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Title: The Cuba review
Identifier: cubarevie10muns (find matches)
Year: 1907-1931. (1900s)
Authors: Munson Steamship Line
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Publisher: New York : Munson Steamship Line
Contributing Library: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
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THE CUBA REVIEW 17 EDUCATIONAL MATTERS COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE LAW WANTED SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS CUBA NEEDS MORE SCHOOLS "The Cuban school system established by General Wood has not, and could not, have been improved upon," said Ricardo de la Torre, ex-mayor of Havana and representative in the Cuban Congress from Havana, in a recent interview in a Xew York paper, "though much has been gained in experience and in details and mode of teaching. Only about 60 per cent of the children of Cuba between the ages of 6 and 12 years now attend school, n,Vnnber^ ing in all about 130,000 pupils, with 4,000 teachers, and 3,200 schools. We want a law to compel all children to attend school, but before that can be done we must build more schools to provide for them. We also intend to introduce the American high school system. The only higher edu- cation provided by the state now is the institute established in each of the six provinces. "But I am paying more particular atten- tion to the manual features of education as practiced in this country. I have spent some time in the Boston public schools. New York City and Cambridge, and shall look into those of Newark, and the best thing I have found thus far is the system of teaching cooking and washing to girls in the schools of Boston. I think that will be one of ihe greatest additions we can make to our schools for the general wel- fare of the rising generations, and I shall recommend it to the secretary of instr>uc- tion. "We have a fair system for teaching boys in manual trades. Later on we hope to introduce some of the higher and more artistic branches I find in common practice here, such as metal work and other more skilled trades, but for the present we must be satisfied with the most practical efforts and await the growth of an elaborate de- velopment. It was very fine in Boston to see the work of the young girls, hats and dresses, but for us just now the domestic arts are more important, so that is why I shall recommend cooking and household work above everything else. Our system now is limited to five grades, so we cannot take in all the courses used here in the public schools."
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