Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-01-31

to promotion without question, . when
their standings are not below 70 per
cent In more than two other studies, and
not below SO per cent in either OF those
studies, provided the excess OF standing
in German above 70 per cent Ii not less
than the total deficiency Of standing be-
low 20 per cent in the other two studies
This Is lair and the rule is a good one
for other cities where two and three
modern languages are taught.
whenever seventy-flve per cent of
the pupils in any district school are Of
Polish or italian birth or parentage. and
the parents Of not less than three
fourths of the pupils of Polish or italian
birth or parentage elect to have their
children instructed in the Polish or Ital-
ian language, then Polish or italian res
pectively, shall be taught in such school
instead Of German; provided, that when
ever the parents Of one hundred or more
children In the fifth, sixth. seventh and
eighth grades of any school where an
other foreign language is taught, desire
to have their children instructed in Ger
man, Polish or Italian, such instruction
shall be given to such children; and
whenever the parents of two hundred
fifty or more children belonging to
grades one to eight. inclusive, in such q
school, desire to have their children in
| structed In German, Polish or Italian
| such instruction shall be given to such
children" -.+
SCHOOL AND LANGUAGE PROBLEM
| IN SOUTH AFRICA
| In General Hertzog's speech at Ly-
| denburg, Dec. Is, 1911, replying to ar
address Of welcome. he dwelt on South
Africa's great future, saying: "There
| was no time for quarreling. Therefore
| the sooner the grounds of misunder.
standing were removed the better. The
character and self-respect of the Dutch
should be encouraged and built up; thus
only would their ideas be maintained
When the war ended. the Dutch had on.
ly the land they trod upon and their ow,
language left. If their language were
sacrificed. as we'll as their goods, ther
all was lost" ~.
1.-THE claim for equality had beer
the English language. This was mad
view. He was sure it was not share'
by more than quarter of the peopl
Of the country. He knew Of no cas-,
where the teaching Of English had bee,
refused. He instanced the Welsh as
small nation, which for 1000 years hat
lived next door to the English, but wa!
today proud of it's language and insisted
on teaching it, and building up welsl
literature It was idle to maintain tina
the Beers trekked from the Cape onl,
Decause Of the slave question. Evel
previous to that they had resented be
ing governed from Holland, and whe1
the Cape was handed over to England
became even worse. In fact, the quar-
> rel over the Taal, Language, tai in Scan
dinavian) which was bitterly Tough
over in 1909, really commenced a hun
dred years ago, in 1909. In spite O
English being preached from the pulpi
all these years by Scotch and Englis
parsons, and English being the off1cia
language of the Cape Colony, the Taa
was still the language of the Dutch il
the Cape. Therefore, he asked by wha
right were they asked now to sacrific
1t. A man with poor knowledge o
his own language, yet speaking another
walked about in borrowed clothing. H
was convinced that the majority of Eng
l1shmen entirely sympathized and agree
with him. 1t was only a small section
who misunderstood and misconstrue,
him. If the Press could be curbed TO
few years, the country would hav
peace" Cape Times, Dec. 20, 1911. TIL
press can keep and kill language
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. %, 1912.