The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-10

by the fingers. Teachers must become as OF
the family when they live in a town. Here
tofore they have enjoyed the privileges OF
the army commissary and have contrived
by that means to obtain food of a kin to
which they were accustomed. Since COM
plants flowed in even then, the withdrawal
of the commissary privilege will hardly les
sen them, and it may multiply them TO a
dangerous extent unless a project under
advisement to buy commissaries at adj
vanced prices, or to establish a school COM
missary, may speedily take shape. In Ma
Mia there were no commissary food pur-
chases for the exposition grounds, but there
money can really buy material for a pass
able table. A caterer gave satisfaction, at
one gold dollar per day for each person and
10 cents extra for service and table linen.
In many places food suitable for Ameri-
cans is not on sale and cannot be had.
There is nothing in the Philippine school
house to indicate the purpose for which it
was built. A guess will not usually go
astray that assigns to it some other pri-
mary use. In the days when the employ
ment of a teacher carried the right to dwell
and to take boarders in this species Of pub
lie property, school quarters were usually
those rooms which the teacher could not
let out at any price.
NATIVE SCHOOLHOUSES.
Hence easements, lighted and aired poor
ly, and often damp, proved good enough for
the youngsters unless the pocket of the
teacher was tempted into permitting an
overflow among the dwelling rooms up
stairs. In one of the southern towns in
which a boys schoolhouse contains only
two rooms. the desks and benches are out
side. Division superintendent are improv-
ing accommodations by turning out the
jewellers and providing the best that may
be had for the pupils. That is not saying
much yet. Buildings of all kinds of tropical
construction. commonly ramshackle, from
high-class painted clapboard, approached
by real steps, to nipa shacks, to be entered
only if one can keep balance in climbing
the rounds of an unrailed bamboo ladder;
and of all sizes and conditions of repair.
The letters teachers send home will doubt
less record many surprises, If not shocks.
in describing impressions when they first
saw the buildings in which their zeal is to
be tried. There are only two or three
schoolhouses in Manila fit for that use, ac-
cording TO American notions, but they have
generally the merit Of pleasing exterior,
and within and without they are models,
compared with some Of the provincial ex-
hibits. The voyage of the Thomas included
a stop of three days at Honolulu. Other d.
version had to be provided on board. 1t in
cluded various forms. chess, cards, ship
games and organizations which anteced-
ents or talents of passengers encouraged
Cornell and the University of California
had enough representatives to make it pos
sible to form clubs bearing the titles OF
those institutions. Masons and Kappa Sig
ma members found similar opportunity. Ar
orchestra was improvised and a camera
club and the writer's among the passengers
issued a paper, '"The Briny Budget Love
making seems to have made rapid progress
among quite a number of the passengers
with a prospect that examples of weddings
shortly after arrival, which preceding
teachers had set, would not long stand
alone on the educational record. While moi
discouraging romance. the department has
tried to choose women, rather than men
old enough 10 nave we'll settled notions
Reputation for lack of youth and giddiness
however, is not always proof against a
long sea voyage into a languorous climate
and the story of this trip will probably
have romantic sequel.
w EDDY