation and u submitted drawing."-Ncv
York Times.
just 1t. Exactly.
II had my picture taken today" said littl
Christine. III crossed my arms and ieane.
} on a chair. and the picture man put u, nea.
in some longs"
why you must have looked like q lum1
of sugar in sugar tongs." laughed papa
why. so | must have. said Christine. de
lightedly, "'cause the man Kept saying
J What a sweet little glrl.'"-Rehgiou
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