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Show War Studies of ttafGeian Youth lb Tho exposition nt Ilerlln known ns School nnd tho Wur, is most Instructive Instruc-tive ns showing tho lnlluonco which tho wnr, having wrought such modifications modifi-cations in tho thinking and feeling of nations, Is exerting In moro ways than ono on tho education ot tho rising ris-ing generation. At this exposition eno may follow In detail tho manifold mani-fold changos mado by war In tho cur-clcula cur-clcula of Gormnn nnd Austro Hungarian Hun-garian schools. Somo of theso changes, chang-es, it Is true, may havo dovolopod spontaneously ns n rosuit ot 'circumstances; 'circum-stances; nthars nro tho outcomo of consistent planning. Geography, for intanco, a dry as dust subject to most pupils, may bo wonderfully enllvonod hy roforonco to tho events of tho dny. And how r..any pupils, onco docldodly nvorso to mathematics, havo dovolopod n buddon liking for that subject slnco ttho discussion of problems In survoy- I I tig, distanco estimation and so forth forms an important part of tho Instruction! In-struction! In phj'sics much nttontlon Is bestowed on tho study of trajectories trajec-tories or projectiles, aviation, and kindred topics. In cb Jar., nothing noth-ing could bo moro Intrn tttng than tho problems connected In wrap way or other with the present war and Its concomitant phenomena, explosives, explos-ives, artificial fertilizers, chemistry of food and so forth. Teachers need no longer ho afrnld to touch problems of social economy and tho psychology of nations which tho Juvenilo mind In normal times would lack maturity to understand. In fact, thoro is everywhere a preference pref-erence for prnctical problems, and, though It might bo dangerous to 0 too far In this direction thoro Is no denying that pupils nro far moro wholeheartedly attentive, far moro zealous than In tho past, nnd that tho stupid resignation which generally general-ly characterized tho nttitudo of pupils pup-ils townrd tho school Is tending moro and moro to disappear. Changes of n peculiarly radical sort havo been mado in tho field of physical phy-sical training gymnastics, at least In tho uppor forms, no longer constl-slcs, constl-slcs, nt least In tho upper forms, tutes tho contral feature ot this branch of education. Shortly after tho outbreak of tho war a Joint manifesto mani-festo byi tho German Ministries of wnr and Education called on tho youth of the country, from tho ago of sixteen onward, to devote them' solves to tho servlco of tho Fatherland. Father-land. Participation in military training thus suggestsd wng not mads compulsory, slnco It was bo-lioved bo-lioved that enthusiasm would bo como moro general under a system of voluntary sorvlco, It may Indeed seem strange Hint tho iden of military training for tho young shouM not havo had Its origin In Germany, generally considered con-sidered tho crndlo of militarism. In fact, howovor, Knglnnd nnd hor dominions havo long had Hoy Scouts and Juvenilo regiments, and tho Idea has oven been adopted in Franco, whero individual llborty Is so highly prized nnd whero formor Boy Scouts nro now assured of a moro rapid advnnco In tho nnny. Even Russia hns tried to do something some-thing In this way. From "Military Training for German Youth" by Al fred Grndenwltz, In tho American Uevlow of Ilovlows. |
