out were subsequently considerably enlarged, and
the United Industrial School was the ultimate result
of the modification of the original plan.
According to a paper which was read before
EDINBURGH UNITED INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
on June 29, 1876, the day of inspection, may be
considered to represent a fairly typical statement
of the average condition of the school. According
to this report, the number of inmates stood
trial School had been found to work most satisfactorily.
The plan on whiah the school ?was
instituted in 1847, and on which it has now (1863)
for nearly a quarter of a century been conscientiously
and successfully conducted, is that of combined
instruction in things secular, separate in things
religious. The school is attended by both Protestant
and Catholic children, boys and girls.?
Statistics of such institutions may vary a little
from year to year j but the printed report issued
34
14 girls on the voluntary list, and g day scholars ;
of these 70 were Protestant and 86 Roman
Catholics.? The cases of absconding are few, and
the punishments small. The industrial training
is regarded with the full consideration it deserves,
%re are brushmaking, carpentry, turning, tailoring,
shoemaking, and woodcutting, for the boys ;
?school washing, cooking, household work, and knitting,
for the girls. The nett cost per head, including
profit and loss on the industrial departments,
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