The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-01
SCHOOL TR|UMPHS
IN P HIL|PPINES
Wonderful Work Has Been Ac-
complished by American
Educators.
WIDE FIELD is OFFERED
Over 5000 Teachers Now Are
Employed in Various
Institutions
Especial to The Tlmes-pispatoh.I

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.1
Washington, September 3o.-A noted
professor from the University Of Chi
cago. who spent several months In the
Philippine Islands, as lecturer at the
Teachers Vacation Assembly conduct
ed by the Bureau of Education every
year at Baguio. the summer capital of
the Islands. returned recently to the
United States and in speaking OF the
work OF the schools there Just before
he sailed said:
Other nations one of these days will
be coming to the Philippines to SEQ
how the educational triumphs have
been won"
Without question one of the triumphs
Of America in the Orient is the wonder-
full work that has been accomplished
there by the public school system dur
ing the ten years since its ~organlza-
ton.
System Develops Rapidly.
From n mere handful of pupils and
an expenditure of q few thousand dol
lars in 1901 the system has developed
until now 1t reaches into every town
and nearly every village of the island,
and last year Instructed moro than half
a million boys and girls. and the Phil
ppine government spent over three and
q quarter million dollars of local reve-
nue. for education.
The services of over 5000 Ameri-
can and Philippine teachers are en-
ployed in the various schools of tho
islands as supervisors and classroom
teachers of the academic and techni-
cal subjects of the courses of study.
The University OF Chicago sent DR..
~Shepardson and DR.. Goode. two of it's
ablest and most successful extension
lecturers, to Manila during the past
vacation to remain in residence at the
Vacation Assembly of eachers and con-
duct educational courses during the
session.
In referring to the class of men and
women engaged in the educational
work there they speak in the highest
terms:
II have seen many gatherings OF
educators, but none which averages
higher than this one. The reason. no
doubt, Is that nowhere else could such
q company he found of men and women
who are doing pioneer work, who have
the spirit of the pioneer. and whose
earnestness in pursuing ideals is re-
Elected n conversation and conference
talk.
The company in attendance at the
assembly has impressed me with "A
feeling of pride in the quality of man
hood and w~omanhood in the service of
the bureau. They are %cleancut, straight
Onward earnest people. the stuff pio-
neers are made OF.
AS I came to know them personally
and TO hear of their work in all parts
of the islands. the problems they are
meeting and solving and the success
with which they are carrying the mes
sage to Garcia In the service of edu-
cation. l felt proud that I am an
American, and that the generous Amer
lean aim of helping these people to
help themselves is being realized in
the splendid service of the director and
his co-workers In the Bureau of Edu-
cation"
A Wide Field Offered.
This is a field which requires the
service of young men and women of
superior qualifications. excellent char
actcr and good preparation. who are
able to maintain Q position of innu-