The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-22
HIGH SCHOOL
OF SOCIALISM
Germany Has College in Which
Nothing But the Doctrine Of
Party Is
Taught.
ONLY THIRTY STUDENTS
School Opened Six Years Ago and is
Proving Most Valuable Aid to
the Cause over
There.

by Karl H. Won Wiegand. Berlin
Correspondent of the United Press. i
BERLIN, Sept. 21.-Plans are being
made for the reopening of the Col
lege of Socialism, the first of Octo-
Der, by the German social-democratic
party.
The German socialists maintain a
high school for socialism in Berlin
for the purpose of educating work
ers'' and 'propagandists' for the
cause who in turn teach the masses
the principles of socialism. The Ger
man socialist party is organized on
military lines. It's propagandists and
[ speakers are captains" and "lieuten-
fants" of the "vorstand'' or executive
board. which in fact is the general
| staff" Mere agitation is regarded
more or less dangerous to the causn
/ if the converts are not taught the
value of discipline and obedience
Accordingly in 1906 it was decided
to establish party school," and
much of the red wave" in the cleo
lions last January, when ITO socialists
were swept into the Reichstag, was
due to the workers turned out by
this school Only workers" that is,
persons who are defined as actually
/ working at some trade or profession .
are accepted as students One-third of
1 them are to be women
Students in this socialistic training
school, are relieved from all material
cares and are fed at the expense of the
party. For this purpose each student
receives 1876 marks a month, or
$3.50, while attending school, which
lsuffces for board and room and Incl
dental expenses. The course covers
six months. The attendance is linn
j tied to thirty students. This is done
/ that there may be as much individual
| teaching as possible. ALI parts of
Germany are equally represented.
/ The school opened November Is,
/ 1906. August Bebel delivered the IN.
augural address. With the exception
of one winter there have been regu-
lar sessions. The police threatened
/ to close the school because two of the
! teachers, Rudolph Hilferding, an Aus
TRAN, who taught Marks philosophy,
were foreigners. They resigned from
i the faculty
Franz Mehring, probably the great
est of modern socialist writer's In
Germany, has the chair of the history
of political parties. One of the most
important studies in the curriculum,
is the practical study of law. Great
stress is laid upon this in order that
the coming socialist leaders may know
what they can and can not do within
/ the law
Rosa Luxumburg. the leader of the
extreme radical wing of the German
socialists, has the chair of politica
economy. She is Russian and be
came German by marriage in order
not to be expelled from the country
she is woman of ability, a fluen
speaker, and has a remarkable swa,
!, over her followers. She has beer
Z characterized at times as the rea
red leader" of the German socialists
Labor and capital, labor legislation
political history, cooperation, news
paper technique. the value of organha
ton and several other subjects ar,
taught
Numerous applications from othe
countries have been received and
! is said the school may be enlarge,
. this fall