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WTTH book, and re* •?»'••-r*»n<ss rlose ;on the « heers - of- tiie^ lim qu'eror- by 'the sword." r His ', batr ties are as many, and i as -hard fought^ those of. 'a "' * military, campaign, but they^call for a I ! different' order of * tactics. : Not '-fought %' ln ; the' open, bat -between ;four{walls,'his^sbl^ oMers are/ words., his * weapon'; thVj rod.' Enemies J swarm . over I 'his * territory^— tgnora-nce. ! Indolence. Velothfulness > and* custom ;All; A11 'these -must .be" met .in single combat,- but i the battle on "in earnest - end,- one', by one 'the foes 'of progress ? are " slowly retreating befo re the steady advance of this j firm) \ keen eyed general of the second; campaign. - ' It teems to be a fixed policy. 6f Amer ican colonization that the.s chool 'mas-.. ter~ shall accompany the/flag! :-Wh«h, our soldiers : en tered I Porto j Rico' - and the Philippines fthey/did^sp^rlthlriga; In one;hand and^ text .book ? ln J^th«' other.' In both" cases?, the education v was r begun ore '" civil* gbv- 1 eminent. wa,s .established.*' "Theseief forts _. In the .cause of rudlmentarsvcly llization' have- been- surprisingly^suc ' cessful.' \u25a0especially >in--' i the'* 1 islands the 'Philippines. t AVhej»"a J teacHer *• Is' •ent -to .; the ' : islands .'certificated »oV dlplo'rnaed; as,' a;corapetcnt instructor, in his o» - XiMlne' he ;is* not-apt t6 ; confine hii» ••irk solely t6'the t class rooin/'fAll clan!"^^ . nf>'-natives jlienent- by ' his^presr ence ;A *veritat>le.7illve ; American is to the f lazy.' ease ? loving ! Filipino's^iik'e^ a - too ".active \u25a0< yolcaribt In'^tilelr .^mldst! . H« Is z ; .t pprpetuallT'*., suggesting,;' new. plans. Improvements.'- ideas. • He* Is^'tlia big ; which r ; prods^*cons*erva'tism; ; the rake'.o^th^foucklheap. 'AlL. clasVes of ? natives come " under the i" stray ' ; of hi* limitless' ''«'n,eVgy.*^ and Characteristic/ o" ; hiiji, ; ; . too^ls the rnaii^ ocr lniwhirn^ei iracsfaboutihjs'cuuca-' tlonal *• tar.-X '' Hi 5 : lif'it ' s tcp ; usualFj^con - sists In linctruoUits *th*cjj'outhful^Fiij^ plnos -bow \u25a0.to?.wasu^.Ujelr4faces;^his second 1 1n f eiplalnlfjg:*tfae mysteries'- of, United rclothlng^ lii^detail*- and. Insisting son*,5 on*, and 1- assisting^ in^its^pcr maneni - and x continued ?.us&;-' on casionß .Thljt.i.ei^oVnalishedyShe^ turns his at tention Ho'JnptHlin'g.ln toj the.^ili-. plnic \u25a0 mlnd'a -: "cense j oi ' ? felaUve^i" values' In a primitiv;elfofm;Jth%|newsslity2^ofja^ law. of ; me'oznr andntuum^apd^a^Gne sense of i the-'ewlf tness ' and • efficacy •of V.EutJof^thl^ The V Flllplnof,? child i^Vis";? usually^iofj*? docile (and* tractable^ disppßitio'n,V eager tO; Btudy 4 and ; lobliiris;^cy-ith;f aybrXupon hand) work* {if £he**may/at{; thl ? i,«?d"tb'e*; hold useful^ or f_b'eau Ufu 1 4 result*.'*-* Por tHp'.woTk ''ofjrttie^sc^o^ fined., to .' coinnion^scjiaolj.)) ranches ; !niari^, ugil f v train ingCand-* pjaitics :'-' industrial! worlt*^ are^^;lhcl iid cS.* * s -A meiica^ t^lTrer^yi%winV?^n^Wbirfo^i^^rn'o .childish 3 Bkill ;; V s 'and>| tas te.-^taUen | aback ,by.» the^arraj'l of ; b wlse"tiwo*fk/ h'dts,Ucs r '. tiles, tin^, r drawin^[and*carv!nEs, ;ex cjaim^:*'^^hy^j^t^t'^^ L 9^?? 1 , 8 X**.* ijonJaTi ajVjwqrkingr'ftoward!'