Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-04-03
No. 7e

Americans would call university teach
ing, women are admitted side by side
with men, and In the various professions
represented, not excepting those Of sur
gerry and medicine, they are allowed In
thsss days An equal chance with the lords
of creation to practice on an unsuspecting
public. Bat In subordinate education the
sexes are taught separately. This L. re-
quirsd by the law, and the stipulation
to secondary schools. Every commune
having more than Ave hundred tnhsbi-
tants must have both its boys and fits
girls dspartmsnt-it not in separate
buildings, st least in separate rooms and
with separate entrances. IL Is also an
tnvariable custom for the girls to be taught
by those of their own sex, and the boys
the Sane. They are very particular In
France about matters of this kind. The
emily variations are In maternal schools,
where the children are taken before the
primary schools are open to them, and In
private schools, which are allowed by 9
special disPensstion of the government to
teach the sexes together In special casss up
70 the age of ten This reminds IN, too,
r that privsts schools, those which are not
| supported but are only inspected by the
ststs, cut a oonsidersble fgure In France,
| and that most Of them, as q matter of
| course, are maintained by the money
and In the interest of the Roman Cstho-
lo church. Over these the Government
assumes control only In regard to santa
aon and morals.
The compulsory school age is from
six to thirteen years. Between those peri
ods sG children must be enrolled in either
public of private school, and In case ii
Is the wish Of parents to have their chill
dren instructed at hcne, not only must
this matter of enrolment be attended 20,
but after the age of eight these pam
pered otfsprings of fortune are liable tech
nicslly to yearly examination. This, TO
satisfy the responsible authorities that
they are not growing up illiterste. When
children, not otherwise provided for, are
not In attendance at the state schools, the
names of their parents, as an sdmonitoTy
step, are plscarded on the town hall, and
later on, If the Offences be continued, they
are hned and az q last resort may be i'm
prisoned by justice of tbs peace. Cor
poral punishment is not allowed In the
schools of France, but Ii will interest
Americans to know that one thing which
In allowed in them, or at least over them,
lie the national flag. It is in fEct more
than allowed; 1t Ia required, and the res
son assigned Ia that all public school build
ings being state buildings, they must nst-
urslly thsre with other government prop
erty the honor of floating the tri-oolor.
All teachers are required to take a 10Y
NAL course, or Its equivalent. There are
two examinations. After passing the first
the certificate obtained entities its holder
to . position only In country schools; for
service In the centers OF intelligence a
would-bs psdsgogue must have qualified
In full. What makes II easier than Ii
would otherwise be to enforce the compnl-
sorry clause in French education Is that
those who attend school from ak to thir-
teen, or who pass the standard before
thirteen, are accredited to the community
as having done SO, the credentials they
thus acquire being of great servscs to
them In entering business life; SO much so
that boy lacking this recommendation
would hardly be engaged for anything but
manual labor. Thus everything seems TO
favor the new educational movement, and
that the movement Itself will bring favor
able returns to the republic which has
brought 1t to pass cannot be doubted.
Salvation Oil should always be kept In
the kitchen. For the ready cure of scalds
snd burns il has no equal. % cents.