The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-03

hardly tell e they Will ccHne. be
sides they are usually filed with IN
dams and half-breeds, which many
consider unpleasant. The fares are
equal to two-thirds Of a cent Of our
money, but the street car company
pays no dividend.
AS TO the main drives one is to the
NippOdrome, where is the race track
and Temple of Minerva, and another
is out over the Boulevard de Reforma
to the national museum. This boule-
ward is one of the fine roads OF Cen
trail America. It is several hundred
feet wide, and has four driveways
divided by rows Of trees and green
SWard. There are statues under the
trees, and now and then a circle with
some great in it.. This
boulevard is lined with the chief pub
lie buildings. There is a fine military
school, a hospital for convalescents,
the military hospital, and the homes
Of the richer Guatemalans, the street
ending at the national museum.
It Is on this boulevard that stand
Guatemala's two famous bull atues
represented as they might be in the
bull ring One shows the bull defiant
and the other when it has just been
struck with the banderillo in the
shoulder. They are the only statues
Of bulls Ihave ever e except the
SlC VIE AZ lIS IIuSCuIl 1T Naples.
The only camel statue is that ridden
by General Gordon at Khartum in the
Sudan.
Among the most interesting monu-
naents and buildings Of Guatemala
are those erected in honor Of educa-
ton, and this, strange to say. in a
country where there are less than
$4,000 school children in a population
of 100000. The president Of the
republic IS an enthusiast on the sub
ject Of schools. and one Of his ways of
showing IT is by the erection of these
temples TO Minerva. which are to be
found at all the large cities.
The temple here, of which I have
| already spoken in connection with the
visit of Secretary Knox, covers about
a quarter Of an acre. It consists Of a
great platform with a roof upheld by
tWenty-fOur Ionic columns. The front
OF the building has a~llegorical figures
representing civilization and progress
and under them are inscriptions say
ing that Manuel Estrada Cabrera, the
president Of the republic, has erected
this for the study of the youth Of the
country.
Similar buildings, though not SO
grand, rave been erected to the god
dess OF wisdom and education in other
places saw one in the town Of Pro-
greSo as l came over the railroad
from the Caribbean sea to Guatemala
City, and there are others at Quezalte-
mango and elsewhere.
In these temples there are annual
festivals Of the school children, at
which time the eminent men Of the
republic make speeches and the little
ones come out in great parades.
There IS song singing, oratory ard
essay reading, and altogether a feast
Of reason and flow Of soul-of a sort
Cabrera n the Schools.
understand that President Cabrera
has done considerable in the way oil
improving h schools. At the time
he came into owe they we're closed
for lack Of funds. He ordered them
opened, and a year later began these
festivals to Minerva. Since then he
has established some thousands OF
primary schools and has Instituted
normal and industrial schools. Thu
country has now a National Institute
which confers degrees. It has g. man.
5 ual school for women, q national con.
%servatory Of music, a school Of art anc
: schools Tor law, medicine and enSin.
eeI1ng.
The National Library contains abou-
10000 vo!umes and many manuscripts
including the records of the inuuisitiof
: IN Guatemala. In the law school Ii.
brary there are 5000 law books, ane
, the city library has about 1900 more
One Of the best English libraries i:
that Of h American Club, which
t numbers $500 volumes.
, Teachers at Is Cents a Day.
s The chief trouble with the schools
: here is the lack Of money for teach.
e ers. A great deal has been spent TO,
TEMPLES and for putting up schoo
a buildings. But many Of the building
are empty, and some of the school
: are without scholars. There is no
enough in b treasury to pay TO,
good teachers, and ordinary instruc
tors get from II to IS cents a day.
1t is the same with other govern
ment employees. I am told that circui
judges receive 200 pesos ner month
This, at the present rate Of exchange
equals twelve or fifteen dollars: an
= as a Judge Of this Kind usually has
house which would rent for thre
= times that per month, it is hard +,
u u see how he keeps up the proper styl
"a on this salary. The only wav he ca,
do so is by graft, and as a resrlt Inc