^ ?ial j schools ||*fii 2iManiia~tiie'; jPbUlpi^e|imJrmal^ Philippine § 'nautjcali end i tl^TEcoopl? of rafislan'dTtr'adep.Tlie'; flrst^nained*;haaTQ6o Ipupiis^^land|u|de voting: -* Ita~:^work H to "v the H tralnlnsr jj of , \ Filipino 'fteaehara^' T^« ;*; * schoi-V' 0 -**^^^^^^ l^®'^*^^ I equipped i 'lßboratorlciir^ln^cons tai?t ?.us ci J . H The '-nautical ; ;.' school T^ls *>/ developed : j • ]t roin^one^founded* by!* th^Jfep'a'nisli'nfet^ fora i occupar.by.', jAl'l£t he *;i n-> » structors^but/ oV«£are * Anii-i t..aus'-an4; ' ja3^inYaintj&|^^ ;En&lilhl*^Tho^necd?forfaMwmiibn^ia.^s i?^F5.1 i s)vXSjy4s^^p^^B^^iJf<rr^ i i^ v sections^ofj;: the* islandsg'arc ; imab he^to^i ili^fprftte^AiTha^piMp^iare'reaser^toii sjtort eip^this |flritl^rolln»niX|^ow^a a? :Hatro f i 1 5 6Ts but!^'whea^ltlwealaiscoverStl • that. English* could >; not f be "- learped^iaS ? a»/day/- oruevenj^s/^wcek ;tho " miai«| : ber 'of'stadentrdWlndled-ltS-SO/- 1 J ; ;' | i:|^he*ay«t^^ajoyll^Mar^fto^iiiilyJ q^> flan Francisco Sunday Gall The School Master IjExwrantv and .- "a,; determined y* effort j! ;I3 belnsi madeTby^the; buVeau -- educa^; tJonlto^Ve^Lch i|^^them-'jilThe *j pxesent, aim la ivtb f^ive I girl'at *J[east three *>'e^r??lri*^an^e"lementary '-school.' Theße#rjTimary>ischool3;vare \u25a0 the ones ,\yblch-inearly/allithe-.population'r^'at te^d.^Theyu^arei\sf,bamboo ; aridi~ ' nipa structures £. windows \u25a0 of r mothef^of . pear 1* and^oS'ster i sKell.'i.* Intermediate/ Becpndary-; andj.- special r s£h(iol3 will'^be ; maintained -as } soon * v asj.called' tor^ and '? the fneed ; f or ;a r ,u*niversity.'_wHl a^so'be'! met; in' tlme.'^bu t'ftb. c main work* In^tfaelcisla'nds - will vbe"*iri Echopls ?f or^many,^yedra*- toj; conie.y :,. \u25a0; , y/Th*e -?aany*^prosrajni:? . (^t*i.-a> I'lliplno school is tunusjaal, and; iharlfcdly inter esting? every r rnornr |ing^'a"t'clalssVVof"^2l^~Visayan _}~boys ai'TdVgirls:.''is;f"seen x'.:*studyJisg''.x '. : *studyJi5g''. reading. ' \Vr it 1 ngr,"- h is t^ry,'^ ge o grjip lvy* ar 1 I h'ni e 1 1 c' £iicl'<conTpdsition.;' Airuft her "class such as ''; school " h_ouse ,' €v4r -?* held \u25a0* before "may ;be {lit er^/'This 'is \u25a0 made * up 6f*chliaren';fr6m:,^iie\yiliag6s > 'of Jiiqnr '7tl{i\ ipin^JS^^Thesei ; 'c!i ilUren are? Xclritos.vlgo'rrotes. *Ba£rO'oa3*'ariil M orbs'/' 1 '"- Pracllcaily.* .t alP4*?e<iucation ' is cu^iccfncd^ wit n' ; . tftc^childre'n^ of -~' the twelve^ 'Chris'tian tribes^vv-hlch'-forrn seyen-eigrhths >bt ' s ttre:"populath)n;v'whfle tjvet;n umber -• of >chll«lren*,'avanh.ble** for schobrrpurposeff^umCers^a""milli6n aTj hal 'cf£i^V-V^'v S Af^Z&l \ -• \^ \-'~ ' i'f'ln^Porto^' T^co jthe ~A mef jcari * system Of tscnools Cf 'ollffWo'j '- i minedhli tely ter the^fAtneriean* Qci*upancy : iif*l^S9s/TheVe terlnow 'Vtt: ope'rctton^a^fsyst^mVof -rural, gVab^r^lfisHjaVrt's'p&cfal-'schoois whlcli tf6mp"ars's*;iTH vo r^b"-y i*!tir. ; an"ysstate -•:.•. t v nkilfl^tiioO?: uVnuTc I *f"ji£?*t hc*'w 6 r Is fsti^lfilcmentiir-v^ ilaffo*/^uVt^tjie;fclO3e of^,l»o^;tJiero-nAvefctso,a?(>^pupi!3"* "a*f te^d^*gUh^rpubrie^*crrolSls^nd^ainbut ; yjOOQ^vverc in >the~,'pi*im*aFy ' sra<les?^tir IdJestibiatedtthat' only \u25a0 rpad jo?; wrlte.^but^u ndef sys \-\ ts^^progreVshs'amaaing^Vt^etschools^ are »/taugW*s by/inatiye^^^i^e^h'elrs ; <>;wno', havejiretelYed^theirj'edlJcatiop'.Jat^a^ taVuls> j^noiTna.l-.: school." '^rjiaV^are ;? 