The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-10-11

generally educated,
Inside the walled city were two uni.
versitics which previous TO the war
were well patroniEcd by the FnIplnos,
The university OF san Thomas, which
was established In 1907, is one OF these.
and 1t has, without any exception, the
most msgulhccn, natural history COLI
leetion | have ever seen, This col
lection has been catalogued In four
royal octave volumes by the friars, and
contains specimens Of all the floN and
fauna. geographical specimens. hugs,
animals aud, In fact every form OF
vegetable and animal life to be- met
found In the arohlpelagN The other Il
the Dominican University, which Ia oil
enormous size. and occupies two entire
blocks within the walled city. and pre-
vious to the outbNNk Of hostilitles II
carried no lees than AVE- thousand
names Of native students on It's rolls.
II teaehes many branches ot education,
including academic. Law, medicine and
applied sciences. with the complete nee.
essory paraphernaiIa in all depart
msnts. In all the villages throughout
the island also excellent schools are to
be found and I have heard Il stated by
competent authorities that 90 per sent
ot the natives arc educated but this I
think Is an exaggeratlon. From per-
scnal observation, however should
say that 60 per cent are educated. You
hnd no female servants In the Philip
pines, all forms OF work being perform
ed by the men. and the Filiplnos I had
as ordinary house servants could mad
and write Spanish and understood
figures In their simple forms
The boys there are educated In
church schools In the various villages,
and I think In their schools. colleges
and school Of applied sciences they
teach everything ther, that We do here
in America, with the possible exception
Of telegruphy,
There IL another thing want toI
speak Of concerning them. and that IL
their entrance into the domain OF mod
ern professions. An English colonist
told me- and found no MASON toI
doubt his statement. that among the
doctors In Manila there were two or
three native Tagalos. who were with.
out superIors in their profession, and
who were accomplished and scientific
surgeons, The best dentist In the city
and on the island was General Aravello.
now one OF Agulnaldo's army. He Is
a full blooded Tagalo.'
The general had also studied the de-
velopment II arts and sciences among
the natives.
Their working OF gold. silver and
iron metals he said. continuing. "ls
most skillful, and the Jewelry they
make is very beautiful. They model
Well in clay. and carve wood and iron
in the most exquisite manner. Judg.
ing their finished work from the stand
point OF a tyro in art matters. such as
am, It was to all appearances abso-
lutely correct Some Of the best at
tcrneys at the Manila bar are natives.
and are well grounded In the theory
and practice OF their profession. Pa
terno. said to be the present head OF
Aguinaldo's Cabinet, and Mablnl Ara
yanoi who have accumulated large
fortune, were both full blooded Tagalos
AS a matter Of fact. since 1872 the
Fnlpinos have sent TO Aslatlc and Eu-
ropean universities two hundred Of
their young men annually. There are
eleven schools for women alone in Ma
nlla, and besides the regular form Of
education these women are taught sew
ing, embroidery and the like, as are
girls In this country. They are taught
by native nuns, and their needle work
is wonderful"
and how about modern machln-
ery?" was asked. do they have an
aptitude for it?"
You know the complication Of steam
engines, and the trouble II is to get
then properly and efficiently run In
some other countries" said the gen.
eral For instance, In Mexico no ma
tlves are employed as fremen and en-
gineers, a responsible work which Ia
wholly performed by white men. Well,
on the only railroad on the island Of
Luzon, the Manila and Daguypan
railroad, the engineers, flremen. brake
man and co,,duo4o,.s 49, oit. ,,.t...,, -.