70 EDUCATION IX DAIRY FARMING, AND 



6. Pupils must have reached theii' seventeenth year, and be 

 of strong bocUly constitution, possess a good primary education, 

 and at least have worked one j'ear in a practical cheese dairy. 

 The following must be attached to applications : — (a) a certi- 

 ficate of birth ; (h) a school certificate ; (c) a statement of 

 practical work. Upon entrance into the school the pupils must 

 undergo an examination in reading, writing, and arithmetic. 



7. The instruction is gratis for Swiss citizens. The expenses 

 amount to 350 francs (£14) for the half-yearly course, and must 

 be paid quarterly in advance. The president will decide upon 

 the admission of strangers, and the terms for the same. 



8. On application for free places by those who cannot afford 

 to pay, qualified pupils receive the decision of the council. 



9. On the receipt of the details,, the commission of inspectors 

 decide the general payment of fees. 



10. For special courses, separate rules will be issued. 



11. The pupils have each to exhibit a moral and respectful 

 conduct, which shall help them to perform their allotted work, 

 conscientiously to fulfil the arrangements of their particular 

 masters, as also the course of house rules. 



12. Pupils who for any repeated violation of house rules, or 

 for any other grounds before the conclusion of the course, are 

 dismissed from the institution, will be deprived both of the 

 State grant and of the money they have paid. 



13. At the close of each course each pupil is submitted to a 

 practical and theoretical examination. On leaving the institu- 

 tion, pupils receive a certificate for conduct during the course, 

 as also for the result of the examination. 



V. Direction of the Institution. 



14. The direction of the dairy school is in the hands of the 

 Council of St Gall. For special inspection they choose a com- 

 mission of five members, whose president and first member is 

 the director of the agricultural department. The dii'ector of 

 the institution vmdertakes the place of secretary to the commis- 

 sion. The duration of the office of the commission of inspectors 

 falls together with those of the council. 



1 5. The immediate superintendence of the institution is placed 

 in the hands of the dii'ector, who has (a) the control of all affairs 

 — books, cash-box, correspondence with the magistrates, scholars 

 generally and privately. (6) He must so act that the school 

 and farm work together, and seek to establish by word and deed 

 a harmonious union of factors, teachers, employes, and scholars. 

 ((?) He designs the teaching plan, makes the propositions for the 

 collection of models and instruments, and conducts the theoretical 

 and practical instruction in the class-room, laborator}^, cheese 

 dairy, and cattle houses, (d) He prepares the programme for 



