New-York tribune., 1900-07-14
,USY CUBAN TEACHERS.
WHAT WITH STUDY and RECREATION
THEY HAVE LITTLE TINE FOR REST.
MISS :. G. EVANS.

Boston. July p iSpeciaD.-The last week has been
q busy Cue for the Cuban teachers at Harvard
UNIVERSITY, for. what with recra rions and lect-
u-as excursions and numerous social affairs the
visitors aye finding enough TO engage nearly every
minute oe their time that is not needed for rest
Indeed. rfe pace SET for them by their Cambridge
hosts appears TO De a lir-e more rapid than that
TO which -hcy are accustomed. So far. however,
they are standing II well
During the week -le course Of Instruction has
grown more elaborate -hau when II first started.
and The CUta1s working under fun
pressure In -he lectures those in kindergartening
a-L American SlCvd, given respectively for the
women and men teachers. w-re begun the first OF
ire week and Gaspard de C1lieny has delivered
-E-ae of his lectures on the history the Spanish
colonies IN America. The two lessons day IN
E1Ellsh continue without interruption. and in al-
C-io- 10 All this there are three excursions every
afternoon t1ird Of rre entire number of teachers
being taken or each one
These excursions form one Of the most interest
t-E features u the school The first three days
Cf The week the destinations We're Beaver Brook in
Waverlv 3Iedford and large publishing plant in
Cambria geport Beaver Brook offers excellent op-
-1r-un1-es for study in connection with the course
IL physical geography. For instance the in
E--Uc-ors carefully explain hoE the water acts on
the stones and affects -he formation OF the land,
the different kinds Of rocks in the vicinity. and the
difference between varying soils. Another spot OF
interest TO which ruey have been taken Is the Cam
bridge clay region which is fun Of great deep clay
piys. many OF them worked out and abandoned
one Of The most Instructive Of the trips taken so
far was thar TO the University Museum, substi-
--r=1 rainy afternoon -D- an outdoor eNcEr-
sion The interest shown bv The visitors in the
collections OF the botanical and geological depart
TueU-s and particularly IN those OF the AgasslZ
Museum OF Com para tive Zoology. was intense me
guides tried 10 make the journey q rapid one. but
--=v had the hardest kind q work 10 make The
teachers hurry.
There Is lack OF opportunity for social Tecrea-
-L1- Tor the CubaE=. ON Tuesday and Friday even
t-EE dances were given them IL the HeTnenWay
t-TT--E Sl-1l- under the auspices OF the tathOHc
E--i--la= and "Wednesday evening came the social
a--l- cf the -alsCn-rr@ reception given by Ftar-
ward University the students IN both the Cuban
and -r- regular summer schools This afforded
q splendid opportunity f5- the meeting IN social
Of the Cuban teachers with those or the
United States. for -he students al The regular
Sumner School mostly school teachers from all
parts Of the country Besides these large afalrs
-Ls-z have been numerous afternoon teas ana
receptions In private houses about Cambridge, ana
every afternoon party Of -Ee 'ufan= mas been
entertained bE Miss Alice LonEtelCW Al the famous
CrZlEle House, on Brer-l--s--
Only visit 70 Harvard a- tho present tine can
convey adequate iCea Of the immense Work
which is being carried there. The excellent I'M
rress-cr given rE -ns Cuhans on their first arrival
grows even more favO-a hl- as they 20 about tler
v-1-z. Their esrUes-UesS and sincere desire 10
bz-z1- hE the expedition are apparent stories
which have appeared in Boston papers questioning
the conduct OF some OF the teachers. are greatly
eve gEpva-Ed.