| Show philippine TRIBE LEARNS OWN TONGUE moros maros read and write writ with 16 letter alphabet PI ll It adelphia the moros most bar barous barons tribe in the philippine island are learning to read and write their own oan language according to dr frank C laubach missionary educator now spending a furlough furlo agh here the roman alphabet alp abet labet which Is be ing used to educate the descendants of barile war 1 be moslems for their count country rys s independence was mas invented by doctor laulace at his school in dancalan Dan salan lanao ine e have worked out a simple lightning method of teaching the people he be said inserting all the humor we can into the process so that the natives cry out in amazement how easy wasyi I 1 A small percentage pei of the moros in the islands can red and write arabic arable but as there has been nothing printed in that language their literature Is confined to what they write rite themselves because ot of tl e high cost of arabic tape dotor laubach and his asso elates clates decided to teach the people to use letters the simple alpha bet was nas devised and books and news liens papers were printed fourteen minutes Is the time we expect a bright man who nho knows ara bic ble letters to learn the roman ones 1 tl e eJu educator cator slid said those who never knew how to read require from an hour to a v week eel lie ile and has aso associates clates now are en in translating 0 english classics into boio prin ing them on their own press at dancalan dans Dan ilan salan A small weekly Devis newspaper paper which Is called the total or herald gives tie tle news of the tribe fhe people now stop doctor laubach on the street and offer to ply pay for bein ing taught to NA write rite tl air oan own n names an old hadji a rel alous ions teacher hinted to learn bit b it arte protested ted blat tl at he vas anas oo 00 old t master the new alpha met finally he be was vias persuaded e kept him tearing with laugh ter the educator said and in la minutes he knew every 1 atter ater and could read when he went up the road toward his home he be wis mis reading and laughing alternately another giedt difficulty which has to be surmounted in teaching the moros was their fear of havin having anyone see what they wrote arabic arable writings were locked up in strong boses boxes but wisdom in lanao no longer Is held at such a high price doctor laubach a native of benton pa has been worl ing in the philip pines under the american board of commissioners for foreign missions since 1915 |
