es, machinery construction and
electro-technics being given attention.

In the mechanical engineering course the following subjects are studied:

elementary mathematics
descriptive geometry
calculus
surveying
physics
German
French
English
mechanics
machine work
machine construction
mechanical drawing
practical work.

In the chemistry course the curriculum is made up of

mathematics
physics
chemistry
mineralogy
German
French
English
machine construction
laboratory work.

The building construction course offers language, mechanical drawing
and architecture.

V

HIGHER TECHNICAL SCHOOLS

Technische Hochschulen

We have at this point in our study reached the schools of highest rank
offering training of a technical character, called variously technical
high schools, technical colleges, or polytechnics, the Technische
Hochschulen. These schools are not high schools in the sense that the
term would be applied to our American institutions, but are rather
schools of collegiate grade, ranking in fact, as the title indicates in
the university class. While not exactly comparable to our engineering
schools, they approach more nearly these than they do any other of our
American educational institutions.

Before the beginning of the century just closed it was apparent to some
German minds more far seeing than the rest, that schools of a higher
than secondary rank must be inaugurated to offer training in the
sciences; give opportunity to show the application of science to the
arts; and prepare young men to grapple with scientific industrial
problems such as were constantly springing up. Should the university
attempt such work? An effort was made looking toward this end. It was at
once evident that here was not the place to begin. The university was an
institution in and of itself. Its methods, curriculum and aim were
fixed, owing to long established customs. It had a certain work to
perform, its own peculiar function to fulfill, and traditional and
classical tendency were too strong to be checked in their movement, or
to allow a branch stream to flow in and thus add to or modify the
existing content.

The war for industrial supremacy, between England and Germany
particularly, was a prominent factor leading up to the establishment of
technical schools in the latter country. G