Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-10-13
Professor Sutherland Is Chosen
Agent of Great Educational
Movement in the Phil
lippines.
.DUT|ESARE IMPORTANT
Incumbent Is Thoroughly Educated
Gentleman and Well Known
in New Mexico.

The following article which will be
of interest to the readers of the New
Mexican appeared in the Manila Cable
news, Saturday, August 80, to which
journal Judge w. H. Pope is a SUBJ
scriber:
THE commission, yesterday. con-
firmed the appointment of William
Alexander Sutherland as agent for the
government of the Philippine Islands
in the United States to take charge Of
the Filipino students who are to be
sent by the government to colleges
and universities of the States fo'
study.
| "Mr. Sutherland has been in the is
lands somewhat over year. IL.
came from the University of New
Mexico, where he was professor Of
Latin and Spanish for number of
years. While engaged in the latter po-
sition his relation to the University
made it necessary for him to carry
on more or less correspondence with
the various colleges and universities
OF the United States, which made him
familiar with the conditions existing
at institutions throughout all parts of
the country. This information made
him of great assistance to the COM
mission in drafting the student bill
He was able to lay before the men,
bers OF the commission a fund of i'm
portant facts in connection with al
most every college or university of
any standing throughout the United
States.
when it became known that such
action would be taken by the gov.
ernment Mr.. Sutherland entered into
correspondence with the officers of
educational institutions in almost ev-
cry part of the country, making in
quiry concerning the opportunities Of
fered to students such as would be
likely to go from the islands, the cost
OF living, the concessions which could
be made, the number of students 10
whom accommodations could be fur
nished and other matters of great i'm
portance to the commission in consid-
ering and developing the plan. Re-
plies were received by Professor Suth-
erland from all the prominent institu-
tions in America These letters were
put at the disposal of the commission
and guided them in many features of
the bill as enacted
THE duties of Professor Sutherland
as agent of the government will be
to meet the students when they land
in the United States and conduct
them to the various destinations, see
that they are entered in the schools
to which they are sent and to visit
them at the stated intervals there
after and make reports to the gov
ernment and the bureau of education
their health. progress and
conduct. He will have general
supervisory charge of the students
while they are in the United States.
Professor Sutherland is regarded
generally as the man for the place.
He is a thorough Spanish scholar,
which fact will aid him greatly in
dealing with the students and their
relatives to whom he will doubtless
make frequent reports and with
whom he will carry on much cores
pondence in the very nature of things.
His familiarity with the institutions
% which the students are to be sent
md educational institutions in general
will be of great worth in the perform
lnce of the functions of the position"
Belonged to Las Cruces College
Faculty.
Mr.. Sutherland resigned from the
aculty Of the Agricultural college in
une, 1902. Accompanied by his bride
Jruces he went over on the same
transport with Judge W. H. Pope
n July 1902. He has made
fine record in the eXecu-
i've department at Manila and now
zones home for duty of great inl-
,ortance as it is the purpose of the
Philippine commission to send over
everal hundred students to the States
'ach year to be educated in American
colleges, with the understanding that
lpon the completion of their work they
re to return to the civil service in
heir home islands He has been one
# the colony of New Mexicans whose
members including w. NJ Upton,
salph McFie and Professor Barker al
o formerly of the Agricultural college.
ave been most useful to the civn
government in dealing with the diff
ult problems of the Philippine pos
essions.