New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
y, kerscben5fefner Heads Remarkable
Munich InSfifuffon5 Where youths
Master era ifs.

than a workman; he ought to be made
man
We try 10 do that. We try 10 teach
OH BOYS thoroughness. pride in their
craft. citizenship and also Arbeitsfreude,
You have not that word in English. Y gu
can come no nearer than this. the joy
OF work Yet the JOY of work is one
Of the great things in the world: When
a man has that you might say almost
he has found his Leoensanschauung.'
once upon a time the Herr Doktor
became dissatisfied with the way the
dra wing teachers in the Munich schools
| were hammering grown-up ideas about
the looks of things into the heads OF
their pupils He determined to find what
was really the best way TO teach draw
ina. Accordingly. he had all the chill
dren asked To make drawings in their
own way OF things outside the school
room which they could remember, but
could not look at After that the chill
dren were told beforehand that they We're
to draw an apple or a flight of stairs or
The. outside of the schoolhouse, so they
could fix il in their minds before the
(
children in the public schools worked on
these drawings.
The children in the institutions for the
feeble minded were asked TO do the same
things
Altogether the Herr Doktor collected
! 5s-n00o drawings. which he divided &C
Cordine to sex. age. eXaCtness. merit and
q dozen other things He spent seven
/ years studying them When he was
through h published book Illustrated
with seven hundred Of the childrens'
! pictures and the book practically upset
the whole system OF teaching drawing
/ ia Germany. He had gone To the bottom
/ Of the subject and found how children
most naturally learn 70 draw.
/ Those seven years the Herr Doktor
/ gave to learning the childs Lehensan-
/ scEauung. his way Of looking at things
/ When he took hold OF the apprentice
/ schools Of Munich ne set out to make
them places where, first of all, the boys
would spend their three years in learn
lre 2 larger Lebensanschauung-
way. Z strong. sane, capable man looks
at things.
50, IL those 1iftv-two schools there are
taught some subjects which sound odd
for institutions that are training gold
smiths and photographers and druggists
and coachnlen and chimney sweeps One
ho;-- q week is given up TO religious in
s1r-uc1ion That Is the law Of Bavaria
The bows parents may elect whether
they shall learn religion from the Evan
gelicaL Catholic or Jewish classes which
are maintained for the purpose. Another
hour weekly is given up TO life lore and
citizen lore" The training Is much the
same in all the branches. Here IS the
v-av il is set forth in the curriculum Of
the coppersmiths. 1t is worth reading.
life lore and citizen lore. This in
s7r-1lcrjOn aims to give the scholar insight
INFO a rational use of his life It en-
nIovs 10 this end both the lessons of
health and hygiene and the larger les
sons Of life itself in vocation. neighbor- /
hood and state. with especial attention =.
10 that particular trade through when !
The scholar will come to understand how
IN fact. all classes Of the community
ana all industrial groups have their in
rerests interviewer in ! single fabric
Further. it aims by instruction and
uracrice 70 lead the scholar TO act
soundlv under all circumstances.
First Yea-A short survey Of ap-
-,-anticaship and the apprentices con-
tract. the structure OF the human body
nolrishment; breathing and circulation
care of the hair and teeth, houses ana
clothes. work and recreation. sports: the
dangers 10 health in the coppersmith's
trade. especially the precautions to be
taken against dust. acids. SCOT, gases
and smoke: first aid to injured.
Second Year-Brief history of the
coppersmith's trade in general, standing
Of the craft in the Middle Ages, the
towering Of German trades and crafts,
their downfall the development of the
present trade organizations (guilds, part
nerships. labor unions, corporations,
boards Of trade. etcD: the trade to-day,
factory work hand work. cottage work;
the history of NUnich's coppersmith
guilds: the strongest possible emphasis
upon the relations of master, Journey
man and apprentice and their several re-
sponsibiIties and privileges.
Third year-Citizen lore-1'he organ
izatiOn Of the community, the mission