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Show oo REVIVAL OF THE APPRENTICESHIP Washington. July 1 Revival of th apprenticeship sstem in some form I In the I'nited States Is advocated by Dr. Holmes Beckwith of the United State bureau of education In a report to the bureau department today. Mr Beckwith's conclusions a: I based on a lirst hand study of the ss tern as employed In Germany and lx-urges lx-urges the need of industrial schools to supplement the system. "W asteful though the old apprenticeships apprentice-ships was. of the apprentice's time aud etfort." says Dr Beckwith, "apprenticeships "appren-ticeships in its newer forms, both in Germany and In the U. S. A., has in it much of promise for the futur-1 training of Industrial workers. No better way. nor oven so good, has yet been devised for the main training of the mass of Industrial workers than fa the shops where they are employed and by those who supervise their work." The Investigator sets forth that thv cost of reintroducing the system WTOUld be Inexpensive If Individual employers bore the cost of adequate training for their youthful workers Specialization Specializa-tion In trainiug 16 frowned upon by Ir. Beckwith. who would have industrial indus-trial education broadened. To tlrs end he advocates a greater number of industrial schools. |