Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-07
SCHOOLS ON THE CONTINENT.
Germany Stands Ahead-Austris and
ItAly-R~lSium.

t5ermAny Sthnsls Aueau-aubITbo o0O
ItAiy-B-iSium.
Germany stands ahead of all other na-
tons in the excellence Of its primary and
secondary schools. The we'll known
Realschulen, many Of which now com
prise ten classes and are coordinate with
the gymnasia. afford al education which
is perhaps the best possible general prep
aration for commercial or trade pursuits.
In these schools the classical languages
are not taught and the time thus saved is
devoted to modern languages and science.
In addition schools Of commerce are found
i'm nearly all the large towns OF Germany.
There are certain differences between the
systems of commercial education and in
deed Of education generally as adopted in
Bavaria Saxony and Prussia. The mcr-
camille schools are well attended and they
are practically independent Of government
aid Several OF the real schools have
commercial department. but besides
these there are in Germany seventeen
special schools Of commerce, thu having
certificate Of which is recoSniAA e 49,,
ferring the right OF one yeU4 pijtd4%
service; nine middle schools NM -
extended curriculum, and A116 6hQplb
Of evening schools, which arc oftDQaA ~
clerks. merchants apprentices - A0A
pesons engaged In mercantile houses.
With the view Of meeting the require
ments Of jCa4G0a vh0 desire TO attend
special cIuukss& tn1eFucttsA - com
mercil sronb soane - ~ ps1ytssante
schoolSt aSy hase srsaAGod eoar1o0
Of lectnfES, ]AAph aFs tn1en1sa - 49,
who are sesa-~g paas<s I1nd4 ~ ooeogA-
-,.,.. N tho eaatounA anA e1cln0 oplR
hut are followed By other senhennD Who
have received their early education at o
gymnasium or realschule and whose cir
cumstances enable them to spend year
or two at college before commencing bust.
ness.
In stria-Hungary there are nine high
schools Of commerce, eleven intermediate
schools, and forty-two schools intended
principally for clerks There Is nothing
that calls for special notice in the subjects
o. instruction in these schools. The course
Of study is very similar to that in the
corresponding schools OF 6>rmany. The
most important of the high schools ia
in Vienna and is known as the 1sndels
akademie 1t gives two courses o>>in.
str,iction, the one occupying three yea>
and the other two years. The subjects OF
instruction are nearly the same as those
Of the French high schools.
In Italy the subjeceef commercial edu-
cation is receiving careful attention. The
system of bifurcation commences fmme-
diately after q child has the elementary
school. Those intended for industrial pnr-
suits pass on to the technical school
tscuola tecnica, and thence TO the techni-
cal institute. Others pass through the
corresponding classical schools to the uni
versity. The technical institute CORE.
| spends to some extent with the higher real
schools of Germany, but each institute
contains three or more separate depart
ments, in which the institution Is special
lied with q view tG different branches o'
industry. There nre sixty-five technical
institutes in Italy, in many Of which there
is department entirely devoted TO com
mercial education.
| In Belgium there are numerous middle
schools, the object Of which is to prepar,
youths for commercial pursuits. The
fact that the children of the middle c.asse:
are destined, for the most part, to earl
their livelihood in trade or commerce /:
recognized in the general scheme Of inter
mediate education adopted in Belgium
and the course of school studies Is ar
ranged accordingly gly.-Philip Magnus IL
Contemporary Review.