Show I I t I t i p c 4 fsr r i T f t Y Yr r t tyrE ja Y r k S a dd r 3 cn k d q W t r 1 y 1 Sr rte ty 1 r i h P ar i t x rw R f fu u M Ms N II f s t r 4 aD a r rN N r t ta 4 g f Y L a t y r t tr A a ai ak r r I i k p 1 d yi 3 coif tye S et ete e 7 s f r x i y I 1 l Z tg W S w wi i tr tra a h 4 y r t c ci ct ct i t I t I t aw j m rtE a 4 rag t 1 77 lz l e n t t i i r h R f k kp p A T f 4 f 4 f Yr yEo f t e k w C I M 3 i tM S c C vL n i Gt Z Z a at 2 er t Ca l fae 1 z 2219 e cz Ih ex i uz Penn t l Y f ft fC fi i a aY t Y i y yh ys yiH h i C s iH x f i F k e l v a f i h i y 1 var x xi t t a h t y yr J Y r v r n 1 tT J Sr e w It I r 4 a s rf Y r IS Vt c ent 2 z ore 1 Ra a 1 tOt role gel 8 e 8 d az t aL lar s gem vh d a 1 e o irr metre 29 Drexel to 0 L er erto v to sr z a 1 a n nI He 1 ica I t t 1 r r x S 4 b H r S f c i y s y yZ Z k o Talon a t e c re hz N No a number of o his best schools Uncle I Scars Sam t is busy educating students is from the Philippine Islands Isra ds for or fives bits of o ness uess One Due hundred and aud seventy young men arid and eight t YOI young women are arenow now at in S of o f learning lear in in various parts arts of o this cot wards of ot the government When they return to their island homes t these se Filipino students will engage for or a HESE wards of Uncle Sam are scat scattered scattered scattered THESE T all over the United States Stab s from Massachusetts to California They V are to tobe be found busy V as bees in preparatory prep schools sch ls high schools scho ls normal o mal 1 ns aI ual training tramIng agricultural and schools colleges VV end and universities 9 In August 1903 the thc Philippine Government made an initial appropriation of 00 to senda send se d da a number of the most ambitious of the young oung p pep peppie eo t pie of the islands to educational ed onal institutions in inthe inthe inthe the United States That autumn came over in 1904 1901 forty others oth rs arrived and last year jear the number was in d by still more more V To the present pr sent time the Philippine Government Govern Government ment has expended in the V n of these stu students students dents a t f l of which amount is li regard regarded ed as s insignificant when compared with t th t ence for good are ale expected to exert upon the rf people upon pon their return i iOn November On Om N 9 1903 the of students arrived in in San Francisco Francisc ar mid and were were plated d in insch n schools throughout Southern California ia Th This s was as done because bec use the climate lt of t section was moren more near nearly near ar ary ly y like that of their own country The following Il year they J were taken to the St StLouis Louis L ll s Exposition l and fi q were af 4 afterward is distributed throughout t r a the United States But wherever er ver the they y went watchful eye ey of the American Govern Government ment m followed them J dm its t protecting arm was about them thin These th se represent the very pick of o y They The Y were selected from among the best families and after a most rigid examina Th y were required to speak the English language and to attain Un an average average of 75 55 per cent in their examinations V V VV One of the requisites in in taking liking the examina examinations examina examinations was that the students should V be of good moral character sound physical condition and not less than 16 nor more than 21 years of age Out of a list of students who took the competitive examination in the Philippine Islands two young women stood at the head of f their class cass Owing to the fact that the first lot of o Filipino students were were barely fitted to enter ent r American Ameri aI high v 4 schools the Philippine Phi Board of Education n has de term ter of o f years in ill teaching tea l they will strive to impart imp art a 0 better knowledge 4 of o and inculcate in ill the little brown browl ris rising rising ing g generation a love for or the great country y that is s endeavoring to uplift their race After Ater teaching for or four our years the thc will be permitted to apply themselves to their chosen s e en z avocations vo a and to Q this end the ey are age arenow jl now now w fitting themselves li ir choice of o life lifework lifework lifework work has been beell varied and mid their studies cont prise practically all the subjects now now tough taugh in iz ill American colleges One On student for or example Is is pursuing course in ill jut music one in ill textiles one on in ili palm palmIng 1 Ing one olle In in photoengraving one in In ill architecture arc tec ture titre titre one ont In ill lithography litho Two are studying g surveying siti gj seven domestic science sixteen si medicine In law there are eighteen in letters six si IC in 11 agriculture j in the nor normal mal inal course there are and andin in ilZ en engineering eng g Several o of the girls g iris are preparing ig t to become physicians Diligence Dili g erne In ill their work marks allt tese y young people from the are arc bright brigit studious and painstaking the J ap a predate P the opportunity that the th government g has them and are making 11 most it yam excel excellent lent records t 0 cid tided d to raise considerably the stant and for ap ape appointment appointment nt to government scholarships in the theUn United