ROUMANIAN SCHOOL-HOUSE 



"Although an act passed in 1864 endowed Roumania with free and compulsory elemen- 

 tary education, the services of the children were deemed so necessary for doing the work 

 around the house that the schools were slimly attended. . . . Then, too, the absence of 

 any disrespect for illiterate parents prompted many to feel that education has but little 

 efficacy in the social uplift" (see text, page 384). 



A COUNTRY-SIDE SCENE IN ROUMANIA 



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