"Vienna, Oct. 16.
The announcement of an English lecture in Vienna attracts not only the English and British Community, but also many Austrians who speak English and are eager to perfect his accomplishment, When, moreover, so gifted a speaker as Professor William H, Kilpatrick, of Cotumbia University, New York, an authority in the.field of education, is the orator it is no wonder that tthe small "festival hall" of the University was crowded. Professor Kilpatrick is on his way to China, studying the educational systems of the various countries he is visiting. on his way.
Ta his address on "Education for a Changing Civilization," Dr. Kil-patrick emphasized the fact' that the main factor of modern eivilization was the growth of tested thought and its application to the affairs of men,.that the days of authoritarianism were: over, that we ould no longer Iny down precepts from our own experience for the child to follow, but must train him to make his own mental and moral reactions to this rapidly changing world. This meant a new school system, said the speaker, and 30 far as he knew Austria had made real change, a better change than fany other country in the world in its elementary schools.
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