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ten years old but was already giving out* Clara met the 

 vice-principal; there was a portrait of Paulina Gomez 

 Vega on the wall of the office* There was a dental 

 clinic, with a record for each girl of all defects and 

 all treatments and a chart of each mouth; a copy is sent 

 to the parents after each inspection, with defects and 

 treatments marked* 



The patio had pots of flowers around the rail, but no 

 no garden or soil in center because the school did not 

 have enough money. Some walls were being scraped and 

 painted. In the assembly room there was a piano. '' l he 

 principal appeared and took them to a study hall. Then 

 to a Spanish class where girls of 13 or lU discussed the 

 article, when is the article used and when omitted; exam- 

 ples were on the board, and the girls recited rules and 

 gave their own examples . 



They visited Dr. Hernandez de Alba's class in anthro- 

 pological geography; what factors influence the develop- 

 ment of a civilization ? what would you look for in se- 

 lecting a site for a city ? what climatic factors affect 

 health and livelihood ? is there any pure race ? what 

 races are there in Colombia ? how did they get there and 

 what is the social condition of each ? The girls talked 

 in sentences and paragraphs. Classrooms had blackboards , 

 portable desks and chairs , chair and table for the teacher 

 with a bowl of flowers . The girls stood up when Clara and 

 Dona Paulina came in, two brought chairs , the class sat at 

 the command "sientense" and stood and said n Adi6s n when 



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tary diet at home, for the 

 sick girl only and only until recovery. Hygiene and sani 



Murillo and the Chapins 



The dining room had long 

 tables set for lunch, with 

 a banana and roll at each 

 place, milk at some. The 

 infirmary had beds in rows ; 

 two girls recovering from 

 appendectomies looked fairly 

 comfortable, one with fever 

 n from bad climate 11 looked 

 veiy sick indeed. A sad 

 nurse was sitting in a chair 

 she wore no uniform. The 

 infirmary office had a de- 

 tailed medical record for 

 each girl, with a chart for 

 periodic inspections; height 

 and weight were taken each 

 three months; continued loss 

 of weight brings home inspec 

 tion and perhaps supplemen- 



