. The Brazilians and their country . EDUCATION 111 ence of alert intelligence and no small degree of spe-cialised ability was evident in the work of these pupilswho obtain their education absolutely free of society which owns and promotes this million dollarproperty receives yearly a certain appropriation fromthe government, but Brazilians contribute by subscrip-tion the larger part of the revenue needed to carry onthe work. As to foreign missionary schools, Mackenzie College,located at Sao Paulo, originally under Presbyterian aus-pices, but now non-sectarian, is probably the leadin
. The Brazilians and their country . EDUCATION 111 ence of alert intelligence and no small degree of spe-cialised ability was evident in the work of these pupilswho obtain their education absolutely free of society which owns and promotes this million dollarproperty receives yearly a certain appropriation fromthe government, but Brazilians contribute by subscrip-tion the larger part of the revenue needed to carry onthe work. As to foreign missionary schools, Mackenzie College,located at Sao Paulo, originally under Presbyterian aus-pices, but now non-sectarian, is probably the leading in-stitution in South America representative of the founda-tion of foreign missions. This institution has trained alarge number of the modern technical workers of thecountry, and its scientific instruction is much more promi-nent than is usual in the colleges of the United are twenty-seven young women among the fourhundred or more students, and it has an affiliated Ameri-can school located a short distance away, calle
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