Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-31
CATHOLIC W0MANS
GLIB HOLDS MEETING

Der were present After the opening
invocation, the musical program was
opened by Edward Mistel playing a
piano solo. This was followed by an
other piano solo by Gordon Hilliard.
After this Misses Florence Axen and
Phyllis Jaquith each played piano So
los. Their splendid musical talent was
much appreciated by all. The bust
ness meeting followed, after which
Mrs. Robert Fogle read a paper on
educational Conditions in South
America" Mrs. Fogle said in part:
! "The economic and social develop
nent of the eighteen Independent re-
/ publics upon which Spain and Portu-
| gal so indelibly impressed their Ian
guage and social systems is becoming
of increasing interest and Importance
| to the world In Brazil the negro ele-
ment predominates. The better and
normal side of Latin American charac-
ter reveals sound qualities, which call
! for full recognition. There are certain
| elements in their civilization which
are superior to those Of Anglo-Ameri-
can. The strong ideals of art and ora
| tory, and the pride Of refinement and
courtesy, which are displayed, tOgeth-
err with the refusal to be dominated
| by the too cOmmercialistic spirit such
l. as influences their northern neighbors,
mark out the inhabitants Of the new
world as a more imaginative and less
material minded people. The women
! Of [ attn America are timid to degree
after marriage, the love of home is
! marked feature of her disposition, and
| the care Of her children is the pr1n-
ciraI object Of her life. She is gener-
ally Of an attractive type physically
| and mentally. She is also deeply re-
/ ligiOus and no race can fail whose
wives and mothers have the attributes
Of the woman Of Spanish and Portu-
guese-America.
MANY erroneous ideas have been
| formed with reference to conditions IN
South America 1t is matter OF au-
thentic record that arts and sciences
were fostered from the earliest period
of the settlement of South America
In 1851 the first American university
was established in the Peruvian capt.
| tai For more than a century after
| it's foundation, the University OF san
| Marcos Of Lima was the center from
which radiated the influences that led
! to the institutions of higher learning
originally founded by the Spanish
crown and placed under the immediate
supervision of the church. These in
situations drew their inspirations and
received their Intellectual stimulus
| from Spain. Later on the influence
of italy and France began to be felt,
! The number Of cultivated and highly
educated persons found in any city IN
South America will compare favorably
with those of any city in Europe or
the United States. They have trav-
eIed much and are exceedingly re-
fined. The educational conditions are
constantly being improved upon.
School journals, educational reviews
and university publications are being
nut forth. The effect Of this work is
seen more in the larger cities. The
conditions in the country schools are
not Of the best A large number OF
South American school teachers have
attended normal colleges Of the United
States, and have taken back to their
own country not only knowledge, but
a real enthusiasm for the work.
Through their influence accommodate
tiOns have been made better Material
equipment for teaching improved upon,
also sanitary conditions bettered. So
far as educational organization is con-
cerned, the supreme control belongs
to the minister of public instruction,
who is a member Of the presidents
cabinet. The university faculties, all
school boards etc, are subject to him.
The law makes attendance at the prl-
mary schools compulsory, but the law
is not always enforced. In all the
schools good manners are taught. The
girls who attend high school at Santi-
ago are forbidden to speak in loud
voice, to wear jewels, costly clothing,
etc. Neither are they allowed to use
rogue or powder on their faces, and
many other rules that are unhearl Of
in our schools. The Indians Of the
Sierra have no use for education. They
distrust an educated person, because
they have often been tTicked by them.
The country jewellers of Chill care lit
tie for the education Of their children.
The republics Of the south are not
connected by railroads as our states
are. The physical formation Of the
country makes it rather difficult. AS a
consequence those regions remain
pretty we'll closed 70 the outer world.
In Lima the state maintains normal
school for men and also one for wom-
en-. The latter is in charge of the
sisters, who teach drawing, painting,
modelling, leather work, lace making,
etc. These graduates are in great de-
mand, but the Peruvian young woman
is timid, and will not leave home to
go out in the country district to teach
where teachers are most needed. In
summing up the Latin-American insti-
tutions, full regard must be had for