The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-01
AMERICA TEACHING EUROPE.
(By Phineas Fletcher.)

The visit of the English Moseley Edu-
cational commission. charged with the
investigation of our whole school and
college system, for the purpose of ascer-
tanning wherein lies the superiority or
American methods over those of Great
Britain. particularly as they affect in
dustrial and commercial department. IS
the third attempt made by Europe with
in the past twelve months TO discover
the secret of the world leadership which
We have won. In this field of explora-
ton, so fiattering to our pride as peo-
pie, Germany. which OF all countries. per
haps. has the beast to learn from us. was
tho pioneer Last March Professor Her
mann, of Freidburg. who had been COM
missioned by his government to make
an extended tour Of the republic. retura-
ed to Berlin and made an exhaustive re-
port in which he said:
THE time is speedily coming when
young Europeans will visit the United
States. Just as Americans now visit Eu-
rope, in order to perfect themselves In
science and art. In surgery and medicine,
America has made strides which place
her far beyond Europe. In dash. radi-
ness resource and manual skill the
American surgeon is unsurpassed"
Referring to the Industrial world and
it's conditions he said:
When the young men of Germany are
laboriously workll in a university. or,
a technical college, the youthful Aneri-
can is in business. carving out fortune
and picking up almost intuitively the
technical special knowledge which the
German acquires after years Of study.
American young men have a genius. al
insight not to be found elsewhere" Sim
udtaneousiy with this tribute from tho
Official German professor. there appeared
I'm Paris a volume by NJ. LaZare Weller,
who had just made a study OF our insti-
tutions by direction Of the French au
thorities. An excerpt from IL reads: The
time is not far distant when America
will fulfill Gladstones prophecy, ard play
a part in human affairs which will make
her the queen OF the twentieth century
without effort. for by the logical develop
ment Of the faculties the Americans are
destined TO guide the human race. Their
fore. there is an immediate and pressing
interest for old France 10 make the ae-
quaintance Of young America
In discussin gthis question among our
selves there are certain facts which We
should not loose sight Of and to which
foreign observers generally seem TO lie
either insensible or incapable OF giving
their due weight In our development as
nation. The basis unquestionahiy. of all
that we are as a people is the general
Intelligence and enlightenment OF our
whole population. combined with and act
ing upon rich natural resources No coun-
Try has ever existed where knowledge
has been more widely di1used among the
masses. or where the opportunity 10 az
o,,,re II has been greater. But this intel
iieence. this unversality OF education. 81
far as II can be made universal. has an
entecedent cause which should never be
forgotten. namely. that IL Is the result
of the republican system Of government.
which tha fathers founded when they
threw OF the tyranny OF the monarchy.
Had they then copied The governmental
,o-r, ~ the parent country. instead cf
establishing one OF their own for which
there had been no previous model. u .
impossible 20 say what America rnigat
be today. except this that u sss1-rilT
would no, BE what X iE. graf a7d
PROSPEROUS government. second 20 no one
IN earth and with a future which holds
on, the almost absolute certainty that !.
1sil IN the end surpass in ali the eientas
~ greatness all other governments past
or present. This DESTINY q TIE rspGhllc /
Vas foSeseen ard predicted By many q
TIE great r1en who were Instrumental n .
is foundation They have ieft II N -
cord IN their writings sad the state pa
pers. prophecies r5diculas IL the tine .
n their utterancs bst fully realized u
cr- own dav and ausdlttsd q al tae i
world. reluctantly. II - true. b. ne
greater rzrt % 4: hu; still ADMITTED Tn /
PROPHECIES az foreeoozsst failure. q TIE 4
Other hard. were equally TcirrnirouH- +
There are -ssu r5t ye- Cd rfe reaS IN
4 great foreign Journal one morning shs .
t-srruhzn, announcement % i;s edsfer I
that Tho American bubble has burst
u * no, - rrsaazY years ago since a for i
sIxn critic iantlnxiy ask~t- -Sho rssfs .
a. American book CT What centrsnssi-1 f
has Az-srfcz made 70 sci>-ce. 20 arr o. - 4
human progress Had The boax critic +
lived fzro TIRE rev cen;urv ~ ~csis .
have sen his coantryrne1 ~ the eve q 4
aEop-ux even the -sxf 5ooss q or oWT 4
schools Tor the e1uczt'on. perhaps. g .
his rraaf chilSren. zh.ae he Lor117 4
TINES. which forty yezrS ago pTociai zsss>f .
ss % be an '-inseas4:e ard degenerate j
peopIe.- rov declares that we fthe E-=-
yssAD lack systematic o-Tzrfzasior zns
facilities 70 srsag IRE hess etuessiea e