This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...and economical meals may be obtained. But the paternal interest of the Government does not cease here, for it makes a daily allowance of bread to all students, rich and poor, and where a scholar is devoid of means will provide him with the other necessaries of life. Thus at Fez every child studies on a full stomach. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...and economical meals may be obtained. But the paternal interest of the Government does not cease here, for it makes a daily allowance of bread to all students, rich and poor, and where a scholar is devoid of means will provide him with the other necessaries of life. Thus at Fez every child studies on a full stomach. The system of paying tutors is also salutary, for his salary depends on the progress made by those under his charge, and presents of mouna (food) and money are sent by the parents as the child reaches the various standards of his education. The usual age for school attendance is five, and the child remains until eleven or twelve. There are besides fifteen girls' schools at Fez, which are also regulated by the Habous, but in these the attendance is not so strict, and they have not found such wide favour as the boys' schools. The Habous are likewise responsible for the administration of outdoor and indoor relief, and are charged with the upkeep of the homes for the sick, blind, and abandoned children, of whom, thanks to concubinage, there are a great number. Outdoor relief is distributed at various centres daily to all those who have received the authority of the Habou of their district to draw it, --soup in the morning, meat at midday, and in the evening the national dish coscous. The Habous, in their peculiar capacity, are also charged with the upkeep and supervision of the public baths, of which the splendid water-supply of the capital allows of an unlimited number. These are open to men in the morning, women in the afternoon, and can be hired for a very low sum by whole families at night. They also look after the public bakeries, to which the inhabitants carry their home-made loaves to be baked, and their favourite luxury, a baked sheep's-head....
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