THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



Some idea of how Sloyd is succeeding on this continent may be 

 gleaned from the following extract from the " Midsummer Report 

 of the Sloyd School " at No. 10 Warrenton Street, Boston : 



" This school was started by Mrs. Quincy A. Shaw. It is super- 

 intended by Mrs. F. S. Fiske. The Sloyd instruction is given by 

 Mr. G. Larsson, formerly a teacher in the normal school at Naas, 

 Sweden. 



" The school began in November, 1888, in the Warrenton Street 

 Chapel, the intention being to show the principles of the Swedish 

 method of manual training modified, however, according to 

 American requirements. The course from November 1, 1888, to 

 July 1, 1889, has been carried on with continually growing inter- 

 est on the part of the pupils. As the course has been free, with 

 no obligatory attendance whatever, it is astonishing to see with 

 what interest and attention it has been followed, not only hj the 

 grown-up pupils, but especially by the younger ones. 



' The number of pupils who have received instruction is above 

 one hundred and forty ; of these, fifty-three were lady teachers, 

 twenty working-girls, thirty-seven boys between the ages of ten 

 and sixteen years, ten young men, and twenty from the Horace 

 Mann School (deaf and dumb). 



" About fifty of the pupils have begun the normal course, 

 but the time has been too short for any of these to finish the 

 series. 



' The pupils have to complete a copy of each model as exactly 

 as possible before they begin the next number. 



" As soon as they have completed the series, they will have a 

 few lessons in sharpening tools ; also get practice in teaching 

 pupils ; and by short discussion obtain some knowledge of the 

 different systems of manual training in wood, their advantages, 

 disadvantages, etc." 



Since this report was written the school has steadily increased, 

 so that now the pupils number over two hundred. Of these about 

 eighty are boys, the rest being chiefly teachers from the city 

 schools. There are two courses provided, and a third more ad- 

 vanced course will be added if necessary. The time required for 

 completing a course varies from one hundred and fifty to two 

 li mid red hours, according to the pupil's ability. The pupils are 

 divided into classes of twenty each, and these meet at stated times, 

 generally twice a week, the lessons being usually of two hours' 

 duration. Admission to the school is limited to teachers, boys 

 l'i( >m the public schools, and deaf-mutes from the Horace Mann 

 School. Tuition is free. 



The following table of the first six models, in a series of 

 twenty-five, shows that the order of the exercises is the essential 

 quality of a series of models : 



