The New York herald., 1869-06-07
GERMANY.

Animal Congress of PedagOgues-Vast Assem-.
biy-AH Parts OF Germany Represented
Liberal Spirit ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of
Church aud SchoOl-Absencc OF Sectarian.
ism FraterpizatiOn Of Teachers North and
South-Illness Of the King.
BERLIN, Nav 20, 1859.
During this week Teachers Congress has been
held In this CITY, being the eighteenth annual gather
ing which was very numer0us,y attended. Not less
than 1000 pedagogues from all parts Of Germany
have joined in It, The position and interests OF this
class being vastly different from that of public
teachers In America, detailed account OF their pro.
ceedngs would hardly be relished by the reader.
Suce 1t to say that the discussions and the resolu-
tlOns drafted mainly tended towards separation OF
Church government from that Of scholastic institu-
tiOns. 1t being generally understood beforehand
that liberal principles with respect to educational
questions would be strenuously advocated in this
assembly, 1t Is no matter Of surprise that Herr Won
Muller. Minister OF Public Instruction. and his par
tisans kept pretty well alOo, and that meagre
civites ON the part Of government, such as afford.
ing cOnvenenceS for sightseeing ana two gratuI-
tOuS performances at che royal tneare were al that
were extended on the OCCASION.
At the close or the conference the President Herr
H0nlnann. q school director from Hamburg,
nOunced that seven teachers from the United States
OF America had been present during the sittngs,
which announcement was greeted with applause.
On eavIng the building, the public Turn Halle, my
attention was attracted by crowd OF young teach
ers listening eagerly TO gentleman who styled him
self "PrOiess0r" from Rochester, N. Y, and who
was enarging upon the tine chances which would
open up to teachers disposed t. emigrate to your
shores inside the hall one Of the speakers having
insisted on the beneficial influence 0I church govern
ment had been listened to very patiently Tor some
lit lie tnle but when the audience discovered tnat
he was q simon pure disciple OF the Won Muher
tribe, their dlsapprobaton knew no bounds, anu
tney reused 10 .sten to him any further similar
fate awaited friend outside: for on being closely
Iresse by the nqulstive teachers he was at lenatn
forced to admit that ne , was connected win tne0
had scarcely transpirci when his audience rapidly
thinned
A refreshing symptom worthy of notice In this
meeting Of 1900 Instructors OF youth, the
greatest assemblage OF its kind ever known as yet,
was the abse.ice of sectaranism all shades OF re
gion beng represented, and even any ausion to
tenets OF iaith carefully avoided. we might mention
o case In point-tnat Of Wiesbaden, with three
fOurthS OF It's inhabitants aud a corresponding num-
ber OF teachers being PrOtesiants and the authori
ties OF which town had, nevertheless, delegated
Catholic teacher their representative. The list OF
those present contains also the names OF many Is
raeltes, and though last, not least number OF pre-
ccedings. How little the Won Mdhier doctrine OF
strict sectarianism found favor In the eyes OF the
assembled thousands OF pedagogues wa. at once
evident when the Aforesaid Wlesbaden delegate had
strating the iiberafy of sentiment pervading his
th1siastic applause We should also menllon that
apart from the opposltlonal bearing so strongly
ernment educational department. all remarks
respecting South Germany and q united Faith
erland were hailed with stormy applause. The
gentlemen delegates from Vienna, Munich, Augs-
burg, &c, found It an easy task to arouse the
sympathes or their northern brethren. Fraterni.
zatlon was the order OF the day; the word "yater-
landn at every recurrence was patheticay ap-
piauded and by unanimous acclamatlon Vienna
liked upon for the next annual gathering.
TOday's 0iclal press reports slight indispositon
OF his Majesty King William, to which. however. we
must attach u little more Importance, lnasmuch as
the projected royal tour through the annexed prov.
inces, which was TO commence on the 23d inst, has
been postponed for fully eight days. Such an alter
atlon in the travelling programme, already pub
lished In all its detail, the concentrating OF extra
railway trains reviews. &C., 10 say nothing or the
contretemps arising from magistrates having TO
sheve their arches OF triumph, bottle up their
loyal and congratuatory speeches. &C., assuredly
small matter, and when we consider the advanced
age of the royal though yet haze patient, we might
indulge IN sundry reflections were II not that II any
thing serious should happen you would be immedl-
ately advised by wire.