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likewise considerable progress in mathematics. In the highest 
class the boys are instructed in the higher mathematics, and are 
prepared to enter college. As I entered the school they were just 
receiving instruction in geography. The teacher asked, where is 
Weimar? The answer was, on the Rhine. The instructor then in¬ 
formed the children of the meritorious share my forefathers had in 
the Reformation, and praised the encouragement given in modern 
times to literature in Weimar. He spoke altogether with great 
enthusiasm of German literature, and concluded by wishing that 
the time might soon come, when instruction in the German lan¬ 
guage should be given at this school. As I left the room the 
scholars spontaneously applauded me, and I confess I was affect¬ 
ed by it In this higher class the orders are also given with a 
whistle, combined however with a small telegraph, which stands 
on the desk of the principal. This school, which is only seven 
years old, is already in possession of a very handsome mineralo- 
gical cabinet, and a small philosophical apparatus. 
The institution for juvenile offenders is situated out of town; 
it is for children condemned by the court to imprisonment, and 
are thus confined in a separate prison to improve their principles 
by education. When they are improved, and have some educa¬ 
tion, they are then bound out to a farmer in the country, but if 
they are of an untameable disposition, and need stronger control, 
they are then disposed of as sailors. The girls are bound out as 
servants in the country. In order to have a good location for 
this institution, the society bought, of the United States govern¬ 
ment, a building, heretofore used as an arsenal, but become use¬ 
less to the government on account of its distance from the water. 
It has existed but one year, and has at present forty-four juvenile 
delinquents. The sexes are separated, and each child occupies 
a distinct chamber. During the day they are mostly employed 
in learning, and in domestic occupations. As the building was 
not sufficiently large to receive all the offenders, a new one was 
built in the rear of the first, which the boys were employed 
in erecting. One of the boys who had escaped twice, walked 
about with an iron chain and heavy iron ball secured to his leg. 
A young man of respectable family, sixteen years old, who was 
imprisoned for his great propensity to stealing, was employed 
as a sub-instructor, account-keeper, and sub-overseer of the in¬ 
stitution. Hopes are still entertained that he may be reclaimed. 
From this institution, Mr. Eddy led me to another establish¬ 
ment, also founded and supported by voluntary contributions, 
viz. the Orphan Asylum. The house, in which there are one 
hundred children of both sexes, is in a very healthy situation; 
the rooms are large, and the children sleep in wards, which con¬ 
tain twelve beds. They are instructed in reading, writing, arith 
