Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-01-21
PHILIPPINE SCHOOL ESSAYS.

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Substantial proof Of what American
school-teachers are doing In the Philip
pine schools is offered By the Chicago
Tribune in a set Of compositions writ.
ten by Filipino pupils. The Tribune
offered two cash prizes to the children
In the school ut San Mateo who should
write the best essays ON America "
Vicente Santiago, twelve years old
who wrote with pen and ink this year
for the first time, won the FIRST prize,
and Ismaelito Amado, thirteen years
old, the second Mr.. Hoye, the teach
or. allowed them no aid, and their pa
pers were not revised except BY them
Jelves, but their penmanship is almost
ropper-plate, and their spelling and
g.ammar are not at all bad. The
lenses OF verbs proved the chief Stun
bling block. Ismaelito Amando's es-
say was neatly Upewritten-
II can easily realize that the Amer
lean government is much better than
the Spanish government" wrote Is
maelito. THE difference IA. Spanish
Government had not much interest to
teach the boys and girls, and 1t did
not have any free schools as the Amee-
lean Government has. Every school
Ia Inc Spanish time were not free, and
II person wished to study, he should
buy or pay all the books which the
teacher gives hir' for himself: So
think hero is a reason why many OF
the Philippines do not know hoy> -
read and write:-Everybody knows
that the Philippine islands are q poor
country and that many Of its people
are poor, also. Now most Of these peo-
ole have sons and daughters. They
d. fish them to learn, but could they
learn II their fathers and mothers hac
not enough money to pay the teachersI
But as l see to the American Gov.
eminent, do not do these facts at oil
They have free schools, free books
etc, to be used by the pupils in q
schoolhouae; and so. though some Of
we boys, and girls are poor, we can 60
20 the American schools easily, without
costing US anything"
Only four years ago the little Dor
who now writes on the typewriter thit
essay on the American school system
hid In a tin house" with his play
mates, and watched the battle in
which General Lawton was killed.
That was his first acquaintance with
Americans.
The name of the governor of the
p. 1. is Mr.. William H. Taft wrote
the winner Of the Hrst prize. HE Ia
good governor. Before the presi-
dent OF the u. S. would change this
government and would give another
employ In the U. S. But when the
people In Manila knew that the presi
dent In the q. s. would change THU
governor. They wrote to the pres
ident and said that If he would pleas
not to taken this governor In the p
/. SO he stayed here.
UNITED States is very strong
country" the writer continues ''Peo
pies in the United States were all very
wise Most of them can read aI~l
write. And they are good.
Schools are very many in the o
g. The boys and girls In the U. s
Should not stopped to 60 to school till
they are wise; 90 when they nrs full
grown they are all wise and some Of
them were doctors, lawyers, mcr
chants. priests and some were teach
era
The Americans is better than the
Spaniards, says Vicente, because the
Americans wishes to do good to the
Philippines. And the Philippines wtshs,
to do good to them also"
The American pay anything they
like" writes Carmelo Crish. sixteen
years old. but the Spanish govern
ment did not give anything to the
poor people, also II they like woods
or anything else they did not pay it
A photograph OF Mr.. Hoye's school
shows about fifty Of his two hundred
pupils, extremely bright and neat
looking boys and girls. Nearly all the
essays give good accounts OF our plan
oe government
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