, 1879-08-15
PARIS.
The Battle with tho Jesults "A
Glance at the French Educa-
tional System.
State Teaching md. Its Rcsults..-The
Lycees and tho LJceans---Rot-
teuness and Corruption.
Tho Rival Schools Of tho PrieBts--Why
French Boys Arc siokly and
Preoooious.
fhe Classical Fetish...Too nush Philosophy, aud
Not Enough Geographical ylslt 10
tho Sarhonne.

Nh EnDnrh Geoeraphy..-l ylsIt 10
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spfeh' cornfrondtnes o. 7nt 71i0nnk
PARIS Ju's a4'-lha "esults aha lhe'r scaoo's
are absorbing an ''1'n'sns' a,"ount " a'.,n',.A
ia France 1ust no"' a o'''. alt0ea q. the w
noxtons soc,e.Y VI ossus' ", , ,nteouuseu ~ ",
jules tefT!' sl'"'s'e' VI tup's 4"s.'t 'tetsU,, wv
supportea w u hs4e a''u "naeu.'a' se'aon a ~ y.
tie hepaol,e4a pa'ts, 'n1s useu auopteu ~ VIC
Chamoee u ncpu.1s'' ~" - suol'' ~ ~ ~,
sented 1or a'scuss'on ~ NV esna.s' ~n'en VIZ
propaoy 1thouEn Wv. es4tu"u .e!sss 80
Fubl!c op'n'oo ~ s'o.cut! e@s'seos' .. i'a.....
Petitions 10, a''S' nHana. s"s pluuoseu 'sa'"
arc foFWaEuea " 'ss.a'tss every "eeA. -
million anu nA'' u ..a'uones navs pso'esrsu ~.
against II a. oppressive a"u , tylana'eA'' AA'
Republicans afe e'a,nos1ns !os as'. a'o.nss
EXPULSION oF IN" WHOLE 'ssoit nopl'
and tho supporters VI tae ea.nono y, .ule2es a,o
Tetort'ne WIN tn!ea1 ol seuus III Inv pap,is ,.,
Of the .nateo ssc' 'nso '9,unaasS sl"e n "stn
them, MM' uauoel'a' Aopo'e' uAa o"ei
Followers a1e uaH"e s1H"e.na'1 s"o.s .r,s. -.
Insure tho passage OF lhe " Eoueatsona' OIL
and 81. Jules 6lmon, the e1"Ffemier OIL alarshai
Nc,nbou, has Joined hands with the very men
~. orocnrctt hia dovbfa,1 in 1s7z-Aiessra.
8aaett oe hFoRt'e' anu 'nc "'ona'en'..s. W
feqt the measure, IN the name ot Lioesty anu
Tolerance. France on this point, Is evidently
,,rnnoc,y divided. we sec the ultramontaucs,
,'''.s .,.5 f,,,lo,tca o.roro,Iv odatv .rn,,oh
1esW1s' ".o enao1'es , e"5t o4 ,..oe ~
using sae'r chemles' "eapoha ~ se'l4aei'nse'
md Atoutly maintaining the right OF every
properly oual!flod citizen, Jesuit or no Jesuit to
tta'... ~ H. h..n,. Tho porrb,tonns the
stGh' ot tne LaDc.."s. .Au iscpuoAeH"s, us
champions Of unlimited freedom Of spccch anu
thought banded IT., togSs. to crush and a9
-. a,.s.t s.,, ~ IN rr,ro,, ro,,ti, A.
ea1e a"os. n".t y, NV e's"sn !ou.n, u,,.,'.
Paul Bert, adist!neu'shed chemist and puoliclst,
XIII. nccusfus the jesuit sye,c1u OF the foulcat
a"s,,,,,;an W." ~ ,,,soont,.: an1 v,,om. snsov.
So''ae'.oa a.a ess, "'" ' .A s..,.s,., Sns
o's o' opposlte eonvaet'ons neVe s.t'vs" oes-
pcratcl7 to show that M. Paul Bert knew
noshIng Of bis subject when he discussed II.
A, 1nve anil. the rrsr,tt n. tina whole huhbnh
=. ~. ~, 49, III, has cnao ,,,rn,,nh t1,a
Chamber OF Deput'es with large majority.
Foreigners and outsiders may wonder at
TIE 1NrBNsa BITTERNESS OF THE STRIFE,
aud inauIre what object the French Government
ran hare Ia rcklnllIng the KuItur-Katnpf which,
Prince Bismarck has almost Abandoned. The
objects arc numerous. but chiefly these; TO d.
m[nlsl,, and, IL possible, ann!hitatc, ths social
mud political power indirectly welded By the
Jcsuits through their puplle whom in youth
they mold and twist lotto their own imaec,
whose conscieuces and thoughts they direct
from childhood to manhood and .womanbood,
md who, in general, nro ranged IL the camp
hostile to t!le Republic. Sccnndy, tho Govern-
mcnt hopes TO strengthen tho rotten cdttlcc Of
State education. represented by. the Untvcrsity
OF Fraurc, the L,cccs md schools tn connection
with It. and bY tic sarbonnc, which ma7 ho con-
eidered as tha ccutre und soul Of the whole
State organization. Pascal and Voltatrc.-to