Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-22

| ing TO lne L nlltu states Oh i'f''' va
absence. if he anticipates returning
upon the expiration of his leave, is re-
| puired to make application for trans
portation before his departure from the
! Philippines, and insular employees de-
string TRANSFORMATION for their families
| are also required to make such apph-
| cation to the Philippine authorities.
The treasurer of the Philippine Is
| lands is designated TO administer the
| estates of deceased employees OF the
civil government of the Philippine Is
lands who are citizens of the United
| States where the estates are small
and a regular administration is not
deemed advisable. The civil COVER
nor of the Philippine Islands reports by
cable to Washington the deaths Of all
| American employees of the civil gov
| arnm.nt of the Philippines. The
nearest relative here is Informed.
| Owing to the expense, the Philippine
| Commission some time ago decided
that it could not bear the cost OF re-
| moving the remains of deceased EN-
| ployees of the insular government to the
| United States, but through the cour-
| tesv of the uuarteImaSter's department
! it has been possible to secure trans
porta ton on army transports free or
| charge from Manila to the United
| States. At the present time, however,
il is incumbent upon the family OF Il
deceased employee to arrange Tor Inc
TRANSFORMATION of his remains from the
| mort of entry in the United States to
place. of burial, and to dcfray the eX-
pensts incident to their diSihtvrmtht
in the Philippines.
During the last year the Philippine
government has given active cohSli-
Grafton to the introduction into tht
philippines of domestic animals from
tho United States The horses of the
Philippines are of wonderful endur-
ancp and serviceability, when then
dimiutVe size is c0nSldered- lneS
do not average more than twelve to
thirteen hands in height and the mares
from eleven to twelve. Judging IRON
the qualities they possess they oe
seconded from Barb and Arab D'ooo
and under n tropical climate they taEe
deteriorated in size. The purpose II
sending our animals to the Philippines
WAS to grade up the Filipino ponies
toward a general utility horse capable
Of a wider range of work. The prep
lem WAS to secure a definite type, anc
not mongreiS
At present there are in the United
states 1l2 Philippine students and y OF
tho wav to this country. These stu
dents have been entered in the follow
ins-named educational institutions:
; cincinnati University, Cincinnati. 0
: Columbia University. Portland, Or
Cornell University. Ithaca. \. y.
DIXON BUSINESS College. Dixon. Ill
Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.
Eastman Business College, Pough-
keepsie. n. Y.
GEORGETOWN University. Washington
y. G..
High School. Ann Arbor, Mich
HOLY Cross College, Worcester. Mass
James Milliken University, Decatur
Ill.
Manual Training School, Indianapo-
lis, Ind.
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, Boston. Mass.
Notre Dame University, Notre Dame
: Ind.
Oberlin Academy, Oberlin, 0.
l Pennsylvania School of Art and De
+ sign Philadelphia Pa.
| Purdue University. Lafayette, Ind.
Sacred Heart College. WATERFOWL
? Wis.
. Santa Clara College, Santa Clara
p | Cal.
{ St Edwards, Austin, Tex.
f st. Johns College, Fordham, n. Y.
t State Agricultural College Ames. 10
. State Agricultural College, Lansing
f Mich.
II TNnJ -,1h
, state Normal School Normal, III.
: State Normal School, Trenton, n. ].
State Normal School, Oswego.
state Normal School, West Chester
Pa.
! State University, bloomington, Ind.
. state University. Columbia, Mo.
= state University. Knoxville. Tenn.
= Villa Nova College, Philadelphia, Pa
: Wherever practicable. the students
4 prediction has bean considered in tn
n choice 0f courses, which is summed III
: on these subjects: In law. s: mcdi
n cine, 6: art. 2: nomal courses. 80; do
$ nestle Science. ,: Commercial courses
J, 10: engineering, y: agriculture. IS: 18th
4 ography. !; architecture. | and genera
= course, :. The re are two young wom"l
q among this lot. who stood at the h"a'
:. of some $40 in a recent competitive
IS examination i'll the Philippines, ans
II three more are en- route. These stu
: dents We're selected from those mos
IS advanced in fair probation in the vari
= Gus provinces Of the Philippine Islands
= after exhaustive examinations, no
e Only as to their educational ouaIifica
I. tons. but as to their moral and physi
It cal fitness. Under the requirements g
k the law allowing but four years sta,
d i'll the United States, it became neces
sary to give them the greatest ad
vantages possible in that short time
This difficulty will lessen year by yea
l. as American methods assert them
s. selves, and it is only reasonable to be
N lieve that in short time the lads vii
ii come to this country well fitted to TAX
IS up university courses upon arrival.
l. The first lot of one hundred arrived
lie in San Francisco, Nov 9, 1903. The,
l. were placed in schools Throughout
ar southern California on account of tn,
l. favorable winter climate of tina
"a locality. with the intention in the fol
: lowing year to bring them East in {
lie body that they may visit the World.
lcl Fair 9n6 dc ha