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    302 EDUCATION IN FRANCE,,

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    «S8s»~ No. Ii. Instruction The System Be...

    master a " The Dothelboys , price is probabl of H admission all y " not of without compara to the a tivel Publi tendency y c rar Schools e to occurrence render is regulated the in horrors France by the . of

    University , in the case of those founded by that body ; by the m ( bourses unicipal ) and authority half - fellowshi , in those ps founded ( demi-bourses by the ') commune being gran ; fello ted wshi to ps a

    limited number of male pupils in all . The bestowal of these pecuni Academic ary Inspectors aids is made . , In the alread Free y remarked Schools the , on price the report of admission of the

    is reco Non det nised ermined -paying b 1 the schools y the law master for and . are ldre no n a t usuall for ad ul t t erfered s are no w t sp ith ecificall in y any

    way g by the agents y of the , public authority . y The _Sj 3 ecia ! Schools , so frequently alluded to in this paper , and

    into which the graduates of the University are admitted with a view numerous to perfecting and t most heir knowled efficientl ge y con of duc the ted various , and demand branches a passing of stud notice y , are

    in this Pol place t . echnic Schoolfounded bthe Reublicwith the aid of

    i the nto talent which y and studen zeal ts of M . admi , Monge tted , is accordin divided y in 1 p t t o t t heir hree , ca dep aci art t and ts , py

    the career to which they propose to devote g themselves . The , first department comprehends all branches of Civil Enineeringwith

    especial and reference other great to the public discovery works and : the working second of consists g mines , of to Eng , rail i-

    neering ways , " with reference to the formation and preservation of bridges and roads : the thirddevoted to Military Engineeringcomprises

    , , two branches ; the first , or Division of Strategy , having reference to fortifications , sieges , defence of positions in war , etc . ; and the

    second , or Division of Artillery , having reference to cannon , weapons The , siege students -trains of , e the tc . Poltechnic Schoolhaving passed through

    these departments , are divided y into three categories , , and enter three other Special Schools , called Ecoles d' Application , or Practical Schools .

    The first category of students enter the School of Mines ( Ecole cVA 2 _ip where lication they des master Mines ) at Paris branch , in wh of stud ich t y connected y remain with throe this years depart , and

    ment ; on leaving it every they are at once appointed to different posts as account Government . In Eng the former ineers , or case set their up as career Civil is sure gineers _btit their on their salaries own

    , cannot rise above a certain amount ; in the latter , in which employment is to be sought for quite independently of official patronage ,

    the risk of failure is balanced by the chance of much larger gain than The is second attainable category by Eng of ineers Polytechnic in the students service of enter fche State the . Practical

    School of Bridges and Roads ( JEcole cV Application des Ponts et Chanstake sees ) office in Paris in the ; on _service leavin of g whi the State institution , or to set up ey as are Eng at ineers liberty on to

    their own account .

    302 Education In France,,

    302 EDUCATION IN FRANCE ,,

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1860, page 302, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071860/page/14/