Prospectiva del Proj'ecto de Edeficio Tipico Para Escuela de Cuartro Aulas. Departamento de 

 Obras Publicas construcciones civiles. 



New Public Schools now being built in many Cuban towns by the Department of Public Works. 

 The schools range from one room, accommodating 42 pupils, to six-room schools for 250 and more. 



AMERICAN EDUCATION IN CUBA. 



Governor Magoon's report just issued 

 says that for primary education Cuba 

 has 3,700 pubHc school teachers, 130,114 

 pupils, and 106 boards of education. 



The department of public instruction 

 is divided into two sections, primary in- 

 struction and superior instruction, the 

 latter subdivided into two departments, 

 the institutes and the national university. 

 The state also supports, in connection 

 with its section of superior instruction, 

 the school of arts and trades, the school 

 of painting and sculpture, and the na- 

 tional library. 



The armed movement of August, 1906, 

 caused the attendance to dwindle to in- 

 significant proportions everywhere. The 

 department spared no effort to remedy 

 the situation. Special school inspectors 

 were appointed and the necessary school 

 material furnished, and by December 1 

 of the same year the school attendance 

 was raised to its former standard. Nor- 

 mally the attendance is two-thirds white 

 and one-third colored, with 52,000 males 

 and 44,000 females. 



The most important steps in connec- 

 tion with the public schools have been 

 the movement toward the grading of the 

 schools in a pedagogic and scientific 

 manner, the number of special branches 

 taught and the wider scope given to 

 those which already existed in the 

 schools of Cuba. In 1906 the following 

 special branches were added: Lace 

 work, sewing and pattern work, draw- 

 ing and modeling, sloyd in cardboard, 

 sloyd in metal, and music. Kindergar- 

 ten, sloyd in wood, and physical train- 

 ing were also taught. 



The principal institutes, one in each 

 province, prepare their pupils for the de- 

 gree of bachelor. By virtue of the law 

 of July, 1906, the professors have had 

 their salaries increased, special appro- 

 priations have been made for the pur- 

 chase of scientific material, and exam- 

 ination methods have been rendered less 

 cumbersome and complicated for both 

 professors and scholars. The state con- 

 tributed $268,860 for the maintenance of 

 the six provincial institutes during the 

 year. 



The national university received $357,- 

 358 a year from the state. It is divided 

 into three faculties — -Belles lettres and 

 sciences, medicine and pharmacy, and 

 law. The salaries of all the professors 

 in the university have also been in- 

 creased. New and spacious buildings 

 have been constructed on the imiversity 

 grounds. 



The School of Arts (manual) and 

 Trades, which the American military 

 governnient of intervention raised to a 

 high degree of excellence, has been 

 amply provided for by an appropriation 

 of $41,000. The school provides day and 

 night instruction and turns out skilled 

 workmen and artisans. The state con- 

 tributes $16,060 toward the school of 

 painting and sculpture, in which 500 

 pupils are enrolled this year. Female 

 pupils have a woman teacher in the class 

 of anatomy and drawing from the liv- 

 ing model. 



The national' library, founded" by the 

 first American government of the island, 

 now contains over 40,000 books. It gets 

 $11,660 a year from the state towards its 

 support. — Journal of Education, Boston. 



