The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
HAD A TOUGH TIME.
An American Young Lady School
Teacher in the Philip: ines

Al AMeG1caO 4ounS Aauy School
Teacher in the Philip ines
EAs QUITE 4 NARROWING TIME.
Her Experience Will Hardly Be an
Indncement for Other Ameri-
can Young Ladies to Go
Over There.
The following is taken from The
Times, published at Manila, Philip
pine Islands:
In connection with the alleged ne
glect Of school teachers by the educa-
tional department, the experience OF
young American woman as related
by a government employe, whose name
is withheld for obvious reason, may
throw scme light on the subject as it
is sconsidered from the educators point
Of view. Here is the employees story.
ROSY WORDING OF oEEcIAL CIRCULAR.
The lacy in question accepted en-
ployment as school teacher in the
Philippines after reading the circular
issued b. the educational department..
On arriving in Manila she found that
the cost of living and the purchasing
power Of the small amount Of money
of which she was possessed were not
at all as they were represented in the
circular referred to. When she con-
suited the superintendent of public
instruction OF the subject Of ways and
means, she was told that the circular
was true at the time that it had been
printed and was advised to make the
best Of it.
SENT TO BATANGAS PROVINCE.
son her request to be assigned to
duty as soon as possible, she was or
dered to a small pueblo ten miles
from the capital of Batangas province
for duty, and instructed to report to
the district superintendent Of educa-
tion at BatangaS. Arriving there,
armed with letter to the local rep
resentative OF the educational depart
ment, the teacher was told to pro-
ceed to her station and was given
letter Of introduction to the preSl-
6ente local Of the town where she ex-
pected to work. The district super
iutendent informed her that there
had been a school in operation there
for Two years, that there were books
and full paraphanalia Of a school on
the ground and that the presidente
would provide everything necessary.
He also chartered carretela and sent
the young teacher on her way to her
post.
ARRIVES AT BIER STATION.
After ten-mile jaunt over coun-
try roads the young teacher landed IN
typical Filipino barrio. Inquiries
as to the whereabouts of the consta-
bulary detachment (Which, she had
been told in Manila, existed there
elected the usual answer Of the guile |
less native, No hay The presldente's
house, miserable native shack, was
finally located, and the highest civil
authority, having been aroused with
some difficulty, appeared clad IN an
undershirt and a. pair Of drawers.
When he was presented with the let
ter from the district superintendent
the presidente looked puzzled, turned
it over and said, No sabe.
1.-THE teacher, tried, hungry and
frightened, her mind full ofthe stories
of bandoleros, opened the letter her
self and explained in what little pid-
gin Spanish she could command, that
she was the maestro.
"'Ah, sir quoth the presidente,
and hauled her trunks cf the caree-
uela, dumping them in the road. He
then, by signs explained that he was
very sleepy, and proceeded to lie down
among a Heterogeneous conglomeratlon
of men and women who were lying on
the floor Of his house.
OFFERS TEACHER VILE DRINK.
''The American girl, having had
nothing to eat since she had left the
steamer, sat on her trunk in the road
and cried.
'sFeeling somewhat better after
this, she aroused the sleeping presi-
dente and asked fer a drink OF water.
he responded with glass Of vino,
and this being refused, tried some
beer. Finally he dipped half cocoa
nut shell into an OLA on the edge OF
which his game cock had been roost-
ing. Being desperate, the young
teacher managed to make him under
stand that she wanted to see the
school. She was taken to a tumble
down nipa shack, her trunks dumped
in alter her and the entire pueblo
reIapseo into Slumber.
unable to make her wants known,
the girl sat on her trunk all night,
the only white person in the village,
having had nothing to eat for "A hour
and having her offers TO buy food met
with the characteristic No hay
In the morning, wornout and faint
with hunger, finding no signs OF a
school anywhere, or Of books or pupils
she dragged herself to the house OF
the presidente and asked for a carre-
tela to take her back to Batangas,
thinking to state her case to the dis
tric superintendent.
PRESIDENTS FULL OF DIGNITY.
The presidente, however, at once
became very full OF his dignity as the
representative Of the civil government.
He would furnish no carretela, he
would furnish no chow, she was the
maestro and was expected to provide
large portions Of illustration at once.
Then he took another drink Of vine
and went to sleep again.
1.-THE frightened and bewildered