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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...following circular containing information relating to the lodging of the Cuban teachers who attend the Summer School this year, was sent out to Cambridge householders yesterday: HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE...
President Eliot and Mr. Frye addressed a meeting in Huntington Hall, Boston, last night on the coming of the Cuban teachers to attend the Harvard Summer School. Mr. Frye described the wretched condition of the educational system in Cuba when the Americans arrived, and the rapid progress which is now being made...
...system as closely as possible after that of the United States. A new school law was written, and definite and practical primary courses of study were laid down. The study of religion was taken out of the schools entirely. Both the whites and the negroes were allowed to attend the schools on equal terms, where before the whites only had been admitted. In place of the one hundred and thirty-one systems, one centralized system was instituted with a board of education in Havana, under which there was a similar board in each municipality. An appropriation...
...Cubans as a whole are perfectly honest and trustworthy. There are now a great many of them employed in responsible positions in the island, and there has yet to be discovered a single case of dishonesty. The teachers who will attend the school at Harvard this summer are from the very best class. They are remarkably intelligent and anxious to learn, and the influence of their trip will be directly felt in every quarter of the island. The instruction here will be carried on in Spanish, as only about five per cent of the teachers understand English. Excursions will...
...date of the Freshman dinner has been changed from Friday, May 4, to Thursday, May 3. Those expecting to attend the dinner must send in the return postals at once. FRESHMAN DINNER COMMITTEE...