The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-02
Poor American Student
Has Hard Time in Gerr1dnu

I OF the official exchange OF teachers hs.
tween the Prussian ministry OF educa.
ton and the Carnegie Foundation it
has often been found more difficult To
IND positions ia America for the rep.
resentatives OF German education than
Il has been TO find positions for the
American exchange teachers In Ger
many. This IS due 10 a certain lack
OF readiness on the part OF Ameri.
can headmasJers 10 employ men en-.
tirely untried Ia American methods OF
/ teaching
TO students who expect 10 find
employment IN private schools In Ger.
many while getting their education ia
that country. or as private teachers ia
families, II may be said that positions
may occasionally be obtained through
advertisements, There are no teach.
ers' agencies In Germany like those
Whlch are common in america TO help |
teachers 10 obtain positions The lack !
or such agencies goes TO prove that the /,
/ problem ot educational employment in
/ Germany is sufficiently provided for oy
the educational civil service system.
To be sure The American teacher
may sometimes count on employment [
/ by chance. IL does. indeed, occur that
! the Amerika-institut refers occasional !
( inquiries from some private party
wishing 20 secure the services or an ;
American for some Kind OF work that .
would probably he congenial to the E
student or teacher. and help the lat
ter 10 pay part or the bill for his :
I or her board or lodging. Although our
organization has not the functions OF 5
an agency 10 take care OF such cases. >
| the frequency OF these applications
has called for a permanent arrange !
ment between the institute and one % i
the leading educational weeklies in
I which ADVERTISING might yield the best |
results under the circumstances q
The American notion OF earning
! ones way through courses also re. !
Quires correcting by those who are y
acquainted Win the situation In Ger +
many. The suggestion may also ap- =
! ply 10 their earning their way through 2
schools in other European countries. y.
! Many Americans who have counted y
upon possibilities OF earning money y
trough teaching or other kind OF work
while carrying on their studies Ia !,
Europe are often disappointed To M !,
( nina no American should think OF co.
ing 10 Europe TO study without SUN :
cleht FUNDS 10 carry him through the.
( complete period OF study.
/ The great need OF today which ~ -
te!t In both Germany and in the Unit. q
/ ed States Is the establishment OF schol. j
, afships Tor Americans 10 study III
Germany and for Germans to study
IN America The wonderfully progress.
siVe methods OF the graduate school
| poHcy IN America, however, Justly attn
tracts many or those students OF the
klnd who formerly felt that they could
not get at home what they might OBJ.
tain abroad q
| Our warning TO German studentsr
VINO expect 10 study In Americana
SCHOOLS and also find employment inf:;
teachlng is the same as TO the Ameri-r.
| cans who wish to try the same plan In
germany. In the requests FREQUENTLY
received by the America Institut forf
information concerning the possibili.l
ties for educational employment for
Germans in America, It has becoms'
the policy OF our organization to pointF
out that the steadily improving conf
dltlons IN the educational field OF the'-
United States has created a situationt
where Americans certainly have the
right to be preferred IN most casess
TO outsiders OF any nationality" s
That geography plays q large partSe
| In the progress OF inventions is ind.-h
Gated unfailinglySe
Tho Geography by the study OF al
OF Invention. years report obs
the United States
| patent office and a study OF the prod
portion OF applications for patents toe
he population OF the various states =
! The interest OF people In invention -
mucn keener In some states than II IS
IN others for number OF reasons. th&e
chief OF which is the character oE
the principal industries in the state z
In manufacturing community, for in
stance. interes. in invention IS natl
urally keener, experts say, than inF
section where the principal indusi
try Is agriculture.
The forthcoming report OF Cowmis
sioner OF Patents Thomas Ewing. Will
show that for the year ended Decem1
Der 81 last the government received
70,367 applications for patents, againsd
s7,3Ss during the previous year. TheI
geographical distribution of the variI
OTIS inventors offers an interesting
study. The last annual report showst
that in proportion more patents werek
issued for citizens OF Connecticut thanI
for those OF any other state. patentsI
being granted TO one in every l.1b0l