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mermann (teacher in Zwickau), caused a Sensation whicli was
well justified; and the wisli was tlien repeatedly uttered, that tke
author might make his plates serviceable to other schools, by
reproducing them. At the World’s Fair they were likewise to be
seen, and received the most favorable commendation on all sides.
When speaking of Saxony, we shall recur to this work more in
detail. The People’s School at Mayence, which is so excellently
managed, and the work of whose pupils received such high praise
at the time of the Exhibition in 1870, unfortunately did not send
any thing to Yienna.
In the provinces of Prussia drawing is well managed wherever
the teacher happens to be versed in the subjectJ This Observation
very naturally leads us on to the consideration of instruction in
drawing in Teachers’ Seminaries, whence its cultivation in the
People’s Schools must necessarily proceed. Down to the present
this instruction was very incomplete; and, according to the report
already quoted, it was frequently in danger of dying out altogether,
owing to the isolated Situation of some of the seminaries. But
little time being deyoted to drawing, and the drawing-teacher being
therefore left without adequate employment, the subject was gener-
ally intrusted to one of the teachers of Science. Suitable teachers
were to be had only in the larger cities, which is the reason why
good results were generally obtained in those places. If the later
regulations in regard to drawing in the People’s Schools are to be
carried out, the government will have to see to it that due attention
is paid to the subject in the seminaries.
In regard to instruction in industrial drawing, the North of Ger-
many is also still far behind the Southern countries. Not verj' long
ago, every thing that was done to advance art-industry emanated
from private societies only, and the Prussian government was the
most tardy of all the German governments in devoting due atten
tion to this most important factor of wealth. Up to about ten
years ago, tliere were no institutions in Prussia capable of extend-
ing adequate Support to the art-industries, the only exceptlon
being the “Society of Mechanics ” of Berlin, which was espe-
cially instrumental in advancing the joinery and the weaving of
Northern Germany to a certain degree. The Municipal Industrial
Schools provided for a more general scientific education, rather