| Show FILIPINOS OS STUDYING G I IN AMERICA J Among the time guests at nt one of oC the Salt Lake hotels a a. afew afew few Cew days ago ao was a merchant from the Philippine Islands and with hl him him n was a Filipino bo boy who will enter an American college and later will study American law It Is th the Judgment of toe lie merchant that his people ar are awakening through h education to tho the benefits ther their ic- ic with the United States affords them He lie regards regard the lie system of or schools established on the lie Islands island Island helpful to his hs people and the means of or most I rapid rapidly and advantageously advantageously ad all- preparing them for or that citizenship of ot the tho world which It has been tho lie mission of America to en- en coura courage e. e In the hurr hurry of oC our national life possibly the tho average average aver aver- age man here has overlooked the great reat work being done by government for Cor or the education of ot the Filipinos But ut It Is an enterprise deserving more than passing attention Teachers are being employed dall dally daily and sent to the Islands Islands- and there as assisted sted II In establishing schools provided pro vided with the best Lest means for Instruction and encouraged a aged cd In devotion to the noble work of lifting a a. people out of semi barbarism into the light of or the twentieth century da day The They have found a fertile field for their labors labor The native Filipino with few exception Is singularly fn intel and alert He Ho learns casH easily and becomes v interested rested In tn the progress of ot that world the thc gateway fo 10 o which was opened by ly tho time Americans after having been closed for tor centuries by Spanish rule He lIe realizes that the best est 1 kindness possible to bestow has been granted him And he is making proof of or appreciation by prompt self 1 Many any of the more promising Filipinos are arc annually sent to the United States at at public expense and antI here taught in Amerl American colleges In iii an atmosphere most fa favorable Ca- Ca a- a to their advancement and most certain to inspire them with the best cst of modern civilization Many more not regularly selected run awa away to America believing ing that they can more rapidly secure the higher education the they desire here herc than titan at home An And so far as has ms been discovered these young young- men do vast ast credit to tl th Ir lr race and to the tho estimate of America which the representatives es of America there have havo given them Some day the great work done lone b by the tho school establishment establishment of of tho those e Islands will wilt be better un understood by our people In that day da a n feature national official activity will receive tho the commendation to which It I I Is en entitled entitled en- en titled from rain the world |
