Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-10-11
GERMAN SCHOOL DISCIPLINE.
DIR. !. NJ. k!cc Found u Lack of sympathy
Between Tea, hers and Pupis.


Between Tea' hers and Fupis.
Ir J. NJ. Rice. who has ven
most careful study OF the public.
school system CT the United >tateS
writes an article on "schUOl EXcur.
sions in Germany" for the Ccntu y
In the course OF his paper he escrlbcs
one excursion on which he was a guest
made by the leda9ogic ! Seminary
at jena through the Luther co ntry,
in connection with stu of the he
formation. The follow ny the re-
suit OF his observations during the
eXpc itioH:
The spiri. manifested daring the
Journey was IN full accor. with the
physical features Indeed, lack OF
sympathy II the part OF the teachers
was a chara tcri,,i' phase of the
tour.
AS for the boys, although they en-.
dUre thH physic..i hard ships with
scarcely Il Cuimur. their behavior in
other directions showed compete
lack Of manlincss. Nor did the feel.
ing OF good fellowship exist. In
many OF them the tears were always
near the sur.a G, and they were shed
IN prO!uSion on the slightest prJ,o-
cation. If Il boy happened to take
the smallest i.lcrty with one OF his
companions the affair was seldom
passe over good .naturedly. the usua!
result being either a ,rying spell or II
. uw OF abusive "Olds tne Of tie
pupils wcpL long and bitterly simply
Gecaus some on had callc him IA
shoemaker. Worst Of all, petty Spats
ariSjn. among the pupils were seldom
settled ~ themselves Sooner or
late, the tale OF woe was carried to
one of the teachers, and the latter
not infrcquent y brought affairs to a
close 10y bGX NJ the ears OF one OF the
boys. it mattered it'll which. 80
attempt was made by the cache S tC
ca e The cnldren OF thcr labyish
ness, and tattIing was always en-.
c .u!librium was disturbed. he lie
came sulica, and Il remained aiuof
from the olhc for hours AS i'll
hume: Oh the part Of Il few pupils
naturally lcacte on the other m III
be,s Of + e narly, the pr vailing feel
ing during the Journey was one OF
gloom. Again, in the evening when
the bo " re tired, nothing was done
to afford them pleasure And when,
aftcrrctring. children were found who
failed pronptl to fall asleep, their
rastieSsneSS. whi h was most likely
due to exhaustion was put down by
the teachers as unrutincss, and the,
re Give as an ano yne Il box on the
ears
AL ough the spi it and the physi-
cal features Of tie scrlbcd 10 arney
NAV not meet with our approval, il
j. clear that its suggestive value,
+ ON the standpoint Of intellectual
Development, is in no way affected bv
the former In themselves the Ger
man methods are not antagonisLic to
sympathy. Is not, tor example, the
kndergartcn--thc institution which
above all fosters helpfulness. love,
and sympathy-a creation OF Ger
many: And ale not our progressive
schools abounding in sympathy, while
their system Of instruction is founded
on theories evolved by German edu.
Gators: In Il word, as il has been
shown in 81 many directions that
when German educational theories
are planted in American soil. the
fruit beg rs to approach the ideal, is
it not reasonable to st.pposc that the
same would bc true in regard to the
school excursions: