At the age of eighteen he entered a boarding school which was
conducted by Cantor Vogel in the city of Kamenz, where he
pursued a course of study. The palace of the deceased prince
Albrecht of Prussia being at the fore-mentioned Kamenz, and
as Cantor Vogel was organist as well as cantor in the palace
chapel, young Eberhard accompanied him frequently to the
palace chapel, and there met and became a playmate with the
young princess, especially on Sundays. On his return from
Kamenz to Breslau, his studies were continued in the high
schools, including the Real-schule, and at Ossig's private
school in that city. At this period of his early school life, his
favorite occupation was in laboratory experimental work in
physics and chemistry, as his ambition was to take up
electrical engineering work as a vocation. This ambition was
contrary to the wishes of his father who had planned that he
should follow in his footsteps as a civil and railroad engineer
and contractor in the direction of the construction of railways,
bridges and other public utilities carried on by the government.
The determination of his father prevailed and he apprenticed
the youth to a mechanic. Young Eberhard Schneider was not
willing to bend to the wishes of his father as to the future
vocation, but he, while serving his apprenticeship, secretly
continued his studies of the science of electrical mechanism
during the free hours granted for recreation, and after three
years of his time as an apprentice had passed, and his father
still persisted in his determination to have the son complete
his apprenticeship, he determined to leave home and thus
relieve himself from a distasteful avocation.
conducted by Cantor Vogel in the city of Kamenz, where he
pursued a course of study. The palace of the deceased prince
Albrecht of Prussia being at the fore-mentioned Kamenz, and
as Cantor Vogel was organist as well as cantor in the palace
chapel, young Eberhard accompanied him frequently to the
palace chapel, and there met and became a playmate with the
young princess, especially on Sundays. On his return from
Kamenz to Breslau, his studies were continued in the high
schools, including the Real-schule, and at Ossig's private
school in that city. At this period of his early school life, his
favorite occupation was in laboratory experimental work in
physics and chemistry, as his ambition was to take up
electrical engineering work as a vocation. This ambition was
contrary to the wishes of his father who had planned that he
should follow in his footsteps as a civil and railroad engineer
and contractor in the direction of the construction of railways,
bridges and other public utilities carried on by the government.
The determination of his father prevailed and he apprenticed
the youth to a mechanic. Young Eberhard Schneider was not
willing to bend to the wishes of his father as to the future
vocation, but he, while serving his apprenticeship, secretly
continued his studies of the science of electrical mechanism
during the free hours granted for recreation, and after three
years of his time as an apprentice had passed, and his father
still persisted in his determination to have the son complete
his apprenticeship, he determined to leave home and thus
relieve himself from a distasteful avocation.
Kamenz
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