New-York tribune., 1913-10-26
SAe Aalz~kss> 5saei-.-
Ask |aa,z or Rs>~ ira 6s.k.aszasz ceaAsI~
ply Az~ hzsl3-zx,s.e-z< H.k~>s zz.s 5szas
N- OSgesi5~sI.

methods Of the social settlement VIII
largely prevail, and It is our desire to CO.
operate with existing agencies such as
the public schools and the health depart
ment, IN order to do our work to the
greatest advantage. The site for our
buildings consists OF ffve acres on the
sea, with a cocoanut grove on the prop
erty already yielding small revenue
We try always to consider economic as
poets and thus put our work on the most
| effective basis.
I'm Basilan we have applied t. the
government for the purchase Of sixty
acres of good farming land, where ve
purpose starting an agricultural e1pert-
ment station, Industrial schools and a
dispensary.
"The commanding city Of Jolo viii be
the next point of attack. JoIo is the capt
tai of the Sulu group OF 5000 Aoros,
among whom are the so-called 1rrecon-
cilables' OF the Philippines Winning Jolo.
we have won the Moro Province. In Joio
resides the Sultan OF SuIu, head OF the
Mahometan faith. Is IL too much to hope
to convert even him?
"The central aim is this: To place every
Moro child under the direct guardianship
, OF an American child, or group OF AIneri-
can children, or of parents and children
The Moros are the national wards Oh
America; the Moro children should be the
| individual wards OF individual Americans
and thus have the personal touch In tae
( formative period that no nation. however
great and good. can impart. The nauohAi
guardianship is merely political; the per-
sonal guardianship will be social. INDUS
| trial, educational. moral.
AN INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP.
Letters and photographs may be ex-
| changed. pictures and samples OF handi-
work sent from the Moro land, bulletins
of progress published at intervals, NOV
ing pictures employed to delineate Moro
childhood and growth. plans and IDEAS
| offered by American boys and girls Tor
their small brown neighbors-in short
close, keen, sympathetic, uplifting h1en1-
ship established from which both the
child too little civilized and the child 100
much civilized will be the gamer.
IAN experience OF a lifetime in aitrmstic
work proves this to me: Here in the horo
Province We have a duty and a reSponsi
b!lity unequalled elsewhere in the woru'
here the bodies, hearts. minds ana SOUS
of half a million Mahometans and pasans
can at once be reached, inspired en-
powered, as nowhere else; here nAeon
is being born, as nowhere else; mere ooi
work lies, as nowhere else. Here eA
pect to serve while live, and here nop'
all patriotic Americans will Join me WIN
their prayers, thoughts, gifts and eho'"
on behalf of these great yet childish pe
pies, whom we alone can protect, ne"A'
win. guide and educate for service.
Bishop Brent tells the story oil w,
named Pittatt who belonged 10 ne"N
hunting tribe In Northern Luzon.
II first came to know him when he "aS
ten years old. He was very earhes'
little chap. lie came under our lnnuenee
in the town of Bontok and showed srea'
aptitude in his studies. He came "
America when he was about fifteen. Inc
Igorots as a rule, do not know theh
ages, so we only approximate he "en'
10 my old school in Canada ana at lne
end Of the first year he carried ava!
prizes from boys of his own age.
THE IGoRoT ON FOOTBALL.
His description Of his first game OF
football was very amusing. Football Is
ter-re-ble game to us. The boys run Ill
and get knocked down. and when they
find they are alive. they get up and play
again. He was a boy of very sensitive
Conscience and religious habits. lie carry
became a Christian and asked for bap-
tism himself / told him before he went
to school that sometimes he would ma
that boys were not loyal to the schooi.
hut that he must be loyal j also told
him that some OF the boys smoked. lie
looked up at me in surprise and said'
WHY. | gave up smoking when ] became
Christian four years ago and have never
smoked since
After three years in school, during
which time he distinguished himself both
In his studies and in character, ] took
him back to the Philippine Islands On
our way back he was In England. anu
one day he said Are all the people VINO
travel In first class carriages Christians
I said. Why do you ask such ques-
tion? He said, Because | saw man
smoking the other day in first class
carriage He thought every one who mas
privileges must be first class person.
When he went back to the Philippines
we put him in a school in Manila anu
he decided to study to be doctor. ne
expects to enter the university ne.'
year. He has done admirable worn
Last summer he was in his old hone.
and the temptations there were 'ei'
great, and he was as true as die, anu
better than that, there was no snoopiS.
ness about him. He played with MS v'
comrades. He said he felt the call OF tns