Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-22
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Scouts and Constabulary.

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Scouts and Constabulary.
The scouts and the eonstabuIary are
bright-looking. energetic young soldiers
carrying themselves with an air of military
pride and precision, and commanding ad-
miration for their soldierly qualities. But
the khaki uniforms they wear and the reg
ular habits which their discipline requires
are all that distinguish them from our lit
tie brown brethren who wander naked
about the grounds, and IL you will give one
OF those scouts his discharge, take away his
uniform and send him back to his people.
within ten days he will relapse into state
Of aboriginal simplicity That IL fact
which those who are advocating Philippine
independence ought to study
have never heard any man who knows
anything about the conditions of the Philip
pine Islands advocating Independence or
self-government. The only men who advo-
cate independence and self-government are
those who have never been to the Philip
pines and know nothing about them.
Progress in Education.
But. at the same time. IL you will go into
the building where the educati onal exhibit
is installed you will see remarkable evil
dences of progress among that portion of
the population that has been reached by the
American schoolma'am. 1t is an astonish-
Ing revelation of the natural intelligence of
the 18th of August 1898. when American
authority first asserted itself in the Philip
pine Islands. there were less than MOO
schools for population of 100000 peo-
pie, or an average of one school for every
1874 of the population. Since then more
than 1900 additional schools have been es-
tablished, with a thousand American and
$500 native Filipino teachers. and 250.0O
naked little sayages have not only learned
their A B Cs. but their hands as we'll as
their minds have been trained so that they
may become useful and patriotic citizens
You can see the proof of this in the build
ing You can find the examination papers
OF the pupils in all the grades from the
kindergartens to the normal schools and IL
you VIII examine them carefully you will
come to the conclusion that the young
Filipino has keener perceptions and absorbs
knowledge more rapidly than the average
American child. More Filipino children
have been educated to read and write aud
In the simple arts during the six years of
American occupation than during the entire
400 years of Spanish rule
The most interesting of all the educa-
tional exhibits are those from the Industrial
training schools because they show actual
evidences of progress and the possibilities
of the future.
A Typical Filipino School.
Miss Pillar Zamaro, Filipino school,
ma'am who is fair sample Gin more senses
than one) of the graduates of the American
normal institution. is conducting a typical
Filipino school in little bamboo hut on
the grounds. This bamboo hut Is type of
the country schoolhouse in the Philippines
her school is type of the country school
ana her methods of instruction are the same
as those used generally throughout the
islands under the direction of the bureau OF
education. She has about fifty scholars
from the native families within the Philip
pine section. and they required to at
tend four hours day. The eagerness with
which they seek and the uuickness with
which they absorb knowledge is amusing as
well as gratifying. and you ought to hear
the youngsters sing MY Country, Ills of
Thee"
The aesthetic side of the Filipino charac-
ter is illustrated in remarkable manner in
the art gallery. You must not expect TO
detect the same degree of culture that you
can find in the art department of the expo
sitfon, but you will be surprised at the evil
dences of genius and the degree to which il
has been developed. Several pictures by
Filipino artists are worthy to be hung on
the walls of any collection of art, and the
wood carvings and sculpture are even
better.
wish had time to describe the complete
and comprehensive collections which DIR.
Neiderlein has made to illustrate the nat
ural resources of the islands; the enormous
wealth that Is awaiting those who will
bring labor and capital to the mines OF
iron, coal. copper, silver and gold who
will bring sawmills into the 5O,GOOOOO Of
acres of timber and introduce labor-saving
machinery and economical modern methods
upon the vast areas of agricultural ground
that have never been touched by an i'm
plement. but are capable Of yielding unlim-
tied crops of hemp, tobacco. sugar cotton
and rice and every other tropical and semi
tropical staple. The timber exhibit is par
ticularly interesting, and has attracted a
great deal of attention from furniture men
car builders and other manufacturers who
cabinet woods. At least 1 500 different
specimens of useful woods are represented.
each having a value of its own and most
OF them unknown TO American industry
Everybody agrees that the Filipino ex-
hibit is the most interesting upon thu
grounds. and 1t is certainly the most i'm
portant.