Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-09
MUST MARRY TO TEACH
Condition Which R. ]. O'Hanlon Imnoso5
in Making Appointments in
the Philippines.

None but married men. or those viii,
ing TO marry, need apply for positions
as teachers in the schools in the PbiHn-
pine islands, according to letter r..
ceiyed in Milwaukee, Wis. from Pro-
Richard ]. OHanlon, written shor,
ly before he rendered his resio,4
nation as superintendent of school.
in the island of Bobol, +. l. The mo-
tives want none but married tqocber.
Prof. O'Hanlon writes, the men to teaob
the boys and their wives to teach H..
girls in the native schools
1t is almost a necessary ouaEfca
ton, Prof. O'Hanlon writes. for teach
ers To be married. especially in the small.
er cities and towns. The demand is tya
to one for married couples as teachers
and the demand is beyond the suDnlr
This IS true throughout the islands.
have hired and certified cighty-fye m.
tive teachers, which is about one-baIf
the number to be employed next ypa,.
besides the few American teachers C.bo
are willing to come here.
1T is my duty to assign the teacher.
and to fix their salaries. Have iust an.
pointed q principal of the provincial bidb
school of Bohol to be located in this civ
Tagblaran. His salary is $500 in coij
X
cause of the desire of the natives TO have
only married American teachers. Inn
is, to have both husband and wife to-
gether in one school, the man as teacher
of boys and the wife as teacher of girls
this man whom | have Just appointed
has promised to marry before July
when school begins. | have assigned his
future wife, a lady from Missouri. now
en- route, as his assistant at salary Of
$1,000 year. which YOU see means y
family income of S2SOO.'
The six Americans in Tagbilaran ora
still cautioned not to go outside Of the
city limits and all of the work outside
Prof. OHanlOn writes has been done
by correspondence with the officials an
natives of the other cities. All the
Amer leans are cautioned 10 remain in
doors after dark Because of these pre
cautions the fact that stray monkeys are
continually running over the roof tops MT
night or screaming in the cocOanut and
banana trees, making sounds sometimes
not easy to distinguish from human
voices, the situation is not one conducive
10 lndlSturbed Slumber and repose.
Speaking of the natives, Prof. OHan-
Ion writes that they have almost full
control of the island, aside from control
Of the revenue and the schools, and have
much their own way. The native priests
VINO nave been the worst inSurrectnS
from the start, have apparently let 90
of the idea that to be patriotic they must
oppose American control. If these ma
tives are let alone and not stirred IN by
diScontents from other islands, | do
not believe there will be any trouble
here
Though this island is one of the most
healthful of the group, it is one of the
worst as far as the nerves are concerned.
1t is free from malaria, cholera and con
sumption, but it harbors hundreds of
leperS and it is most trying for persons
of nervous temperament. The Asiatic
cholera has been raging in and about
Manila and there have been more than
5000 cases, according to the reports re-
ceived here, with fully 80 per cent. fatal.
but this island has had no visitation
thus far.
I'VE have no drinking water on the
island save what we catch to drink when
it rains. Thus far | have had good
supply of Shasta water which we gel in
bottles from San Francisco. Drinking
water costs me more per day than all
the other expenses of board combined
Shasta water and the delicious LIQUID
contents of fresh cocoanuts, which grow
in our yard constitute my only beyer.
age"