Milford chronicle., 1891-06-05
EDUCATION IN BERLIN.
rBe CAPITAL IS THE NUCLEUS Or
THE NATIONAL SYSTEM

Germany HeeHA9 1...tsor for
ave solved the problem OF eeue''. ~ m.
N Berlin may be consiaeree ''s ny a 49,
lens OF the whole national sys.s p, ,-itF
rom this center it has ra.ll'llye IN. %,yl
r;ainu and unimportang nl1u,l.-''''t ~
,-s7. the entire fatherland. AaAL'is ~
'sritaI as the representative center; 49, ~
'~s IN Berlin two royal hign scloois ~
giris st which the terms iof each PuPii ny
al ~ ,,,s-l.s or twenty dollars year, Aele
l;rseto,.s receive salaries OF b'VVJ iilall -,
~ chose Of the professors vary lfoni w
n,i,,,.. are.five "oivil high schools "neLe
~ ,,,,,,iia are received 0n the same TERMS
~ 49, ~ women teachers are pl9 iioln
49, 5 an0 marks. There ara aiso
IN communal school" where tne SIM
az ore TAUGHT gratuitouslyi the ulIsosOi
ami teachers receive, in addlNoh 70 ~
- licences. salaries not much lower on'
those Of their colleagues .;,,o. X
E-,,erv branch of education receives II
,,,o-t careful attention, and an ihe pLoli
- .,rs olt,,lified eninently for tneir t"l
o,,d have lie highest possible respect
.. .ii ,,onscionspess of the dignity OF tnI
vocation. History and literature ~ r ptS
inent studies English, hrehch alit - 80
are taught, and music to any oile ''-si'
az taking up the study.
IN OTHER CITIES
T. ;e exceedingly rare that a German ~
5oes not cultivate at least one aiu' "
are several conservatories Of music alt !
,,,,,., I,or of excellent studios, with ms
- mattresses Of tested eminence, az f" ~
+Eey can nerlect themselves ~ music "
5rg and painting az prices merely nom f,' ~,
x. eftaen rirls generally leave schoo5 WI
FL. g,ne ar two years more they atJehl p1l
,,arstorv classes that enable them 20 P99l
H. biebe, teachers examination
,,rsetico obtains in the upper ana ollle
eiroles where it is not necessi1y ana y. !
~ Nest results. rs the standard oi euq
NJ & most remarkable in these classe
sty e.Decially tabing into consiU'
b,s tho Girls ara not dependen'
lheA ndias for future Livelihood.
Dre. ana Stuttgart, like many or |
el.' owns, have excellent scuooisf |
enSl syeeqgented by more 49,.
lnul siip7, % Berlin. over ana aDosi |
ssuap.isiiiil, just mentioned ate ~
lnstiDutes Berlin. One the 'Loll
institute eaAl after the founder, "
Louise' Is no" Nler the patronage f. /
tel8hhns empires another, the ht9l
Augusta SUIT, " founded by thee
empress, and was he object OF heb
slant thought and Negligent superYi. |
TO the last she wasA active patrs,
and knew all the inma,s by name, ( 8
the liveliest interest inA5air welfard
progress. Young giR,.,.-z7. ltted+se--
"stilt' az the 9ge qSTtan an remainre |
%ltayt1eif confirmation ne cid Etor |
William and the Empress Augushd |
long been in the habit OF aSistiuglis |
religious ceremony every yeal and at |
the rarer but yet not infrequegt ocns |
OF baptism
REWARDS FOR GOOD GIRLS.
Some time ago the wife of the flee |
rotary Of the japanese legation inhn |
was instructed in the tenets of thris- |
tian religion, and at her desire Fed |
into the church. The aged sOveregas /
her godfather, and gave her the I of |
Augusta. Many Roumanian, Serpnd |
MOntenegrin girls are educated at. in |
stitution, but the greater number lon- |
est little Germans, whose chief nee |
ment to perseverance and appliCn is |
the prospect of being able to kiss tand |
of the empress four times a year first |
time at Christmas, when they arfited |
regularly to the palace to a Christ tree |
prepared for them; the second |e at |
Easter, when their majesties open hem |
the royal park Of Bellevue and Them /
look for the Easter eggs hiddei the /
grounds, in presence Of the albled |
court, while the religious cereues Of /
confirmation and occasional balns ar 4
ford the loyal little maidens otlppor-
tunities Of testifying their venern and |
gratitude.
Apart from the more ambiti estab- |
lishments there are great Iber OF |
smaller private schools remarly we'll /
managed by middle aged ladielho are /
not allowed to take a license fdaching |
II they cannot prove that they've sue |
cessfully passed the higher exalations |
foe such a license. AS a ruEerman |
children are sent to apreparatorhool as /
early as six years Of age to pare, if |
girls, for the higher. schools; Ioys, for
the gyinnasia. In the lattere pupil /
passes through all the classes tie bacca- |
laureate, which is reached orally at |
nineteen, after which they go the uni /
versity.
TUE GYSiNAsIA.
Most of these gymnasia are ineasura-
bly, superior to the average sch in other 4
countries. and the course Of stes is cal /
culated to turn out perfectly gnded and |
generally well informed you'll Among |
the best are the "Wilhelm Gnasium" /
and the "Wende Institute" tEatter be- /
ing where Prince Bismarck lnt some /
time For the students who pre- it, there /
are the Real Schulen," Impractical /
schools, where no Greek is tght and !
where young men are not prepd for the /
university.
When foreign parents are noble 10 eX- /
patriate themselves and makehome for /
the children ON whom they vi 90 confer |
the advantages of q first rate ecation on |
moderate terms, there is no 'iiiculty in !
housing them in German faly where |
they viii soon find themselveslite as free |
and comfortable as in theirIyn homes. |
Many respectable people movt i'm charm
ing society, can be found wing to open /
their doors to foreign boys q girls, and /
to treat them almost with partial care
Considering the monetary Sis Of these l
the profits totlhosts must /
be purely nominal, while the are consid-
cradle advantages for the guis in the ar
rangement The young strigers readily |
acquire the language and tlr studies at /
school or gymnasium are thJlnuch iacili. |
tated; they IRE, besides. put the way OF |
a good deal Of social relaXaon OF per /
fectly wholesome kind and + attending /
at q ridiculously small cosiall the best /
concerts and operas. Cor. Nv York Sun. /
Motions Of the Erth.