THE ILX.UST11AT.H1) J J EE.
June 24, 1000.
Marvelous Growth of
Cuban Schools
HAVANA, Juno 18. (Special Correspond
unco" of Tho Hco.) For months all Cuba has
been In a ferment over tho coming excursion
of teachers to tho United States, and (u
tho dato of Its departure approaches excite
ment concerning It Is rapidly nenrlng fover
hunt. This Is not surprising since tho ex
cursionists nro to number 1,150, nro to bo
selected from thu schools of tho entlro Island
and their whole expenses nro to bo paid by
tho United States government and tho au
thorities of Harvard university and their
friends.
This remarkable enterprise was planned
and 'nil its detnlls blocked out by AlexU
Kvorett Fryo, superintendent of tho Cuban
schools. Tho Idea of such an expedition
took possession of him soon after ho as
sumed charge of tho Ulnud'H educational
system. In carrying It out ho has been well
supported by tho entlro fnculty of Har
vard university and particularly by Presi
dent 101 lot. General Wood has also ondorsed
and helped tho schemo materially and Sec
retary of War Hoot has shown his approval
In tho most practical manner by designat
ing tho live largest transports In tho servlco
to tnko the teachers from Havana to the
slates.
OiiIiii'h School .System.
At the closo of tho Spanish-American war
thoro woro virtually no children In school
at all, not oven In Havana and tho larger
cities. Most of the parochial schools, ovon,
woro disbanded, and In a population of
about 1,000,000 tho education of tho chil
dren was quite forgotten.
In November, 1899, after almost a year of
American occupation, tho roports showed a
nominal ochool enrollment of only about
10,000 pupils. To tho Cuban secretary of
Justleo and public luntructlon In General
llrooke's cabinet had been entrusted tho
work of drawing up a school law, but It
had been drnfted along tho lines of tho
Spanish regime, and Its schcdulo was an
ImpoHslblo one, presenting such manifest
absurdities an tho teaching of
mathematics to children of 10.
Down to this tlmo tho' enforcement of
law and order and various strictly sanitary
and military problems bad occupied tho
uncrglcx of tbo Amorlcan officials In
Havana, but It was now ovldont that tho
tierlous matter of founding a system of
public schools could no longer bo delayed.
It was then that Mr. Fryo camo to Cuba at
tho suggestion of tho secretary of war,
anil on tho Invitation of Qoncral Urooko,
whoso personal friend ho was.
Mr. Vryv'n Work.
Superintendent Fryo investigated conditions
B Ta.
ALEXIS EVMRIiTT Kit YE
CUDAN SCHOOLS.
to bo established and a plan has been formu
lated for a teachers' normal school on tho
Island during the summer month) for tho
benefit of thoso who cannot Join tho excur
filon to tho United States.
To most American teachers tho salaries
paid to tho teachers of Cuba will probably
Heem high, but It
snouiu do romem
bered that living Is
much mora expenslvo
in Cuban than Ameri
can cities, a fact which
Americans in Havana
learned by ead experi
ence last winter. AIho
that formerly the
Cuban teacber bad hie
houso free of rent, n
custom that has boon
dono away with under
tho new regime. It
was in addition
thought desirable to
fix good salaries In
order that tho best poa
ulblo material might
bi Hecurcd. At pres
ent about thrce-n.'thi
of the moro than 3,00)
teachers nro women
nnd two-fifths are
men, no discrimina
tion bolng mado bo
tween tho sexes In
tho matter of pay
when similar sorvlcoa
aro performed.
Tho lowest salary
paid to any teacher
In Havana la $900,
and this is 25 per
cent moro than tho
averago of tho high
est salaries ' paid In
fifteen of tho largest
cities of tho United
States. Sovon other
cities in Cuba ro
celvo exactly this
avorago of highest
salaries in theso
cl'.lcs o: our country, whilo tho lowest salary
paid to any regular teacher In tho Cuban
public schools is $600.
It must not bo suppoaed, however, that
many well trained, highly qualified teachers
nro now in tho work. Tho exigencies of tho
of enrollment has been go great that at this
writing soveral thousand children nro un
provided for In any way, and tho prospects
aro that now awards must bo made by tho
opening of tho noxt term.
A apodal uummcr course with refcrenco to
tho needs of tho Cuban teachers has been
arranged at Harvard nnd Instructors con
versant with both languages will Impart the
Instruction. At tho same tlmo it Is ex
pressly understood thnt on their return tho
excursionist teachers aro to Impart as much
of tho instruction received ns they can to
thoso who remain at homo, nnd also to
describe tho trip In general In as great do
tall as possible. Thus tho Ideas gained will
be distributed over tho entlro Island.
