The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-18

laws. is not small The needs and con-
ditions Of the different provinces and in
some cases the different parts OF a pro-
/ vince. have 10 be studied carefully in
order that the greatest amount OF good
may be given to those whom we have
! teen set TO the task Of educating.
Transportation, too, Is an important
| factor There are only 40 miles of rail-
road Small. uncIean steamers make ir-
regular trips TO harbors where landing
is a difficulty. There are but few good
roads anu IN the provinces a good bridge
is unknown. These are the facilities for
6etting about this archipelago. made up
81 several hundreds OF islands. equal TO
the combined areas OF the New England
states and New York. extending from
north to south over about IS degrees OF
latitude.
The church and religious Affiliations
the seasons OF harvesting. the customs
aud notions that have been handed down
for centuries and. az last. but not least
the natural inertia Of these people. are
all conditions which mus; be reckoned
with and most carefully considered. neces-
and different sessions in the school year
IN order TO obtain the best results.
Extracts taken from reports u division
school conditions in various parts Of the
archipelago. such as can b obtained IN
no other way.
W. ". Rodweli. superintendent FOR Gag
ayan. writes:
This whole province - very anxious
for American school teachers. The right
kind Of a man would be safe enough In
any pueblo in the province without
soldier in existence The only thing
against the American school idea - the
padres In some ~ the PuebIos the tea
cheers keep reporting that the children
come very lrreguIariy. FOR day or -
certain ones will come. then others. etc.
until they all have been for few days
at time. Less than three pr cent % tho
chHtren know any Spanish. %; toe fri
ars have fIisd the 3esple win .he idea
that for them 20 learn Fazissh thy must
first s;i.dy Spanish zraa4r-sT. c3i- IIocJ
says the friar question Is she asesti3n ia
this Whole valley and from VIA; { have
seen &; seems 20 be 30. 1go-r3a All chill
dren look upon q frlar "a a seconS Chris.
Many y me rn~n are o9ea. however. 81
their hatred Tor the friars- Tie greatest
need for The Ehoss prrovi5ce Is for s6pca-
ted native teachers. very feE e Ire tea
ohsrs here have err been u Manila sx-
csut the ones Ieft hs-e ~ TIRE is.ssrrec-
ton. Not a pusbio n ttis rToTi-cs tss
province IA. arr E1o1sy % pay - tea
ehsrs Until The school tx - rssssd.
william " 2 N2czinlsy. Bncos.
writes:
The schools are only ;rsFssttes e Arzs-
rscsn isess With tie e1ceptlo- = T.so-x.
Tier. are mary teachers zno are trying
20 DO ,hss- ber,. bat -bsy ar- IS rtlsl6-sn
r-o2irE n. dark aid car >riT a8ya7s>
vber led slo1z ne rDsd ~ a. A-srs-sn
teachs-. On ~ is1e.zK ~ Iioco@ Sorts.
soz1t tzo tz-rboo t8c1s "a ~aizS ire
svszish ALPHABET ard . liftis 13or..e
was bes=G taught 81 sozn- 20 esil4rs1
by Two -a.iTs teachers. who zr- ave r~o-s
CArns-sessl EaonthiT for esch chllc paosT
has a r-o6 stone scs-,cl Ter so.h rezss,
Eh.ch- however. - zsrsor; sar- g srhooi
szraifsrs s-s iss - eAG1rsa Mo s;f~-s
ar c119eiisd - a, pe-rh-s o. crazy
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q take par .. az.te = rrzx1&4sss es-Trr-
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