2. Where does the real story begin? 3. Who was the tramp at the Carlisle Station? When did you guess it? 4. What are the principles of the State Police, as you see them in this story? 5. Why was such an organization necessary? Is there one in your state? 6. What new words did you find in this story? Define aura, primeval, grisly. THE STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPH OF ISIDRO In this story the author introduces a number of unfamiliar words, chiefly of Spanish origin, which are current in the Philippines. The meanings are given below. _baguio_, hurricane. _barrio_, ward; district. _carabao_, a kind of buffalo, used as a work animal. _cabo_, head officer. _cibay_, a boys' game. _daledale_, hurry up! _de los Reyes_, of the King. _de la Cruz_, of the cross. _hacienda_, a large plantation. _ladrones_, robbers. _maestro_, teacher. _nipa_, a palm tree or the thatch made from it. _palay_, rice. _pronto_, quickly. _pueblo_, town. _que barbaridad!_--what an atrocious thing! _volador_, kite. 1. Why does the story end with Isidro's crying? What did this signify? What is the relation of this to the beginning of the story? 2. Has this story a central idea? What is it? 3. This might be called a story of local color, in that it gives in some detail the atmosphere of an unfamiliar locality. What are the best descriptive passages in the story? 4. Judging from this story, what are some of the difficulties a school teacher meets with in the Philippines? What must he be besides a teacher? 5. What other school stories are there in this book? The pupils in Emmy Lou's school, (in Louisville, Ky.) are those with several generations of American ancestry behind them; in Myra Kelly's story, they are the children of foreign parents; in this story they are still in a foreign land--that is, a land where they are not surrounded by American influences. The public school is the one experience that is common to them all, and therefore the greatest single force in bringing them all to share in a common ideal, to reverence the great men of our country's history, and to comprehend the meaning of democracy. How does it do these things? THE CITIZEN 1. During the war, President Wilson delivered an address at Philadelphia to an audience of men who had just been made citizens. The quoted passages in this story are taken from this speech. Read these passages, and select the one which probably gave the author the idea for this story. 2. Starting with the idea, that he would write a story about someone who followed a dream to America, why should the author choose Russia as the country of departure? 3. Having chosen Russia, why does he make Ivan a resident of a village far in the interior? Why not at Libau?