The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-12
SCHOOLS IN PHILIPPINES
Natives Receiving Benefits Of Educa.
ton at Hands of Americans.
Descriptive Composition Written BY
One of the Students, AIambat.
From Mondays Daily.

home from the Philippines on three
months leave of absence, where he is
employed by the government as assistant ,
school superintendent in the northern
district of Luzon. Mr.. Loughrey was
one of the first teachers employed by
this government to go to the Philip
pines and his duties now are such that
he is sent from place to place by the de-
partment, sometimes remaining only
a few weeks or months in one village
and sometimes longer when his help is
needed in getting the schools of a town in
good running order.
Contrary to the general impression
that perhaps prevails here all of the
American teachers sent to the Philip
pines by this government are paid by the
government and not by the United
States.
To reach the towns where he is en-
ployed Mr.. Loughrey goes from Manila
by steamer up around the north end of
the island and up the Rio Grande de Coy
guam river. He gives some very interest
ing descriptions of the people and his
work
Mr. Loughrey has very kindly allowed
| The Free Press to select for the benefit
OF its readers some of the descriptions
given by ole of his native teachers,
, Valiant Alambat, in his written school
work.
Valario Alambat is full-blood native
Filipino of the town of Loag, Uocas
province. He is about twenty -four years
old and was native teacher. He could
read and write in Spanish as well as in
the native language of his province. At
the time of writing these descriptions he
had been studying the English language
about four months and was assistant
teacher in the village school. Alambat
took no part in the Philippine war al
though he was offered a captaincy in the
native army. He is carpenter by trade
but prefers teaching as it offers more op-
portunities for him to learn the English
language and to study. His ambition at
this time is to get means enough to come
to the United States and study for two
can return to his native land qualified to
do good work in the schools and help to
educate his people. He now earns eight
dollars a month as assistant teacher.
Mr.. Loughrey speaks in the highest terms
of his good qualities, he being perfectly
reliable and conscientious in all his work
and dealings. 1t seems too bad that he
cannot in some way be helped to earn
the money to crafty his most worthy
ambitions.
| 1t is believed that these short articles
written by native PHILIPPINE on ways
and costoms of his own country will be in
teresting to our readers. The Free Press
may give more of them from time to
/ time:
Manner of Life Among the Igorrotos,
Calingas and Aetas in the Mountains of
Luzon.
To write story is difficult labor for
my ability because am not provided yet
with the necessary words to undertake
Justly this kind of work but knowing
that this practice is the sure way to
learn any language 1 take my pencil to
paint some humble words with the hope
to finish it early or late and l begin by
begging my teacher to excuse my mis-
takes:
In the mountains of Luzon there live
other kinds of people called infdals.
There are three such tribes Calinga.
Igorrotes and Aeta The Galinga live
near the Christian. They SOW rice, corn,
potatoes and some pot-herbs-just
enough for their food for year. Some
of them wear clothes and some do not
only when they are going to other places
they use salacot a kind of hat) made
OF bamboo. They do not like to wear
hats.
The Calinga women when they 60 to
the towns of the Christians take many
kinds of the medical roots to sell. The
young men and women cannot marry
without tha consent of their family Roth
families take a three days holiday for
the marriage.
The Calinga have the bad custom of
killing their fellow creatures when the
harvest time comes near: They go to
the other places where the other Calingas
live and kill all they can see and bring
the heads to their homes then they
make great huzza with the heads in the
center of the house singing and dancing.
But these people have the good custom of
receiving visitors WE'LL The women and
men have long hair and the women put
many strings of beads as ornaments and
they all black their teeth The Igorrotes
live farther up in the mountains. Many
of them live in Lepanto and Bantoc pro-
yinces. These poor peoples do not wear |
clothes and hats. The men and women |
wear ear rings and they have long hair |
They tattoo pictures on their bodies. |
They eat potatoes and like to eat dogs