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Show United States Bound Soon to Lead the Whole World in Education By DR. FRANZ HILKER, Berlin, Germany. America will soon lead the world in education. There was a time when the United States looked to Germany, as did other nations of the world, for educational leadership and the influence of men like Froebel and Pestalozzi was felt throughout the world. Now, however, Germany looks to the United States for new things in education. On our tour of your country we have found new methods, new experiments which will be of greatest value to German education. We have found many things that we should like to take back with us. On this trip we have been impressed with the deep respect that Americans Amer-icans have for education and their, fine confidence in it. We have seen a connection between practical life and school work and we have been Eurprised and gratified at the splendid relations between pupils and teachers. It is your great educational methods that make it possible for you to transform the people of all nations into Americans. |