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MANY interesting opinions are expressed in this book, but the same thing is repeated too often under different headings. The authors give particulars of the mode of selecting and training apprentices which was begun in 1913 at the British Westinghouse Company's works at Manchester; all the lecturers are either engineers or foremen, and many of the former are graduates in engineering. Men so chosen are not always good teachers, though they may be excellent as practical men; so future lecturers are being trained from among the apprentices under the supervision of the authors. So far the scheme seems to promise success. In October, 1915, there were 309 apprentices out of a total of 1348 youths in the works; the number of apprenticed boys is increasing. The course, while thoroughly practical, makes reasonable demands on the pupils' intelligence.
The Principles of Apprentice Training, with Special Reference to the Engineering Industry.
By A. P. M. Fleming J. G. Pearce. Pp. xiii + 202. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1916.) Price 3s. 6d. net.
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W., J. The Principles of Apprentice Training, with Special Reference to the Engineering Industry . Nature 97, 440 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/097440a0
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