Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-18
SUTHERLAND
TALKS F|[|P|NOS
Young New Mexieaf College
Professor Reports On Con.
dition Of Wards Of the
Gov rshsnt
NOW IN CALIFORNIA


Der GFQi. WIN. Al1AntiiAi
son Or the Rev. Mr.. Sutherland, some
time pastor at Cerrlllos and at San
MarciaI. Tho young man taught In
Albuquerque and ID the A. y n. col
lege at Mcsilla Park, 81 which he IS
d graduate. He married q young New
Mexico lady and went 70 the Philip.
pines. Now ho ii In this country ~.
charge Of the young Fllipinos whom
the government Il having educated
here. Tho following dispatch sent out
from Washington regarding the sec
ona quarterly report dc BY Prof,
Sutherland TO the gox1t1ihlent Will be
interesting to Optic readers:
Tho experience Of the government
officials having charge OF the Filipino
students In the United States has been
interesting, according tqleIpfts adopt
"a ~ prof. William al 2aher suth.
crlana, who Ii directly Mseharge Of
them. His second quarterly report
has been received Al The bureau of
insular affairs.
Upon their arrival II San Francisco
iii November, 1903, II was thought best
To have the students remain IN south.
ern California during their first winter
III the United States, as they had new,
er experienced any other than q trop-
ical climate. and as their medical at
tendance for the first Six months has
cost On an average less than $3.50 per
student, the wisdom of the plan has
been proven. The students have
grown ia weight and height, and the
results obtained In bearing and gen
eral appearance ii very noticeable, az
cording 10 Prof. Sutherland
The people q southern California
have received the students Into theii
homes. and they have also partieipat
ed Iii the social life III the towns
where they have been attending
school. Many OF the students have
taken part III the school entertain
ments, using the English language
and d number having addressed teach
yrs Institutes. They have ALSO done
well III school work, II may hi seer
from d report made III Prof Gates
president of Pomona college. WAere
eight FilrpInos hal been iocat 4 III
says:
Il have mndt special Inquiry il GU
faculty meeting about yonE boys
fipd that they aro, Without exception
doing exceedingly We'll. II would i.
hard. To THE extent uf practical in
possibility. III pick ont any haphazar,
bunch OF eight students Of whom tn
same could III said, 4 would IL M
ilcalt ID find students hailing from
any one town of whom 80 good d Is
port and 10 universal could u said.
was surprised at It myself. The onll
weak spot was III the English worl
which, of course, was nothing agains
the boys. II was simply somethin
that would happen to me II | were !
a Spanish school. II Is the one plae
\whera the language handicap ospecia
~ shows, but III that their work
faithful and efficient.
a Snrefat Summer Course.
The present pinn ii 10 collect III
students ii soma suitable place aftt
The school year Il oset and give thc'
Il special summer course along ii
lines where special work Il needs
and then after i short visit ~ tho $
Louis exposition 10 place them
schools and colleges III The eentr
stat The students. III tar Ill ths
have expressed themselves. desire
pursue d variety III eallings upon the
return ~ their island homes TWtnt
five pr cent III them expect 70 I
come civil eaElacer others lesIfs
pursue Il commercial course, il III
wish Id study medicine, NO are ing,
% entor the naval academy ii Anna
oils and then iind employment IN Il
eoastaise service III the Philippine
One o. these II reported u CONVEX
III Spanish, English. Japanese, ffcnc
Tsgalo and yisayan ianguag
a few desire u study scientific IL
culture, and i 4 suggested thai III
be placed n some southern agtici
tural college, n order u eecnra phi
tIcsl training III the cultivation 81 ri
and cotton ii we'll lis aeQna
lance with modern agricultural Imp
ments.
sIf the present high standard of 3
dents III maintained, and the Origin
plan of sending 4 hundred studel