Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-14
EDITOR

than 1000 children at school The school veal
was finished, but a thousand of the children
voluntarily came together on one of the capita
Fairgrounds in the city. and, under the direc
tod of certain pf their teachers, gave first
class drill Tor our benefit Nearly half of then
were girls. They drilled on the football field
for football is played with much enthusiasm.
'The playground included, by the way. a larg,
lswimming.pool. The Governor, who was seated
with me during the drill, told me that they were
lnow making ready to build a provincial uni
yersity, modelled after our American colleges
and universities, in which technical training Of
the most practical type will be given. This j,
the type of United States university attended
ny the large majority of Argentine students who
Ieome to the United States and it is the ON,
which, very wisely, they are using as the mode
for their own institutions. Technical training
for large number rather than cultural e1u
cation for the few should be the goal Of state
educators also went out to the very beautiful
grounds of the agricultural college, in which
special training is being given to the boys who
are engaged IN the planting Of sngar-cane
aBefore leaving Tucuman ne visited a couple
|of industrial schools for girls. Most of The
Teaching was in home science, as il is called
that Sin housekeeping. But there was d class
for telegraphers. and another class for enbroid
cry. The chief. Instruction was in the domestic
arts, cooking, plain sewing, and also weaving
which is still habitual in the country 1t is a
fine thing to see the way in which the modern
educational movement in the Argentine has been
extended to include the women. Fifty years
ago, IN South America, almost nothing was done
for women, and their position was one of utter
inferiority to the men. Now every effort is
being made to give the girl no less than the
hoy an education, and, as far as could see,
there is not only an intelligent following OF
what is wise in the methods of education for
women in the United States and northern Eu.
rope, but also an intelligent atoidance of what
is nnwise.
I'm short, / felt that the showing from the
educational standpoint was really remarkable
In this sub-tropical interior city of northern
Argentina the devotion of the teachers and their
Intelligent appreciation Of modern methods, the
universally of education for the children, the
type Of higher education which is being held
up as a realizable ideal, and also the types 81
physical training and sport Sall are such as
would reflect credit on the most progressive
cities of our own country =
There is no doubt of the very cordial feeling
that exists between our people and representa-.
tives Of the Argentine. Our countries are now
engaged in q work, associated with the Mexican
situation, which should and we believe will unite
the stable and wellgoverned nations Of the
American hemisphere in the good work of paeii.
fying people who are inclined to anarchy ii
Is therefore, well for us to become as we'll ac-
quainted as possible with our fellow Americans.
With the opening of the canal, the distance be-
tween the Argentine and this outpost of Amer.
lea will be far less than in the past years we
ean really think Of them and they Of us as neigh
bors