The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-10-12
VISIT no \ PHILIPPINE
rim NiiN - MOOT.

The many friends of Mrs. 10. Marie
Ssl-or viii Doc Interested l1 the follow
iug letter from hef. iu winch she gives
a deliEftfully picturesque description
OF u Philippine primary school, ia
that fat away land % thr morning
To- which she hus gone
Hello iirh Schuui. Iloilo, ~. T..
September 70. 1915.
Dear Readers of tho Herald:
How many ui you are Interested In
the schools of other lands than uut
own perhaps b foregoing is g mis-
LoIucr as We uiEht class thc schools OF
these islands aH part OF our own
try. but bee thut as u % conditions
are different. m the land uf the
morning ana "a visit to onc ~ the
lurge primary schools IH wrl worth
ones while.
At q O'Clock Iva th, afternoon. q paI-
" consisting uf th, division supcriu-
ttudeut. the normal training teacher
% fellow teacher from the hiFh sChool
aud myself drove to the Central pri-
mary "chool, i larg" low building iu
the heart OF tht city. The building H.
self b. 81 different iruIn our own that
/ must pause here "a moment and al
low you to glance ~ the wide swing
ing windows made uf clam shells and
so arranged nat the whole sidc 81
the house may BE- thrown upcu..Euu.
ming an around the building ia "a coy
cred porch protecting the doorways
from the sweepiug rains tlat rome $50
suddenly in this climate. and also af-
furdiug a protection from tho sun
The walls above the doors md directly
Under tho roof OF the porch are made
uf grin work OF slats placed far apart
50 that there is constantly "a current
of air passing through the room
when he windows trc wan hack all
"a HN. aH.a aWnN. .L.H -N Oh. A#..
duorways are shifted back Co the far
thest corner, the visitor finds himself
r~uCtlcallN IA AN Oprn a4r tCluoifuuIl.
! Best OF all the teacher ana children
are not forced 90 muffle thcmsulNc.
10 ciouks aud mittens tor iu this
world uf eternal summer light airy
clothing De- the only Kind necessary.
Marching IN perfect time to th,
sound of a drum We saw long files oi
babies entering the several room
There were children or IN. various
ages found In the primary grades iu-
elusive of the FIRST and fourth grade
but To- me they appeared as hundreds
q little brown babies. The Filipino D..
rot large w. he IS grown. put 300 hi.
primary years hf Is diminutiVe. All
dark huircd, brown skinned and dress.
eG In az nearly natures glrb a. pro.
priety would ALLOW.
w NfANA 90 ~ wv ANNEN ANNN|
Here at the clumsy homemade desks
were sitting sixty four little brownie
SiNty-four pairs OF little hands were
claspcd scdateiy. ana siXty-four sr
rious little faces looked into the eyes
o. the teacher, awaiting the signal
Tor the next mov' Not a restless moo
ton stirred the tranquility Of tho
scene. ana not a thing was done until
the permission was given. Ina fact. !
was beginning 90 feel sort 81 creepy
~ II seemed ? 10 u~n-childllko. hut soon
NY fears were hanished a. at "a sip
uel from the teacher the little ones be-
gan 90 sing. oh how soft and sweet
we're those little voices TlNr the cuu-
iuE 81 birds in early morning. The
sweet voiced teacher, herself O. Fiiipl
ma. led in the singing ana tho motions
Every little body swayed lu perfect
rythm and the little fiuttcring hands
and arms Kept time with the wurds
a. the song. Those I could not under