BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-05-15
EDITORIAL


isf oii,sllN ne ISL 5, fa,ss3 @rt
Somrthsng ~aa.Sismt aua asi siualshlnE
.amcs lorna.
Nj long 80 IN the rApcr which y
pab'ished clanacsi,nely. u nc govcrn.
neni printing shop which - also &c
creily carried on. appeared The DIS
course of Mr FalkReT for the glory
aud pride OF the presen; sovereignty.
that admirable model q teaching
education and democracy. work
whose merits were understood Sally by
its author. which was repeated from
town 10 town. from CITY 20 city, bear
ing the good news with the inouo;ony
of phonograph.
But IL Was no; wise 20 trus; 10 the
memory Of these happy mor;als who
had enjoyed the exquisite pleasure OF
hearing the golden nuggets OF Wisdom
that fell from the lips of Mr.. Falkner
for the preservation Of those signal
proofs Cf intelligence and knowledge;
it Mas necessary 10 hand down for The
enlightment of future generations that
learned and weighty discourse, heavy
witk thought, so h a all might
know and appreciate the true meaning
of democracy and education, thai mo-
theirs could teach it TO their children
and it be repeated like the creed of a
religion, which if not already inven
ted, might be by Mr.. Post therefore
1t was deemed well TO publish this
gem of thought, because who knows
but what our grandchildren may assist
IN the apoth of Mr. Falkner and
Porto Rico celebrate the centennial of
this celebrated discourse, the first
Thursday after the FIRST Wednesday of
any of the weeks in the month of
April2
If on some Monday we find we have
a dearth of original matter to publish,
we will, probably, reproduce the dis
Cosrse of Mr.. Falkner, that poltentous
work which is at once the finest mani
festion of culture which has been he
ard in Porto Rico for seven years.
And what we are saying must not
be considered as joke. That part
of the circular which Mr.. Ayres, the
Inspector of Schools Of San Juan. ad-
dresses to the teachers. results in
Sut piloC Qudi " lAdl cANaoiOAiSO W
the discourse of Mr.. Falkuer.
1t is too bad that we have always to
be standing over the Commissio
Because from the beginning of Mr..
Ayres appearance whose fault is it
that the Commissioner surrounds him.
self with those who are without know
ledge of the needs OF the country,
with useless advisors who not only
permit him to appear before the coun-
try in print, giving his impressions
with the monotony Of the cylinders of
a phonogra ph, but also to give EXPIRES
sions to ideas in circulars which are
primitive, in discourses and information
about text books forming between all
those fupctionarieS of the mesocratlc
congregation regime which comprc-
misses the success Of americanization
and the good name Of the nation?
The last announcement of the de
partment is so loud that even the deaf
may hear it.
And it will not do for Mr. Falkner
TO think that be is not affected by the
course pursued by the Inspector Of
schools, who must before he became
an inspector Of schools in Porto Rico
have inspected those of the empire Of
Morocco.
The Commissioner should have
stopped the sending out of the unfor
tunate circular which has been recei
we'd by the country as an insult, pro
testing against the brutal and inconsi
derate attempt to abolish that which
fixes and determines the personality Of
a people: the language.
When, in a document which has
every appearance of being official the
idea Of extending the teaching of
english in the public schools, absolu
tcly abohshing spanish, is declared;
when thing so vital, so sacred, 50
tfansce ndant, is spoken of, it is not
possible that a responsibility so great
is vested in simple inspector of
rather does it seem that a
project of such enormous Importance
must have been conceived IN the de-
partment itself instead Of by func-
ionary of lower degree.
I In the conferences held in Omaha,
Or. Lindsay praised the results obtai
ned in some Of the schools in Ponce
and San Juan in which the studies
were conducted d in english.
Is it that the sole praise of Dr..
,N,.apca oovarn