The - stone griffin offers hospitality to the young wanderers. YOUNG GERMANY BY ANNE MERRIMAN PECK AUTHOR. OF STORYBOOK. EUROPE AND ROUNDABOUT EUROPE ROBERT M. MCBRIDE COMPANY NEW YORK MCMXXXI TO THE THREE MUSKETEERS ALAN, DAVID AND JEFFREY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to express my gratitude to a few of the people and organizations who have aided me in gathering material for this book. Fran Else Frobenius 3 Berlin. Dr. Klaus Mehnert, Berlin. Fraulein Dr. Mende Deutsche Archiv fiir Jugendwohlf ahrt, Berlin. Dr. K. O. Berding and Professor Grossman, Amerika In stitut, Berlin. Mary Wigman, Dresden. Herr Gustaf Frenzel, Verkehrsamt, Cologne. Herr Dr. Konzelman, Deutsches Museum, Munich. Reichsbahnzentrale fiir den Deutschen Rei severkehr 3 Berlin. Vereinige Carl Shurz, Ber lin. Zentralinstitut fiir Erziehung und Unter richt Berlin. Anne Merrlman Peck CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE L Youth Takes to the Road 3 II. The Youth Movement 23 III. Youth Learns at School 37 IV. Youth Studies the Universe 63 V. The Young Peasant 80 VL The Young Town Dweller 104 VII. Dcr Neuer Mensch Healthy Mind in Healthy Body 125 VIII. Youth at Play 145 IX. Heydays and Holidays 162 X. Young Germany Welcomes Young America 183 ILLUSTRATIONS The stone griffin offers hospitality to the young wanderers Frontispiece They march out from the old castle with banners and music PAGE n FACING PAGE The day room of the Youth, Shelter at Cologne 48 Young wanderers cook for themselves in most Youth Shelters 49 Young craftsmen of Mittenwald making violins 64 Students of the Bode School of Gymnastics 65 Bavarians go out to ski 128 The start of a ski contest 129 Young dancers of the Wigman School 144 Young Amazons enjoy sun and air 145 The boyssing around their campfire PAGE 173