Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-23

what really was. If commercial an,
Industrial conditions were Away
the same, the education given by tn,
technical schools would apply. but
when young man brought a diplom,
Into the workshop or the countin,
house 1t became necessary to learn
many things that had been taught
him.
| 1 cannot ascertain that there is an,
more difficulty In this respect thar
Is experienced by all who come In
contact with those wise and earesi
young men who pour out of our edu
cational institutions at home every
summer. as the month OF June comes
along. No man Is ever so wise or SC
learned in all his life as on the way
when he graduates from college.
The rest of his life is spent In discov.
ering how little he actually knew.
That is the experience of all of us.
whether in Germany or in the United
States.
The Germans government has been
compelled to partially shut the gates
oil Its technical schools against for
eigners. particularly Russians, Poles,
Bohemians. Austrians and Hungar-
ians who have crowded the instItu-
tions to such an extent as to interfere
with the proper instruction of native
students. At the great technical col
lege of Berlin. for example, where
there Is accommodation for about fif-
teen hundred students, more than
twenty-five hundred crowded the
laboratories and lecture-rooms last
year. At least one-third of them
were foreigners, mostly from Russia
and the other countries bounding
Germany on the east. This year the
faculty have declined to admit more
than one hundred foreigners, or. in
other words, have raised the standard
OF admission SO high that only one
hundred foreigners have been able to
comply with conditions instead of
about seven hundred a year ago. To
obtain admission application must
show that they have attended techni-
cal colleges in their own country or
have passed examinations which en-
title them to admission to the scien-
tifice branches of the university.
mo iVluiieucul lhS buuI OuU IlOSI
Of the Russians, Poles and Bohem-
ians, who have been enjoying the
benefits OF the German government
schools to the exclusion of German
students.
The institution is now being en-
larged to double It's presence capacity
and within year or two will be able
to furnish facilities to all comers.
Until then, under the new regulations
just issued by the ministers of educa-
tion, that class of students known as
"hospitanen" will also be excluded
That word. which means guests"
is applied to certain young men and
women who are admitted to lectures
and laboratories In all institutions
without the payment of fees, or the
right to seats or the privilege of at
tending examinations. They are gem
orally too poor to pay even the small
amount that education costs in Ger
many. but receive great benefit,
which they thoroughly appreciate.
from the liberality of the institutions.
The large number of Russian stu
dents at the German institution is
due to the great demand for skilled
labor in Russia since the awakening
of that country within the last few
years. Engineers. both stationary
and locomotive, electricians, survey
ors, craftsmen, machinists and all
other kinds of manufacturing centers.
and although the Russian government
has recently established q large num-
Der OF scientific and technical schools,
the graduates OF German institutions
are considered much more competent
and caommand higher wages.
Inc most recent educational. insli-
tuition in Germany has been 1ounueu
Il. Cologne ny the commercial and in
dustriai organizations oil that Guy.
IL Is called u Hanuelschochschule ul
hisher COMMERCIAL college, ana Is III.
tenued not 10 give technical Insciu.-
ton but Ior the Deneht oil graduates
o. universities ana colleges VINO are
expecting 70 engage IN business. IL
is 10 develop Inelr mental faculties
and lamiliarize them with wide
range oil commercial aud industrial
problems. A similar department has
NNNA eaoSa " NAt
Oh the City OF New York under the
auspices OF the Chamber OF Com
merce. and also in the university OF
Wisconsin. 1t is assumed that many
university men 20 into business, and
after obtaining a classical education
aud thorough knowledge OF the
sciences. should be instructed as to
the best manner OF applying their
learning TO practical purposes. Just
as a university graduate studies med.
icine, law or theology TO equip him.
self for the practice OF those profes,
sions.
The special direction oil the
Cologne school at present Is toward
the training oil young men to carry
on the German export trade. and the
motive was clearly explained in the
inaugural address OF the dean, who
advocated the systematic study oil
national characteristics. This, he
said, should not be undertaken az "A