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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. The principal appeared and took them to a study hall. Then to a Spanish class where girls of 13 or 14 discussed the article, when is the article used and when omitted; examples were on the board, and the girls recited rules and gave their own examples.

They visited Dr. Hernandez de Alba's class in anthropological geography; what factors influence the development of a civilization ? what would you look for in selecting 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 "Adios" when they left.

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 "from bad climate" looked very sick indeed. A sad nurse was sitting in a chair; she wore no uniform. The infirmary office had a detailed 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 inspection and perhaps supplementary diet at home, for the sick girl only and only until recovery. Hygiene and sani

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Murillo and the Chapins