The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-04
ANNUAL EXODUS
OF BIG LIST OF
AMERICAS BEST
Eighty-fve 0. S. Teachers Sail for
the PHILIPPINES to Pursue
Their Profession.
BOTH MEN AND WOMEN
They Come From the Best Universi-
ties, Colleges and Normal
Schools in This Country.

San Francisco. Cal. May ar--
There sailed from this port for
Manila yesterday on the steamer
Mongolia eighty-five American men
and women teachers. This number
was selected from large eligible
list certified by the United States
Civil Service Commission as having
the necessary education and exper-
ience and having rassed the required
examination for the Philippine
teaching service.
They came from nearly every
state in the Union, representing
some of the best universities, col
leges and normal schools in this
country. Most of them are college
graduates, some have done graduate
work in the universities and others
have pursued technical courses pre-
pairing them to take charge of agri-
cultural work. manual training and
trade school work and domestic
science.
tact not generally known Is
that the average term Of service oi
American teachers in the Philippines
is nearly six years, almost year
longer than the average service OF
: teachers in this country.
Those sailing from here yester-
dayago TO the. Philippines under o
two-Saar contract This provision i
made to enable the Government ts
ascertain whether or not the teache.
will sdcceed n the new field and alss
to=Bye the teacher chance to find
oft whether or not there is suf.
==fcient future to the service to war.
rant him in remaining. That there
are only elghty-five vacancies thi,
year cut of nearly. seven hundred
positions for American teachers in
the service, indicates, as several oil
the teachers who sailed yesterday
say, that those already on the
ground have the greatest faith In
the future of the educational worl
in the Islands.
These new teachers say thai
their salary, as well as all the ex
penses of the trip, is paid from
Philippine revenues. that the Fed
eral Government pays no part Of thu
cost of education in the Philippines
notwithstanding the fact that nearly
three and half million dollars are
spent each year on the schools o.
the Islands.
When these teachers sailing OF
the Mongolia yesterday get ready t,
return to the United States, eithet
on leave Of absence or by resigna
tion at the end of two or three year
Of service. the Philippine Govern
ment will pay them, in addition t,
salary up to the~last day of service
an amount of money sufficient to pa,
their transportation home. 'eithe
via Europe or the Pacific, and the,
all say they expect to take advantage
of the opportunity to come hom
through Europe
The trip to the Philippines iron
here will take about a month as tn
Mongolia is one of the best passen
ger steamers on the Pacific and stop
en- route at Honolulu, Yokohama
Kobe. Nagasaki, Shanghai and Hon
Kong. remaining from one to thre
days in each port, thus enabling th
passengers to see something of tn
Orient before reaching Manila
The departure of large passen
ger steamer from this port 10
Manila is always an event to thos
interested in our efforts in tn
Philippines, but when she take
with her such large body of youn
land enthusiastic educators as di
the Mongolia yesterday, it mean
: much In our program of giving {
the Orient the very best we have ]
the way of opportunity.