. The redemption of Africa; a story of civilization, with maps, statistical tables and select bibliography of the literature of African missions . essary. If these and considerable time begiven, fair work is produced. If the whole process beleft to natives, the general result is absence of taste,roughness and want of exactness or thoroughness inmeasurements. People emerging from barbarism, tomany of whom drawing a simple straight line is a diffi-culty and parallel lines or a rectangle a work of art, cannot be expected to turn out remarkably efficient and in-telligent mechanics after only five
. The redemption of Africa; a story of civilization, with maps, statistical tables and select bibliography of the literature of African missions . essary. If these and considerable time begiven, fair work is produced. If the whole process beleft to natives, the general result is absence of taste,roughness and want of exactness or thoroughness inmeasurements. People emerging from barbarism, tomany of whom drawing a simple straight line is a diffi-culty and parallel lines or a rectangle a work of art, cannot be expected to turn out remarkably efficient and in-telligent mechanics after only five years training. Do the natives use their education? The Lovedaleregister of native students, as significant and valuable apublication as African missions have produced, answersthe query. Here appear over four hundred teachers,male and female. Many receive good have advanced to better positions, others supply-ing their places. The variety of occupations accountsfor the small number in each. Passing over natives inclerical, intellectual or religious occupations, notice theresults of industrial or technical education. Not every. Class in Carpentry—Industrial DepartmentClass in Wagon-making—Industrial Department LOVEDALE INSTITUTION, SOUTH AFRICA () THE NEW MISSIONARY 5/1 one taught a trade follows it persistently after leavingand works at nothing else, but a reasonable number causes affect continuance at trades. For yearsbefore 1887 blacksmiths and wagon=makers were hardlyable to find employment. Printers are always in de-mand, but the number taught is so small as to be hardlynoticeable when scattered through South Africa. Whentrade is depressed, the white man, because the betterartizan, gains the preference. It is often discoveredafter trial, though sometimes too late, that applicantsfor a trade make poor craftsmen. In time these dropout, and take to such callings as that of day4aborer atmuch smaller wages. Ordinarily those who continue attrades
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