Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-12-10

conside ring the; questi Ion ri. aching
German also II the grad ea. This smayl
be due to Superintendent Frank B.'I
Dyer OF Cincinnati, o., whore modern
language teaching has been q great
success for years, who was recently
called as Supt. Of the Boston schools.
The state organizations Of the Ger.
Alliance Of South Da-
kota, Oregon, Maryland, Massachu-
sets, Nebraska and other states took
action favoring the teaching Of mod
ern languages and physical culture
(Turnen) in the grades OF the public
schools. The fact that the high
schools teaching German in Nebraska,
where the law was passed last year
to teach it in the grades, increaseds|
IL two years from 80 to $50 high
schools, proves that interest In mod,
ern language teaching in the grades
helps the work in the high schools, In
stead of interfering with it, as some
imagine. i ~
The school and language commit
tees of the alliance, national, state
and local, work for the teaching of |
German in the elementary grades.
Their hopes from the ehigh schools |
have not been realized. It favors d.
vorcing, politics from the public
schools. The science Of pedagogy
should dominate schools and party
politics should not put in and take
out of the course of study what they
like after every election. Less poll
tics and more school work is what
it advocates.
Questions of religion are excluded,
yet the Alliance is conscious that no
institution has done more for the
German language and culture in Am
erica than the church. The commit
tee for a better understanding be-
tween the church and the Alliance is
meeting with success: The Sunday
Of the convention at st. Louis German
churches held appropriate services
and pastors preached on themes relat-
ing to the aims and work of their
| guests. At the Academic festival in
the Coliseum, the choir was composed
of 800 students of Concordia Theolog-
ical Seminary of the Luth. Missouri
Synod and 80 students of Eden Theo-
logical Seminary of the German Ev-
angelical Synod. The faculty and stu
dents of Eden College marched to-
gether in the parade. Representatives
Of church bodies are welcomed to take
part in the conferences and it is pro-
posed to give them seat and voice
as honorary members. We rejoice
that the chasm- between the church
and such organizations is being bridg-
ed. H.,
| Cultural motives dominate the AL
lance, as appears from the names of
the following committees named by
the presidents, which reported to the
conventions: Committees on the ALI
ance and it's. Affairs, German Langu-
age and Schools, Teachers Seminary
at Milwaukee, Continuation Schools,
German Press, German Theatre, Ger.
man Song Societies, and Children
Choirs, Physical Culture (Turnen) in
Schools or a healthy body for q
healthy mind, "a monument to jain
was unveiled in st. Louis during the
convention), Historical Research, Bet.
ter Relations with Church Bodies,
Personal Liberty, immigration, Con.
! servation of Forests, German Cu1tur.
} al Relations with American Univer:
stiles and High Schools, Develop.
ment of German American Poetry
German Women or Women's Branch
, Alliance, Cordial Relations to Other
| National Organizations, Uniform
Writing, Normal and Manual Train.
, ing Schools, Cordial Relations Be.
, tween Germany and America, Univer.
} sal Peace Movement, National Ger.
: man-American Monument Fund (Pas
, torius), German Museum, and other
like committees. =. - =" ~
The Alliance recommends the
!, founding OF educational societies
which will foster the German langu
age and literature, teach those anx
ious to learn, and arrange courses OF
lectures on art and science and ques
tions of general interest, also the
systematic investigation of the share
Germans have had in the development
! of their adopted country, in war and
' peace, as the basis for the founding
) and continuance of German Ameri
can History. The Alliance looks
backwards and forwards and says
with the orator: People will not look
forward to posterity who never look
backward to their ancestors. With
equal justice wit says: "The man
who has not anything to boast of but
his illustrious ancestors is like a pc.
tato, the only good belonging to him
Is under the ground" @:-: III
The headquarters of the Alliance is
1905 North 18th ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
The honored President is DR.. C. j.
Hexamer; Secretary, Adolf Timm; FL
nancial Secretary, Herman Weder.
The official organ, "Mitteilungen." It's
literature deserves study. A similar
National German Alliance has been
organized IN Canada with headquar-
tiers at Winnipeg.
MINNEAPOLIS AND OTHER CITIES
The wise and liberal action Of the
San Francisco school board reminds
y us of the action of the Minneapolis
II school hoard that some months since