It will bo soon thnt tho Cuban teachers
aro to receive a great object lesson. Thej
aro to bo Introduced In Amorlcan homes nnd
entertained, nnd besides tho Instruction of
tho regular six weeks' course they aro to see
our museums, laboratories, parks, great
public buildings nnd public works; they are
to have tho opportunity of studying our
cities and our manners and customs in gen
eral. Tho plan includes outing and social
features as well as study and a trip to
Washington, Chicago, Niagara Fnlls and
New York. GEORGE HENO.
FHiST SUPERINTENDENT OF
lent oppoultlc n on tno part of the Cubitus
ThlV fntlMnil Minf Ilia unlit ,.l.l..nt I. n,nl.
gnor llsLing a public school system, avowedly
based on that of tho United Stntes, was un
duly to "Americanize" tho Cubans nnd
further nnnexatlon. This report rnn liko
wildfire nil over tho island; tho newspapers situation demand that tho Bchool boards
broke out in virulent nnd scathing editorials should simply select tho best and most
and not n day passed that General Wood available, men and women and employ them,
wns not requested to dlschnrgo this purveyor Thoro Is not a slnglo teacher now In tho
of pernicious education. Washington was Cuban schools who has passed an examlna
besleged with protests nnd letters and petl- tlon uut tne school law provides that after
tlons against tho now system poured in from Septoinbor next all teachers must bo ex
nil sources for weeks. During that period nnilned. This will bo after the great ex
Mr. Fryo wns tho most cordlnlly hated curslon has returned from tho United States.
Amorlcan on tho island. Tuo supply of books, materials, etc., freo
Then tho bubble of opposition collanscd of charg0 t0 I,upl", ,a Probably the most re-
thcroughly and mado nn unofficial report to nnd tho reaction hp! In. fndnv Mm Mnn.i ti.i markablc In tho world. It was made neces-
Genernl Ilrooke. It wns plain that nothing of natlvo enthusiasm over Mr. Fryo and his Bary by tho on,Pty treasuries and tho 1m
could bo dono without a new and practical wonderful work is at its height, tho present I088lulllty of raising money sufficient for
school Inw. Ono hot ovenlng Mr. Fryo went appreciation of him being commensurate tUo PurD0SO y ny system of Internal reve
bomo nnd worked till morning by tho light with tho nbuso which wns heaped on his nuo unt11 tho country could recover some
of tho candles. Tho noxt day ho took a bead at first. Tho rovorslon of popular feel- wuat from tho dvnstatlng effect's of tho war.
workablo law to General Ilrooke. It was ng wna natural enough. Mr. Fryo simply Tuo law Provldo(1 r compulsory attendanco
promptly signed by tho Cuban secretary of wont steadily ahead, receiving with smiling at Bcno1 Now lf tuo children went to
Justleo nnd public Instruction, nnd at last cheerfulness all who camo Into his office to Bcno1 tncy mU8t navo hooks, but tho parents
tho foundation wns laid. From thnt hcur to donounco hlra nnd unfailingly expressing his ba(1 no money wltu which to buy books and
this no chnnges hnvo been mado In tho law, faith In tho Cuban peoplo when thoy Bhould frequently thore wero no parents, thero bolng
either by Gonoral Urooko or General Wood, understand his real motives. Abovo nil ho UDWar(l ot 50,000 orphans on tho island today,
and Its success is assured. nevor turned asldo to notlco the torrent of accrdlng to tho official returns. Tho tlmo
Tho field was now clear for Mr. Fryo's vituperation that filled tho columns of tho w111 ProbaD,y como wlien such lavish fur
work and ho sot about it with characteristic papers all over tho island. Today tho nctlvo nIsnlnB of supplies will no longer bo neces
onorgy. Ho had previously volunteered to WOrk of carrying on and perfecting the now 8ary' but tnat wtn not 1)0 ,or a year at
servo llvo years In tho Phltlpplnca without Bchool nystom is largely in tho Cubans' own '"I?1,
pay, and ho offered his services hero on tho hands. Representatives of both Cuban and
snmo terms. A salary of $5,000 whs offered, Tn,r .. , n ma i.i .. . American firms fairly swarmed about Mr.
in, unnnn i.it., " O'o ns soon as It was known that tho furnl-
turo wns to bo bought, for tho valuo of
equipments needed mounted up to moro
than $550,000, tho order being tho largest
of Its sort over placed. This provided for
over 100,000 pupils, nnd it was thought at
tho tlmo that it would do for tho wholo
of tho present school year, but tho increase
PkOSPERITV IS GENERAL
All Lines of Business Show a Wonderful
Improvement.
