The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-22


 eyes of the European people, ac- cording to Dr. c. B. Glenn, who succeeded the late Dr. J. H. Phil lips as superintendent of the Bir-
 mingham schools, and who, with Mrs. Glenn and their two children, has just returned from a tour of a number of European nations. Everywhere we went there was a keen interest in everything Amer ican" Dr. Glenn said "The people of Europe seem to be looking to i America as the land of promise, a i kind of second heaven, and all of 1 them seem anxious to come to Amer
 ica, some to visit and others to live T believe this premium which they seem to set upon America and Amer jeans is due largely to the impress sion which the American soldiers made upon them. A number of Eng fish families entertained our boys in their homes, and they seemed to have made a fine impression.
 "A striking example of the way 1 in which the French people regard
 us was given me upon a visit to a school in the village of Bello Woods the place where a number of our soldiers are buried. The master of the school invited me to hear the children sing, and, in French, they rendered song praising the Amer ican soldiers and America. The thin 3 which particularly impressed me about this was that it was not 2 dress occasion. but the children wer1 singing naturally their love for our country.
 Scottish Schools
 Tn one of the Scottish schools happened to mention to the children that I was from Alabama, and imme- | diately they all laughed. Of course I was surprised, when the teacher ex- l plained that the children had heard of Alabama in only one connection there was favorite song they sang
 which mentioned an Alabama coon That was the reason they laughed l "Of course I was especially inter i ested in visiting the European l schools. On the whole l found them | in a chaotic condition due to the
 war. They are handicapped by the lack of sufficient funds, and arc | much disorganized The teachers are poorly paid but so firm is their be- 1 lief in the principles to which they are adhering, that they will not give up.
 There seems to be more respect 1 for the school authorities in the 1 European schools than in America | just as there is more respect for par | ental authority in Europe. 1 be- 1 lieve that it is due to this fact that
 when the children get older they re- 1 spect the state officials more than l we do in America.
 Bunch of Whips
 "At Eaton. the famous English f preparatory school which we visited ! the head master showed us a bunch l of whips tied together. I asked ii they were merely there for show or whether they are used. He assured
 me that only the afternoon preceding
 our visit they had been used. and he | pointed out desk over, which the recalcitrant youths are made to bend | when the lash is applied. England i still adheres to the biblical injunction 1 not to spare the rod and spoil the
 child and judging from the type oi | men that leave Eaton there is cer- | tainly some merit in their philosophy I Great stress is laid in all the Flu. ropean schools on what we call sht l classical On visit to one of Inc l Paris high schools I was surprised
 to see about a thousand boys leaving 1 the school with book almost a, large as an unabridged dictionary
 under their arms. One of them told
 me. when I asked. that it was !
 Latin dictionary, and they were re- | quired to write original Latin com positions. Of course with this stress
 upon the dead languages they are no, able to give the industrial education offered in the American schools. l Sportsman Spirit
 | we had an opportunity of seeine
 the sportsman spirit on two notable
 occasions while in Europe. One wa, 1 the annual cricket game betweer Winchester and Eaton. which hap 1 pened to be played the day we wer, l at Eaton. There were no school eN ercises, and all the Eaton boys were out at the game in Eaton jacket! l and tall silk hats such as the state
 men wear. After seeing the game
 was ready to believe the old sayin,. The battle of Waterloo was won oI
 the cricket fields of Eaton ant Rugby
 We saw the French type of sports
 manship at the Place de la Concord
 upon the occasion of hearing the re | turns from the Dempsey l fight. There were 50.000 Frenchme,
 in the crowd listening to the returns
 The few Americans preesnt cheere' i Dempsey. though, and were mucl 1 pleased at his victory. The French | tiers defeat, for they seemed to wor 1 ship him as kind of superman. ITO return to the schools. one Q | the striking things about the Flu
 ropean educational system is tha
 there are men teaching in even rh.
 primary grades. In this country W. | have grown to feel that the mothcl 1 instinct is necessary for primar, grade teachers.
 Interested in System ] "All the European people I take,
 to were interested in the America, l school system. and I was pleased {, note while in Edinburgh that phys iology I happened to pick up in on' I of the schools was published by al American company.
 "While in Edinburgh I visited tn l university In which I was ,particu larly interested because Dr. John Fl Phillips attended college there at on time.
 "The French people have not los their love of pleasure, and Paris wal l enjoying a gala week while we wer' there. The children in our party wcr' charmed with the numerous stree fairs and were really more inter ' ested in visiting the concessions thar