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    1 THE INSTITUTIONS CXF HOFWYJL. 27

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    foe Fellenberg now io establish the connecting link between that land the agricultural _institution and an intermediate schooldesigned

    , I for the children of the middle classes , was erected . The building , I diet _? and furniture of the pupils were all in accordance with the

    I customs and habits of their class . in Switzerland . The children I received an education suitable to their position— -less intellectual

    land more laborious than that _given-in the high school . I An Industrial - Institution was also formed for poor girlsand

    , I was conducted by De Fellenberg's eldest daughter , who gave heriself up with devotedness to this labor of love .

    I But this great philanthropist did not stop here in his work . He Iwas anxious to provide for the schools of his countryand formed a

    , _IlSrornial Institution , opening classes for schoolmasters ; these were lat one time attended by one hundred young men .

    I We-will now take a rapid glance at the Institutions of Hofwyl , las the realization of De Fellenberg's grand educational idea .

    I 1 . An Agricultural ' School , combining the reformatory of the ipresent day with education for the poor but honest peasant .

    I 2 . The , High Scientific School , for the children of wealthy _Iparents .

    I 3 . The Intermediate Institution , for the middle class of tradesmen [ and small farmers .

    4 . An Industrial School for girls , where they were trained to household work .

    I schools 5 . A . Normal School - , _ for training masters : for the agricultural ¦ _T

    6 . A Summer School , for the instruction of village schoolmasters . 7 . A Model Farmon which was carried out the most approved

    methods of cultivation , . A small part of this farm was set apart as an experimental portion .

    8 . Expensive workshops , for manufacturing agricultural implements either for private or public use . A workshop for the

    manufacture of model rn . achin . es was included . Let us now view the Institutions of Hofwyl in their influence

    upon European civilization . Dr . Scheidler , Professor at Zena , has given to the world his opinion of the educational system of De

    Fellenberg , in a work he calls _" The Vital Question of European Civilization . " " In every respect , " he writes _" the Institutions of

    , Hofwyl appear to answer the demands of the day . They point out in a powerful , true , and practical manner , the radical cure for the

    corruptions of modern civilization . They do not present us with imaginary _; proposals"but with substantial and accumulated facts ,

    , which have been tested by the experience of many years . They contain a whole consisting of many parts ; every one of which

    , maintains its own proper and specific relation to the rest . " Sir James Kay Shuttleworth visited Hofwyl at the period of its

    greatest prosperity , and has > expressed , his deep sense of its importance : but at the time when ] _ae and Lord" Brougham , wrote ,

    1 The Institutions Cxf Hofwyjl. 27

    1 THE INSTITUTIONS CXF HOFWYJL . 27

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1861, page 27, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091861/page/27/