The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-01
oERMiy scHOoL TEA CHERs.
Hurriediy Adopting Certain Propositions
which were Too Radical TO stand.

Tho third days session of the German
American School Teachers Association began
with n speech yesterday morning in Lieder-
kranz Hall by Mr.. Principal 4. Schned OF Do
troit. Mch on tho necessity Of establishing un-
graded schools for children unmanngeable In
graded schools The ground was taken that
five or six children arc invariably behind their
classes in graded school, and that. by reason
OF natural incompetency. they nre uniustly de-
prived Of the instruction that parents or tax
payers pay for. Such children should DO gath
cred. snid Mr.. Schnect into n school whore they
will receive the individual aid and encourage
Mr.. NJ. Schroeder Of Hoboken read long
essay on the Separation. or non separation
o the sexes In schools. As he pursued the
qualifications Of the subject into the minutcst
details the time for dinner came. The reading
WAS limited. said President Keller before tho
essay WAS begun. to twenty minutes; but Mr..
Shredder read for an hour and a hnlf. until the
teHchrrs began to squirm in their chairs.
Finally Mr. Schroeder wound up with five
theses. MS follows;
Girls IN primary and grammar schools can and should
be- instructed IN the studies and IN the same manner
ny cocducaton NJ the their moral and inteec.
iuil rccularcs are nottnrcd but are developed more
The highest IDEAL Of human education can he attained
only 10y the reciprocal influence and contact Of these
Cocdacaton ofhoys and arlsis the most natural pro-
venuve OF possibly occurring diseased state OF magma
.cnarntion Of children according to scx at the ex
rcnsc oi rropcr grading, iswrone.
These were hurricdly put to vote by Presi-
dent Keller, and the impatient teachers accept
cd them almost unanimously as their senti-
ments. But. after dinner. the teachers. through
conversation. found that they had been in too
much Of hurry to accept them. Scarcely one
WIS prepared TO accept the radical notions in
the theses. So they were. on motion. recon
sidercd and debated. Their author. with ex-
cited gcsturng. declaimed against the discus
SION of the theses. because they had once been
adopted. But the teachers were peTslstent In
pulling them TO pieces. Dr. Sedan. Dr.. Grrke.
DIR. Douni. and Mcssrs. Deghue and Woltman
attacked them rs too radical. and Mr.. Schroeder.
growing more Vehement in every speech. de-
Tended them. The discuss ION took up the time
allotted to other essays, md occupied most OF
the afternoon. The theses were finally adopted
by n smaller majority. Then the Rev. W. n.
Iiaiman of Milwaukee, Wis, described the
working Of the principal kindergartens in the
United States.
In tho evening. Prof, A. J, schem. Assistant
Superintendent Of Public schools In this city.
spoke before a large audience IN Turn Hull on
the " Culture Of the Mother Tongue in the Fam
ily." Millions Of families In the world. he said
speak ut home another than tho national
culture OF the mother tongue extend. Con-
uurrrd communities and nations have had their
mother tongue suppressed Mt the eNpenre 81 an
oil 'al national language. and fierce conflicts
Clnrhs between Russians and Poles. be-
tween Hungarinns and Magyars. and between
Britons and Celts. The language In which tho
home education Ola child j. carried on. he con :
tinued. IL the mother tongue not the national
language Yet the national language Is learned
hy lie child in it, intercourse with other chill
dr"u. and the national tongue always tends to
supremacy. The struggle 81 the mother tongue
fNr existence depends on lis comparative value.
In this respect concluded Prof. Schsm the
German may he retained in the des'endanis OF
Germans ~ long as any language, Tor English.
German. and French are the three great Ian
guages Of civilization.