The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-30
SCHOOLS
OF HOLLAND

IttB HAGUE (HOlland), June 49,
Holland is to reorganize its system
of education. A government commits
sion, which spent months investiga-
ting the question, has just made a
lengthy report-so lengthy, indeed.
that it is being called the gigantic
report" 1t was more especially the
intermediary schools that were
found to be in need of reorganization.
There was not sufficient continuity,
considerable gaps existing between
the course of study in each succeed
ing school, making # difficult for the
pupils to enter the next school in
order without extra preparation.
Under the new system, as the COM
mission now proposes to have it,
there will be one continuous line.
in various graduations, from the most
elementary school to the university
itself. AS education is arranged at
( present there are:
! 1. The elementary or lower school.
2. The extended elementary school.
3. The thigh burger" school, with
three yearly courses.
A. Training and technical colleges
for various specialized employments
in commerce and crafts.
g. The high burger" school with
/ five yearly courses.
6. The gymnasium where Latin and
Greek are taught in addition to the
other branches of learning.
This was not a systematic arrange
ment, where one course of study fit
ted naturally on to the next, and it
compelled children to decide upon
their careers while too young. If a
boy wished to enter the army or nav!
as an officer he would have to Lranch
off from the more extended ele-
mentary school," and then he would
have to be prepared at private
school or follow the three-year course
in the high burger school.
AS this does not quite cover all re-
quirements of the admission eXamin-
ations to the military and naval col
leges he often took a lower place
/ than that for which he was really in
tended At the age of -, or at the
( latest 10. a child would have to
make decision for his whole life
time. often finding out too late that
his true inclination lay in another
/ direction.
BY changing his mind and entering
upon another course he would find
himself put back, and at the end of
the course would have surpassed the
age limit set for admission in various
training schools. Those who followed
the fve-year high burger" school
found themselves prepared sufficiently
for some of the branches of govern
ment service, but insufficiently for
others. and entirely so for the uni
versities. where a knowledge of La
Tin ana Gfeek is sun COuSlueIeu III
dispensable. For the technical high
school, however, they were well pre-
pared Both the high burger
schools and the gymnasiums are open
to children Of about the same age
generally 70 to 10 years. Those who
choose the gymnasium must know
that they are being prepared solely
and exclusively for university train
ing; they cannot change their mind
later on, because then all the former
years of work would be wasted Some
of the alterations now proposed by
the commission are that all these
differentiatng intermediary schools
shall disappear and their places be
taken Ly:
/. A school with three year course
of study.
9 A lower and higher technical
school
3, Lycea, or schools that prepare