The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-28

into the new possessions. The Fill
pinos have shown that they desire ed
lcation above all things and the prog
ress that has been made there, II Il
said, 10 nothing short OF wond erful.
Two hundred young men and wo
men wno have just been appointed al
teachers 10 augment the American
educational forces already In the ID
lands are graduates OF the best uni
yersities. colleges and normal schools
and they come from nearly every sec.
tion Of the United States. They
were selected from larger eligible
list Of candidates than ever before ap-
piled fer positions with the insular
branch OF the government.
Bureau Officials Grstified.
The bureau officials In speaking OF
this matter Of teachers and OF the
teaching work In the Philippine Is.
lands said:
More than eleven years Of our cdu-
cational experiment there has demon.
strated 10 those who have investiga.
ted the subject that, as noted edu.
Gator on his return from the Orient
said, the achievements or the bureau
Of education In the Philippines make
as bright and inspiring a chapter Of
history as was ever written, and that
our insular service offers an excellent
opportunity for honest, energetic and
welleducated young men to render a
most conspicuous service for the gov.
eminent and for themselves
II IL very gratifying to the officials
70 know that there 10 such an In
creasIng interest in It's insular pos
sessions and that IL can depend upon
young, clear-brained and olear-nlind.
ed men Of good education to enter Its
service and assist in the solution OF
some OF the problems which daily con.
front II.
Students and travellers in the ORR
ent In recent years have returned to
the United States with the report
that the east Is 10 be the center Of the
greatest governmental activities OF
the twentieth century. and our post
ton In the Philippines has made 1t
possible for those on the ground to
get an insight into these problems
and take very active part In their
solution In 50 far as the participation
by the United States government is
The development OF the
American public school system In the
modified to meet local
has been most remarka-
bic one during the past ten years. yet
he opportunity for further growth Is
great"
Birds Of Laysan island.
Recently an expedition was sent
% Laysan island In the Pacific
lnder the joint direction of the
United States department of agri- |
'ulture and the University of Iowa.
rhe duties of the members OF the ex-
ledition were to make report on the |
sland and adjacent similar islands |
md reefs as places of refuge and |
testing sites for the millions of sea
,irds that from time immemorial |
AVE resorted there yearly to raise
heir young or to rest while migrat-
ng
Reports Of the work and the find.
ngs Of the expedition have just been
published by the government. One
eport IL BY Prof. Homer X. Dill of the
University OF Iowa and the second is
y Prof. William A. Bryan of the Col.
aGe OF Hawaii. Honolulu.
Early In 1909, Just before leaving
tfice, Theodore Roosevelt established
y executive order what Is known as
he Hawaiian islands OF reservation,
. place OF refuge and assured pro.
ection for the seabirds, Not long
fter the order was issued, and before
40 government had established
atrol OF the island group. the chief
ne OF which Ia Laysan island, a party
feather hunters landed on the place
nd killed more than 100000 birds,
Iostly albatrosses, for millinery pur.
oses. The United States and Iowa
dentists found on Laysau island a
rye shed packed full of albatross
ings
Thetis VIII Protect Them,
Now the revenue cutter Thetis has
zen ordered to patrol the coast Of the
land OF Laysan and the adjacent
lands, and the captain has been told
arrest anyone caught killing birds
I interfering with their nesting op-
'ations. Despite the awful slaugh-
II Of the seahirds by the feather
lnters, II Is believed there are
lough birds left to restore tho feath.
ed tiocks TO something like their
'iglual numbers. provided protection
IN be systematically enforced. The
oEernment recently has been very
UGH interested In the preservation
bird life in all parts Of its domain.
uring the Roosevelt and Taft admin
trations there have been set aside
reservations on the Allan
c and Pacific coasts and in the Cult
Mexico, and there. under proper
,vernment espionage. the Illegal kill
g of seabirds has been stopped, and
lie gulls. the terms, the ibises, the ,
the famingos and the
her birds gradually are coming {
ack into their own.
1t is estimated that on Laysan Is