Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-21

unable to follow the teachers diree-
from south and moved his hand about
on the map helplessly in accordance
THE he Sos was the
he was terrified BY the bullying teach
er.
The German III authority Is almost
the diversity as we iSs as seen In the h."l e,e.
mentary school I was In Giossen
Where celebrated professor, was
gymnasium. and was carrying on a
seminar" for secondary school teach
s srs In his gymnasi9m. Professor
seminary students-oll uniyersity men
said was TO srunt in what seemed
In i peculiarly offensive manner or to
shout an acrimonious mo"
abusive epithets-he called one man a
foo!. for example; and another he
ridiculod as the one member OF the
written exposition showed a peculiar
genius for laundering, In the midst
Of one OF his Trades he turned fiercely
What an exhibition before this Amer
lean gentleman! What, he think ?"
REALLY THOUGHT
HIM A BULLYING Ass.
;, MoW. what I thought was. what a
inisusinE il. or course, ali German nam
university professors are not like this
one But my illustration show the
sort OF creature the German teacher
may hecome under Il system that gives
hini authority and requires him to en-
force obedience. or submission TO au-
thority. az an end In itself. IN
How can the German people support
a government which is nanaginE
their affairs in their Interests, and
ielns i much better than they can
he point at which they recognize their
dependence. on the state and no fur
Tier. they feel their helpiessnoss in all
to class control is the only thinka bic
condition of social existence.
The educated German is OF the rul-
Ing II class He is not OF the masses.
scholarship enables an able poor hoy to
get an education. These scholarships
are are SO, few that most of the men
Simulated to the classes. The masses
as such. have few leaders. and under
pIrev a,ln.g eonditi9ns must have few;
Of ii. no opportunity except for the priv
asssa elas IS It Is land where
~ easses TO ali ,ss pr for
ileses they now have and to pre-
yen, the mass from reaching the
Let me give YOU one more illus
tration. The German school system
Is SO highly. centralized that permits
s,qn 70 must lbs Public
Central goSernment. a In 1895 FG the c me
OF Breslau, In Southeastern Prussia
wished TO establish public gymnasium
y ,er si has s smd during the
nrojeet Bu, later e The GO on peo %tts t9 ns
dispieasure and just before the time
SET Tor open!ng tho school word was
received from Berlin that the minis
h ters permission 70 establish the school
In Breslau just after this occurrence
mnd was ;no told by my uncle-I had an
E Em ne tn then III iivink in BEeslau-that the
pline the Breslau people. BY the way,
there were In Germany 700 trials for
,ose majaste in the year 1s97-S--nearly
DOES NOT MEAN TO
HELP ONE 10 RISE.
i must not omit some consideration
or the German continuation school
system. The Central Idea OF tho con-
tinuniion school is excellent. II car
ries on the young workers education
after he goes. to work, and his em-
pn yer Is reauirea to sivs the empioye
school But the German continuation
WORKER on his original piane-not to
enable him to rise above IT,
1t helps him 70 become a better bar.
oei, u baker, or matchmaker and SO
or: Some years ago they had nearly
NIFTY kinds OF continuation schools in
the city OF Munich, and every youth
who had studied only in an elementary
schooi was obliged To attenu a con.
llnuation school. six to ton hours a
week. at times when he could best be
spared from his work.
For every occupation there ought
followed by a satisfactory vocational
education in the contribution school a.
well as in the shop or Industry. That
IS good principle: but in Germanv
~ Is so applied MS TO keep the masses
dependent on the classes and so far
az possible 20 make them understand
tnelr denendence-and they know they
are dependent. They don't know what
- 90 any more than children know
what TO do. They lack leaders, in
a tell leaders: they lack insight
are helpless, They are taught from,
youth TO look to authority. II direc-
tion: that Is not ouy inculntcd by nre-
cedcnt but 1t Is enforced
me sum and substance OF ~ all
Is this: the elementary school Of
Germany Is intended to train pre-.
ddsis.ined subordinate--and that subor-
elnate is the mass OF the people
rosemary and !igher schools are for
enc Snq directing class who manage this
They do that with extraordinarS
;;in,oeroughness., Germany offers the best
Illustration that know in modern
tines OF how Il persistent purpose i'm
ecucation-and in this Instance a had
one-can be realized.