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INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION IN MISSION SCHOOLS 279tliL 1boys spend considerable time outside of the so-calledregular studies, they do not seem much behind the requiredschedule on the purely academic side.Moufcden In Moukden a school of industries hasIndustrial School been organized."It is under Christian auspices but is independent of all othereducational institutions. The capital ($10,000 in amount) was raisedby the Chinese Church (Presbyterian Synod of Manchuria). Mr.Wheldon s salary is provided from Great Britain. The school isunder guidance of a Board of Management of ten, five being Chineseand rive missionaries.The object is; (1) primarily to provide a place where Christianlads may have the opportunity of learning a trade under Christianenvironment. (2) To train the lads to become competent employersof labour (3) To raite the tradesman class to become more useful andintelligent citizens and churchmen."!In Antiing, Manchuria, Mr. Vyil of the,Danish mission hasAgricufuralfifty school boys workingSchool from two to three hours per day in a prosperous tree nursery."Out of the first class, some went home for farming, one fornursery work. Eight of them \vent into the evangelistic classes herefor another three years. They do work as before."There areOrphanagesorphanages* like the one inHinghwa, Fukien, and Nanking where theboys and girls in addition to their other studies acquire anindustrial education, thus fitting them to go out and earna living.The above mentioned trades are. manifestlynot ^ e(Value ofl ua ^educational, social, and economicWork Done value. The ideal trade to learn in a schoolwould be one which contributes largely to allthree. The more educational it is in its processes, the morevalue will it have as a part of the curriculum. In thedegree to which it has social value, will it benefit the community; and it will be profitable financially in accordancewith its economic merits. Candy-making may be profitableon the economic side, but its educational value is very slight*For list of orphanages with kinds of work done in each seeCHINA MISSION YEAH BOOK 1 ( J10, pp. o85,387.