[XXX-15] The press, though not fully developed, has, nevertheless, given at times evidences of ability, when not hampered by restrictions on the part of would-be despotic rulers. Salv., Gac., Dec. 21, 1849; Dec. 5, 1877; Salv., Diario Ofic., Jan. 2, 1875, to Oct. 23, 1879, passim; Pan. Star and Herald, March 4, May 10, 1875; Sept. 18, 1882; Sept. 9 and 18, 1885.
[XXX-16] Montúfar gives the causes, speaking on the subject for 1838. Resúmen Hist., iii. 278-9.
[XXX-17] In chemistry, engineering, the higher mathematics, they are deficient, and cannot compete with the universities of Nic., Salv., or Guat. They are, in fact, but little in advance of the common schools in the U. S. Still, they give promise of greater usefulness and advancement in the future. Squier's Cent. Am., 267-8.
[XXX-18] Hond. has furnished more than her quota of the distinguished men of Cent. Am.; among them soldiers, statesmen, and orators. Wells' Hond., 549.
[XXX-19] Such as exist with only a feeble life are generally engaged in acrimonious political wranglings.
[XXX-20] President Soto in his message of 1877 enumerates the improvements made, but confesses that they do not satisfy his aspirations. Salv., Gaceta Ofic., June 19, 20, 1877.
[XXX-21] In 1881 about $64,000, and in 1882 nearly $74,000, were expended for public instruction. A number of teachers arrived early in 1883 from Europe, as also a complete outfit for a scientific college. Pan. Star and Herald, March 23, 1883.
[XXX-22] At the end of 1882 there were 811 primary schools; namely, 528 elementary for boys and 226 for girls, 5 complementary for boys, 3 for girls; one Sunday school for working-women, and 48 night schools for artisans, etc. This was an increase of 26 over 1881. The attendance was of 26,773 boys and 10,696 girls, an increase of 2,166 of both sexes over 1881. Early in 1884, the primary schools were 844, including 47 night schools for men, one for women, one Sunday school for women, and 16 mixed schools. The attendance had also greatly increased. The buildings confiscated from the church in 1872 were applied to education. There were likewise several private and municipal schools. Barrios, Mensaje, Sept. 11, 1876, 33-8; B. Whetham's Across Cent. Am., 39; U. S. Gov. Doc., H. Ex. Doc., Cong. 44, Sess. I, i. pt i. 137-8, 148, 175; Guat., Recop. Ley., Gob. Democ., ii. 81-192, passim; Belly, A trav. l'Amér. Cent., i. 131-4; Salv., Gaceta, Aug. 18, Oct. 7, Nov. 8, 1876; Feb. 11 to Nov. 27, 1877, passim; Id., Diario Ofic., Aug. 15, 1878; Guat., Mem. Sec. Instruc. Púb., 1880-4; Reichardt, Cent. Am., 57, 227; La Estrella de Pan., Jan. 10, 1884; Batres, Sketch of Guat., 19-20, 40-72, passim; El Guatemalteco, Jan. 26, Feb. 2, Dec. 24, 1884; Conkling's Guide, 337, 341.
[XXX-23] Pan. Ev'g Telegram, May 26, 1886.
[XXX-24] The academy has pupils who pay their own expenses, and are not obliged to join the military service; and others placed therein by the govt, and intended to be commissioned as officers of the army. Pan. Star and Herald, Jan. 11, 1877; Guat., Mem. Sec. Guerra, 1882-4; Guat., Recop. Ley., ii. 692-700; Id., Id., Gob. Democ., i. 141-54; ii. 125-8; Salv., Diario Ofic., Sept. 19, 1877; July 5, 1878.