Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-22
EDUCATING 1.-THE FILlPlNos
SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE NEEDED IN
suMBERsfrS THE ISLANDS.
A Band of White Bandits Captured
Stories of the Cleverness of
Qain&fn salas.


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| Manila Cor. Of the New York Evening Post.
The schoolmaster is abroad in the Phil
| ippines. making some recompense for the
ravages of wars and doing what he can
| much, probably-to create good feeling and
prevent a recurrence Of hostilities. Nearly
everywhere he goes he is welcomed. the
! impulsive Filipinos showing great desire
| for education generally. and requirement Of
| the English language particularly. Profess
! sor Atkinson, superintendent Of schools. at
| ter tour Of the provinces in southern Luz
| zon. feels that he win need to double his
order for thousand English-speaking
teachers in order to meet the demands Of
the people Of the archipelago. Even Min
danao Is to have it's English schools. Eng
disappearing teachers of the Mohammedan
faith are to be brought from India.
Nearly every pacified town in Luzon and
| in some Of the other islands has its schools
The American soldiers have turned readily
from fighting to teaching. Many Of them
are as enthusiastic as teachers as they were
as fighters. When the sword was sheathed
several of the officers turned their attention
to the preparation Of suitable text books
for the native schools. In Cebu two valu-
able contributions Of this character have
dictionary. and the other a reader in the
same languages. Capt. John H. Goldman.
governor of Bataan province. says that
there are schools in nearly every town un-
der his Jurisdiction. He has one English
teacher for each town, but needs more He
believes that in six months English will be
spoken by the younger people throughout
the province.
For an Industrial school.
Here in Manila a vacation normal school,
| attended by native teachers from many
| provinces in Luzon, has Just ended. 1t is
pronounced success, both In point of at
tendance and in the interest shown. The
aim was to illustrate to the Filipino teach
ers the modern methods Of education. What
the Filipinos much need Is Industrial edu-
cation. They are quick to learn HANDY"
and as initiative as the Japanese, and if
taught how to work in modern ways with
improved tools, they would become for
midable industrial competitors within such
limitations as the climate enforces There
| is hope Of the establishment here Of one. or
more industrial schools through the efforts
OF the Red Cross Association. Mrs. Ca
prom. widow of Capt Allyn K. Capron, tr,
sent here by Miss Clara Barton to ascer-
tain Manila's special needs, will report that
industrial schools ere more needed than
hospitals. Money for the creation of such
schools may be forthcoming. Mrs. Capron
tells of the readiness Of several wealthy
men Of New York city, acting together,
to establish such a school, and she knows
of two wealthy ladies in Philadelphia who
are anxious to contribute to such a pur-
pose.
ManiIa's Government.
From present indications Manila may be
| the last OF the large cities in the Philippines
to have a civic government Problems are
TO be met here which are not found else
| where. because Of the amount and the d.
SNt oP <Ho
| able that the city, will be given complete
civil government at the outset. As 1t is to
be the seat of the central civil government
for the islands, the creation Of its local
government may await the establishment
| OF the larger civil department This last
an apparently inspired article in a local
| paper says. will probably consist Of a gov
council Every, enc, expects that Judge
Taft will be the governor general The
cabinet positions WIFI be filled by the other
members of the. Philippine commission, who
council. The rest Of that body will be
! composed Of Ftliptnos. The council viii be
joint body with two branches
civii government could do no more to-
ward the needed sanitary improvement Of
the cfty-the most important matter here
than Is being done by the board Of health
under military direction. Probably purely
| civil board would be less efficient, The
| sanitary census. tust completed, facilitates
the work. Hereafter the number of occu-
pants of lodging house will be restricted
according to the size of the building This
Will bear hardest on the Chinese but their
| naoIts are the greatest menace to health
White Bandits.
Much has been written from here of the
| organized native murder societies. many
| members Of which have been hanged for
atrocious crimes. Not for palliation, but
| for r{S0n no toll $bo
Of band Of American outlaws whose deeds
! match those Of the darker-skinned cut
| Threats. This American gang numbered
| oiN. The leader Is deserter from the
| British army, and served here for q time
In the Ait Infantry. Another was a SER
geant In the same regiment. who escaped
punishment for rape on a technicality and
third is an ex-convict from the states
The others are not SO well known. They
| had their headquarters at Angeles, in
which vicinity during the four days in
which they were at large they assaulted
| many women. murdered at least four per-
| sons and committed many robberies All
six are now in the guard house at Angeles,
and the probability is that they will de-
| part this life through gallows trap.
An Artful Dodger.
Two pleasing stories are brought here
| from Iloilo Of the cunning of Quintin salas,
| Filipino colonel. long sought by the
surrendered himself. The first tells Of his
meeting with the American Lieut.. ConRer
Out In Dumangas countr, some time last
year Conger ran across what purported to
be an insurgent hospital camp. He found
| In charge very courteous medical officer
with red cross on his arm. who greeted
his American visitors cordially, while he
busted himself with his patients Further
along the trail Filipino was captured,
who, when put to the third degree" said
that the hospital camp was a ruse, and its
medical officer none other than Salas. A
quick return to the supposed hospital dis
closed no patients and no surgeon. The
other story concerns Capt. Raysor Of the
44th 1nftnary, who was also hunting Salas
On his hike" Capt. Raysor met hombre
whose offered service guide was gladly
| accepted. The guide seemed to know the
country very well. and showed the cap
tain more bypaths. lanes, short cuts and,
incidentally. hard trails than he possibly
could have found alone. They did not
| find much Of anything else, however and
when the force was thoroughly tagged out