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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.
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.
Kamenz
