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Easy and Successful 
Introduction of the German Language 
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In the fall of 1810, the German Language became a general 
branch of instruction in the Male Department of Grammar 
School No. 15, New York City, in accordance with the amended 
By-Laws of the Board of Education. 
Of the 500 boys in the School nearly one half, belonging to 
American, Irish, Scotch or English families, until six months 
ago knew nothing whatever of the German language. 
On Friday, March 31st 1811, an examination was held to 
test the progress made in the new study. It was demonstrated, 
on this occasion, in a most satisfactory manner, that though 
the German boys of course excelled the others in conversational 
powers, the American, Irish and English boys had learned the 
action and grammatical construction of the German language 
surprisingly well, fully equalling the children of German 
parents. 
The several grades were examined in succession; the pupils 
not only read and translated German into English, and English 
into German, but they also wrote down in correct German 
script English phrases given them to be rendered into German. 
At the close of the exercises, Mr. Superintendent Kiddle, 
who had conducted the examination, congratulating the boys 
upon their remarkable success in engrafting the German lan¬ 
guage bn the regular course of study, observed : 
Very many persons have thought that this could not be done, without 
sacrificing those English studies which in a practical point of view, are of 
paramount importance; but you have made the experiment, and under the 
able and zealous instruction of your excellent teacher, Mr. Hutten, you have 
achieved that which has given us not only pleasure and satisfaction, but sur¬ 
prise; for, in six months, to have acquired a facility in German pronunciation, 
to have learned to translate so large a number of German exercises into 
English, and vice versa , and to use with so much fluency the German script , is a task 
of no ordinary magnitude. Indeed, many persons on witnessing this ex¬ 
amination, might suppose that, during this period, you have done nothing 
but study German; but I can bear testimony, from the records of my de¬ 
partment, that the examinations to which this school has been subjected in 
the ordinary English branches, during the same period, were never more suc¬ 
cessful or satisfactory. 
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