HCMI INSURANCE COMPANIES ENDORSED
Every Dollar Kent at Home Adda to
the Taxable Wealth of the
State Home I2nter
liriNe Wins.
but declined. Ho la now receiving tbo snmo ,im, oi,n,,t i.mnnn i.i i.n.i ,,,.
salary as his first assistant, $2,500. but ho over half a million dollars' worth of the mos
has never kept for his own use any portion moaorn Bchoo, furnlturo hn, bccn purchnse(1
of his, devoting It each month to relief nm, fiunt to the (Ufforont munc,pn ,, the
work among tho moro needy schools. pup8 of lho ,B,nnd ftro fllrnahoi, wlth oka
Culiitii Opposition, and all necefsary school supplies freo of
At tho beginning Mr. Fryo met with vlo- charge; night schools for adults are about
With granaries filled and corrals crowded,
Nebraska agriculturists and stock growers
aro by far tho
MOST INDEPENDENT PEOPLE
in tho American union. Money In bank and
money Invested for interest returns make
of tho Nebraska farmer a
PRINCE IMPERIAL, AND PROUD
of the progress of tho best stnto in the
Amorlcan union. Theso conditions make
him anxious that tho commercial prosperity
now enjoyed shall continue and he nnd all
his friends are
LOYAL TO LOCAL INTERESTS.
Hcuco it is not surprising to learn that,
13. H. Robison, president of tho Rankers Ro
scrvo Llfo association in this city, was able
to Issuo tho following Saturday Uulletln to
his magnificent field corps:
"NEW DUSINESS RECEIVED TODAY
FROM THREE MEN, $43,000. PRE
MIUMS, $2,3CC CASH."
No othor company writing lifo Insurance
In Nebraska has Increased its business 100
per cent In a llttlo over one-third of a year
and tho Bankers Reserve
POLICIES ARE UNEXCELLED ANY
WHERE. It needs no argument to convlnco nny per
son that tho patronago of home companies,
liko tho Bankers Reserve Llfo Insurance
company, Is tho best for tho welfare of the
state and her peoplo. It brings money Into
tho state, keeps it here, ultimately reduces
tho rate of interest to borrowers and mnlces
our citizens independent of eastern and
other outsldo capital to develop homo enter
prise. KEEP THE MONEY IN THE STATE.
Tho alien companies hnvo dono llttlo to
ward tho growth or taxable wealth of tho
state from enormous sums sent to them by
Nebraska peonlo as llfo Insuranco premiums
nnd thoy aro entitled to no favor at the
hands of Nebraska citizens, especially slnco
thoy aro fighting taxation In this state.
STAND UP FOR NEBRASKA COMPANIES.
All the Ladles Bat
Cold Medal
Chocolate Bon
Bons
l7 Express,
1, S, U and 5-poand boxes, (lOo a iioiii
W. S. Baldnff,
1R20 Parnam St.. Omalin.
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by best
Teachers
of
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Ask your
Grocer
(o show
you a
package
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Booklet
Contains more information nlmit making
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rn f C For n Liml Time with
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SWANS DOWN
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Not self-rising Good all the year round
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od
Scrawny
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re
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Hill! Is the tltln
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D. LINCOLN DE ZAYAS. FIRST ASSISTANT SUPERINTEND
ENT OF CUBAN SCHOOLS.
AN ASSISTANT NATIVE TEACHER
SCHOOLS OF CUBA.
IN THE PUBLIC
MEN'S OXfORDS
Wo hnvo Just received a largo assort
ment of mon's low shoes In tho very latest
of styles nnd mado up In every known
quality of leather Including patent leath
or, calf, vicl kid, kangaroo, enamel and ail
colors of tans. In stylo nnd quality thoy
nro tho snmo shoes others ask $5.00 and $G.OO
for our price for your choice $2.50 and $3.50
THE REGENT SHOE CO.
UO.n South lr.th St., Omnlin.
Wrlti for llliiMtruteil CntiiloKiie Kri'c
Mrs, Wluslnrr's Sootliluc Syrup
has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by
MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHIL
DREN WHILE TEETHING with PER
FECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD,
SOFTENS the OUMS. ALLAYS all PAIN
CURES WIND COLIC and Is the best rem
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ask for "Mrs. WlruloWs Soothlnr 8yrui"
and take no other kind. Twenty-five cents
a bottle.
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lhei in a in I lllon
homes. I'ut up In neat
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liiild to waste, or to
xtalnoreoll u'aniienls.
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f. II. SUtOMI A(ll..l'riMi.i
(kl(u, III., l.s.i.
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BOOK BINDER
BLANK BOOK
MANUFACTURER
OMAHA $
4444
Here's a Special
tal AnnlPPC throo-jointed Intin-
iu tiiyir;i 3 boo ,.0(1) whh oxtni
tip on woodon cusc -with cloth covor
sells rot-ulnr for $1.50 this) week only
$1.15. nmaha Qnnriinrr finnrle Hn
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OMAHA, Mill,
