. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. ally from 13cents the first year to 17 cents the sec-ond. 20 cents the third, 23 cents thefourth and 26 cents the fifth, afterwhich, on receipt of a satisfactory cer- may continue his studies in more ad-vanced subjects, such as algebra,logarithms, trigonometry, advancedmechanical drawing, steam and kindredsubjects, the companys object being asmuch to enable the boys to realize theadvantages of extending their technicalknowledge as it is to give all a goodtraining in the rudiments. During their first year as apprentices,when they must be sixteen years of ag
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. ally from 13cents the first year to 17 cents the sec-ond. 20 cents the third, 23 cents thefourth and 26 cents the fifth, afterwhich, on receipt of a satisfactory cer- may continue his studies in more ad-vanced subjects, such as algebra,logarithms, trigonometry, advancedmechanical drawing, steam and kindredsubjects, the companys object being asmuch to enable the boys to realize theadvantages of extending their technicalknowledge as it is to give all a goodtraining in the rudiments. During their first year as apprentices,when they must be sixteen years of ageor over, they receive two hours in-struction per week; from then for thefollowing two years, four hours perweek is given, divided into two ses-sions of two hours each. At the endof the third year their theoretical train-ing ceases, unless, as stated above, theywish to advance further, when theymay continue to attend special classesuntil they have completed the branchof study chosen, or until they havecompleted their MIDWAY wiNxiria 1. R. SII(_)P: A monthly record of school and shopprogress is sent to each boys parentor guardian, and copies are keptcharted up in the Instruction Room forfriendly rivalry and emulation. Eachtificate of apprenticeship, they step at December an examination on the gen-once to the schedule rates as trades- eral progress of the classes is held,men. scholarships being presented to the The technical or theoretical training, five boys with the highest marks. Allrightly considered as of great import- apprentices are also eligible to competeance, is developed by means of classes for the two scholarships offered by theconducted by the supervisor, fifteen company covering four years free boys being the average per class. Inarithmetic all are taken through frac-tions, decimals, proportion, averagesand roots and powers, and concludingwith mensuration. In drawing they areinstructed first in freehand, to be ap-plied later in their training to th
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