Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-25

classes q sorry one, and those who are
about to begin their studies have little
to encourage them To pers'is, along
those lines. A dismal picture OF the
effect OF their present disabilities is
trawn by Josef HofmulIcr In the Sud
dpuiSche MOnatschefie. from which it
was summarized in the Frankfurtrr
Ieitung aud has been printed in This
country in School Life. the official pub
licutiOn of the Bureau Of Education.
Three immediate effects of the war
are presented US deterrents Ia the
exercise of really ambitious effort. As
the higher military career is now out
Of the question. the military calling
ceases to exist for graduates of the
higher educational Institutions. This
uakes thousands of Positions formerl!
occupied by officers non-exiStent. The
wiping out of the German navy affects
similarly the positions formerly held
by naval officers. More than that.
AMY Of the young officers who other.
wise would have remained in the mil
,.ary service are compelled to reSiSa
and look for positions in civil service.
Then there Is another factor.
Through the annexation of Alsace-Lor-
raine, the German-Polish, the German
CZechish. and the GermanDanish ter
ritories, the offices hitherto held by
Germans are lost to them. Moreover,
the German Officials In those provinces
become dependent on similar places
1t. H.. 80.
Germany. This aggravates the out
look Of larger number of young off
Gals, who will thus be placed In sub
ordinate positions under them.
The third element which will affect
the educated classes Is pointed out to
be- the lnpoverlshnent of Germany
which will cause the practice of strict
est economy In all branches of state
and public organizations. and will af-
feet the number of POSITIONS, the sal
aries, the chances for II pension. and
the like. The impoverishment is
shown also to he trenching on The ST.
called free callings. IL must find ex-
preston in Il tremendous DETECTION of
capital and large emigration of la
Dor. The various technical cullinys.
the large branches of industry, the
hunks the Insurance agencies. private
officials down to the lowest -salnried
office clerks, will he thus affected, i Is
said. Retrenchments are also expected
in the luxury, and primarily IN the
literary and artistic callings like archi-
lecture. music, literature. journalism,
opera, stage, and various other theatre
Gals, bur also n the more expensive
and therefore better reconpensed
house Industry
Professions Are Syererewded.
'"The SPECIALIZED better professions are
already OyercrOwdcd as result Of the
oversupply Of labor" says the writer.
This surplus will he increasing in
the course Of the next few years In the
measure as the number of positions
will be each month decreasing.
"In the year 1914 The Bavarian kul-
tur-minister, Won kindling. speaking
about the prospects of the teaching
profession, gave the following official
data regarding the length Of time Ii
took candidates to he appointed to Of
fees Philologists. (ancIenD 10 years;
mathrmaticians. rs: phil0ogiStS
(nodern) IL: students of German lit
eraturc. 10: natural scientists. 10;
craftsmen. ~. II iS surprising how
anybody vel finds courage 10 take up
teaching when II Is necessary to wait
for an appointment ill the thirty-tifth
birthday. Iiesides, the salary of an as
s<tant is Is marks per month and the
length Of service In that capacity up
proXinntcly Hvf gears. 4 young per-
son must thus expect 10 draw 25
marks per month only when he reaches
the "ge of "a. lAt the present time
u nlnltster in q brewery draws 300
marks II monthly
warnings against the taking up of
medical Studies ISSUED by the Munich
n.ililary hnnrh K physicians appear
In tlr press AZ the present time. The
prospects Of physicians have been
most discournging by q wide exten.
sion Of health insurance which re
Stricts private practice by the ever
increasing Gtiark treatment the immi-
grafton of German physicians from
abroad. and from the endangered TER
ritOrirs In the west and east, and by
the abolition of tn" posts of ship physi-
clans Since the beginning of The war
5000 physicians we're certified in III
emergency. Because Of a considerable
"varspIRiy fhe EhySiciaps suffer ma
terialIy from fnaEcial stress"
The lot OF the lawyers, the writer
points out. is not II barpy one for
young lawyers are already asking for
oulnf-woPk donations. The few for.
tunntrs receive 800 marks per month,
and only recently gymnasium gradu
alps were advertising IN the newspa
pcrs and were glad ~ secure secre,
turiaI positions IN some district court
for an annual salary Of 2.40n marks.
AS for the church. many officers have
already applied for admission. but the
prospects for advancement are I'M
favorable aEa wfjl become .es. mi: more r., 50 in
The future as result of the heavy
taxation and the prospective separa-
tiOD of church and state.
Turned Away Daily.
Engineers" says the writer. Ham0ng
whom were some with high attain.
ment. were told by good authority to
whom they applied for advice to try