Foreign Language Press Service

Only a year ago the Germans of Illinois and the neighboring Wisconsin had to fight for a right, that should be evident, namely the right to let their children be instructed in the German language at their own expense. The nativistic impudence went so far, that they wanted to exterminate the G

Mr. C. F. Adams, former professor of German, at the University of Louisville Kentucky, has opened here recently a school of languages and is specializing in German introduction for Colored people. He has already a class of 62 Colored pupile of both sexes for this particylar language-course. View details

The National Association of German-American Teachers sent a circular letter to all German-American teachers of Chicago; requesting them to come to a meeting at the Northside Turnerhall, June 17th, 2 P.M. The purpose of the meeting is, to develop a detailed travelling schedule in reg

Miss Marths M. Rebendorf has sent a circular letter to prominent Chicago German citizens, in order to arouse more Interest for the projected Home for German teachers. There was a meeting last night at the Kimball Hall, during which the following executive committee was formed:- Dr. G. A. Zimm

The "Evanston Press", the only newspaper in Evanston, published yesterday an editorial, which is praising the growing interest of Chicago Germans in the achievements of the Evanston University. This flourishing University has a German Department, of which Professor Cohn is the superintendent.

Mr. Charles S. Thorntion, proposed yesterday to the school board committee for administrative affairs, that an investigation should be made about what real value instruction of the German languages has. It is given in the middle classes of the public schools, with an annual expense of about $

In yesterday's paper the expectation expressed, that the Superintendent of German instruction would very well be able to refute the attacks made by School Board Member Thorntion, against his department, is punctually answered by the Tev. Zimmermann, by submission of the following numbers:

"Mr. Thornton is a passionate and ambitious gentleman", said Mr. Joseph W. Errant today to a reporter of this paper, "but, he is not the Board of Education. His motion to submit the German Department of Educations Affairs to an investigation was accepted by the Committee for administrative ma

If the Schoolboard should accept the recommendations, which have been made by Mr. Thornton's special committee in the matters of the German lessons, the German teachers on the public schools of Chicago may consider themselves inactive in a few years to come. The Committee will recommend that

Because the income of the City of Chicago does proportionally decrease from year to year and bonds cannot be issued any more, the City Council resolved to lessen all expenses. At the most it cut down the grants for the public schools, which shall get along with $1,600,000 less than was demand

The salary reductions recommended by the Economy Committee of the school board, which had been prevented in January by the opposition of Messrs. Thornton, Brennan etc. will be proposed again on account of the large reduction in the school funds, ordered by the Council. It is expected that the

The management of the Art Institute has an arrangment with Chicago University to teach the pupils of the Art School in modern languages if so desired by professors of the University in German, French, Italian and Spanish.

The Garfield School, corner of Johnson and Henry Streets, will be opened July 6th, for six weeks vacation course, with the approval of the School Board, and under the management of Prof. J. W. Smedley. Expenses of the course is about $800 and will be borne by the Civic Federation, that will a

The German-American Teachers Union has made the following appeal: " On account of the convention of the German-American Teachers Union taking place in Buffalo, N. Y., July 6,7,8. The citizens committee, Buffalo, sends its heartiest invitation to all German-teachers. We can assure all delegate

In the Music Hall on University place, between Orrington and Sherman Avenues, there will, on Decoration Day, May 31st, be held the closing celebration of the German classes of Northwestern University. A very interesting program has been worked out for this occasion, in the performance of whic

Although A. S. Trude is not personally interested in the Judicial-Campaign, he wants to assist the candidacy of his brother George A. Trude, and is particularly anxious, that his "record" as member of the Schoolboard should especially help him. That the Germans, in the person of A.

In our neighboring city,Milwankee, there will be held from July 5 to 9th the annual convention of the "National Educational Association", with which a National German Teacher's day is going to be combined. On this occasion, the presidency of the German-American Teachers Association, issued th

During the German Teachers Day in Milwankee, Mr. Emil Dapprich, director of the German-Teachers Seminary, gave an interesting lecture on the State of German instruction in city and country. The statistics were obtained through answers to about 3000 circular letters sent to the schools of the

In the public schools of Milwaukee there was for years more attention paid to instruction in the German language than in the schools of any other big city of the country and this is easy to explain in regard to the strong Germanism in Beer - Athens. But also in Milwaukee, like other cities, a

Editor of Skandinaven. Dear Sir: I have with both interest and amusement of late read the columns for the young people in your paper. To introduce a new subject, and yet one that is closely related to those that have been discussed, I wish to submit the following for the c