The German universities for the last fifty years / by Dr. J. Conrad, authorized translation by John Hutchinson and a preface by James Bryce.

Johannes Conrad

Date:: 1885

Credit: The German universities for the last fifty years / by Dr. J. Conrad, authorized translation by John Hutchinson and a preface by James Bryce. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$tions from which, in many cases, has emanated the most serious opposition to reforms in the public interest. Note 11, p. 176. On the Prussian Training in Forestry. Forestry is a subject to the scientific development of which great attention has long been paid in Germany. Possibly the abundant supply of coal in Britain ’is one of the main causes which have prevented it receiving at home the attention it is now generally admitted to deserve. In Germany it is a great in- dustry and a considerable source of communal and State revenue. In Prussia 23'.35 per cent, of the entire surface of the country is forest land, in Wiirtemberg it is 31-23, and in Baden as high as 35'90. As on every subject capable of scientific treatment there is a large German literature on forestry. Each large State has a forestry school. In Wurtemberg, Hesse, and Bavaria, it is a branch of university study. In Prussia it has no connection with the education department, but is under the control of the Finance ]\Iinister, to whom it annually brings in over one million pounds sterling of clear revenue. It is treated as a regular branch of the civil service, and an elaborate code exists for its regulation, as for tlie other great branches of the service. Prussia has two great schools, one at Eberswald near Berlin, and the other at Miinden in Hanover. They stand on the same level as the universities so far as regards- the previous training requisite to enter them. No one can enter who has not passed the Abiturienten-examen at a gymnasium (classical or Real), but iu either case excellence in mathe- matics is imperative. The higher forestry service is practically a career for the rich, as no one is admitted to these academies who cannot produce before, and as a condition of, entrance, evidence that he can support himself for at least six years. The first year of the apprenticeship is spent in practical work under an upper forester. The aim of the academies is declared to be not only the training of the State foresters, but the general advancement of the science of forestry. The staff of each consists of—$