The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-26
Peru, AS Seen by
Prof. !. B. Jockey
Continued from First Page,


work Of an American inspector of
schools in Peru consists of going
about over the country on the back
of mule enjoying the scenery and
observing the customs of strange
people, I hasten to tell you that such
an idea would be a mistaken one, for
what an inspector has to do is prin-
cfpally of a less exciting nature. and
travels and adventures come few and
far between. Let me tell you a little
something of what I have been doing
to or trying to do and then you won't
associate me only with mules, noun
tain trails. Indians and such like
things.
PROMOTED TO INSPECTOR.
In august of 1910 came to Lima
to fill the position of Inspector of
and the Province Of Callao. / wasn't
called because 1 had distinguished
myself in the same work in the North,
but rather because there was va
cancy and because there was nobody
else to fill 1t. At any rate, after less
than year of service I found myself
in the most important inspetcorship
of the republic, in the capital, a city
of no little culture, and so it was up
to me to make good. If I had failed,
then you, the last one Of you, would
have been ashamed to acknowledge
that / had been at one time principal
of the Pensacola High School. You
wouldn't have allowed me to write you
a Christmas letter, all of which would
have been very great calamity. For
that very reason l have tried pretty
hard not to fail. and now after a year
and a, half of work here, begin to see
results, that for me, if for nobody else,
are a bit encouraging sufficiently so
to keep me from being compelled to
acknowledge defeat.
We came to Peru in June of 1909.
Dust be patient now. You will soon
see why have gone back to 1909
Two or three months we spent here
in Lima studying the language and
ed to dtuy. You will remember that /
was sent to Tujillo, a town in the
north. During these two or three
months I frequently visited the
schools. chiefly with view to practic-
ing the few Spanish phrases had
learned and of hearing and making
my own the vocabulary that should
need to command as a school inspec-
tor. But these visits ended in my
thinking very little about learning
Spanish and great deal about the
different ways in which I could i'm
prove the schools if I only had the
chance. was especially anxious to
give the boys, who seemed to be just
the kind of boys l had always known,
the opportunities and joys of organ
lied play. And so that was one of the
things 1 wished to be able to do
to organize and direct their play.
SAW A BULL FIGHT.
Another circumstance made me wish
all the stronger to introduce some
healthy athletic sports among the
boys. On the fourth of July of that
year of 1909 Mcknight and / (don't
mind about who's McKnight) went to
see a bull fight. / didn't go, of course,
because I felt that 1t was the proper
way to celebrate the Fourth of July,
but rather because felt that I must
see a. bull fight and be done with 1t as
soon as possible. Well, ] saw it and
was and am done with it. But the
main thing is I saw that the bull ring
could be an ideal sport for the sports
that had been on my mind so much
in those days. l said then to NC
Knight: Il should like to turn this
place into an athletic field, and have
the boys swat the ball clear over the
back field fence
About fourteen months later I was
back In Lima, and within two months
from the time I returned we had the
bows of the public schools playing not
baseball to be sure, but football, In
that self same bull ring. We didn't
continue, however, to use this sacred
place very long, for soon came the
bull fighting season. which meant, OF
course, that we had to clear out and
make way for the sport of the Span
ish speaking people. But it is going
to be different one Of these days. The
bull ring in the South American coun-
tries will yet be turned into athletic
fields. Instead of the cruel bull f1gn'
there will finally be established such
manly sports as football and base
ball. That will mark new epoch fol
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