1 50 : Am^i«&^teiche^^^o^visit^beftna^ UveVteaciers ttwicej ai week?, tot give in£^ \u25a0t^^n^lnrEngUalu^a^nd.ttdeaplfa^thy: In active i operation JincindlngiXdur high* «ch.ool*, T there iis Ja Ltroef ulf lack* of : ac rrL*v~*;-x-'±i*r( r- I *:*.v- ; *» •'?-*-*'.*" ;"- ~™" \u25a0\u25a0 * \u25a0*\u25a0 1 coiumodatlons f or \u25a0 tfca < tho tisaada oa th« > waitins£list.-v ; A\Vlstti to?* i Poirto* Rlcia schoolroom 'la an' inspiring sljfht": Hua dredsV of /?,dark '* sklnixed, beady eyed little ; sins •" *^Iy Country.\rTl» at .ThVe'^-lnj thV^ best'; English Tat - thsfr command "and praise" slender) darK hands 1 In , salute *to > the .flag.. 1 '"\u25a0' :."..-._ /•An'amusins • incident in regard* to ths> fluent luse , of the " new itongue ' is \u25a0 quoted by,' a-? writer .-telling' of her experiences when* she. first arriyea^in- the "philip pinejj.islands. .There ,; wa3 \u0084 r native .woman"^-of "very " stately -form and equally Jflrie-*" character,* who» .sent a tribute ofjber \u25a0 loi^ andfadmiratlon "for her/ATnerlcan""teaclier7inf the *shape of a deficSte; small ,cabbase, v a ; rarity there. In the? woman- was; sent^a pot of jam.^l-Her .sf atitude". was ". great, as evincea^by*;. the * following' lettcV: * *">"Entifei:of* theiblllet" ackna, for the iweet* jelly : 'in - Jam. \ but",! \u25a0 aentar > which ypu;.not;may ,knowi to* bottom *' well htm _ho*7 had 'soldi the one^cabbagre forfpay: "that!*wa3 fseeh icondltion I'only'1 ' only ' how you not» is -of xJiere-'gfood*learnlnK : also so«s products '; and , how, my, Inspector ; and Mr. '. welled eseryes '" all * my 'attention ." and gratefulness." \u25a0* : ';ii"^jßß / *:' ' V -: Every^one ; knows at j the -work • that £s ibeing:^carried ; «on yln Alaska. The of the Indian -pupils. , : the rapidity '"with which" * they ' strangre .and new condit»o':is 'and "the Bubseq«ehtvrpc6r«Ja "of many : scions -of th-isjyaiiishing-.rac*- have been heralde* oyerjthe > The-Caflisle i school !» \u25a0 famous. 'JSometSiriesjV tribal -^Instinct proves"! stronger .thah th« acquired love of.- civilization; an JJtho "Indian reverts to tlir ,way 3 of his , fore fathers; ;but the sign : and"" seal of ~edu-' cationfis, never' quiteilost' and 1 in'num be"rless j cases • !t \ has proved *a ! stepping stone :tn,^ desired ; i improvement r ; alons mahy ; lines. ' -- ' . ,'...>"\u25a0-. » v tn^ England ..wlien a: la*l : is^punished i t; is i caHcti.-btfchiniT." Irri; "America h« J3 (viilppeJ; .lusFranoc; tlosgeJ-,; irr >,'J:^<--' many.\di^ipHncd.<rAn : "Uie*a.,aaethod.* ariKia usc.byjtbe'scnerar of the second campaign.'' * T.-heu necessity.^ deraanOs .their^adoptioh/accordinsito the 'locality and * natlbnaltty of [v the ; * colony wher « : : hls\work*ts,~dpne.'i* England -has-many colonies r-^*lh<ila^r -^*Ih<ila^ 'Africa. 'Australia. rfanceJ.has^dfrected^ the } steps of her 'colbn-tzersr.ttowaTajAffica.' C In ; all I these countries J4 the.^etjucat Jori? of the ; nativa is . going «* on : ;,"un*der^Ulit ef en t , conditions and* by f dfff *"/«it; metHoUsr. perhaps s witli limitations ; under rj starting '"conditions, but f the-: area; of- rudimentary education s UJgradually^extenidirigltlll?eTenUa = th*f supposedly f inaccessible ;>* districts v th* - youthful 'fAfr lean;^* Asiatic^ or? fFUjfeino • ideais^belns taught to 'sliabt, ajidthooi