Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-28
THE SCHOOL DAYS OF A PRINCE

legged Knowledge, I was frequently called upon to give details as to If1- dian warfare which I should deeply regret to see reproduced!
 Prince William knew Cooper from beginning to end, and, for that matter. I was not far behind him: so that our Indian studies usually resolved them selves into impersonating some leath- er-stocking heroes, arTning ourselves as fantastically as possible, and then crawling fiat on our stomaci1s through the anderbrush, for the purpose of capturing some other party imperson- ating either hostile tribe CT a party of pale-faceS.
 But I have said enough to illustrate his character as pluclky, hearty, un- affected lad, affectionate toward his parents, and full of consideration for the youngsters of his own age with whom he was brought into contact.
 In 1874, Prince William and his brother went to a comon public school with uncommonly hard benches, amidst lot of the odds and ends of German social life invariably to be found in the national gymnasium. Let no one imagine this to be like attenda ing Eton, where the expensive life limits the pupils to the sons of com paratively rich people, and where an English prince can pass his time in iuxury and comparative idleneSs. The schools of Germany are as inexorable in their requirements as any other branch of it's public service; and when Prince William took his seat amidst the German burghers' children, it was with the understanding that he should submit to the same discipline as the rest, and receive his graduating di- plona only upon the conscientious full fillment of the prescribed course a
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 Dr. Hinzpeter selected his school after having visited the head masters of many others, and found most, of them completely unnerved at the idea Of having a live prince among them.
 Cassel is about eight hours by rail from Berlin, a distance which meant a great deal to the Princes and their parents. The Court was incensed at the idea of the Crown Prince consort- ing with ordinary boys; Dr. Hinzpeter was accused of introducing revolu- t1onary ideas into the educational cur riculum of the Hehenzollerns; the old Emperor William did not disguise his displeasure, and even the parents gave little more than their bare consent that the experiment should be tried
 It was bold game, that Dr.. Hing peter was playing. No royal prince had ever been educated in popular atmosphere, and nobody at court wished him well in the undertaking. His reputation was at stake; for, whtsn in the event of failure every voice would cry out, "I told you sol" even successfully carried out there would be little to show for his labor
 The tutor held that for once in lifetime, at least, prince should feel what his subjects do; that be should share the schooTboy interests of the every day German and absorb the set of ideas that may enable him to strike the popular keynote when he should sit upon the throne.
 For three years, Prince William sat upon the CasseI benches, i. e. until he successfully passed his final ex- animation and was declared ripe for matriculatfon at the University
 These three years were years of the boys, yet could not actively as sist in their studies, for that would have been unfair to the other boys Teachers would rush at him in des- peration to report this, an dthata of their royal pupil-what should they Lords annointed.
 Hnzpeter had to strengthen them, to encourage the Prince to more com plete application. Those were days of ] tension, when any moment might de- stroy forever the result hoped for. The Princes went to school and re- turned unattended. What if something happened to them on the way?-a schoolboy quarrel, a blow, an injury :? even so small a thing as that would have called the boys back to Berlin What if a teacher had lost his head and a prince had raised rebellion in the school room?
 None of these things happened; but nothing seemed more likely to those l who did not understand the precocious nature of Prince Williams character, and the devotion with which he pur- l sured that which he considered his 1 duty.
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