The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-10-02
HOSPITAL GUATEMALA.

Guatemala~s "Coleglo Nacional'' stands pre-
eminent among the educational institutions
of Central America. 1t includes two law
schools, a school of engineering, school of arts
and drawing and commercial college, where
in the click of the typewriter is heard and the
most approved methods of shorthand
taught. The buildngs-two fine old convent:
which Barrios seized and converted to their
present uses-occupy the whole of an i'm
mense square, including the geological and
botanical gardens. The university is long
and low; and the institute, or preparatory
school, is two stories and twice it's size; both
handsomely succeed and tinted outside and
surrounded by rows of orange trees, their
inner courtyards containing fountains and
stone basins. The institute has forty pro-
fessors and 300 students, the University about
half as many.
Visiting the former, you pass from the
street through tall bronze gates into beau
tiful courtyard the walls of whose corridors
are everywhere hung with maps and charts;
botanical, chronological, and geological plates,
architectural types, etc.-an admirable means
of keeping valuable subjects before the pupils
eyes. The lower story includes the Offices and
apartments of the director and the study
and lecture rooms. and up stairs are more
lecture rooms, a well-equipped gymnasium.
q library with several thousand volumes In
various languages, and a museum containing
cases of native birds, Indian gods, etc. The
botanical and geological gardens are very
credtable, on small scale, but, curiously
enough, they are never opened to the public
and none Of the specimens are marked or IN
any way denoted. In the 200" the FREEDOM
inant feature is big American "griZZly.
which divides honors with Brazilian boa
constructor.
Studying English.
Students in the university, as we'll as in thu
female college connected with it, are required
to study English. In the female department
no language but English is spoken and moth
ing but American text books are used-fo
the reason, probably, that the principal AM
all the teachers are from the United States
Attached to the university building is tn
national library, in long, narrow. high
ceiled room, which evidently was once tn
convent chapel. 1t is intended to have thre
tiers of cases filed with books around all tn
walls reached by stairs and galleries. but on
side Is yet vacant. No expense has bee
spared in adjoining the building and endowin
this important center Of education. 1t con
tains about 10000 volumes at present, and
works Of the day In oil languages, and IN II
oommodious reading-room may be found tn
principal magazines and newspapers OF tn
world . -.....
Speaking of newspapers, Guatemala cit
is we'll supplied with them. The most I'm
portant are Ell Guatemalteco, the official or
gan Of the Republic; 81 Diario Centre Amer
icano; La Bandera Nacional (National Ban
ner): Ell Buen Pvblico; LIE Revista (organ {
the Guatemalan academy; Correspondent.
he Spanish academy; Centre American
tllustratiat, illustrated. and one EnE4ls
newspaper-the Guatemalan Star. The Con
servatory Of Music properly comes under tn
head Of educational Institutions. It has Gel
tainly given remarkable results ct rela
lively small cost. The Guatsmalans are pal
ucularly fond OF music, and show the grea;
sst desire to become proficient In all y
hrapahaA Eharator4 the eonsexvatory hi