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Show INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION IN GERMANY. Tin lllclily l)rit,il SjMrm of Trfh ii I ml himI Trine M'lmtiU It U'lt l'.i nt t Ii tr ii Citininrr lul or Mi'chutili-nl Cit-M-fr tlttt Muilrttt ut l)tlf;iirit I'or h iffrftlntit .tOJ. HE system of lnduMiinl ed-f ed-f , J ncatlon In Germany, which O P O has attained a high slate of 7i " ft development, Is made the S(Olr subject of an interesting re-por.. re-por.. ny United States Deputy Consul Meyer nt Chemnitz. Tills Is the llrst of ii series of consular reports ou specialized educational facilities which have contributed so largely to the phenomenal success of the German Empire lu mnuufucturcs uud commerce. com-merce. At the base of the Germnn educational educa-tional edifice lie the Volksschulen, or common schools. Attendance nt the Volksschule Is compulsory between the nges of six or seven nnd fourteen. When the young student reaches his tenth year, a very Important age has been attained from the point of view of education. At tills nge his parents must decide Ukii the general form of education which they desire their offspring off-spring to receive. Their means and position lu life will largely determine the decision as to whether it will be merely a primary education (In the Volksschule). n secondary education (In the Ilohere Schulel, or a higher education educa-tion On the Hoehsehulei. If a primary education is duclded upon the child continues in tho Yolksseliulu. If n secondary education, or perchance, a higher education, Is to be given, then the tenth year marks the time when the child leaves the Volksschule and enters some secondary Institution, such as u gymnasium, rcnlgymuiiHluui, or ober-realschule; or a progyninasluui. rcnl-progymunsluui, or reiilsehule; or a trade or technical school of secondary rank; or a private Institution which has been ranked by the state as a secondary second-ary bcliool. Tho secondary schools offer courses of either nine or six yenrs. While the child Is pursuing his course In the secondary school, another decision must be made which Involves not only the means of the parents, but also the natural aptitudes nnd abilities of the child. It the means are limited, then very likely n course In n secondary second-ary school with a six yenrs' course will be pursued by the chllu ufter the attainment of the tenth year, or proh-nbly proh-nbly n course In n trnde school or secondary sec-ondary technical school, i'i preparation for some profession In middle life, such as that of artisan, skilled textile worker, or lower engineer or mechanic. If sutUclcnt menus arc nt hnud, then the son will be prepared for n higher education, which will be cither classical classi-cal (gymnasium), leading to some higher profesiion, like theology, medicine medi-cine or law; or seinl-classlcal (real-gymnasium), (real-gymnasium), also lending to some higher profession; or non-classlcnl (ober-realhchule), In preparation for a business career, for n course nt some lndiistrlnl high school, or, less frequently, fre-quently, for mcdlcilne or lnw. The nge or fourteen, the year nt which the Volksschule Is, ns n rule, completed, marks another turning-point turning-point In the educational career of the cud. The boy may enter either n general continuation school (allgctuclno fortblldungsschule) In which nre repented re-pented nnd expanded some of the most neccRsnry studies of the Volksjehule, or he mny enter one of the two classes of Industrial continuation schools a general industrial continuation school (gewerhllehe Fortblldungsschule) or n commercial continuation school iknuf-maunlsche iknuf-maunlsche Fortblldungsschule). German, drawing nnd arithmetic nre the three great branches taught In the continuation schools, though more advanced ad-vanced work In geometry, physics nnd chemistry Is given In n few cf tho best schools. To these studies must be added Instruction In snc'-i subjects as possess n particular value to a local Industry or Industries. The commercial commer-cial continuation schools rist'ngu'sli themselves from tho general t u'ustrial continuation schools In that they e n-phaslzc n-phaslzc tho commercial studios viz., correspondence, bookkeeping, languages, lang-uages, connerelnl nrlt'nr.ctlc. roumer-clal roumer-clal geography nnd oHco work. It Is lir.portai t to i.eto fiat tho cl.'Id Crst cemes ii cca.act wl'.h the tys.rrj of inlustrlnl c('ucntlo:i nftcr trai'ua-lion trai'ua-lion fro.n the Voilssckile. In soue slates It Is permissible to substitute n special trn Jo cchcel (gewevLllche I'ac'.i-schule) I'ac'.i-schule) for a contlma'.Ioi school, particularly par-ticularly for persois preparing for a pro.'esslo'i. Further! nre, r. prinary comricrclnl school, a prinary textile schocl, rr school for nec'ianlcs cr fcr locks cltlis, etc., nny be cu'jstlM'.ted for t'Jo coall:iratIo i school. As a rule, however, these special trad-' schools, oven it elementary, require the completion comple-tion c scue combination schco; for admission, to Insure prcpor nati rity of nlnd in the ttudy of a profession. Here, thcr, is the end -f the educational edu-cational career of a child destined for nothing i lore than n prl.uary cdrxa-t'o'i. cdrxa-t'o'i. The Volksschule course, plus a ccrj'Ulsory, or rarely optional, continuation continu-ation school course, or, In substitution, some indrs'.rlal continuation or trade schocl corrse, Is the sum total of a primary education In Ccrr.iany, rhieh Is cotiploted at the ago of (if teen, sixteen, six-teen, cr at tines seventeen years. |