New-York tribune., 1901-06-09
EDUCATING FRENCH BOYS.
NOCATED WHERE THE FRENCH
ARE SI'PEKInk.

Paris correspondence Of The London Telegraph
have been favored with early copy Of the
hook entitled comment EleveT Nos Fils. which
i 10 form Ihe subject II lecture at the Snr-
boiuc On Sunday by Nj Ernest LaViss". OF the
Academic Francaist The author Is NJ. Joseph
Duhamel. French master ~ Harrow School and
the work has been written in explanation of the
system "f educaton which viii be- pursued at
l-e College De Normaniie, which is to be found
"a At Montcauvairc. near CI.rcs. in the depart
ment Of The Seine lnferieurc. The fact that II
Paul Cambon French Ambassador in England.
Is coming here for the express purpose of oCcu-
pying the chair on this occasion shows the great
interest y hich he takes in tho enterprise which n
viii be started under excellent auspices NJ.
Joseph Dufamel. who has considerable expert
ence of pG bile school life your side %! the
Channel. Is 10 be THO director of the college
which viii be situated i'm large park in one
If the most healihful districts in France. This
as an experiment which will doubt be fol
lowed with sympathy in England since. al
though its promoters proclaim their intention of
Keeping the establishment thoroughly French
their motto being "FTancais je suis" they will
be inspired in some measure by nat they hold
10 BE- the best side of British training. In the
WORK which hc is just bringing out. NJ. Joseph
Duham,l goes al considerable length into the
II. gramme of the curriculum which he PROPOSES
to adopt and into Il number of other matters
connected with the bringing up of youths. Spe-
ciai attention will be- devoted to the forming of
character and 10 athletic sports as well. All
the weak points of the French method will be
studioilsly avoided and. although the author
candidly declares that the English educational
s., stem at least as regards certain of its feat
ures is not altogether above criticism il is to il
that ne turns wherever improvements mOdifi-
cations have to be- introduced.
The college will thus be conducted to some
extent on English lines and under the healthiest
moral and physical conditions that could pos
siblv bc secured. Nor Will the question of diet
l,e disregarded. For instance. the utter folly of
giving French schoolhOyS nothing but cup of
coffee and bit of bread To Keep them going
from 30 O'Clock in the morning uEtii the mid
day meal is exposed in this volume high medi-
cal authorities commenting ON the impractical
nat,.re of the French regime We take" SAYS
n "a m s.r fElX hon
and we remain for eighteen hours without
swallowing anything but a light collation."
Well ventilated c;asSroOmS and dormtorieS,
which are the exception III this country, will
also be provided. and due attention will be paid
10 out door games. Here. in conclusion. are one
or two comparisons between English and French
youths which. coming from so close and
pericnced an observer as NJ Joseph Duhamel.
are not devoid OF interest. He thinks that the
study Of the English language and literature is
negle ected on your side of the Silver Streak.
I'VE defy English schooiboy of sixteen to
seventeen To express himself with the same ele
gance and purity of language eleve de
rhetorique OF the same age That attention to