The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-10
Ample Accommodations Provided for
Them mt Manila, but Their Stay
There Was Temporary.
WOMEN CAUSE MOST TROUBLE
MANY COMPLAINTS, AND l. WISH
TO BE STATIONED AT MANILA.
Natives Even in Remote Districts
Likely tn Meet Teachers Kindly,
but Ways Are Alien.
orrespondence Of the IndlanapolIs journal.

as, on Aug. q. 500 American teachers, 81
men and 129 women. reached Manila, TO fur
nish English instruction in the public
schools throughout the Philippine Islands.
They were hardly pioneers in this under
taking. for go teachers Of English had al
ready taken the field, divided about equally
between volunteer soldiers, detailed 10
school work while in service, and liking II
well enough to secure appointments, and
trained teachers whose engagements en-
abled them to sail by earlier transports.
Such arrivals had been scattered over sew
eral months. few OF them landing at ono
time. and making no impression on the life
OF the city. The Thomas had only teachers
and those belonging to them on board,
Since the ship provides comfortable cabin
accommodation for not more than 80 per-
sons, a passenger list of 81 men, 146 wom-
en-, l. Of them not teachers, and p children
leaves little TO be said regarding the open
ings II offered for close friendship or cor
dial enmities in the months voyage on the
Pacific. The teachers made a happy land
ing however. and in the next fortnight or
so in which they remained in Manila, out
fitting themselves for their assignments to
the provinces. they filed the public eye.
Manila and the teachers seemed TO enjoy
CNEAg " VI NhC "a VI NAN
was new 10 both. The descent of such an
energetic, breezy, eager company stirred
the natives to unwonted interest. which
matched well the avidity Of the newcomers
IN studying the life in which they have
cast their present fortunes. There will be
additional teachers, to fill the requisition
for 1000. which has been granted by the au-
thorities, but they will not swoop upon the
city as did the Thomas passengers, and
hence their arrival may be relegated in ad-
vance to affairs ordinary, at least by COM
parison.
Preparations TO receive the August boat
load and TO arrange TO quarter and care
for them had occupied several weeks. Ma
Mia can barely lodge and feed those who
drop in casually. and even if there had
been room In the hotels. objections TO using
them for this purpose would have been pro-
hibitive. Expeditions work in classifying
the teachers and getting them TO their
posts demanded that they be kept where
they could easily be reached, and other con-
siderations made quite as urgent comfort
able housing and abundant and wholesome
food for them. The exposition grounds meet
all needs. They are spacious. airy and at
t~ractive, and the buildings already stand
Ing on them guaranteed facilities not only
lOI DCtlCI hNll6 THAI COuEu D0 lOulu tlSG-
where, but also for the Capitalization es-
sential in handling such a body satisfac-
torily.
IN COMFORTABLE QUARTERS.
The grounds occupy about forty acres.
with frontage on two broad parallel streets,
in a desirable part Of the city. One side is
bounded by the generous and ornate land
holdings OF the Jesuit College, where the
Weather Bureau and Observatory are 10
Gated. The other side is sparsely settled,
and broad fields of waving grain spread out
from IL. The drive through the grounds
must have brought up some memories 70
many. for it is shaded by tall overarching
trees, like some OF the elm-lined roads In
New England. Stretches OF rolling meadow
brighten the immediate view. Both OF the
bordering streets lead 20 the bay. distant a
walk of not more than five minutes. The
shopping district may be reached in a slow
drive OF less than half an hour.
Buildings more suitable could hardly have
been made TO order had there been time to
do so. Weather had worn and battered
them. but Trey had original merit. and that
left for the repairers and burnishers only
such contracts as they could perform in a
few weeks. They began on the most sub
stantial and best preserved OF the struc-
lures. the administration building. Its hard
wood floors and fine stairways had not been
touched by anything more harmful than
layers OF dust. which yielded readily to
~scrubbing, and afterward took a polish like
new. The walls cleaned as easily and then
became bright by simple process OF removal
tion. Weather had not affected the sea-
soned doors. Fresh paint and oil gave the
interior woodwork the appearance Of hav-
the haap rarapfly laid yTFpdou-. - -.
survived neglect and a thorough course of
repairing was necessary for the outer walls.
A building in prime order and condition re-
suited. eighty feet square. two stories high.
with lofty ceilings and large. finely lighted
rooms. A regiment Of soldiers would feel
that il provided them with ample
datiOn. 1t was designed by the school au-
thorities 10 lodge $50 women. nearly all of
them transient. a building across the road.
OF about the same dimensions. was fitted
for "A laundry at one end and bathing apart
ments at the other. Further within the
grounds, about one hundred yards. is an
oval building. single-storied but with a
high. arched ceiling and a tiled floor.
ninety feet long by thirty feet wide. which
was subjected 10 complete renovation 10 nj
81 for a dining room. The te .chers found All
three OF these buildings looking so fresh
that they might have supposed them newly
constructed had not the ~teil-tale shabbiness
OF the neighboring exposition halls, which
repair contracts let alone. betrayed the
truth. They found one building wholly new.
a kitchen. removed too far from the din
Ing room for the smells TO reach over and
yet not far enough To cool the cooking dur
Ing service.
Just beyond the drive. through interlacing
trees, stand nipa cottages on one side OF
the road and barracks on the other. both
OF superior construction. Officers had occu-
pied the cottages and enlisted men the bar
racks Tor a year or more and had put and
kept both In fine order. They were vacated
10 make room for the men teachers. those
with families getting the cottages. While
they were not as attractive. from an Amer
team standpoint as the substantial build
kngs. they not only answered all purposes
were probably better suited to the eli