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Show AltTISAN'S SCHOOLS. 0BAT ATTENTION IB DEINO PAID TO THE MATTER. , Cultivation of Trades la Europo rial- (lam Maintains ass Schools for - rrlnlnB of HoaiswIrM and Other "" institutions far Wurkro.o. V Ono at the most Interesting and In- ' , , Itructlvo publication! Issued by tha government (or somo time l the recent re-cent volume on "Foreign Trade Policies Poli-cies of the European Governments." Aside from tho treatment ot tbo merchant mer-chant marines, colonial policies, tariff rates and commercial restrictions, tho subject of state-aided technical education educa-tion In the several countries Is vory fully discussed. Many of tho branches 'taught In these technical schools are covered to a slight oxtent by prlvato Institutions In our awn land, but there nro a great number of special schools that are entirely unknown here. In Ilelglum, for example., thera nro 22S state schools for the training of young girls In housekeeping, bosldei somu 27 other schools, exclusively for girls. For tho young men, Danders weaving appear to be the most Important subject. sub-ject. Judging from tha number of rchools devoted to It, tbcro being no less than 42. In nddltlon to these thera aro tno state tailoring schools, a school of Iron and wood workers, one at lirussels for teaching the art of printing; two schools devoted to the advancement of tho fishing Industries, In-dustries, one at Oitcnd and tho other at lllankbcrgh; a school for watchmaking watch-making and Instruments ot precision; an upholstery and Jewelry trade school and tho latest addition, a firearms reboot. All ot theuo Institutions aro ' maintained by tho government for the purposo ot st'mulatlng manufacturing Interests and Improving tho quality ot the output of the country. Folltlcal economist! havo called this an ago ot specialism, nml tho above list shows how appropos tha namo really Is. Or cat Urltaln, Franco, Oermany, Austria nnd Swltxcrland all support schools of somewhat similar character. In France almost every city renowned for a particular reduction bonits of ono or more technical schools for the education edu-cation ot the young men and women In this particular line, the object being to maintain nnd Improve tho standard of work of their predecessors, and to Introduco the new Ideas that may appear ap-pear In other communities. Germany likewise has many great Industrial and art schools, some of which are of International Inter-national repute. The art schools ot Nuremburg nnd Munich, where wood rarvlng and metal work nnd general decoration nre taught, are especially well known. Then, too, there Is the famous electro-technical school at Hanover, and tho weaving and dyeing schools at Crrfleld, Alx and Cottbus, In Oreat Urltaln the Ancient Trade Guilds of the city ot London practically practi-cally control all technical education, although the government annually contributes M.COO.OOO to the work. This peculiar condition of affairs Is due to the fact that tho guilds were the first i lo take ap the work, and, being Im mensely wealthy, they contributed large sums for the establishment of vhools and providing competent ex- mmjjmmmmmmmmm pert! and Instructors. When the government gov-ernment becamo Interested In tho work the students ot tho guild schools had so thoroughly established their reputation reputa-tion In tho commercial world that the government thought best to allow the guilds to continue tto supervision ot technical education. There aro over 67 trades and Indus-trios Indus-trios In which technical education Is given In London. The list comprise! almost every class ot technical commercial com-mercial work. It Includes all tho Important Im-portant chemical manufacturing Industries, Indus-tries, the mining nnd handling ot ores In all Its branchei, milling, the manufacture manu-facture of different fabrics, weaving nnd spinning, lithography, printing, masonry, pottery an.) porcelain, gas manufacture, Iron nnd steel manufacture, man-ufacture, paper manufacture, dyo-Ing, dyo-Ing, tanning, baking, brewing, plumbing, watch and clock making. mak-ing. A glance at this comprehensive but Incomplete list of state trade schools In the various countries of Europe will discover many subject! neter seen on tho technical school rosters of this country, but shows the attention that Is given to technical education ed-ucation nbrond with the object of perfecting per-fecting nnd encouraging commercial trades and Industries. |