Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-02-20
EDUCATION IN FRANCE,
A VIEW OF THE PARIS SCHOOL 6 Ann
THEIR METHODS.
" "reae DiVisiOns-A BOYS Cours.
from Els Seventh to Ills Twen-
tieth iear-The Life of
Boarding Pupils.
lRcoOkiyn Fnrle !

Inc institutions by which The work NJ
oeacnlhg. IS carried out are lycees and com.
"huhai colleges. The two differ but little
except Ilat the teaching in the colleges does
noI rel'h so high a grade rs that of tina
iyNoeS' mere are also n few private insti-
tutiohs' nut even here the course of ~instr,,c-
loh loIlo"S much the same track as IN tho
actual state schools. many of the same pro-
: lessons are employed, and being subicct =,
state Inspection and certain other oAlcis, -
qn!Teinciits, they are really semi-ro, sxu,
mental institutions.
In the city OF Paris there are six great
ancient and celebrated lycees. Louis La
Grand, Napoleon, St Louis, Charlemarue
bohaparte ana Bourbon, and two colleges
StaniSlas and Rollin. At these, with the ex-
ceptlon OF CharlcmaTne and Bonaparte. the
pupils are either eHtCrnes or internes, who
are supdlvldod into peEsionnadres and demi
penslonnalres-the latter being boarders who
no not sleep in the lycee, but in all other
respects are Ike pcrsionnaires and extremes.
who come simply for the lectures and live
and receive tuition more comfortably and
under more parental supervision at some OF
the numerous b~oarding-houses which are to
he found in the neighLorhood OF the lycees
MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION.
The staff of a lycee is two fo~ld-adminis-
trative and tutorial. The first comprises
toe proviseur, who is the chief manager
the ccilSeur and the economic, or steward.
Iheir duties are entirely confined TO the
\ general management and SUPERVISION Of the
school, III all except educational matters.
The tutorlal part contains, firstly, the pro
lessons or lecturers and professors titula-
RES VINO are assistant e%cturers and tutors.
NeIthHr OF these haye any other duties than
TO teach, and, in order TO attain one OF these
posts, they must have passed an examina-
ton III the subjects and manner of teach
ing and have attained the age Of 25. Among
them are many distinguished literary and
scientific men, WHOM the otter world knows
not as lecturers at a Paris lycee, but rs au-
thors and savants OF European fame.
Under them are the waitrcs d'Etule or
ushers, who act as ever watchful guardians
OF the boys, old and young, by night and
day, IN school hours and play time, but who
take no part whatever in the duty of teach
lng. There are also two chaplains who lee
ture twice a week; but those boys who do
not le!oGS 70 the Roman Catholic faith are
allowed 10 receive instruction from ministers
of their own denomination.
Suppose we take now the Lycee Louis lie
Grand; it viii show very clearly the general
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France, and a short description of the
building and arrangements, as | saw them on
n somewhat gloomy February morning, will
make the account more vivid. The Lycee
Louis lc Grand stands in the center OF the
scholastic palt o. Paris; OH every side is
something TO remind tic stranger that he
has quilted the gay for the grave; the streets
are known as the Tue de lEcole de Medi-
cine, Rue IaplGce aad by other names, eacl
savoring Of learning. The Lyccc itself faces
the narrow Ill paved Rue st. jacques, and
externally differs much from the fresh look
ing Lycec ST LOUIS, half way up the Bou-
levard st, Michel. 1t still remains, however,
the largest OF all tho Partisan schools, con-
taininc about 1000 scholars, and continues
as famous and we'll conducted as when it
was the Jesuit school OF Clcrmont, and Louis
lie Grand visiting il and cxclaiming, This is
my college The next morning saw, with
Jesuitical tact, the words engraved on the
stone no Louis le Crane
FROM SEVEN TO TWENTY
Let us suppose, then, that any boy-we
will call him Louis Delorme-has reached
the age Of Z, and hat hi, parents have de-
terIninod that he snail 10 through the whole
course Of The Lycec. lie enters, and is
forthwith placed in the lowest class of the
L solll I-ltAilt44JlIlt, tit IItHNt lItthi dlollS,
from thence he proceeds into the eighth and
seventh, and is jheu transferred into the
Sixth class, the lowest Of the next division,
that Of Gramlnairc, bu5 not until he has
passed a satisfactory examination in what
he has been taught since he entered the
school. lie o quickly passes through the
sixth, seventh and eighth classes, and we
hope to find him at the age Of il tit, if he
likes, to go upward into tie division
Supericure and continue the studies, or to be
turned out into the world sufficiently learned
TO pursue a mercantile career.
Youug Louis has then thoroughly learned,
or is supposed To have done SO, the subjects
given II tho prospectus, which now lies be-
fore me, and lrom which the following ex-
tract is taken: I'm the first two divisions
the subjects Of GtuGy are reading, writing
and the recitation OF select extracts, the
elements Of French, Latin and Greek gram
mar explained by authors from each
language, sacred and ancient history and
that OF France. geography, the elements of
arithmetic and q little geometry, drawing
from nature and lineal drawing, together
q it'll vocal music and a course OF gynInas-
cs."
The study of modern languages begins in
the first classes, and goes Oh regularly to the
slAth, ny hhedilS Oh u pfaCJ4CaI tehcIlHg, 50
that at tho end of his course of study O
pupil will know perfectly whatever language
he may have chosen. It is even pos
sible for quick and Woodworking boys to
carry away with them an accurate ac-
quaintance both Of German and English.
Again another examination, and our young
friend is safely ~ the highest division, and
passes with credi, through the third and sec
Ond classes. through those Of rhetoric and
philosophy, where he las had opportunities
of learning, in addition to the subjects al
ready mentioned, but III n more advanced
form, philosophy, mathematical sciences,
chemistry ard natural history. Being q
Woodworking and smart boy, he has, at the
earliest period possible, when he left the
class of philosophy, takel both the degrees
Of Baccalaureat of Letters and OF Sciences
He Is row "a years old, and has any liberal
career open 10 hIm.