Evening journal., 1899-12-06
SCHOOLS HERE
AND ABROAD
Less Attention Paid to Those
for Girls ghan for Boys
in Germany.
THINK GIRLS DON'T NEED THEM
NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE BRIGHT
ER THAN BOYS. BUT BECAUSE
GERMANS THINK THAT Wo'
MANS VOCATION is CHURCH
AND CHILDREN.

AND CHILDREN.
! William, emperor Of Germany. has
defined woman's sphere as Church.
Cooking and Children" and ak Ger
many seems to agree with him in think
ing that higher education is not desir-
able for girls, for schools for them are
inferior to those for boys
This fact was interestingly brought
out by DR.. George"M. Phillips, OF the
West Chester Normal School, who lee
tured on Schools and Schoolmasters
Abroad from his personal point of
view in the assembly hall of the High
School last night.
Schools OF England and Germany
were those discussed, and Dr. Phillips
said;
"The best schools In Germany are
no better than the best schools In this
country, but the average schools there
are better than the average schools
here In Germany boys and girls never
go TO school together In the towns The
schools'f6f1 f1sifis'dse moi so well fiain-
tanned as those fdir boys. '
"Ln. RsrbRsL-epasn,teiu,-b u,-bs-aseeeso oHrNseil
yCrsed in educational matters that he
knew of but three schools In PRUSSIA
where girls could obtain instruction in
Latin and Greek.
Compulsory education Is I'm success
ful operation in Germany. and school is
held six days a week for ten months ia
the year There are frequent recessea
during the day, one OF five minuts. one
of ten minutes and another OF fifteen
or twenty minutes.
Teachers appointed to a position In
Germany hold it for life. The salaries
OF women teachers. who are Normal
School graduates, are usually $3.50
year az the start. and after q long time
may reach $500. The salaries OF men
are usually $3.50 az the start. and may
reach s40O TO $500 a year later on.
University graduates receive higher sal
aries. When teachers reach the age of
65 years they are pcnHioned and rPt
lceive throe-ouariers ot their resl,at
lpay
ENGLISH SCHOOLS PECULIAR.
THE English schools are peculiar
being unsystematic TwO-thirds of the
schools are private Most OF those in
the rural districts are in charge OF the
rector of the parish In England the
legal school age is years. although
children are admitted at years The
Normal Schools Of England are very
similar TO ours, There is a broad gulf
between the rich and the poor in regard
to the schools
THE most striking thing about the
schools OF both England and Germany
is the distinction between the schools
for the rich and those for the Door la
IGermany no one who can afford to send
their children 20 the pay schools ever
lsends them 10 the free schools. Then.
too the pay schools are almost all pub
lie schools. In Saxony there are no
free schools except for paupers. For the
Youngest children the tuition fee Is
about ten cents week The usual
rate in the public schools in Germany
is $40 a year.
"A singular fact is that no one can
visit the schools Of Prussia without a
permit from the minister OF education
lat Berlin"
DR.. Phillips lectured under the
auspices of the Wilmington Educa-
lticnal Alliance. and was introduced boy
It's president. Professor "A. II. Berlin
After the lecture. Miss Alice Mercer
read the constitution OF the organiza.
tion.