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Of this type is found in Brussels. and
others in various parts of Belgium,
In Amsterdam, a visit was paid to the
school for metal workers. 1t will be
classed as preapprentceship school, it
not being claimed that a trade Is taught
completely There are given courses In
woodwork forging and ornamental iron
work and machine shop practice. The
lupils enter at about "a and remain two
years, each taking ALL the courses. One
half of the time is devoted 10 shop work.
the other half to the theory Of the various
branches taught in the shops and to draw
ing. The school is very thorough. and It
| is said that the graduates are taking
| leading positions in the various trades
For three years after graduation the pu-
pills are required to report to the school
the names of their employers, anout OF
wages received and the character Of the
work performed. In this manner the off,
Gals keep in touch with the former pu-
pills
In Scotland the two representative in
sttutions devoted to industrial education
are the Heriot-W Watt College at Edin-
| burgh and the Glasgow and West Of Scot
| land technical college at Glasgow. Edin-
| burgh possesses a museum in which there
! Is a wonderful collection OF mechanical
models which not only illustrate the me-
| chanical construction of the machines,
! but also show the movements OF their
parts when put Ito operation by the OBJ
server by simply pressing a button. The
| Glasgow and West Of Scotland institution
| at Glasgow is housed in a new building of
! imposing proportions. There has been
spent on tho building nearly $1,000 900, and
an additional outlay of s350,0oo is planned.
The equipment has cost s125 ooo. The total
attendance is about 5000 students. three
fourths of whom are evening pupils.
IRELAND MAKES GREAT PROGRESS.
Few persons outside of ireland are
! aware of the extensive provision made for
industrial education there. This matter IS
considered Of such Importance that a sum
no less than 100000 is spent annually
| for the object, and this with ropula ton
not very much larger than that of Massa
| chusetts. or this sum s250,00O is con-
tributed by the local authorities and the
remainder by the council OF agriculture
The larger cities have technical institutes
on n most elaborate scale, In which vari-
Gus trades and academic courses are Of
| fered. Prominent among these are the
| municipal teChnlC3l institutes AT Dublin,
Cork and at Belfast, They are housed In
! magnificent buildings, and possess thor
ough equipment for trade instruction,
A visit to Killarney was particularly in
| teresting, for there We're found two
schools of lace making, each conducted
at a convent Girls are taken at from I.
to lG years OF age, and are taught various
| branches of hand lace making. Tive
| schools visited IN Cork were OF particular
| interest. The first was that OF the Chris
tian Brothers, fully equal to the typical
| Massachusetts, manual training schools
| In the theoretical departments it was OBJ
served that the walls Of the rooms were
lined with cases which contained ex-
hihts showing the complete history Of all
| the industries of Ireland from the raw
| material to the finished product on the
| whole, 1t was the finest museum seen by
| the committee in any school, visit was
made to the city Of Belfast, where an in
teresting day was passed in the technical
school, which is housed in a fine building
| paid for by the city 1t is supported by
the city with a subsidy fpom the national
government OF about one-half the cost OF
| maintenance