New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-03-28
GERMANY TAKES THE LEAD
In tho Art Of Teaching, Says Dr.. j.. NJ.
Rice.

the high school to a very large audience.
No man living today has travelled wider
and has been closer observer of the
educational systems of the world than
the doctor. He has been valued con-
! tributor to the pedagogic literature of
the present, and his articles in the For
UNI. have attracted marked attention. DR..
Rice aims for the highest ideal in the ed
ucational art, and is a severe enemy of
all tLat is tinged with fogyism. His eff
forts are directed towards securing for
| this country all the best features of other
lands to combine them with the liberal
school policy of this nation.
His lecture was devoted to results of
scientific teaching, and especially of the
methods in conducting recitations.
'Recitation is in itself IN art" said
! the speaker. ''and the only country where
thorough scientific teaching is found to-
day in its highest state Of perfection is
Germany. While the American teacher
has few equals and no superiors in the
handling of children, calculated to be for
their greatest good, the German teacher
has no equal in the application of pains
taking methods. When teachers confine
themselves to simply listening to reel
.tation as learned from the text book the
system is of an inferior order. Then, it
is not giving lesson, but hearing one.
That sort of teaching is purely mechani-
cal, as 1t is found in the schools of China.
Such teaching is harmful, and it IS we'll
that it has been banished from the schools
of ST. Paul. The true aim of scientific
teaching is to develop all the faculties OF
the child, in the school rooms of Germa
ny the text books are made by the schol
ars from attention to the lessons and OBJ
servation. A clearly distinguished aim
and careful drill mark the course there,
and ares the essentials of a lesson with
German teacher. A knowledge OF the
true aim of any study opens the eyes of
the student and enables him to walk in
the light of reason"
The doctor then illustrated his re-
marks with some "reminiscences of his
trip through the schools of Germany,
and showed how class lesson is con-
ducted~~ there. Itdemonstratedt the prac-
teal ways of the Germans as compared
with 1.-THE more superficial still in force
in some sections of this country. The
speaker held the marked attention of
his audience to the close, and was accor-
ded liberal applause.--st. Paul Globe.
Lafayette.
Aug. Letter, student of the college at
St. Peter, spent the Easter holiday with
his parents.
Miss Mary stemple, teacher in District
so, was visitor at her home in St. Peter
| over Sunday.
Mrs. Seitz, an aged lady of this town,
died last week.
| Mrs. G. Dirks visited in St. Peter dur
ing the week.
Chas. Quandt has returned from St.
Paul Park where he has been attending
college. Emil Draeger was also home
for the Easter Season.
| Aug. Dirks lost valuable horse last
week.
Miss Dina Letter is quite sick.
| The Sunday School Board held it,
annual meeting last Friday and elected
the following officers: supt., VIM. Damn
helm; Assistant, R. D. Lille; Secretary
Hy. Schrader; Treasurer, G. Gebhardt
| librarian, Herman Duhrbahn, Aug
Dirks is the delegate to the Sunday
ISchool Convention which will be beld II
lSpring6eld in June.
I Hanska.
| Supervisors John Torgremson, Frank
Lee and Christ Roland; clerk, Marcus
IFredrickson; treasurer, Andrew Ander-
son; justice, Paul Mo; constable, Chas'
Thompson; assessor, G.. Ahlness. $175
was appropriated for the purchase Of a
road grader. A motion was also made
at the meeting providing that the town
pay the claimEthat Mr.. Roland has against
the former board of supervisors for Dig
ging certain ditch,which by agreement
was to be paid partly by the township
and partly by the farmers through whose
land the ditch run. The farmers refus-
| ing to pay, the motion was to the effect
that the town should meet the claim,
providing the suit which Mr. Roland
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