Show OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS American System of Public Education Far Far- FarLess Less Practical Than That of Germany The general public school education n of the tile country Is complacently believed by the majority of people to be the best In the world There are arc some however who insist that much of our education Is unpractical and does not noi fit the tho youth of the country for the tho actual actual ac ac- hard knocks of life and that our school system should Include a much greater preparation of Industrial work An examination of German educational educational educational methods places the United States at an disadvantage In this tIlis re re- re- re gard An Instance of this Is seen In a series of newspaper articles published In III Frankfort Frank Germany by Mr hemrich Heinrich hem hem- rich Back the director of the Frankfort Frankfort Frankfort Frank Frank- fort Industrial School who has been twice sent by the German Government to study the Industrial schools of this country Mr Back expresses surprise that we wo have not provided in our school system for training our citizens In III special directions Instead of leaving the tho establishment of trade ind industrial and technical schools to the enterprise of Individuals or the generosity of philanthropy The result Is that a comparatively comparatively com corn small number of these schools are found found- in certain favored parts of the United States while in the major portion of the country little opportunity opportunity opportunity op op- op- op is offered boys to obtain practical practical practical and thorough instruction and to increase their value to the nation by converting themselves into trained workmen The German Government on the theother theother other hand maintains In every part of the empire good trade industrial 1 and technical schools drilling the youth buth of the and sending them out each an m expert or a Ii trained specialist to ta play a useful and Intelligent ent part in inthe inthe the great battle of om pom- pom om merce |