St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-08-11
WILLIAMS SCHOOL DAYS.
The Care and Attention Given to His
Education by His Parents.

Education by His Parents.
William II. is in his thirtieth year,
having been born january 81, 1859. In
reply to a message of congratulation
from the Landtag, his father, the En-.
peror Frederick, newly dead, wrote:
''f God preserves the life of my son il
will be my dearest task to educate him
in the feelings and principles which
bind me to the fatherland." This I'M.
dertaking was faithfully adhered to by
the late Emperor and by the Empress.
Both his father and mother devoted
much of their time to the education OF
Prince William THE Empress Vic.
toria in the NJ sery'' became favorite
subject for pictorial art, and many
anecdotes relating to the period of his
childhood are preserved. From 1866
the instruction of the young Prince was
intrusted to DR.. Hinzpeter, who was
chosen for this important task on &C.
count Of his great knowledge and tact,
and at the same time as being a man
of high personal character and princi-
pies. DR.. Hinzpeter took care not TIC
neglect the development of his charges
bodily as well as mental powers, and
gave a prominent place to gymnastic
exercises in the daily arrangements.
He also, with the cordial approval OF
the late Emperor and of the Empress
Victoria, selected companions for the
childhood of the Prince who did not
exclusively belong to the circles of the
Court and the aristocracy. Among
these were the family Of the then
Scotch Presbyterian minister at Pots
dam, the Rev. Mr. Carlyle, one Of
whose sons, Mr.. A. j. Carlyle, a com.
panion of the childhood of the En-
peror, was president of the Oxford
Union last Lent term. From 1874 tc
1877 the young Prince was sent to the
gymnasium of Cassel, a much home.
ier, if not less admirable, educational
institution than those of Berlin or Pots
dam. Here he submitted to the ordinary
discipline of German school life, and
met with different class of school
companions from those whom he would
have found at the more exclusive and
aristocratic schools of the metropolis
and the royal residence town.
In October. 1877, Prince William
entered the University of Bonn, and
the present writer, then a student at
the university, well remembers the ar
rival of the Crown Princess and her
son. There was no ceremony. All
felt the intention was that the Prince
himself should feel that he entered the
university as an ordinary student and
was expected to conform to its regula-
lions like the rest. While in Bonn he
lived in modest dwelling in the
Coblenzer strasse, and used to be seen
going to and from lectures wearing the
white cap of the Corps ''Borussia, the
corps which corresponds to the Oxford
Burlington Club. It is said, however,
that at Bonn Prince William first formed
the predictions for the life of the
army which have since marked his
career. He was much in the company
of the numerous officers of the crack
regiments then quartered in the uni
versity town, and on high authority il
is said that he was there taught to re-
gard his grandfather and Moltke as the
heroes whom it ought to be his first
aim to emulate.
In 1880 his marriage with the Prin.
cess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-
Observation-Disclosures led to the first
opportunity he had of declaring his
mind with regard to public affairs. In
the course of his reply to an address
from the towns of Prussia, he SAID that
''the example of his beloved grand
parents and parents would be the
guiding star" of the lives of himself
and his bride, and he concluded by
asking the deputation to assure the
whole fatherland ''that our whole life
shall be devoted to the fulfllment OF
our duties. Pail Mall Gazette.