Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-01-22
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The common SCHOOLS, or. rs thei
Germans call them. peoples
schools. give tree education 20 all
children from the ages Of six to thir
teen or fourteen. The course OF study.
at this early period. Is about the same
In both countries.
When IL comes TO high schools and
colleges, a different policy prevails,
These schools are public but not free.
Rightly or wrongly. the Gerinans
think that II is mistake 10 give a
boy high school education Unlees
hts family is willing 20 pay for IL. The
great majority OF the German chill
dren. tLo refore stop their school worS
ut the age OF fourteen. when the
common school course ceases.
Most of them go TO work In fac
tories or in stores. There are many
girls. however who prefer to stay at
home to help their mothers and to
learn housekeeping. Germany has
practically no system of girls high
schools The system OF boys high
schools, on the other hand. while not
enrolling so many pupils as ours. is
far more completely organized, and
Is thought by the Germans to do It's
work a great deal better.
The German high schools are OF
four classes. First. the evening high
schools, or continuation schools.
where boys who have had TO 20 TO-
work Immediately after leaving the
common schools can continue their
education without interfering with
their power OF self-support: but the
instruction is much better and more
advanced than Is given in most of the
night schools of other countries.
Second. the trade schools. These
are provided in far greater variety
than IN any other country. Some OF
them are open 20 boys who have com
pletei the common school education;
others, involving technical knowledge
OF a more advanced type, are restrict.
Cd to those of higher attachments.
Third. the commercial high schools.
or so-called citizens" schools. which
aim to give a good general educa-
ticn for the business man, without
specialiZing on the details OF any one
employment. like the trade schools.
Fourth, the regular high schools,
which are distinguished from the COM
nercial schools by having n good
deal OF Latin in the curriculum, and
| by providing for Il longer period of
study, sometimes as much as nine
years. These high schools are diyld-
ed into two classes, according as they
do or do net require Greek as well as
Latin. a high school which does no.
require Greek is called Realschule;
one which requires 1t is called a
Gymnasium.
For the student who has completed
course in the Gymnasium or Real
schulz there is the opportunity for
higher education in the university
| tor the older professions. like medi-
cine and law, or in the polytechnic
schools for the newer ones, like engi-
neering and chemical technology.
In all these schools. With the PAR
tiaI exception OF the continuation
schools. the pupil is expected to ray
something for his instruction. IL IS moi
intended that these fees shall dietary
the whole cost of higher education,
or indeed any considerable part OF IL.
The object in charging the fee is not
F.; primarily a financial one. The Ger
mans believe that they can give a
better high school education if atten-
dance is restricted to those who are
willing to pay for it.
They criticize our policy in this re-
spect quite severely. Because our
high schools are free, they say that
We encourage a great many pupils to
so who ought not to go. and who be-
come drag upon the teacher and
upon the more ambitious students
The German theory assumes that II
the parents are compelled to pay even
very moderate fee. the children viii
not be sent to high schools unless
they propose 10 work-President
Hadley Of Yale in The Youths Com