New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-21
SCHOOLMASTERS IN OFFICE.
A TRAINING FOR GOVERNMENT.
DISTINGUISHED MINISTER'S WHO HAVE BEEN
TEACHERS DEALING WITH BOYS GIVES
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o,e tone were the first that were heaTd 'lter
the dynamite explosion in the Champer vi
Deputies at Paris. They fell from the lips OF the
president or speaker Of the House NJ buP"''
who alone had remained entirely unmoVed ana
o,narentlv IN nowiee affected by the excitement
and the panic that prevailed immedla'eH ai'c'
the perpetration &C the outrage Hoth MS a'u-
"a ord bis ronoar,, which las become histor-
loo, contributed more than anything else TO
cuiat those present and TO dispel their Tears
aud 1, Is thanks to him. above everybody e'se'
that there was no stampede from 'he lesiS'a"Ne
chamber which might have resulted much more
disas,rouslv than the explosion OF variants
bomb.
\, D,,nuv.s conduct has been made the object
NJ much fattering comment, both AT NOME anu
abroad and various reasons ar assigned LOT
his astonishing display of sang irolc "''ue' CIT
o,,r,s,a,ces calculated to upset the nerves OF
oven the most ,oo-headed and courageous Oh
MORALS. OF all queer explanations that have
bocn furnished. the oldest is certainly tha'
h,ch attributes his behavior to the fact that
- nod formerly reen a schoOlmaster IL Is
o,oi,,ed that the habit of dealing with boys IN
n,sscs gave him that power OF command anu
nresence of mind which led him TO request the
Deputies to keep their seats and to continue
,bo debate without allowing .hen selves to be
disturbed by such trhe as dynamite po'ho
filed with hobnails exploding ABOVE '"e"
heads"
ON reflection. there will appear many GROUNDS
<or this bvpothesis Men who have acquired the
difficult art Of managing unruly ana uhreasoh-
ate schoolbovs may readily be expected 10 DE
oi,a IN deal with bodies OF grown up men, VINO
GRO after all collectively speaking. little better
than schoolbovs differing only from them IN
hcing more anenable 10 cominon-sense ana less
v,cng-headed than youths In their teens EN'-
dence of the practical acceptance OF 'hs view
may be obtained by glance AROUND 'he o'u
word whore schoolmasters are TO be found
occupving so many Of the high. Offices OF 'he
eovernme mt Of their country that one Is leu ~
,,o belief that the pedagogues desk Is after ALL
nerhans the most advantageous steppihe-stohe
20 high political preferment, and that teachihs
bovs furnishes the best training Tor Caoi"e'
office and gov arninent administration.
Thu. NJ Dupuy. who only resigned the
pron,iership the other day in order TO become
President Of the lower house OF the Na'o'ia
LEGISLATURE of France, and VINO IS resa'oeo DC
on exceedingly likely candidate for the success
sorsbip TO NJ Carnot as Chief Magistrate Oh '"e
Republic started out IN life az teacher III one Vi
the municipal schools Of Bordeaux with sala's
- about soon a wear Notwithstanding the fact
that he had no family influence-his father nav
,ng heea a Nveried servant Of the prefecture oi
Puv while his mother kept small TOBACCO
sbon-he has worked his way up UNTIL at d
cor,narativelv early age, he has attained his
rrosent lofty postion, which is next but one Ill
rank 10 that Of President Carnot Announcer SUI
cossful French schoolmaster is NJ Decrals' VINO
Roc i've, presented letters 10 Queen Victoria
accrediting him as Ambassador TO her court
He has lately completed a most satisfactory Term
NJ office as representative OF the French He-
.,u,uo IN Austria. where In spite Of his bour-
cix-aa M
character Of Viennese society. ne created such
an excellent impression that prior 70 MS oe-
nor,ure he was made the object OF altogether
unprecedented tokens Of esteem and REGARD ."
The part of the Emperor. of the lmperia la''i"!
and Of the principal members OF the Aus'1a"
"great world. W.T.,
In servia we have Just seen the young MING
himself following TO the grave a humpiy DOT"
scboo,master Of the name of DR.. Dokitch, who
was accorded the honor Of state FUNERAL III
Iokitch had been selected by Queen Nathalie as
the most suitable man 10 act as the tutor Oh her
univ son remember the first time that saw
rim with his ROYAL pupil at Baden. near vienna
Ibad stopped for a few minutes on my way pack
IN olr villa TO watch the antics OF hu'iipe' Vi
schoolboys in the artificial pond which hau oee'
arranged for instruction in swimming A"o"s
the bovs in the water was the young Ser'ia"
prince who had received special orders from MS
wafer and not to dream of venturing out OF
s,h Az tho moment when I arrived upon
Tho SCENE the royal lad had been In the water
o.. ,oa.r,v half an hour and splashing
ahou. IN his hearts content In water some Ten
or efteen feet deep Dr. Dokitch was literally
tearing out his hair on the edge OF 'he Poi'u'
partly threatening and partly 1nlpioriis "''
charge 10 come out, while the lad found no De'-
fer or more appropriate response than applying
his thumb to his nose. extending MS hhgeis ian
sbaned in the direction OF his tutor with the
characteristic gesture Of a Vienna or farislah
ranin Dr. Dokitch at the time OF MS
ao,,b Prime Minister If Servia. I may add that
eve NJ his seven colleagues In the first CABINET
formed by King Alexander af'er assuming the
reins Of Government last spring were professors
who had figured in various colleges ana u"i-
versites Of the Kingdom. while the o'her '"o
were army officers Rad acted for ume aS
the Young Kings instructors in military history
and fertilization.
In Russia we find the Car quite recently
nrono,ing his o.. tutor PobIedonostzoff. from
the post Of President Of the Holy Synod 10 Inc
vice-presidency Of he Council Of the Empire,
~ which the Czar.witcn is the head, While one
Of the finest ironcads launched in the Black
Sea hears the old ecntleman's name. Emperor
William would doubtless have followed the
Czars example and christened one OF his new
sbips the Hinzpeter had IT not been for the
peculiarity Ct tie patronymic. which Is that OF
his tutor man regarded throughout Germany
as having been the principal factor In the over
throw Of Prince Bismarck. and as welding I'M
mense influence over his former pupil
In Norway, the most powerful politician OF
the country the head OF the parliamentary ma
toritv NJ Steen who held the post Of Prime
Minister of that country until year ago. was
for nearly two decades headmaster OF me
Stavanger school. and has retained much OF the
pedantry and imperiousness inherent TO ms pro- pro,
fession In his eyes all young people, aye, ana
old people as well. no matter what their sociai
RANK are mere school-children. i remember on
ono occasion his mourning the dspleasure OF
tho pood-natured Crown Princess at a court
entertainment by throwing himself down on
lounge by her side. and placing ms arm IN d
,a,ron,ying manner on the back of her chair.
The look of utter dsmay that stole over the