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FIG. 2. STUDIES OF SHELLS AND DESIGN EVOLVED THEREFROM. BY A STUDENT
IN PROF. STANZEL’S CLASS, AT THE FACIISCHULE FUR TEXTIL-INDUSTRIE,
'VIENNA

pursuing this policy has
grasped the first principle
of national development,
namely, that the real sta-
bility of a nation depends
in great measure on the
excellence of its working
class and the interest they
take in their work over and
above the monetary pay-
ment they receive for it.
The seeds for the develop-
ment of these ideals are
sown, but their realisation
is necessarily a slow one.
Austria has to grapple with
difficulties practically un-
known to other nations.
The great questions of race
and nationality, and con-
sequently of language, have
to be handled with tact; it
is imperative to distinguish
between the German-
speaking and the Slav-
speaking sections of the
population. In Moravia
and Bohemia some districts
are entirely Slav and others
entirely German-speaking,
and it is essential that the
Director and teaching staff
of any particular school
should be either Czech or
German, as the case may
be.
Apart, however, from the
language question, the
general arrangements of
these Fachschulen are the
same. The fees are nominal
—ranging from two to ten
Kronen a year (a Krone is
tenpence). In cases where
even this small sum is not
forthcoming the training is
given for nothing and small
stipends granted to enable
those coming from villages
to attend the particular
Craft School they have
chosen. Dinners are also
provided for the hungry.
Certain advantages are

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