The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-13

boy. That is about $500 year in gold, outside
O the cost OF bis clothing. Inc nominal price is
900 francs bnt the extras are sure to raise it 10
he larger sum. Notwithstanding this the bust.
ness of the teacher here IL very poorly paid.
These schools are kept by men Who teach moth
ing. or next to nothing, themselves, and who bire
ell their teaching dsue for them, for nothing, or
next to nothing. Since my residence here grand
teachers convention has been held 10 Lausanne,
attended by some eight hundred teachers. An
attempt was made to get together all schoolmas-
ierdOm OF French Switzerland, and such regi'
ment of seedy black coats never saw before.
was informed b. one Of this noble army of
teachers that the pay which they receive ranges
from 200 to 600 francs year, from $40 TO sl20 10
god When told him Of the wages which some
OF our young women commaod at home Ia his
Ealing, he opened bis eyes most increduously.
A portion Of their pay comes from the State aud
portion from voluntary contribution. When tell
You that there are portions Of Switzerland 10
which the greed for land is great that public
supervision is instituted to keep parents from
half starving their children in order TO purchase
/, you can imagine how hard it is to get any.
thing for schools by public or popular contribu-
toDs. There is here. in Lausanne. q normal
school. but the Swiss people reap little benefit
from il. The wages of teachers are so low that
they leave their country at the first invitation,
and as their school is excellent, the invitations
are many and constant.
Female education is of the same sort as prevails
generally In Europe. The American idea OF a
woman's education Is not entertained here at ALL
Apparently women never touch mathematics,
sLd only in the very highest schools do they learn
anything Of the natural sciences. II woman Is
French, she learns English and Italian If she is
FrenchSwiss, she learns German aud English: if
Germsn-Sw she learns French and English IL
she is English, she learns French, German aud
ltalisn-tbe latter language il she has time. Here
IN Switzerland. men and women take 10 learning
English. for it ia out of those who speak the Fog
lish lsDgusge-British and Americsns-thst they
get their living In all the hotels and stores Eng
lish is spoken by somebody. Housekeepers and
uadesmen send their sons and daughters 10 Eng
land that they may become competent to assist in
the business at home.
As consequence of the multiplication of Lam
gusges, the swiss are taking on very speckled
so far as the leading elements of civ
ilizstion are concerned. The universal presence
of the English has driven all costumes out of the
land. None OF the old picturesque dresses Of the
different cantoDs are now seen. So far, the effect
has been toward unfcstion, but herman Swilzer-
land. obtaining its best literature from Germany,
has been deeply impressed with German rational
ism and French Switzerland, equally open to the
of France, has become deeply tainted
with French infdely. The English and Ameri
cans are making their impression and as the ma
joity of these are pleasure seekers, aud have
only transient residence, you can imagine that
they do not leave a very deep impression of the
real earnestDess OF their character.