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APPENDIX E.
The plan of instruction in this school is, to communicate all such information as may berequired by a particular manufacturer, although not directly included in the limits of hisprofession. Thus it is considered necessary that the chemist should be able to constructplans, make estimates, and understand the principles of machinery, in order that he mayknow how to express his wants to engineers or builders, and be able to see that the contractsare not excessive in price. As the instruction is given gratuitously by the Stato, only thosestudents are allowed to remain in the institution who give evidence of satisfactory progress.An efficient plan of final examination for the granting of general certificates has not hithertoexisted in this school, although now about to be introduced ; still the students are in greatdemand by manufacturers, and it is rare to find men who go out with good-class certificateswaiting any considerable time for employment.
In Prussia there are several other technical institutions for engineers, architects, andcommercial men ; but a description of them is without the limits of my present Lecture.
The Secondary schools of Saxony, like those of Prussia, are of throe kinds, viz., Gymnasia ,Real, and Trade schools. There are nine Gymnasia,* seven of them being supported by thelocalities, and two by Government. At present tliero are only four Real schools,f but'threoothers are being'founded. The Trade schools are three in number, and are situated at Choim-nitz, Plauon, and Zittau ; they are chiefly supported by Government, the communes findingthe locality. The first costs the Government about 1,000/. annually ; the two latter between400/. and 5001 . each. Public opinion is still divided as to whether the Gymnasia or Realschools give the best goneral secondary education, but there is a general agreement as to thoadvantages of the Trade schools, which are steadily increasing in the number of their pupils.They carry their instruction so far that their pupils may at once pass into the higher divisionof the
Polytechnic School of Dresden .
This school is placed in a large and handsome building, and is well organized and conducted,although its annual revenue, amounting to 2,600/., is so much less than that of tho IndustrialInstitute of Berlin. Tho school is divided into three parts, viz., tho Under school, thoTechnical or Upper school, and tho Architectural school. It has been found expedient, as inthe Institute at Berlin, to make certain fundamental classes common to all students, and thento divide tho instruction into specialities, those of the Technical school being—
A. Mechanists.
B. Civil Engineers.
C. Chemists.
The Under part of tho school commences generally with students, of sixteen years of age,and lasts for three years. Tho instruction given is as follows, tho number of hours devotedweekly to each subject being given ;—
Lowest Division.
class in.
Winter.
Summer
—
Winter.
Summer
—
Honrs.
Honrs.
I-Ionra,
Honrs,
5
5
2
2
Laws of projection.
5
5
Algebra.
2
2
Plan drawing.
4
4
G
fi
Ornamental drawing.
3
3
German.
2
2
Natural history or practical geo-
3
3
metry.
* The Gymnasia are placed ns follows: two in Dresden , two in Leipsic, and one in each of thefollowing towns: Freiberg, Zwickau, Bautzen, Meissen , Grima. The two latter are supported byGovernment, the others being communal,f There are two Real schools in Dresden , one in Leipsic, and one in Annberg.