New Ulm review., 1913-04-23
Lecture Oh PHILIPPINES

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Il Pictures of snperior order were
| shown at the lecture given ct Turner
i Hall Wednesday evening and the
large audience thoroly enjoyed Prof.
Jenks' talk, given in . conversational
manner and couched In language such
/ that his meaning could be followed
easily and rapidly. AZ announced,
the lecture dealt mainly with the
savage tribes Of the interior of the
| Philippine Islands and the speaker
Lcslled attention to the fact that the
audience must not judge the entire
native population of the Islands by
what he told Of the ssvages because
| In reality they form only small part
Of the entire population. Y
| Prof. jerks was sent to the Islands
to take part in . Government survey
and investig ationiof conditions there
and his time was chiefly spent among
the head-hunting tribes of the interior.
| He mentioned particularly that though
the tribes are spoken of as the s'fierce
head.hunters" that only one student
of their lives had ever been killed by
them and that be found them friendly
every where he went SO long as they
were Justly treated, again showing
that human. nature is not inherently
bad and that good treatment brings a
like return.
1 Many of the pictures shown were
those of the little brown people and
their homes. The lecturer described
in detail the costumes worn by them
and the manner of obtaining their
subsistence. He pointed out the
peculiarity OF early old age among
them, many of them dying of old age
ct SO years. He ascribed this to the
extremely hard work they have to
perform, men, women and children
being constantly employed thru long
hours Of the day in cultivating the rice
fields because the scsnty animal and
vegetable food supply of the barren
inseriors would not suffice them for
sven small portion of their needs.
He showed the change in racial
characteristics that result from the
intermsrriage of the Malayan peoples
with the Igorots and gave it ss his
conclusion that the simple Igorots
have no cultural future before them
since they are still to oil intents and
purposes in just the same state OF
civilization IS they we're hundreds Of
years ago.
The Moros were described as
descendants of M0hammedan peoples
intermarrying with the islanders.
The Mohammedan Arab takes with
him his Koran and his hatred of the
Christian wherever he goes and it was
the expressed opinion of Prof. jerks
that in order to do away with the
treachery of. the Moros it would be
necessary to prohibit the coming Of
the Arabs to the Islands since he says
| it is impossible to root out the
religious hatred of the Mohammedan
for the Christian. So long as the
Arabs intermarry with the Filipinos
race of treacherous half breeds will
exist to the danger and discontinue
OF any Christian nation trying to]
direct the Islands.
In conclusion the lecturer took upI
the question of the Chinese in the
Islands. He showed pictures of the
descendants of the Chinese who had
married natives and it was plain to be
seen that higher degree of mentality
obtained among them than in the
other two divisions and Prof. jerks |
said that any culture that might be
injected into the nature Of the
islanders would come from the mixing |
of Chinese blood with theirs. The
Chinese are q progressive people in
many ways and thru them alone can
come the movement for civilization
and advancement. he warmly re.
commended that the United States
Government pursue the policy OF
encouraging the Chinese to enter the
Islands as that would be the easiest
and most satisfactory way of solving
the problem ot.whst TO do with our
little brown wards.
The Methodist Mems Club, and
Rev. Holm, deserve much
credit for securing such features as
this lecture and others they have
treated the people of New Ulm to
during the past season and it is to be
hoped that next winter will see
revival of the interest that has been
shown the past winter.
Years of experience count. Care