Word: gymnasium
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Gymnasium Viewed as Classic...
...Kellermann then explained the present status of the Gymnasium...
...Germans view it in its classical light. The ancient Greek meaning, and the optic adopted by modern-day Germans, is that the Gymnasium is the harmonic unity between the well-developed body, the brain, and the soul...
...There are four kinds of Gymnasiums in Germany. The first is the Humanistic Gymnasium, which deals with the entire phase of classical culture and compares the antique and present German religion, literature, history, art, philosophy, and politics. Then there is the Europeanistic Gymnasium which attempts to explain the meaning of the European customs, and compares the languages of Germany, France, and England, and, in short, all the mental and psychic qualities connected with the learning of these nations...
...American schools seek only to teach the utilitarian vocational courses," explained Dr. Kellerman, "while the Germans' prime motive is to instill and perpetuate culture among the youth of the nation. In the third place, there is the Mathematical-Scientific Gymnasium, the aim of which is to teach the students to view modern culture form the scientific standpoint. It aims to show the student the mathematical, the physical, and the chemical side of modern culture...