St Ignatius College - Ignatian Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

Page 23 text:

U? in in ed. ind iish tion 96 cent the 1 rc- ipiric iools nam rican e in- t the r the liilip- ectual i un- lmei- is are ti Elllll 1 Fili- Q bill, ie im' dmiml tompf' enatof gigated stayfd polity TO A NEW BORN BABE 21 Americans would receive the everlasting gratitude of the Filipino people who are greatly misunderstood in this country, should they help to clear up the misunderstandings which do the Islands a great harm. ' 'Gln at Nun 'Burn Babe By VINCENT W. HALLINAN Ah! with what infinite surprise Through fresh discoveries you fare! Sweet little babe, whose wondering eyes Question a new world's answering stare. VVhy do you frown at its soft caress? Only its tenderness you know- Or can your infant reason guess The cruel visage it can show? All too soon must you feel the care, The storms of sorrows the world will shower VVhose dreaded realms at last you'1l dare Forgetful of childhood's laughing hour. But we that are far on the weary road, Knowing its pitiless, sordid way Perchance can lighten the crushing load Lest drag too heavy Life's sober day. And you, little one, let your lightsome way Light the path to our distant goal, That we shape our own unhallowed day On the innocence of a baby's soul.

Page 22 text:

20 THE IGNATIAN principle that public schools exist for the purpose of giving to each and every citizen an education which will Ht him for the freest, happiest. and most efficient life possible in the sphere to which his activities will probably be confined. It shapes the bright future of the eight million Filipinos, and assures them of steady prosperity. Unlike the Spanish system, it gives everybody an opportunity of education whether he is rich or poor, whether he belongs to the 96 per cent civilized Christian population or to the 4 per cent half-civilized non-Christian tribes. VVith Manila as the center, it reaches the farthest isles of the group and the re- motest mountain settlements. The products of the Philippine schools and universities are as good as those of the schools and universities in the United States. And, most important of all, the rising generation, being educated upon American ideals of democracy and liberty, are stronger and more in- sistent in their desire to see the Philippine government the government of the Filipinos, by the Filipinos, and for the Filipinos. Did the American system federation in the Philip- pines take cognizance of the moral as well as the intellectual side of human nature, we would gladly give it our un- qualified approval. Now, with the above facts clear in their minds, do Amer- ican readers still hesitate to decide whether the Filipinos are educated enough to understand and perform the duties and responsibilities of a free people? The Writer, being a Fili- pino, of course, advocates Philippine independenceg but, when prominent men like Mr. Taft Cwho opposes the im- mediate Philippine independence on other groundsj, Admiral Dewey and General Merritt Qwho are the best, most compe- tent, and impartial judges to decide this questionj, Senator Shafroth Cwho twice went to the Islands and investigated . . ei conditions therej, and many other Americans who stayed long in the Philippines, have the same opinions, the policy of Philippine independence has almost irrefutable support.

Page 24 text:

311151 Gnaaip CA Storyettel By JOSEPH MCINERNEY NK xu EH! ONLY wish you could have seen Mrs. Jones -f v -f Q as she sat at breakfast table the morning af- Q5 ter the pitched battle next door. john was V M hardly out of the house before that anxious V v soul was Hitting about her housework, paus- EK C , : ing at intervals of two minutes to run to the window and peer intently at the silent, almost forbidding, door of the residence of Mrs. Smith, her nearest neighbor. Across the stillness of the night there had been borne to Mrs. Jones the sounds of marital conflict. These sounds had emanated from the house next door, and to add to Mrs. Jones's curiosity, they resembled noises of the week previous coming from the same source. I For the rest of the night Mrs. Jones had given herself up to the pleasant task of deducing inntunerable happenings and conjuring gruesome tales. Her major premise was, without deviation, the fact that the people next door were newly marriedg her minor premise,-that their mother-in-law was paying them a visit. What a fertile Held of speculative thought for a woman! Mrs. jones made the most of it. As she lay there half awake, conclusion after conclusion followed in the wake of the previously mentioned premises with the lightning rapidity only a woman's mind is capable of. The dawn brought a compromise in the nature of an a posteriori method. She would see! she would experience! and then Mrs. Brown, seven doors down the street, would listen in awe. The hour passed and no sign of life appeared next door. After mature deliberation and with some misgiving at the sacrifice, Mrs. jones sauntered forth with a jar of her most