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cially to this one branch. Secondly, the improve- 

 ment of the trade by a practical school or work- 

 shop, where the theories already taught can be 

 carried out, where new improvements and methods 

 can be tried, and where practical instruction can 

 be given. Two important principles are acted 

 upon in carrying out these aims, the instruction 

 is free ; and it is not in the place of, but subsidiary 

 to, and based on, that which is given in the " Folk- 

 schule," or public elementary schools. Briefly 

 put, these are some of the details connected with 

 the school. The age of admittance is fourteen, 

 and the pupil must have passed through the "Folk- 

 schule." There is a yearly examination, yearly 

 distribution of prizes, a library containing techni- 

 cal and scientific books and models, and a period 

 of study not confined to any particular time or 

 length. The subjects taught are : (a) Freehand 

 and ornamental drawing ; (b) arithmetic, geome- 

 try, and lineal drawing ; (c) constructive drawing ; 

 (c) mechanics and natural science ; (e) heads of 

 German industry and mercantile business ; (/) 

 French, when possible. 



There are a few details to notice as to the work- 

 shop. The most important are, that the workers 

 must bring their own tools, unless they can show 

 satisfactorily that they are too poor to afford them, 

 when they will obtain them freely at the shop ; and 

 that the Government defrays the expense of liv- 

 ing at Furtwangen of those who would be unable 

 to attend out of their own means. There are saw- 

 mills and other appliances for doing the rougher 

 work, preparatory to the more delicate details of 

 the instructive workshop. Lastly, the whole is 



