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SWITZERLAND. 
The Eclucational Exhibition of Switzerland was held in the 
upper story of the elegant “Chalet Suisse,” which had been 
erected as a special object of exhibition between the third and 
fourth transepts of the Industrial Palace. For the most part, 
however, it consisted only of the aids for teaching in use in the 
Swiss schools, the representation of the methods of instruction, 
Statistical reports, &c. Specimens by the pupils häd been sent 
on b T by the Special School of Art-Industry of the City of Geneva. 
An insight into the state of drawing and of art-education was 
nevertheless to be obtained by an inspection of the educational 
material, and of the industrial products of the country, as shown 
< at tlie Exhibition. But the survey was made somewhat difficult by 
the Separation of the various cantons, each of which, in conse- 
quence of its local conditions and the character of its inhabitants, 
has its own Constitution, and its peculiar arrangements in regard 
to education. 
In spite of these diversities, a certain unity prevails in the 
instiuction in drawing; and it is practiced everywhere, even in the 
infant-classes. In the Elementary Schools (consisting mostly of 
three classes), geometry has also been introduced, and this subject 
is continued in the Secondary Schools. In the Industrial Schools, 
wdiich are almost identical with the (former) Austrian Lower 
Real-Schools, and which are divided into commercial and tech- 
nical sections, drawing receives careful attention, especially in the 
technical sections ; it is also practiced in the institutions for train- 
ing teachers, and the candidates must pass an examination in the 
subject. 
Owing to the character of its soil, Switzerland is constrained to 
look to industry more than any other country. The want of raw 
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