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...Henry Russell Talbot '95, in a talk last Friday night on "American Life in Manila," made a plea for help among undergraduates of the University for furnishing the Living Room of a prospective club house in Manila for the use of Americans there...
There are in the city of Manila today more than 500 Americans acting as clerks and stenographers in civil and commercial life. In great measure the efficiency of American occupancy depends upon these young men. There are no opportunities in the city for healthy relaxation, amusement and exercise. To meet this need a sum of $25,000 has been given to construct a building which shall contain a gymnasium, reading room, billiard room, etc. To furnish these rooms, committees have been formed at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania. The Yale committee has agreed to furnish the gymnasium...
...Talbot '95 will give an informal talk on "American Life in Manila," in the Assembly Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. Talbot is chaplain to the Right Rev. C. H. Brent, Bishop to the Philippines. Mr. Talbot will review briefly the political and social situation in the islands, and will describe some of the interesting characteristics of the Filipino. The daily life of an American in Manila and the needs to which the surrounding conditions give rise will, however, be the main theme. Mr. Talbot is much interested in the development of the islands...
...with its distinctly western spirit. The Christian missionaries must be able to get hold of the spirit of the people. The next duty of the Church in the Philippines is to the American population. There are, exclusive of the Army and Navy, about seven or eight thousand Americans in Manila alone, and from them the natives get their ideas of our country. No official promises or reports can have any such effect over the natives, as will the actions of the Americans they see before them. To the American Church in the Philippines belongs the task of giving a good...
...following men have been named by President Eliot for appointment as teachers in the Philippines, in response to the request of F. W. Atkinson '90, General Superintendent of Education in Manila: J. Smith '01, B. K. Daniels 1G., S. P. R. Thomas '01, P. H. Eley '01, E. H. Douglass '01 and W. Hill '01. They will leave for the Philippines shortly after Commencement...