The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-16
THE pErssriy scnoon SYSTEM

s'noois W rcai Schul.h' hh"'"kous u our h"N
nsh hlsh s'lou's' ana w geWcrh'-Hchulch anu
upper purs'i-s'huieh' WHICH com prehehu pusi-
ness colleges anu ART schools AUos''h'r tne
euuouuVha' es1apilshih'h~ lor uie upHi WI"
miuu' ''assrs Ill iruss'" uhueT ulr''c' "'N'r"-
hlehl con'r"l anu SUPERVISOR are irrVu'"."
py l3iooo Scholars' ana tlught py O5oV te'ch-
ers. .
ne eyhhusIa arc "u'hu'u ny h'"rV oo'"'o
u"y s,n"lnrs thc u'rnl"n s'hoo' poy utmost III
Vnr'"p' li''s 1T nohi''' VINO pay from si1'V ~
s%o y.'r, "c'or''ne 10 un' io,nl Oh s'noo' o''7S
I" "hlcn 'n'y pr'ons' me S"'''ries ol ',c nus
,erS' Wirn n'Ve I'''iy peeh 'ncrruSc''' r''ko
from Sfoo 10 si'zoo pr uhhurn' III 'eW in-
stances tne stipend OIL 'he director OF m'uu mus
,'r 'Nc'eus 'ie i''',I sum an" " ""''"nE """7o
II ","'neu ~ MS oii've' W. "ioy no,p .""' III.
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Ne'h' nv 'i'Ec "'"Vu"' ", ''"'"'p 'n'V'V'
ny 'nc instructor must NOV w oN'rlooN'u III
summing -, w .'c 'icl,'9 VI Wv u'rin"n 9p9.''n
We may nic"',Vn iu' ''',' '''"' an Wv ,"."7'"
poss'S9 gnu i,","lS io' Wv u'' y, '"o ""'
go,
lhey nave, moreover ph,osopiiI'u app"'"us
az N'' ~ "V'""''''' N0'''H''"'' "'" ''''- i"'
o-l'", 'o,,e'u"n7'
As u 'ne pup's III ''''S' 'iuSs'"i 9'nool9
'ney receive rom ,W'nS- 10 ,n'r'S p'sSonS
vi III h"ut v.NH uuri"s uio "''N' an" SP'""
from iour 10 NV "'ui7 u"''S III pi' NO" az
nVi'', 50 ''''' u"S VINO "o"'' 7'""u WI, III Ms
cl'ss ~ oc'uI"'u 'Dou' n'nv no"is u"'' "a
'''"'n "''o""' VI 9"''' ''''' - - y,
th' masters Over ln' "o,S, ever, uui'us ,'ioii
Ielsurc ho"rs-,h German ooy uo'S NOV p'"S
ana even III ul'lr own nVi''s' Inv sV"ic VI pun
lshmeh' rises from Vcrnai reprooi 10 wIlueh
r'pr"ol III 'l' 'ins7 o"oh' '"nHn'"''"' ~ Ui'
''"S7 I'o'n' VI WIZ" n,'''' - H''v" ~ '"' ""
rents iihirlSoh'n'h' III Tue stnooi '"'"''
WIN" - I''Vru'u III we ''"'S
p"r', anu cNpu'sVn,V VI VIM" mgr ",' u',''i-
'h' u'sr''S' anu VIII" "a" "nS ~ 'ii"'''cu ~
inc conference oil masters MOREOVER II Il
pupil. after being two years IN tn" same class.
fails TO get his remove, lie receives u quarter
notice. ana IL advised 10 leave the school. II
VIII be- remarked thut ihiS -chem" ul discipline
comedies in many points with thdi WAich op-
thin~ IN the English universities and M Harvard
College. Ia all features pi ih'lr social economy
the latter institutions correspond murh more
nearly 10 gymnasium than 10 Il German uni
vcrsity.
or course. the work ~ education is not begun
IN the gymnasium. When III" boys enter at
the age of nine or ton. they must Toe able to read
correctly both German and Roman characters.
write tolerahle hand. and from dict'hion.
without gross mistakes in spelling. They
must also possess some knowledge OF Christian
doctrines. Biblical history. and the common
rules OF arithmetic. such Is the modest outfit
requi-. Tor admission To an academy in which
the pupil Will pass the next ei-ht ~ nine years
II h!s life.
In most Of the Prussian eymnasia there are
SIN forms. or rather eight. "a the two higher
classes are divided into upper and lower. In
England the sixth form is the highest class. hut
in Germany the low II category l. called siNti
and the two highest secunda and prlma. each
having two subdivisions. There is generally Il
still higher grade. called selecta. corresponding
to- the so-callcd advanced class at Exeter and
.'''e Ma a." ".''''i"i = ana WhirA j. uhirr
'ne e-p'rl"i aire'tlon 81 uln head master We
may s"S ll general 'hht III inc forms or Glasses
below i"h'A th' rouf9e pi instruction Is adapt
ed 70 inc framing OF boys Tor almostevery career
90 me- WINE ia 'h' TWO hiShest forms they are
specially prepared Tor m"'rlcula'ion at il' unit
N'is'F' 4" give some h"u"h oil inc scope OF
''"'N III Nl'-' "'ln'h 'l's@i'"i ho'i-' we cil"
/ N'7"'p'''3 l't monthly ESSAYS from "a recent
! iF"-r"nlile 'l ir'h'a-'r upper clhss-WorN IN
b'r,in gymnasium tlrst' are the funda-
! hi'A'ai prih'lVi 81 p'l9rlAl composition lald
/ u' WIN 10y L'HS.nS IN MS Lao Don observed n
/ ,'' ."'""r N'7".'S ~ n'rlh S''onl' j. me
/ "'7'l l''"h ''nt''N'u III tHe h'i"'I's anu
'"' A'"'''HS o1 i.."'7r"'u9 nus'i on u
/ 1"'huhE 'r poem - suspect thAt either OF
/ '"'s' p"'ll's "'"l" Sa'lS sUSE'f W" average
"iIn'"h' i"I u.''-7l'h To- harvard or l"e
N'H''uHn 'n "'In'"NS inc lhl'l'H''h SUI
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