Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-01
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT Is DOING

In the interest of the thousands OF
Americans who are always planning to
complete their
American Students studies abroad.
the America
in German Schools. Institut in Ber-
lin has forwarded to Commissioner P. p
Claxton of the United States bureau Of
education message of warning to those
students who expect to find educational
employment while working their way
through German schools.
The Amerika-Institut is an organiZa-
ton formed in recent years to advance
and strengthen the cultural relations be-
tween Germany and the United States by
acting as a medium of inquiry and ex-
change in matters Of educational inter-
est. The report which has just been re-
ceived by Commissioner Claxton offers
another piece of evidence of the practical
hility of the work which this semi-offi-
cial institute is doing to prevent the
hardships which might come to students
planning to finish their education abroad
while working as teachers at the same
time. Many American college professors
and school teachers are generally inclined
to think that it is a rather simple matter
to secure a position in a German school
as teacher OF Engilsh. Inc warning
winch Director r. Dreihsler of the
Amerka-1nstitute gives to Americans
who expect to find educational employ
ment while studying in German schools
applies for the most part to the condition
which will be met by men and women
studying in the schools of almost any Of
the European countries
Americans who exnec+ +o se,u,. MO;
tons in the German schools nc +eachars
of English mnst Laan -, oi,a sas.as-a1
important facts saws Dr nraihs,ar
1.-THE schools in Germany are under tho
supervision Of tho stare ~ tba oitS 49,
only native Germans who haye p.s Mnd
the state examination can ba amp1a..ed
in these schools: there are No except;ons
not even for a person having the highest
degree from an An,arfcan ,,n;was.;t,
The same conditions prevail in the better
type Of private schools witch orc ;nda
pendent of the sunnort of sta+a ~ n,.v
This restriction concerninp tba an,n1a;
ment of teachers is for the nrotectinn ~
and years OF academic nrenaration fns
the purpose of stt;n, tha,,sa1'.a. -. III ~.
and state school serSica A'' CITY
another argument against +h. 49,.
porary employment Of Teachers III in CO.
man schools is that ,,n;for,,,,t,, :. 80
sible without cer.,in 81 AZ, - -; ~,
STAFF of teachers for n.ithar ne IN, ~ .lie
nor parents nor nrn;ls can 10 oa..;as.
to be well served in s,s,. Nc .piislaereo
,nits "a suai ch.a .! .,eia ~n,ch per
of teachers u.ha - anu .ne emploSment
German ta.cbina ,,a.t. ,S'''1i"i with tue
.Such nrinc,nia 49,:
unfriendly discrjmina,;o ~; i,ipIS any
ers. We find r;,,,;,on ata a.. oleish-
American edncat;ona1 80. as''.une IN 1he
under the nresent $3.50, ~. were even
exchange Of t.enha.s sven, , ol eiIe omclai
sian ministrr ~ oe."eeI the frus-
negie Foundation II 80 ~ aiin e''e ar
for the renresenta,;,,a pos..i"ls IN america
ton than II has 80, % German eouca-
the American s,oha 10 ma posl''ons Tor
MANY This &c ~" 'eae1e.s IN yer.
readiness ~ ~ 70 certain iack OF
masters to o' an .mS par OF american head
in Amer;con e. nat.s men entireiy untHed
"Tn st,,dn ,,ie.lous OF teachlng.
ployment in 49,, w,.o e1pect 10 nnd en-
whi1n net ~ p'i tI schools in Germany
conn+, their education in that
ilies = OF as private teachers in fam
noossi ~ i.ias De sad that positions may
vertieeme,ts "e ootaineo through ad
ssane;an a., mere are no teachers
as nn,, an GERMANY IKE those which
are common in America to help teach
such arencins posl.'ons, Inc Jack OF
ueh asenc'es goes to prove that the
c c,ypm oi eoucationai employment in
nv tha 3D.. ;o, ., PROVIDED Tor
..r e uuca'lohaI civil service system
1870, sur. me american teacher
solie''iIes count on employment
us ena nee. does indeed. occur that
me - .ieriha-lhst1tut refers occasional
.n ;q from some private party
snIiis I" secure me services of an
.ti,tal ior some kind OF work that
wouiu pfooAoly De conRenlal to the
s.uoen' or teacher. and help the latter
20 pay par, OF the PHI for his or her
BOARD or lodging. Although our or
sanlzation has not tn" functions of an
agency 10 take care of such cases, the
frequency OF these applications has
called Tor permanent arrangement
between the institute and one of the
ieading educatlonal weeki1es in which
advertising might yield the best re-
suits under the circumstances.
Ihe American notion of earning
ones way through courses also re-
CURES correcting by those who are ac-
quainted with the situation In Ger
many. The suggestion may also apply
to their earning their way through
throu,h tnacbine mr. othar Lind ~
work while carving on their studies
in Europe are often disappointed. To
my mind no American snouid 'hlnk OF
sufficient funds to carry him through
1.-The great need of today which is felt
in both Germany ana IN the Cnited
states II .lIe $50 ~. .',s -; e,.',,
and for Germans to study in America.
The wonderfully progressive methods of
the graduate school policy IN Amerlca,
however Jus.,y attrsc.s "ians " tnos o..
+h.t thay could not oct al home what