Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-04
EXODUS TEACHERS
FOR PHILIPPINES
.EICHTY-FIVE AMERICAN
TEACHERS SAIL FOR
MANILA

SAN FNANtlsIO, Nal.s NAY 81
There sailed from this port for rie-
Mia yesterday on the steamer Mon
golia eighty-fiye American men 'h"
women teachers. This number Nas
selected from a large eligible list ger
titled by the United States Civil se'
vice Commission as having the rec.
essary education and experience On"
having passed the required examt ma
ton for the PHILIPPINE teaching per
lvice
They came from nearly every STATE
in the Union. representing some VI
the best universities. colleges mn"
normal schools In this country. Nos'
of them are college graduates. some
have done graduate work In the ph'.
yerslties and others have pursued
technical courses preparing thsm 70
take charge OF agricultural wdrA,
manual training and trade schoo'
work and domestic science.
A fact not generally known IL u is'
the average term of service of Amf''-
can teachers In the PHILIPPINES "a ne ~
IL six years. almost a wear lon'- e'
than the average service OF teachers
In this country.
Those sailing from here yesterday
so to the Philippines under a tvo.
year contract This provision ~
made TO enable the Government W
ascertain whether or not the team,
or will succeed in the new fieid gu"
also To give the teacer chance 10
warrant him In remaining That the,c
are only eighty-fiye vacancies tn''
year out Of nearly seven hundred po-
sitions for American teachers In .ne
service. indicates as several OF jug
teachers who sailed yesterday say !,
that those already on the grouha
have the greatest faith In the futpro
OF the educational work In the 'S
lands. -
These new teachers say that then
salary. as we'll as all the expenses Vi
the trip. is paid from Philippine rev
onues that the Federal Government
paws no part OF the cost of edu'a
ton in the Philippines. notwithstar'-
ing the fact that nearly three and q
half million dollars are spent es."
year on the schools of the lsiannS'
when these teachers sailing on tue
Mongolia yesterday get ready TO re-
turn 10 the United States. either On
leave of absence or by registration ~
the end of two or three years OF ser.
vice. the Philippine Government wiz
paw them. IN addition to salary w
to the last day OF service, an amoun'
of money sufficient TO pay then
Transportation home. either via Flu
rope OF the Pacific, and they all say
they expect To take advantage OF ths
opportunity to come home throukh
/ Europe.
The trip to the Philippines from
here will take about month as t"'
Mongolia Is one of the best passeh'
ger steamers on the Pacific and STOPS
/ en- route ~ ilhHplHiH' i'N'"o"
Kobs. Nagasaki. shanghai and Hors
Kong. remaining from one TO three
days IN each port, thus enabling tpe
passanRenrs to see something OF tpe
Orient before reaching Manila.
The departure OF a large passens'
er steamer from this port for Ma
Mia Is always an event TO those in'
terested In our efforts in the Philip
pines. but when she takes with he'
such large body Of young and en-
thusiastic educators as did the Mob
golia Yesterday, Il means much In ou'
program OF giving to the Orient th'
very best We have In the way OF op-
portunity.