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288 GENERAL AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION(as was in the first place done by the Association) and boystwelve years old whth two years education arbitrarilyplaced in some course in the trade course.The purpose is to give every boy a good common education for two years and some widely differing courses inmanual training by the means of which the boys ideas canbe broadened and lie can be placed in the course for whichhe shows especial abilityṘegularCourse(lass room, four hours a day; ordinary education inChinese and arithmetic.Subject Hours per week leading toWhittling 3, carpentry tradeBasket making and weaving:{.weaving, to hat making tradeCut and bent metal, wire work 2, metal-working tradesPlants and flower gardening 2, agriculture, floristFree-hand drawing 2.( lass room 2 hrs. a day, ordinary educationSubjectWhittling and carving 2 Iirs. a weekCloth and mat weaving 2 Iirs.Brass and bent metal work 1 lir.,,Leather work 1 hr.Soap and varnish making 2 hrs.,,Flower gardening 2 hrs. ,,Free-hand drawing and claymodelling2 hrs.Of course none of these hours should be held to toostrictly. For instance, an hour a day should be spent ingardening during the season, etc. By using these coursesit will be possible to select the trade the child is fitted forand place him in the following course. Only three courseshave been worked up from here on. Experiments in othersare now being conducted.