TRADE COURSES POPULAR

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24914, 29 June 1946, Page 2

TRADE COURSES POPULAR

TECHNICAL COLLEGE ATTENDANCES \

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES SHOWN

Statistics on operations of the Christchurch Technical College, released this week, show interesting increases in attendances for instruction in trades, in which concern about the i small number of trainees coming for--1 ward has been expressed recently. I Carpentry and joinery and cabinetmaking classes show stronger attendances than in the first term last year, and classes in various phases of motor engineering show an increase of almost one-third. Students in plumbing have almost doubled, and another notable increase has occurred in tailoring and cutting. The entries for all technical classes total 4605. compared with 3972 in the first term last year, in the following sections (last year’s figures in parenthesis) :—trades. 2616 (2360); domestic science, 434 (370); commercial, 934 (905); general and examination. 621 (337). In the Technical High School subjects entries total 1169, compared with 1278 last year. Individual students enrolled total 3277 (compared with 3117 last year). of whom 2108 are attending evening Attendances at trade classes in the I first term were as follows: —applied heat, 7 (—>; applied mechanics, 31 (33); builders’ drawing, 164 (143); cabinetmaking theory. 71 (53); cabinetmaking practice. 109 (88): carpentry and joinery theory, 106 (97); carpentry and joinery practice, 61 (74); electrical engineering theory, 111

(109); electrical engineering practice. 110 (104); electric welding theory. 18 (12); electric welding practice, 33 1 (24): fitting and turning. 130 (129): gas 1 welding theory. 30 (38): gas welding. 1 I practice, 39 (41): Diesel engines, 11 (—): mechanical drawing, 153 (129): 1 mechanical drawing railway. 79 (89). practical mathematics. 62 (78); practical mathematics railway. 97 (124). mechanical engineering theory, 69 (64); motor bodv building theory and practice. 19 (—); motor engineering . theory, 97 (65); motor engineering practice, 61 (61); panel-beating, 9 (7); I physics and mechanics, 31 (29); plumb- . ing theory. 80 (46): plumbing practice, 88 (49): radio service theory. 6 (7); radio service practice, 6 (7); sanitary science, 12 (4); sheet-metal work theory, 40 (40); sheet-metal work practice, 23 (24); tailors’ cutting, 38 (17); practical tailoring, 26 (9); tool manipulation, 74 (51); trades English. 62 (78); trade calculations. 231 (224); typography, 19 (15); typographical freehand drawing, 42 (50): woodwork, 137 (76); wool-classing, 96 (72). The | total was completed with community 3 centre classes. s Dressmaking classes show the most 1 substantial increase in the domestic - science department, where the total a increased from 370 to 434. Commercial f I department attendances rose from 905 t to 934 and in the general and examint ation course from 337 to 621. The new course in music accounts for 58 m the e last department, and chemistry and - pharmacy subjects for a considerable » proportion. t I A slight decline from 616 to 608 1. students was shown at the Papanui s Technical College, attendances de- > creasing most in the commercial and a agricultural courses. The trades dep I partment recorded an increase in attendances from 122 to 141, general and examination classes from 20 to 70, and , s I home science from 39 to 70-