The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-13
AN IMPERIAL PEDAGOGUE,

There would seem to be few details of
public interest to the fatherland, that
can hope to escape the searching glance
and prompt interference of the young
emperor His every action goes to
prove that he is still far from weary Of
exercising the great power which the
fortuitous accident Of birth has placed
in his hands, and that he is as keenly
jealous as ever Of the slightest shadow
OF interference with his imperial and
imperlous will. The preponderating in
fiuence of Bismarcks long experience,
service, and successes threatened to
dwarf the prestige of the new ruler, and
Bismarck had to go. The army has felt
his powerful hand The navy has had
to submit to his dictaton. Everywhere
throughout the empire there is every
evidence of the might of the emperor.
He is fully determined that his shall be
one-man government and his compe-
tency he is resolved to prove by strict
attention to the minutest details OF
every branch of the public service.
The socialistic movement, which Of
late years has made vast strides in Cor
many, constitutes serious obstacle to
the development and accomplishment of
the emperor's plans for self centraliza-
ton. Consequently he does not love the
socialists and their schemes. Casting
about in his mind for reason for the
existence Of such pestilential creatures
he finds it in the methods of the public
schools. There he finds the breeding
place OF the men who do not recognize
in kings and emperors the vice. regents
of heaven. These men constitute seri
GUS menace to the exercise of imperia
power and the maintenance Of imperia
dynasty. They must be crushed out
and the whole breed extripated High
schools must alter their programmes
Too much Latin and Greek ha
been taught. Boys have Ice,
instilled with the principles of free
dom all through their school caree,
and the nourishing fount has been tn
classic authors of their high-schoe
course. They have got into their head
fine notions on the subject OF persons
liberty, and presume to nag at and fin
fault with the powers that be in Gel
many to-day. They have the insolenc
to find much of good in the govern
ments of foreign powers, and recommen
its adoption in their own native lant
They would even-many of them-h
contented to be bereaved OF an emperor
and of the great things, like uniyers,
transcription, that an empire bring
Such madness is almost incredible, BIZ
1t actually exists. They run to journa
ism, too, these poor creatures, thes
"high-school products run to seed" {
the irate kaiser calls them, and thei
converts are many and clamorou
Such fungoid growths must be checke,
nowhere better than in the incipier
stage in the high schools Of the countr
While there is much of truth in th
emperor's TRADE, no man will belle,
that his latest scheme for crushing o,
freedom Of thought will be effectus
Tho study Of Latin and Greek is CO
talnlH overdone in German high school
There i abundance of room for usef
changes in these institutions and I
~ substitution Of studies bearing {
pras1ioal LIE Tor those that are more
- - . purely ornamental charact1
n AmeEica, No have risen to tho nsce
- & the beasinU Of modsen lfs