Word: baguio
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...Canterbury Sirs: Seeing in TIME that the Archbishop of Canterbury was yachting on the luxurious Corsair with Multi-Millionaire Morgan, reminded me of the late Bishop Brent, of New York State, and a different scene. I was with Major General Henry C. Corbin on the Benguet road going from Baguio to Manila in an army (Doherty) wagon. At noon we outspanned for luncheon. Smoking in the shade after chicken and ham and iced wine, we descried an ass coming up the steep ascent with a dusty figure of a man plodding beside the beast. "Those squaw men disgrace America...
...Baguio's Brent...
...outstanding but little heard of contributions to improving conditions in the Philippine Islands was the establishing of the Baguio Boys' School at Baguio, a summer resort high in the mountains north of Manila. This school was established about 1907, if I remember correctly, and the first headmaster was Dr. Remsen B. Ogilby, now president of Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. At the time this school was established, educational facilities in the Islands were practically nil for American youngsters whose parents were in the Islands for military or commercial reasons. At that time, I remember going to a Catholic school...
...Baguio, the Philippines, General Emilio Aguinaldo, prize captive of 1901, made a speech in praise of Governor General Leonard Wood and the U. S. flag. He added: "When the time comes, the United States will grant you [the Philippines] freedom, but that time has not come...
...University, which is at Wr. Chang China. Five men are a wanted to teach English Literature, Political Science and History, Chemistry, Physics and Commercial Subjects at St. John's University at Shanghai. Three men so wanted to teach general subjects in the preparatory school for English speakers boys at Baguio, Philippine Islands...