Un ted States By so doing future arrivals will willbe willbe willbe be able to enter either colleges or training schools upon reaching this country Each t student is allowed four years in inV V the theU U United nit d States in which to t o complete course a ai of f V education For Por this purpose the Philippine Gov Government Government Government appropriated for each students tallot ment during the scholastic year This covers c coversE v rs all U expenses of education maintenance and including such spending money m ney as is is allowed This amount appo to all ant t is necessary s ry In fact the authorities es have suggested w to i par Pori parents and friends at home that f they thy e send the V stu students students students dents very little money or preferably none All necessary necessary expenses expenses are ar provided proVid d for by y the govern government government government ment and any consider consid rn able le amount above that is 4 considered likely key l to O ca cause caus use extravagance n and possibly possibly bly result in iii habits s that would be lie inimical to seri serious serious serious ous and earnest eaf iest work vork The students I have a been al allowed lowed 10 ed want for nothing reason reas n for which they have made requests Each Bitch student st dent receiving an a is re required require quire to take an oath of allegiance t the Gov Government eminent of the United States and fo to sign ign an agree agree agreement agreement ment approved by parent or gua Rua is Ign if if hor lid h or she is under 21 years jears of age to the th e a oct the beneficiary will attend the educational institution designated desi 17 7 the Civil Government of or he lie Phil Philippines Philippines for four years ears that ta h or slip she Il will conform to all aU regulations rules and laws of such SUc l institutions institutions and such other othe regulations as may bj be b pre pro prescribed prescribed proscribed scribed by b y the Department of Public Instruction The student promises es to pursue diligently dili t the established course of studies and md upon the ter termination termination termination of those studies to return home hom and spend four f ur years un ler the Philippine Government as a c r or in performing such other lutins n ns as the authorities lay d ignate In sending these young people to Amerie l the primary purpose se was that after completing their f ury r term in school they hey t should ho lcJ return t their native country and aid nid in the c of f th their ir irown J own race The measure of good that those r stu students students students dents will wiH do for their country co cannot be I CONTINUED ON INSIDE PAGE P PAGEy GE y sl Training the Filipino Youth I i Continued from page 1 h ed ed It is believed they will be of in inestimable inestimable inestimable estimable value in spreading the Eh En English glish gush language and in diffusing knowl knowledge knowledge knowledge edge generally These Americanized Filipino boys and F girls it is thought will render their greatest service s in inculcating Into the natives of ot the island archipelago a feel feeling feeling feelIng I ing of love and respect for tor the Ameri Amen American can people and government who are watching over their destinies and lead leading leading N ing them up to higher and better L things I I In advising those who upon arrival r had not fully funy determined the careers for which to fit themselves the authorities have advocated lines that promise to result In the greatest good to the stu students students t dents fellow countrymen Agricultural normal and courses with perhaps medicine are believed to be the leading heading of such bene beneficial beneficial tidal courses The authorities of or the different schools have without exception shown themselves most mast obliging in the matter of ot allowing the students to specialize l in the different courses which they have mapped out for fot themselves A student for example comes to a I university with inadequate preparation preparation tion lion if he lie were obliged to take all aU of tho the subjects required It would meah probably double the time he has at his rE disposal to complete his work and to obtain a degree Instead of this the Filipino student has been allowed the privilege not often otten granted the American student to L take these subjects only which bear direct relation to the course he has in view and which will give him the best possible acquaintance with his course I and the most practical phases of his L work in his in this country I Theold The old complaint sometimes made by foreigners of being treated with scant courtesy In American schools and universities has not been uttered by any of the Filipinos On the contrary they have been received everywhere I with the utmost consideration They have been taken into In o fraternities fraternities fraternities ties and secret societies and their good Qualities as students are arc recognized r d in inI I every way On the other hand the ther r I busy little islanders have borne them themselves themselves themselves selves well wen There has never been a complaint reflecting upon the morals of good character of any of them Progress made by them in their studies has been generally excellent and andIn andin andin In