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LOCAL TAXATION IN COPENHAGBN. 43 ground or gymnasium, while the class-room is aired. Moreover, every class has its own class-room, a feature which. teachers in English elementary schools will appreciate at its true value. One other feature worth noting is that a class does not leam all, or nearly all, it is taught from one teacher. Specialisation of function secures greater efficiency of work with a less strain on teachers. A time-table, selected at random from one of the 30 communal schools will illustrate further-the nature of the instruction given. In the numbering of the classes the sixth is the youngest class, the age increasing as the class-number decreases, till, at age 13, scholars will be found in the second or first class, in the leaving . class, or in special classes such as many of the schools find it necessary to establish for backward children too old for the junior classes. The first class is that with which nearly half the children end their school-life. TIME TABLE. (Hours given to each. subject per week.)

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Subject.

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Class.

Class.

6 5 4 3 2 1 2 2 4 4 3 3 i

6 5 4 3 2 1 2 2 3 3 8 3 1

Leaving Class.

Religion ........................ Danish ............................ 10 10 Development of Intel- ligonce.................... 2 1 German .........

9 8 7 6 5 9 IC 7 7 7 6 5

o 1

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Danish History .., Universal H istory... Geography ................. Natural H istory... Natural Science............. Matheruatics .................

2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 O 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 i

1 2 2 1 I

1 2

1 i

1 2 2

1 2 2

1 2

Aritlimetic .................... 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 5 5 4 3 3 3 Book-keeping................. 1 Writing ........................ 5 4 4 3 3 2 4 4 3 3 2 2 Drawing ........................ 2 3 3 4 1 1 Gymnastics.................... 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 Needlework.................... 4 4 6 6 6 6 1 Total hours per week .. 26 30 30 30 30 30 30 26 30 30 30 30 30 30 On such institutions as free meals in the winter, etc., I will add nothing, but the existence in each school of a lending library,