Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-08

StAtee and various countries OF Europe 70
study the plans pursued elsewhere. For
years past the government has MAIN
tanned number of young men at
the best colleges in Europe regardless of
expense. to at them for teachers Of Chilian
youth; while female instructors are trained in
the excellent normal schools that have recently
been established in Santiago. Public educa-
ton 10 divided into three grades-the higher,
the intermediate and the primary. The seat
OF learning is the National University at the
capital, which has council Of education"
whose duty il is to superintend the higher and
intermediate schools Of the country. They are
all free, the government owning the buildings
and paving the teachers.
The school houses Of Conception are so con-
structed that their patios afford ample play
grounds, and the children are not seen outside
the walls from the time they enter in the morn
ing till school closes at night Custom DEGREES
that girls of the better class above the age of
ten years must never go to and fro alone even
In the family carriage, but they are always At
tended by an elderly female servant In all
Gillian public schools the Catholic Catechism
Is an important text book in daily use. Native
boys and girls, too, for that matter. can repeat
every word of it's ninety-six pages, for, espe-
cially in the primary departments, it is made the
basis Of education and repeated day after day,
year in and out.
The "Colejo Andras Bello" contains 600
boys. The celebrated Jesuit Seminary aver
ages zoo students, who dress all alike, in black
gowns. The Liceo, n government school for
boys. is the crack educational institution of
southern Chilli. Its enormous building rambles
over three acres. and its inmates number up
contains many fine trees, with swings
and gymnastic paraphernaiia for the amuse-
ment OF the scholars. On one side of it is an
elegantly furnished reception room and the
directors Office, backed by o long suite of
rooms filed with maps charts, Laboratories. &c.
tn
ties. A row of benches extends entirely around
the outside, where the young gentlemen sit
only during recitation hours, the teacher &C.
cupylng slightly elevated seat in the center.
The blackboards are outside in the corridors.
apparently reserved for play things. and the
globes, dictionaries, maps, &C., are all KEEP,
under lock and key.
low THEY STUDY LAW.
On tho morning of our visit 100 well-dressed
young men were marching around the corrido,
reading law. They walked two and two around
the circuit Of the patio. each repeating owe,
and over In loud voice the particular passag,
ne Was striving to memorize. They were unde,
the supervision OF a professor, and aftey the,
had marched and shouted Just an hour to tn,
minute they were called in to recite. Then 4
large class OF boys took their places. fixeS
my attention upon long-legged youth OF six
teen summers, or Whereabouts, and this is what
We both learned in course Of half an hour
effort on lessonin English: The sil-ee-phan
eezs q large aimee mahl; the alice han
| eezs large ain-ee-mahl the ail-ee-phant eez
a large ain-ee-mahl." One hundred times re
peated.
am afraid that there is pitiable dearth o
'larks" in this model institution, for the boy
| are kept under strictest surveillance by nigh
and by DAY. Each dormitory contains fort,
| beds and has a little ante-chamber, where
| stern professor remains on guard, his bed be
ing placed SO that he can overlook every move
ment in the room. When boy becomes un
ruly he is sent to Jail For this purpose Their
are as many as 100 little prisons. ranged alon,
| the sides Of patio. They are dark vaults
each just large enough for person to stand in
where the student is locked aud left to his med
| ltaslons. After remaining i've or SIX hours il
one position he is generally tractable; if not, b.
is left until thoroughly subdued.
large room has been fitted up for a chapel
with numerous shrines, figures and confession
ais. There is a theater also, with elevated stage
moving scenery, footlights. DC. As coeduca
ton is not permitted. and a young lady VIII,
| associates on the stage with the other sex il
disgraced for life, the young men are compelled
to don petticoats themselves whenever the ext
gcncies of the drama require. And great fur
they seem to consider it.
FANNIE b WARD.