, 1907-01-11
IN
THE ISLANDS
BUREAU OF lNsULAR AFFAIRS
ASKS COOPERATION OF PRES
IDENT OF UNIVERSITY,
one Hundred and Twenty Teachers to
be Selected, Fifty OF This Number
to Receive Twelve Hundred Dollars
Per Annum and Remainder One
Thousand Dollars.

President Tisdel of the University
OF Wyoming has received the followine
from General C. R. Edwards, b~rigadier
general, United States army, chief OF
the bureau of insular affairs, relative
to the employment of teachers for the
Philippines, and the letter is sufficient.
ly clear to indicate the purport of the
examinations to which General Ed.
wards refers:
General Edwards Letter.
The educational work In the Phil.
ippines is of great Importance. The
people have shown their appreciation,
children have crowded the school
houses n taxed the facilities which
the financial condition of the insular
government permitted it to provide.
The results of the work have been
gratifying. The instruction is in Eng.
fish and natives are being trained to
teach, not alone by normal schools and
other classes, but also by the direct
supervisory control OF the American
teachers in charge of the schools in the
various localities.
More American teachers are need
ed. They are appointed under the merit
Tor civil service) system. May l ask
you to read this circular letter and
give as much publicity as possible to
the opportunity afforded by the Janu,
airy examinations, to the end that any
senior students or recent graduates
of your institution who may be so in.
clined may make application to the
civil service commission and take the
examinations?
Can Arrange for Graduation.
A nearly as a be estimated now
about 120 teachers will be needed at
the beginning of the next school year,
which opens on June 8, 1907. Appoint
ees to these positions should arrive in
the Philippines in time to begin the
school work with the beginning of the
session, and this will require those az
pointed to leave the united States not
later than the month of April. The
fact that a student of your school does
not graduate until a month or two after
April will be no hindrance to his ap-
pointment, and in suct. case it is pos-
sible you can arrange for his gradua.
ton with his class at the proper time
although absent under these circum-
stances.
"Of the 120 to be selected, about so
will be appointed at annual salaries of
81 200 each and the majority Of others
at $1,000 per annum
High Class Young Men Needed.
The director of education states.
We never needed a high class Of
young men for the educational work
as we need them now. Our experience
is that education and character count
in our work in the Philippines more
than actual experience in teaching
He also says, We will need a lin
tied number of women teachers, es.
~pecially those who are able to teach
domestic science or have the necessary
ability to conduct girls dormitories.'
Those passing the examination will
be eligible for appointment within a
year, but this period may be extended
to two years. 1t is probable that in ad.
dition to the number required at the
beginning of the year other appoint
ments will be made from time to time,
SO that a person who cannot leave as
early as April should not on that &C
count neglect this opportunity of com
peting if he desires to go at a later
date"
Examinations Scheduled.
Examinations will be held in the
civil service room at the p~ostoffice in
this city, on Friday and Saturday, jan
uary % and &c, to secure eligibles
from which to make certification to
fill at least 100 vacancies in the posi-
ton of teacher (malel in the Philip
pine service at entrance salaries of
$1,000, $1,1OO and SLIGO per annum
On the same dates, and at the same
place, examinations will be conducted
for clerk and teacher in the Philip
pine service, for which there are at
least 100 vacancies. Appointments to
that position, as the result of this ex-
animation, will be made at $1,000 per
annum. Those appointed will be eli
gible for promotion up 10 1000 per an
mum for teacher and $1,000 to $4,000
for division superintendent.
Rev Carlisle P. B. Martin, L. 1. D.
OF Waverly, Texas, writes: "Of a