TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-01-11
A WHOLESOME
AWAKENING!
BY Rev. S. G. Won BCsse, Whining.
ton, Delaware.

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With the accomplishments of Ger
man arms in Belgium, Servia, Monte
negro, Poland, Northern France and
Rumania, facts, that have been en-
grayed into the plates of history,
and with the successful defense Of
German territory a recognized and
admitted attainment, it is but ma
tural that Americans are gradually
becoming reconciled to the idea that
the German thought and German
Kultur win be q world factor more
than ever before and will make its
influence felt here as well as abroad.
1t win never be possible for any
great and powerful natio4 to assume
the role Of an isolated" state, espe-
eially not for America. Men like
Eucken, Harnack, Hauptmann, Her
zog, Lamprecht, Sieyers, Delbrueck,
etc, viii be better known after this
terrible war has terminated than
they were ever before known among
us. With attempts at Graduating
the use Of the German language in
this country by the suppression of
German newspapers and German
schools a daily ~oecurance, it is re-
freshing to note the number of in
telligent pleas made from time to
time for a further spread Of educa-
ton In German language and thought
throughout our country. Here we
have men ike Professor Frederick
w. Roman, Of Syracuse University,
in speaking before the City Club at
Milwaukee telling us the following:
"The student Of Germany's inter
nal affairs knows that the power
which has enabled her to keep the
rest of the civilized world at bay
for the last two years lies deeply
anchored in a programm that has
fostered life, rather than in one
which is primarily concerned in the
creation of the instrumentalities Of
death.
"To the great mass Of uniformed
Americans Germany is the emblem
of a m~ilitarism which asserts its
power through the army and navy.
In initiating Germany in this re-
spect we have overlooked the real
source Of her strength.
"We must initiate Germany's
school system if we wish to secure
similar industrial preparedness. That
country's development Of the last
three decades has equaled, If not ex-
celled, that Of the United States.
This fact becomes all the more
worthy Of our attention when we
consider that Germany is a country
only one-fourth the size of the
United States, with about two-thirds
our population. To this we must
add that her nature! resources and
the fertility Of her soil are not near
~ equal to those Of our own country.
when we compare Gerrnany's
school census figures with those Of
the United States we find that for
every day that the American child
is in school the German child attends
two and a half days.
after the public school course
has been completed, practically all
the boys and girls seek some kind
Of employment which VIII enable
them to be self-supporting. In this
way their education is prolonged
two or three or four years"
The Rev. Father r. S. Betten, s.
j., Of Cleveland, is another shining
example of the wholesome awaken
ing taking place in our country to-
day. in a recent lecture he stated
the following:
Wherever a student has the
choice between German and French
there is absolutely no excuse for
him if be omits German. French is
spoken by forty or, at the most,
fifty million people. German By
eighty or ninety millions. In the
year 1913 there we're printed in
Germany 35,07S books, IN France
1926. France, England and Amer
lea published only three hundred
more than Germany alone. In the
same year there appeared in France
$50 books on medicine, in Germany,
1912, more than twice as many.
France, England and America to-
gether issued in the same year and
in the same branch 1888 works,
that is thirty-four fewer than Ger
many alone"
Leading educators, statisticians,
tradesmen, professional as well as
business men, are today voicing SEN
timents, which are identical with