and for the irst year of maintenance, possibly another 126, 000, which would be reduced greatly, if not entirely wiped out by the income from tuitions etc.
After the second or third year the schools ghould be approximately sell 818taining.
one or more American millionaires could easily father auch an enterprise, and the work might be carrier forvard on a scale to correspond with the monies available.
Such a philanthropy migit ke con dvc tes under any name desired; that or International Board of Education would seem to be suitable.
As it succeeded in Central America the school system could be extended through out South unerica and thus the plan, at loast so far as this Hemisphere is concerned, would, when working, be one of the greatest fsctors for yoon ever put into effect by any merican in a foreign field.
There have been those among us who think of the peon of the Central merican countries as they do of our own so called poor.
Unfortunately their poons. are of a lower order.
Great pains and much effort will be necessary to bring them to our level.
The folloring brief historical sketch is appended to con vey an impresnion of the peasant of Central america as he is today. careful reading of it will pive those interested a 12121 ficial idea of the work which remains to be done by the Ame rica schools in the countries ander digoussion.
Boax Long.
HISTORICAL