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The Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2)

CHAPTER XVII
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All have to rent government cottages or stay at hotels, unless they choose to build for themselves.

The policy of giving the governor-general an official residence in Baguio is in accord with that which gives him one at Manila.
In April, 1908, there was opened a "Teachers' Camp," to which came American school teachers from all over the islands.

They were housed in a hundred and fifty tents, which were set up under the shade of the pine trees.

Larger tents served as kitchen, dining room, storehouse and recitation rooms, while a structure of bamboo and nipa palm, erected at a total cost of $150, was utilized for general assembly purposes.

Four talented lecturers were employed to instruct and entertain the teachers.


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