The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Hailmann, William Nicholas
HAILMANN, hāl'mạn, William Nicholas,
American educator: b. Glarus, Switzerland, 20
Oct. 1836. He was educated in the gymnasium
at Zürich; studied in Medical College, Louisville,
Ky. (Hon. A.M. University of Louisville 1864;
Ph.D. Ohio University 1885). He became teacher
of natural science in the Louisville high schools
1856-65; director of the German and English
Academy 1865-73; director of the German and
English Academy, Milwaukee, 1873-78; director
of the German-American Seminary, Detroit,
1878-83; superintendent of public schools
Laporte, Ind., 1883-94; national superintendent of
Indian schools, 1894-98. He was superintendent
of instruction, Dayton, Ohio, 1898-1903 and
head of the department of psychology, Chicago

Normal School, 1904-09; head of department of
education at the Normal Training School,
Cleveland, Ohio, 1909-15, when he retired to
Pasadena, Cal. Among his writings are
‘Outlines of a System of Object-teaching’ (1866);
‘History of Pedagogy’ (1870); ‘Kindergarten
Culture’ (1872); ‘The Law of Childhood’
(1878); ‘Primary Methods’ (1887); ‘Application
of Psychology to Teaching’ (1887);
‘Froebel's Education of Man’ (1890); ‘The
English Language’ (1902). He edited
Erziehungsblaetter (1870-83); Kindergarten Messenger
and New Education (1876-84). From 1883-94
he was one of the chief contributors of the
National Educators' Association in the interest
of the kindergarten and other features of the
new education.