Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-17
SUTHERLAND TALKS
ON PHILIPPINES
Interesting Lecture by Presi..
dent of Board of Regents to
Students of College Of Agri.
culture and Mechanic Arts.
(>pcciai correspondence to ilcrwitl.)

special correspondence to llcrNisl.)
I.1s Cruces, y N. May i5.--iion
W sutherland. picssocnt of the
board oi regents Of the Agricultural
college. recently addressed tn. coli
lcec students ~ thc Y NJ e. A.
building lis discourse was on the
Philippine Island and the Fnlpinos
Mr. sutherland Was graduated from
the Agriculture college several years
ago aud Was then elected 10 the fav-
uitN of thy Same institution. Later
he was appointed official Interpreter
I" President TAFT, then governor oi
the Philippines Mr. sutherland
peaks spanish better than the Ordl.
nary Anglo. SAXON speaks English. aud
II WAS not long untll nc knew the FIN
pinus troubles and became Interested
100 thrit advancement and underwood
tu hDlp Uncle Sam Amcricanizc th,u.
liv stated that many criticize th"
idea oi planting a civilization THERE
which u.s. 50 foreign to them ana $50
diiucult for them to- understand
Uncle sam however has thrit lutur-
upts at heart and has sent man,
American teachers There 80 teach u
lhc public schools ana higher usttu.
lions or learning There are now said
To bo over 1000 of these teacher.
MIR Sutherland. however. WAS of tue
opinion that better results could br
obtained if number Of young people
wcr" brought a. the United State.
aud allowed To- study and travel h,r,
Tie fDit that To- see ANA study Amor
lean institutions ana ways would CIV,
the student better and broader idras
OF American civilization and when he
returned To- his native land he could
impnrt his knowledge much better
than u foreigner
MIR sutherland told Governor TAFT
uf his plan aud tina, distinguished IN
tNidual consented 10 lot IL b, carried
out. F.nch student was to receive
$500 annually from the government
Tor hts expenses. All tho prulin c,s
were canNassod aud uut of the 90. UpU
applicants 100 w'ro selected Th-sp
men W"r" required tu speak som,
English and hc of good rcputo. Thoy
lrft tn. islands under MIR. Sutherland
and were laugh, military drili on the
vessel IN order that they might learn
pur tactics and have plenty of cNor-
elise
Afior landing ~ san Francisco one
%, the tirs, things taught thcm WAS
To- turn cat the gas. This was some
thng nos 10 the Philippine boys.
After all had retired Mr.. sutherland
discovered that gas was stiil flowing !
.ind upon questioning the occupants
oi that room he discovered that tho
gas had been turned out and then
turned on again So IL would lic ready
Tor rs" ~. next morning.
They were distributed through CALI
toin.a and the southern states ON ac-
count of the mild climate being so
much Ike their own. They were
taken 10 the Worlds fair Ia ~. Louis
hN Mr.. sutherland. and all who at
tended the fair VIII remember seeing
the Filipino band. FIFTY per cent of
these boys took engineering. II per
cent studied law. and several studied
agriculture. White the government
spent $4,000 annually on these young
men, thcir value as educators To- their
own people can not be estimated
j. l.. kckori of kirkvillc. Mo. has
spent the last few weeks in New Mex
leo looking Tor Il location for a racket
ami hook store. After looking over
thc prospects at SILVER city and DEM
iuH hv came 10 Las Cruces and Wlll
"I'n a store here about June
Tic concrete foundation for the
u"W First state bank building In COM
plotcd ANA ,h, brick work is now un-
der hcadWal The pillars arc being
made of reinforced concrete and Win
De NcrS substantial