IN the Revue Scientifique for November 3, 1917, there appears an interesting article by M. C. Perregaux on the progress of technical instruction in Switzerland. It is the second of two articles, the first of which dealt with the establishment, equipment, and work of the renowned Federal Polytechnic of Zurich, with its eleven divisions of applied science, and of the State-recognised School of Engineering at Lausanne, both of which are devoted to the training of the highest class of professional technicians. The present article deals with the aims and work of an intermediate class of schools known as “Technicurns,” and intended, each according to local industrial requirements, for the training of men aspiring to positions of industrial responsibility as foremen and managers. Six such schools come under review, namely, in German Switzerland: Winterthur, Berthoud, and Bienne; in French Switzerland: Geneva, Locle, and Fribourg.