Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-21
NOT WELL SATISFIED.
Iowa Teachers Not .Particu-
larry Pleased With Work in
the Philippines
CONDITIONS NOT PLEASANT

4 Are Not we'll Treated and Most OF
Them Would Be Glad to Get Back te
the Statcs-A Letter From Sattcrth.
/ waite.
Special to Times Republican.
/ Des Moines, Oct. 21-Professor II. G.
Barrett, state superintendent of public
! instruction, is in receipt of an inter-
testing letter from Professor g. w. Sat
terthwaite, teacher of English at Da-
gami, Leyte, in the Philippine islands
] Professor Satterthwaite is one of the
the Philippines under government con-
tract In his communication he makes
lit plain that the teachers are
not particularly pleased with the
treatment they received nor the cir
Icumstances With which they are sur .
rounded. He throws some light on the
educational work which is being done
in the Philippines that is entirely new
and indicates that while the American
good work the attendance at the
schools already maintained by private
funds has nor materially decreased.
His reference TO the affection of Miss
Williams, of Jefferson, who went to
the Philippines to wed Professor Zum-
stein and was widow within five
hours after the wedding, adds some new
facts in regard to that matter. The
letter is written from Dagami, Leyte,
dated Aug. 80 and follows:
AT the beginning of our second
years work in the Philippine islands.
seems a good time to tell you some of
cur prospects in school work. Schools
commenced in the provinces of Leyte
and Samar Aug. 4. This time varies
in the provinces according 10 the rainy
season, the harvest and native feast
days. The outlook for this years work
consider encouraging, while in many
places the attendance is not large and
the danes schools are apparently un-
diminished in numbers, the falling off
is among those who had fass1-in- the
pan interest, and the present enroll
ment in the Philippine schools comes
from those who have a real desire
to know American ways and better
their present condition. Some of the
richest natives are still sending their
children to the friars' schools, but
they are slowly losing ground as the
English language is taking. the place
Of the Spanish.
Normal Institutes were held in var
ious provinces at the close OF the past
years session. Ours was held at Palo,
Leyte. There We're fourteen American
instructors and about 100 native teach
erss in attendance. AS one OF the in
structcrs l had a good opportunity to
judge the material we had to assist
us. The native teachers usually are
from superior families. sorae of them
graduates OF the Manila and Cebu
Spanish institutions. However, of the
entire number l remember but one
young man WHO really had fair edu
cation. His name is Maxine Cinco AMI
he is a native OF Catbalogan. the cap
:tal of Samar He has a bright mind,
and could he be given training in some
good American school do not doubt
that he could do world of good
school may be interested in this case.
He has a masters degree from the
College of San Tomas in Manila, ana
is considerably above the average Of
so-cal,ed educated Filipinos The ma
tive teachers came to the normal over
mountain trails, on cariboas, in barotas
Uhe native canoe), swimming rivers
and suffering considerable. incdnven-
fence. Their salaries We're continued
turnout the vacation il they attended
normal school, If not they were dropped
from the pay roll and their places filled
from the aspjrants who did attend the
institute.
THE department is In receipt of
cargo of American desks for the public
schools. They are q lesson to these
people; accustomed as they are to think
that any old shack will do for q school
house, the sight of these new vanished
desks with inkstands and back rests
gives the Arnericanos great reputa-
ton. We have 20 of the desks and
fully 500 people came to see them pu.
up.
Cholera still continues in some OF
the provinces and where it exists the
schools are usually closed. Smallpox
is always with us; three of my boys
died the past week from the disease.
We vaccinated some thousands OF peo-
Dle, but there are many who refuse to
be vaccinated. and of course, we don't
propose to run them down to vaccinate
them. One sad incident of which you
may have heard occurred this summer.
Mr.. Rudolph Zumstein, who at one
time was resident and student in our
state, was one of the teachers who came
over on the Thomas. He taught in one
of the provinces near Manila. During
the summer a Miss Williams, his be-
trothed, crossed the ocean to engage in
teaching with him. He had been i'll
with the dysentery sorne time and
his trouble increased about the time
of the arrival of his sweetheart's boat.
He went out to the boat to meet her.
took her ashore where he was seized
with the cholera. The ceremony was
performed, but five hours later Mrs.
Zumstein was widow. I knew him
as fellow student and as an upright
young man Ones health over here
can not be neglected. Several deaths
OF this kind have occurred among our
number.
Zone unfortunate incident was the
murder of four American teachers near
Cebu on the island of the same name
They were new teachers, little too
and went out practically unarmed. II
some of those people who write articles
for the magazines about the cruelty