Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-04-12
EDUCATION IN FRANCE.
A VIEW OF THE PARIS SCHOOLS AND
THEIR METHODS.
SIX Great DiViSiuns-A Boys Course
from His seventh to His Twen-
tieth Year The Life of
Boarding Pupils.


ltHSplS arr fltllibN tSi, AMI icing SUBJECT ~
state inspection and certain other official re
quirrmentS. they are really semi-guvern-
mental institutions.
In the city of Paris there are six great
ancient and celebrated Iycees Louis lie
Grand, Napoleon, st Louis, Charlemagne,
BonHparte and Bourbon. and two colleges
Stanslas and R"lin. At theSe, with the ex-
ception of CharIemagne and Bonaparte. the
pupils are either eXternes or Internes, who
are suhdivided into pensiOnnaires and demi
penSiOnnaircS the latter being boarders who
do not sleep in the lycee, but in all other
respects are like pensrnnaireS and eXterneS
who come simply for the lectures and live
and receive tuition more comfortably and
under more parental supervision at some Of
the numerous bOardir houses which are to
be found in the neigh DOrhood of the lyceeS
GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION
The staff Of a lyCee is two fud-adHnis-
trative and tutnrial The first comprises
the proviScur, who Is the chief manager
the C~nSeu~ and the eConOme, or steward
Their duties are entirely confined to the
general management and supervision of the
school in all except educational matters
The tutorial part contains firstly, the pro
ftSsOrS or lecturers and professors titula-
rieS who are assistant lecturers and tutors
Neither of these have any other duties than
To teach. and, in order To attain one of these
posts, they must have passed an examina-
tiOn in the subjects and manner of teach
ing and have attained the age of -. Among
them are many distinguished literary and
scientific men, whom the outer world knows
not as lecturers at IA Paris lycee, but as au-
thUrs and savants of European fame.
Under them are the watres d'Etude or
ushers, who act as ever watchfui guardians
OF the bows. old and young. by night and
day, in school hours and play time but who
take no part whatever in the duty Of teach
ing. There are also two Chaplains WHO lee
ture twice a week; but those boys who do
not belong to the Roman Catholic faith are
allowed to receive instruction from ministers
of their own denomination
Suppose We take now the Lycee Louis le
Grand; it will show very clearly the general
working Of secondary public instruction in
France, and a short description of the
building and arrangements, as | saw them ON
Il somew hat gloomy February morning, will
make the account more vivid The LyCee
Louis le Grand stands i'll the center of the
scholastic part of Paris; on every side is
something to remind the stranger that he
has quilted the gay for the grave; the streets
are known aS the Rue de IEcOle de Medi-
cine Rue LaplaCe aad by other names, each
savoring of learning. The L.yCee itself faces
the narrow lll-paved Rue st Jacques, and
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leNard St Michel 1t still remains, however,
the largest of all the Partisan schools, con
tanning about go scholars, and continues
as famous and well conducted when it
was the Jesuit school of Clermont, and Louis
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