Excerpt from Educational Comparisons, or Remarks on Industrial Schools in England, Germany and Switzerland
The manufacturing town of Keighley is representative in many respects of a number of towns in the country which are rapidly rising in wealth, population and influence. Its staple industries are - the spinning of worsted yarns, the weaving of mixed fabrics, and the making of machinery and tools of various kinds. These, and such industries as the building trades, which flourish side by side with them, give employ ment to nearly the whole of the population, and the demand for labour extends not more to the able-bodied men than to the women and children. In consequence of the compulsory powers of the Factory Acts, it may be said that a great proportion of the present generation of the inhabitants has enjoyed the advantage of an attendance at school, at least between the ages of eight and thirteen. We may, therefore, anticipate that the elementary instruction of the people of this town will be found, on examination, to be more general and effective than in most English towns of the same size, but dependent upon different industries. Perhaps the local con ditions may be expected to prove less favourable to the higher education given in good English Secondary Schools.
As an evidence of the general intelligence of the town, the Mechanics’ Institute and Schools of Science and Art are.
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