The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-04-02
SCHOOLS OF PERU COMPARE
THOSE OF UNITED STATES
Prof. J. 3. Jockey, Con
nected With the School
System OF That County
Says Conditions in South
America are Not Fully
Understood.

Il do not believe" said Professor J.
B. Jockey, yesterday afternoon. in
speaking Of the educational status of
the South American republics, that
the people Of the United States, gen
orally. understand the condition down
there at the present time. The rela-
tions between this republic and those
of South America have always been
cordial. and there 10 no unfriendly
feeling existing, but the conditions in
South America are not fully. under
stood here.
II think. that it il not realized that
in Peru. and especially AT Lima, the
capital, that there is a very high class
of civilization"
How do the public schools com
pare with those in the United States?"
was asked.
.'The public school system is, and
has been for many years, very good.
At present it compares most favor
ably with our school, systems. 1t Is
in a. way more Part OF the federal
government. for il is more directly
under governmental supervision For
instance. in the department Of Lima
the Minister Of Instruction is a mem
Der of the presidents cabinet Under
him Is the Director General who has
charge of the administration of edu-
cational matters of the entire repuo-
lie, and there are. under the Director
General 1s departmental inspectors,
and under these about sixty supervi-
sors.
The schools are conducted along
modern lines and some features are
most adnfra ole. and might we'll be
adopted in America.
"For an example. the school term
is ten months but the teachers are
paid for twelve months. The salaries
are not so high as the salaries paid
generaify As37gsss win salaries fof
principals about $500. But the prin-
cipals are also furnished homes free
OF rental. and, besides this. it must
be remembered that $1,000 every
month in the year is more than $50
for eight months in the year. The
consequence is that the teachers are
usually well satisfied. Another thing,
the salaries are the same paid TO both
women and men.
MANY LADY TEACHERS.
The schools are CO. educational, as
they are here, and IS per cent of the
teachers are women. As / said the
methods. are modern, and some ways
but the te- books are, in
the main, poor. Most OF the instruc-
ton is given orally
What is the status Of the women %
was asked.
DO answer that. I will tell you of
>. Zsit made by DIR. Ross, of the Uni
Sersity of Wisconsin, an eminent So
study the life and went with young
Peruvian, who had been a student at
the University of Wisconsin. to church
where he thought he might get some
idea, of the women of the country. DIR. /
Ross said they were like queens. He
went into raptures over their stateli-
ness and grace. and their beauty.
Most of the women of the aris-
tocracy are educated in the converts,
in South America, but they have
much Of the culture OF the Old World. |
FOR they travel great deal, and they
follow much more closely the fash
ons of Paris than those fashions are
in America-at any rate here
n the south. The women read a great
1eal and they contribute to the public |
press, just as they do in the United |
States.
THE question OF equal suffrage,-I
7ery wisely, has not yet been taken |
Up in Peru, for the women are not vet |
ready for IT. They are not yet so far |
advanced along the lines of life out
side the home as are the women in |
his country. But they are invading |
he time. Not until very recent years |
nave they taken any part in the com |
nerciaI life. but now they are becom- |
ng newspaper women, and stenog-
-aphers. and entering other lines of |
work in which for many years in the |
-nited States have engaged.
There has recently been formed In |
Peru an association for the study OF /
he needs of these women, and a con-
,entrated effort is being made to !
,ring about better conditions among |
he working women OF South Ameri- |
(CnnfirItpH