New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-22
her TALENTS L: RECOGNISED.
Miss Amalie Nix Wins Distinction
as Higher Educationalist.
She is First American to Lecture
in the German Universities.
New Ulmite Spoke on Education
Of Women Of United States.'

New Ulmite Spoke on Education
Of Women Of United States.''
Last Saturday evenings Minneapolis
Journal contained an interesting article
dealing with the work and accomplish
ments of Miss Amalie Nix, formerly cf
this city, but now teacher in the St.
Paul high school. An excellent likeness
Of Miss Nix was reproduced and beneath
it the Journal gave its readers an account
Of her experiences in Germany, where
she went last summer to lecture before
three Of the largest universities in the
Fatherland. The sketch was as follows:
ut is great feather IN the cap of the
Minnesota educational system that the
first woman lecturer to get hearing in
the great German universities was
teacher in the St. Paul high school, Miss
Amalie Nix of the German department.
s'By invitation of Professor Rein, the
famous Herbartian of the University of
jena, Miss Nix lectured last year at the
universities of Jena, Kiel and Marburg
before the summer schools. This was
made possible by the decision of the
University of Jena last spring to admit
women to all its courses ans to grant
them diplomas. Professor Rein is head
of the department of pedagogy in the
university, and it was through his efforts
that the first university summer school
in Germany was organized in 1889.
"Mlss Nix was not only the first WON
an to be invited to lecture in the univer-
sity summer schools, Bdt the first Amer
lean. Her topic was "The Education of
Women of the United States," and this
was treated under the subdivisions, "The
Training of Girls at Home," "The Wom-
an in Public Life" "The Elementary
School" "The High School," ''The Uni
versity" and "Women's Colleges"
"Although Miss Nix felt some timidity
about venturing into an untrodden field
in Germany, her reception everywhere
was all that she could have asked or ex-
pected, and her position and official con-
nectlons gave her entree to interesting
circles that included many noted schol-
ars. While at Jena Miss Nix not only
carried on her lecture work, but assisted
Professor Rein in revising Il work on
pedagogy.
"Several years ago Miss Nix became
especially interested in the Herbartian
educational ideas, which had not then
permeated deeply, in America, nor yet
become cult. In looking abou for the
best place to study them, she fixed upon
Jena on account of Prof. Rein's promi-
hence in promulgating them. Going
abroad, she spent year of study in the
university, taking up pedagogy, psychol-
ogy and philosophy and didactics.
'sSince her first return from Germany
Miss Nix has done some work in educa-
tional lectur1ng and taught one season
in the summer school Of the University
of Minnesota.
"Having had an opportunity of OBJ
serving German educational advantages
and ideas for women both as student
and an instructor, Miss Nix's conclusions
are both interesting and valuable. She
says on this subject: .. -
"'Most women in Germany are awak-
ening tc the fact that in order to succeed
IN securing greater independence than
they now possess, higher education Is
essential. There is yet vast difference
educatlonally between American girls
and the majority of German girls, and it
may take years before the German girl
will have reached the stage of intellectu-
al development which the American girl
enjoys at present. Let us hope that when
this Is accomplished in Germany, the
German man will then not hesitate to
assign to woman the place she deserves,
but, instead of the domineering spirit so
common among the stronger sex IN Ger
many, will show kindly one and grant
her equal rights. He will then find her
more congenial and better companion
ssMiss Nix is interested in reform as
we'll as education. She says:
est surprised me too see how we'll
the temperance question, which / dis
Guessed freely, was received by both men
and women; and the criticisms I made
regarding the consumption of intoxlcat.
ing liquors in Germany were accepted
To Mothers In This Town.
Children who are delicate, feverish and
cross will get immediate relief from