Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.—No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 by Various, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. You can jump to any chapter in this book . Education in Germany. here Education in Germany. The compulsory school laws of Prussia are frequently pointed to as models for similar laws, perhaps with the hope that by imitating her lower schools we can bring up our high schools to an equal rank with hers, and place our universities on a level with those which are producing the most finished scholars, the deepest thinkers, and the greatest investigators. We are likely to forget that the conditions are different, and especially that , is as true of a chemist as of a poet. The state of popular education in Germany is, however, a matter of interest, and is best illustrated by the following table, showing the percentage of unschooled men among the recruits from different German provinces: nascitur, non fit Per cent. Prussia 3.19 Bavaria 1.79 Saxony 0.23 Würtemberg 0.02 Baden 0.22 Hesse 0.35 Mecklenburg 1.09 Thuringia 1.42 Alsace 3.45 These figures seem to indicate a higher grade of intelligence and wider diffusion of knowledge among all classes, for recruits are from every class, than in Austria, although in the latter the figures are arranged so differently as to make any accurate comparison of Austria and Germany rather difficult and unsatisfactory. Name of District. Number of Common Schools. Number of inhabitants to each school. Percentage of school children who attend. Number of Normal Schools. Bohemia 4,190 1,254 77 12 Bukowina 167 3,121 9 1 Dalmatia 241 1,864 12 2 Galicia 2,374 2,341 15 1 Carinthia 318 1,060 ? 2 Carniola 234 1,187 48 2 Custrin 396 1,496 38 5 Moravia 1,866 1,082 78 5 Lower Austria 1,267 1,578 76 5 Upper Austria 506 1,455 82 2 Salzburg 155 982 85 1 Steiermark 690 1,657 59 3 Schlesia 433 1,208 77 4 Tyrol 1,926 457 ? 6 Total 14,763 51 Over 3,000 teachers' positions are said to be vacant at the present time. About HackerNoon Book Series: We bring you the most important technical, scientific, and insightful public domain books. This book is part of the public domain. Various (2012). Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII. —No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877. Urbana, Illinois: Project Gutenberg. Retrieved https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/38481/pg38481-images.html This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at , located at . www.gutenberg.org https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html

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