, 1879-02-17
AMERICANS III 0ERhAH SCHOOLS.

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america 'of Equally ooo" Faro
Lstrsic, Ian. 81. 1s79.-7o the Editor Of khs |
Nation; Tic number Of Americans Win conc |
10 aefmanT 70 no.sn 'hetr r. ataues u not onaY
large, put increasing lucy stuu5 nclo c1.e"y
medicine, phiIoIo9y, and mua1c. a few hear
lectures on law At The universities; but the o,l.
f'u' s.l',, ~" ~, stta,,a.sa rna,hoS
as thc aigh'Y aosseaet ana ant,4oateo .nethoo
Ut teaching It, arc 10 foreign to our Views OF
1urssnrudcpce that such students generally
fhrrscJres rcrntt1 their law etttdfes as tutury
mr., an occom 7ltAhmcnt. rs,},cr than A nrncttcn,
"'u u" ~. mssoap''eaI"sn1' 'e.''. .4'a' t'aI1.
gain. IhooRh our studcnts arc 70 90 iounu "a
nearly every un7e,s,if town ost ol mem ea.n
morc AmcrIcan stnfcnts nj 1,c,n.tc than t}ure
,x..a ,a.ves ~ al, .,t,,cr cortr,cs m, r,rrccon
s,, "elo .a4'en ~ ~ ~, "' o s"" sa.,s ~.
total, 10. Austria excepted, no s'urle Eu-
roman nation .spnt 80 many studsnte
to Lr,n.ic Ms America. Tllc chief States were
represented as follows: Austria, u; Russia,
II; France, 4; the unlteu statcs, g7. Tic md
| toritg Of our couutr7mcu who study IN Germany
oro r,ot wealthy. Most of them como suppttcl
| will lust ono, two. OF three yours. Their cacu-
| DatIpp ts tnscl almost without exception, upon
Tho theory that The expenses Of listnng in OR.
Say that tlot que ID aity lives within his ,hcoret
cal estimate MY own cxpcrlenrc is derived
| from residence In Lctpslc and strasburg OF
nearly two years, with Visits to Dosi1n Drc.tlen
aud tter cities Of North Germany. 1t ls not q
rare thing to mect nem who say lhatt hid they
known tic c1pcnse Of studying year or Two
here to be 50 great as It 10. they would rot hnve
] conc, ur would have postponed their coming
! Wealthy tourists say life Is deatcr hero tbau
| IN Afncr!cu BECAUSE thcy succeed in easily dis
pos!pg VI larQo sums. others observe that they
S0G nsr os 70 eot. eg es
that living Is lcss expensive hero thni at home.
Ono eau rolcyo himsclt nf Us much money as
no tikes uilsl receive fair equivalent, or be may
are, as Whole, % poor, ali aiid tic tendency of iie
outside the clrcics Of the mobility Ia toward
economy. Ono Ut the first atlaraetsrlstica noted
by n. American Il a surprtslns .ntnutcness Of
that it seems to him 1Iko penuriousncss. Thcso
is no laylshness, and The newcomer soon
beglns to - tall into tho national habit
tabout A two rtlls) Again, the question Is
made complex by Tie fact that priccs vary f.i
different provinces und in different cities.
Americans, too, must usually ruy from 10 to 20
pcr cent more than natives until they have
| fcurncd tile customs md a smatteslng OF tile
language. Every American is thought 10 be
rith ailtl, as compliment to him. SUPPOSE. 1t
Is thought no sin TO give him back too little
nn,Ix 20 dsn,nn1 bIgh ices J.
ALLOWANCE ca,not hero be- ,nado for cxccp-
t.o,,ol cases. The following list OF prices In.
ciudcs onIy rates for tt,psc arcon4n,odntlons
% w1tcl, would not diseust ana nan of ZONE reflna.
ment / hare knowI Auer,cans 10 live herr
with stu pcr month, everything Included; a.t
Thousands Of needy German Students i've VILE
LILLE o etU ;r ~ S.v ny ahel .rd tei,