TRADK SCHOOLS AS AIDS TO I NDHSTKN' . 597 



I'lu' \arious liuildini^s, tooctlior with the ]n>\> at work in 

 each school, are shewn by the slides, of which tvpical exami)les 

 are reproduced in Plate 26. 



As a ty])ical time-table of these compulsory continuation 

 c<^urses. that for j^rinters is j^iven below: — 



Years. 



Subjects. - 



1 i. II. III. IV. 



Religion i i — — 



Trade Composition and Reading i i i i 



German Language C 2 Ci — — 



Foreign Language — — C i C i 



Arithmetic and Bookkeeping . . i i i t 



Citizenship and Trade History r i 1 i 

 Materials, Tools, and Machine 



Knowledge i i i i 



Practical work M _' Cr, M2 C 2, M 3 C „>, M .:; 



Trade Drawing 2 2 2 2 



Weekly Hours 9 9 9 9 



C indicates Compositors; M Machine Hands. 



The fifth class of trade school, z'ic, that established by lar^e 

 engineering firms in their own workshops, would appear to be 

 on the increase in Germany. Apprentices attending such are 

 exempted from the compulsory continuation schools. Usually 

 theoretical instruction only is given, but there are at least two 

 large workshops in Berlin where practical instruction is given 

 in a special training shop for apprentices. 



The trade school systems, outlined for Germany, are also 

 to be found in Austria, Hungary, and Switzerland. Hungary 

 has been a pioneer in establishing a type of school in which the 

 apprentice is com])letely trained. The School of Instrument 

 Afaking and Horology, Btida-Pesth, is the most complete of anv 

 of this kind I have visited. The Director received his technical 

 Training at Leeds University, and is most progressive in his ideas. 

 The work carried on is of a commercial nature, mostly for 

 government departments. As Hungary is not a manufacturing 

 country, the majority of the i)upils emigrate on the completion 

 i>f their course. 



The war has focussed attention on the unsatisfactorv 

 features of the British system of training the workers. As the 

 writer of the report referred to says : 



The British system may be regarded as more philanthropic than 

 patriotic ; the ideal is admirable, but the bulk of the nation's workers are 

 not catered for by this ideal, and on the bulk of the workers tiinch of the 

 material prosperity of a nation nnist depend. 



And again : 

 Germany is systematically training the whole nation in different ways 

 for their different spheres. The effect of this in a g^eneration will be of 

 far-reaching consequences. 



These, however, are but samples of the unheeded warnings 

 issued before the war to the British people. 

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