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An indirect result of the conference was that, by introducing- us 

 to leading educationalists, an entry was secured to us into the schools 

 of England and France. 



During the session of the conference several very pleasant enter- 

 tainments wei-e kindly given for the members. The Duchess of 

 Northumberland gave a garden party at Syon House, the Earl and 

 Countess of Crewe a reception at Crewe House, the Chancellor of the 

 London University a conversazione in the University buildings, and 

 Mr. Beerbohm-Tree a special theatrical performance, followed by a 

 reception on the stage. At these functions it was our privilege to 

 meet men and women whose names are well known in all parts of the 

 Empire, some of them, indeed, coming from the different countries of 

 Europe-, and even from Asia. 



On all who attended this conference its influences nuist be great ; 

 the meeting with educational enthusiasts and the interchange of 

 information cannot but have given fresh inspiration and a wider 

 outlook to those who thus met together, which, it is to be hoped, will 

 be of a great assistance to them in solving the educational problems 

 in their own States. 



Further, we hope much from the fact that the Imperial Govern- 

 ment has consented to call an official conference for 1911, the results 

 of which, certainly far-reaching, who can foretell. 



12.— ASPECTS OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION FKOM A QUEENSLAND 



POINT OF YIEW. 



Bu E. C. SARTOX, M.L.A. 



In bringing before you a paper on " Technical Education from the 

 Point of View of a Queenslander," I must ask you to bear with me if 

 my point of view should seem to be pre-eminently that of an engineer. 

 After having spent half a lifetime in dealing with problems from a 

 particular standpoint, I may find some difficulty in treating them as 

 part only of a wider subject. I trust, however, that my lengthy 

 experience in connection with the Technical College, both as a teacher 

 and as a member of the council, will enable me to some extent to rise 

 above my immediate surroundings and make my observations interest- 

 ing and perhaps instructive to those who are engaged in the work of 

 technical education. 



Before treating of our local technical education requirements it 

 will be advisable to review the conditions prevailing in some other 

 countiies and at other periods, although under our industrial con- 

 ditions and in our remoteness from the great manufacturing centres 

 of the world the problem of technical education calls for solution by 

 methods of a somewhat different character to those adopted by the 

 nations of Europe and North America. 



In England at the present time there is a notable tendency to 

 copy German methods in regard to education, especially since the in- 

 dustrial development in Germany has placed that countiy ahead of 

 England in the steel and some other branches of trade. 



As the Germans have trade schools where handicrafts, such as 

 weaving, spinning, and metal-working, are taught to workmen, it has 