many cases remarkable As a rule they have applied themselves to their school duties faithfully and intelli intelligently intelligently intelligently gently Quite a number rank among the best in their classes In fact tact about the only objection raised by the authorities is that they apply themselves to their studies too diligently sometimes to the detriment of their health Filipinos of the better classes seem naturally good students and when they take up anything they pursue it with all their energies At the commencement of Drexel In Institute Institute Institute Philadelphia in June diplomas were awarded three Filipino girls Senoritas Olivia Salamanca Genoveva Llamas and Luisa All were graduated with honors Miss Salamanca was graduated from the general course and this fall will enter the Womans Medical college where she will spend four years pre preparing preparing preparing paring to practice her profession In inCa Cavite Ca vUe She is editor of the magazine published pubU by and for Filipino students in this country and is regarded as a remarkably bright girl Misses Llamas and were graduated graduated graduated from the junior department of do domestic domestic domestic arts and sciences and now will take up the college preparatory course Miss finished with the highest grades in her class and Miss Llamas Llam s excels in drawing When they return to the Philippines these young ladies will be qualified to instruct their coun country country try women in the tho arts of cooking housekeeping and needlework Elizabeth Florendo Is attending St Marys academy at Notre Dame Ind md Her grades for each term are excel excellent excellent excellent lent and her command of the English language is almost perfect She is tak taking taking taking ing the normal course and expects lo f 0 devote her future to teaching her peo peonie DIe nie Also taking a normal course at St Catherines school St Paul Paulis is Miss Clemente Asturias This young wo mans sister was anxious to come to America with her She underwent the scholarship examination and obtained the highest average of the who took the examination In the Philippines The Tho youngest age at which an applicant may receive r an appointment however is 16 as she was only 14 she could not I Ibe be selected The other young women who are pur pursuing pursuing pursuing suing their studies with credit are Miss Honoria Acosta at the Med lIed Medical ical leal college Philadelphia Miss Pilar Elumba at St Catherines academy St Paul and Miss Eleanor de Leon at St Marys academy Notre Dame Ind md IndOf IndOf Of the bright young men who are industriously fitting themselves for the future George Bocobo a law student at atthe atthe atthe the Indiana university will graduate hext year He has a leaning to poli politics politics politics tics and two yeats ago made a stump speech from the same platform with William Jennings Bryan Bran Mr Bocobo recently won second prize in the university oratorical contest his oration being a plea for a promise upon the part of congress of future inde independence independence for Philippine the islands He ranks among the best students at the university S From about 1000 fellow students In Inthe Inthe inthe the Iowa university Rafael won a prize of 50 O in gold for profi proficiency proficiency proficiency in mathematics LIborio Libonio Go Gomez Gomez Gomez mez has completed two years in medi medicine medicine cine at the University of ot Chicago and will enter Rush college this fall al although although although though he is not yet et 20 years old Because of his small size and jocular disposition Pacifico Laygo has been dubbed Buster Brown by his fellow students at the University of Pennsyl Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania vania where he is taking a medicinal course He is making a specialty of sanitation of which there is great need in the Philippines Lorenzo has just graduated from Ann Arbor High school and will enter Michigan engineer engineering ing department this fall faU He was cap captain captain tain tam last fall of the football team that won the interscholastic championship of Michigan While he was the lightest man by twenty pounds on the team he had the reputation of being the fastest high school quarterback in the state These examples are selected at ran random random random dom from among the tha students to in indicate the tIle excellent progress nearly all aU allare allare are making In addition to their th lr studious studious ous habits the th young men of f the th Pa Pacific Pacific have won reputations for gentle gentlemanly gentlemanly gentlemanly manly conduct and gallantry In this connection it is related that when Carlos CarIes Barreto Barret a junior In the Drexel institute Philadelphia had won the mens me s championship in fencing he was called upon to meet the young women who had won the honors in the class Barreto was defeated it is said through his courtesy in not wishing g to vanquish a woman During the summer vacation the stu students students students dents are allowed to take talo up outside work in such fields as will most benefit them in the courses which they are pursuing in school Some of them work in machine shops others In hospitals in law offices upon farms Still others devote themselves to domestic science and engineering work |