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of languages, and must have reasonable 

 facility in the German language. The 

 teacher who goes to Prussia will enter a 

 gymnasium or a real-gymnasium. His 

 work will be the informal teaching of the 

 English language by means of conversa- 

 tion. As stated in the general discussion, 

 the remuneration is one hundred to one 

 hundred and ten marks a month paid by 

 the Prussian government in monthly in- 

 stalments. 



A teacher coming to the United States 

 from Prussia may enter a college or a high 

 school of good standing. His work, sim- 

 ilar to that of the American teacher as- 

 signed to a post in Prussia, will be the 

 teaching of the German lang-uage by means 

 of conversation. The Prussian teacher for 

 appointment in the United States must be 

 a graduate of a German university and 

 must have served for at least a year as a 

 probationary teacher under the director of 

 a gymtiasium. 



Any educational institution or city school 

 board which makes application for a Prus- 

 sian teacher must agree to pay the visiting 

 teacher a sufficient sum to meet modest 

 living expenses such as board, room, laun- 

 dry, etc. In no case should this amount 

 be less than the monthly allowance which 

 the Prussian government pays to an Amer- 

 ican teacher in Prussia. An amount of 

 approximately fifty dollars a month for a 

 period of eight months will usually meet 

 the requirement. The amount will vary 

 according to location. 



Many colleges, universities and normal 

 schools which have departments of German 

 will probably be glad not only to select a 

 representative to go to Prussia, but also 

 to receive in return a Prussian teacher who 

 would doubtless stimulate a new interest in 

 the work of the department. It is not 

 necessary, however, that an institution 

 which receives a Prussian teacher should 



also nominate a teacher to go to Prussia; 

 nor that if an institution sends a teacher 

 to Prussia it receive a foreign teacher in 

 return. 



The Prussian government pays all the 

 necessary traveling expenses of the teachers 

 selected to come to America. While many 

 of the American teachers will probably be 

 willing to pay their own traveling expenses 

 to Prussia, it is hoped that institutions 

 which nominate the individual teacher will 

 also pay the transportation to Prussia, thus 

 making the appointment one of distinction 

 and honor as well as an educational oppor- 

 tunity. 



All appointments are made either for 

 one academic year or for one half of the 

 academic year. The year begins at Easter 

 and is divided into two terms, the second 

 term beginning about October 1. There 

 are generally two weeks vacation at Easter, 

 two weeks at Christmas, one week at Whit- 

 suntide, and about four weeks in June or 

 August, according to the arrangement of 

 the ministry. 



In accepting an appointment from either 

 country, teachers pledge themselves not to 

 publish anything concerning the institu- 

 tions with which they are connected except 

 with the permission of the proper authori- 

 ties. This restriction is a nominal one. 

 It is understood that there will be no 

 objection to any serious and well-informed 

 publication on the part of the visiting 

 teacher. 



At the present time women are not eli- 

 gible to appointments as exchange teachers 

 with Prussia. 



American teachers who take these ap- 

 pointments are expected to render a report 

 at the end of their service to the president 

 of the Carnegie Foundation concerning 

 such matters as seem to them important or 

 to have educational value. 



The Carnegie Foundation assumes no 



